Elections to Watford Borough Council were held on 2 May 2002. One third of the council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control. At the same time an election for a directly elected mayor was held, which was won by the Liberal Democrat Dorothy Thornhill.
After the election, the composition of the council was:
Watford Mayoral Election 2 May 2002 [1] | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | 1st round | 2nd round | First round votes Transfer votes | |||||
Total | Of round | Transfers | Total | Of round | |||||
Liberal Democrats | Dorothy Thornhill | 10,954 | 49.4% | 2,519 | 13,473 | | |||
Labour | Vince Muspratt | 4,899 | 22.1% | 370 | 5,269 | | |||
Conservative | Gary Ling | 4,746 | 21.4% | | |||||
Green | Stephen Rackett | 851 | 3.8% | | |||||
Socialist Alliance | Paul Woodward | 390 | 1.8% | | |||||
Fat Cat | Tristram Cooke | 330 | 1.5% | | |||||
Liberal Democrats win |
Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | 6 | +3 | 50.0 | 43.9 | 10,021 | ||||
Labour | 4 | -3 | 33.3 | 24.2 | 5,527 | ||||
Conservative | 2 | +1 | 16.7 | 25.6 | 5,837 | ||||
Green | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.9 | 886 | ||||
Independent | 0 | -1 | 0 | 2.2 | 492 | ||||
Socialist Alliance | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.3 | 60 | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Daniel Scott | 488 | 32.8 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Paul Salter | 466 | 31.3 | ||
Green | Stephen Rackett | 284 | 19.1 | ||
Conservative | Carl Robertson | 249 | 16.7 | ||
Majority | 22 | 1.5 | |||
Turnout | 1,487 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Christopher Leslie | 853 | 49.1 | ||
Labour | John Dowdle | 616 | 35.4 | ||
Conservative | Shirley Hugill | 176 | 10.1 | ||
Green | Christine Stockwel | 93 | 5.4 | ||
Majority | 237 | 13.7 | |||
Turnout | 1,738 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Janet Baddeley | 1,025 | 56.9 | ||
Labour | Steven Palmer | 568 | 31.6 | ||
Conservative | David Ealey | 147 | 8.2 | ||
Socialist Alliance | Andrew O'Brien | 60 | 3.3 | ||
Majority | 457 | 25.3 | |||
Turnout | 1,800 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Keith Crout | 691 | 36.0 | ||
Conservative | Sally Punter | 650 | 33.9 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Jonathan Wyatt | 519 | 27.0 | ||
Green | Carol Skinner | 59 | 3.1 | ||
Majority | 41 | 2.1 | |||
Turnout | 1,919 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Geoffrey O'Connell | 613 | 37.2 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Susan Greenslade | 575 | 34.9 | ||
Conservative | Pamela Bell | 460 | 27.9 | ||
Majority | 38 | 2.3 | |||
Turnout | 1,648 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Robert Gordon | 1,101 | 47.8 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Timothy Wyatt | 709 | 30.8 | ||
Independent | Janice Brown | 492 | 21.4 | ||
Majority | 392 | 17.0 | |||
Turnout | 2,302 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Iain Sharpe | 1,481 | 67.4 | ||
Conservative | Alan Luto | 414 | 18.8 | ||
Labour | Nnagbogu Akubue | 232 | 10.6 | ||
Green | Andrew McBean | 71 | 3.2 | ||
Majority | 1,067 | 48.6 | |||
Turnout | 2,198 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Timothy Williams | 1,207 | 51.6 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Mark Crowne | 795 | 34.0 | ||
Labour | Frances Hince | 256 | 10.9 | ||
Green | Elaine Edwards | 80 | 3.4 | ||
Majority | 412 | 17.6 | |||
Turnout | 2,338 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Joyce Richmond | 1,222 | 64.7 | ||
Conservative | Roger Frost | 318 | 16.8 | ||
Labour | Stephen Anglesey | 291 | 15.4 | ||
Green | Ian West | 58 | 3.1 | ||
Majority | 904 | 47.9 | |||
Turnout | 1,889 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Lindsey Scudder | 705 | 36.5 | ||
Conservative | Richard Southern | 636 | 32.9 | ||
Labour | Sheila Rosser | 524 | 27.1 | ||
Green | Clive Skinner | 66 | 3.4 | ||
Majority | 69 | 3.6 | |||
Turnout | 1,931 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Brian Graham | 826 | 44.5 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Shahnaz Ali | 595 | 32.0 | ||
Conservative | Khalid Khan | 299 | 16.1 | ||
Green | Paul Sandford | 137 | 7.4 | ||
Majority | 231 | 12.5 | |||
Turnout | 1,857 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Eleanor Burtenshaw | 1,076 | 62.7 | ||
Labour | Marion Chambers | 422 | 24.6 | ||
Conservative | Grace Cordell | 180 | 10.5 | ||
Green | Faye Cullen | 38 | 2.2 | ||
Majority | 654 | 38.1 | |||
Turnout | 1,716 |
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