2003 Watford Borough Council election

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Results of the 2003 Watford Borough Council election

Elections to Watford Borough Council were held on 1 May 2003. One third of the council was up for election and the Liberal Democrats gained overall control of the council from no overall control. Overall turnout was 32.05%.

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After the election, the composition of the council was:

Council election result

Watford Local Election Result 2003
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Liberal Democrats 10+683.349.29,491+5.3%
  Conservative 108.321.44,136-4.2%
  Green 1+18.38.51,636+4.6%
  Labour 0-6020.03,867-4.2%
  Independent 0-100.486-1.8%
  Socialist Alliance 0000.478+0.1%

Ward results

Callowland
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Green Stephen Rackett92853.4+34.3
Liberal Democrats Paul Salter50729.2−2.1
Labour Marion Chambers21312.3−20.5
Conservative Walter Lees895.1−11.6
Majority 42124.2
Turnout 1,737
Central
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Sheila Smillie81854.5+5.4
Labour John Dowdle38925.9−9.5
Conservative Paul Jenkins18012.0+1.9
Green Faye Cullen724.8−0.6
Socialist Alliance Peter Martindale422.8+2.8
Majority 42928.6+14.9
Turnout 1,501
Holywell
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Paul Mortimer74450.8−6.1
Labour Nigel Bell58740.1+8.5
Conservative David Ealey936.3−1.9
Socialist Alliance Andrew O'Brien221.5−1.8
Green David Degen191.3+1.3
Majority 15710.7−14.6
Turnout 1,465
Leggatts
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Maria Green74646.0+19.0
Conservative Patricia Lees50631.2−2.7
Labour Dilshad Basha27316.9−19.1
Green Christine Stockwell955.9+2.8
Majority 24014.8
Turnout 1,620
Meriden
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Susan Greenslade82551.3+16.4
Labour Norman Tyrwhitt48330.0−7.2
Conservative Roger Frost16810.4−17.5
Independent Jack Moss865.3+5.3
Green Jennifer Woods322.0+2.0
Socialist Alliance Paul Woodward140.9+0.9
Majority 34221.3
Turnout 1,608
Nascot
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Sally Punter90649.4+1.6
Liberal Democrats Timothy Wyatt66036.0+5.2
Labour Thomas Meldrum1789.7+9.7
Green Carole Skinner894.9+4.9
Majority 24613.4−3.6
Turnout 1,833
Oxhey
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Shirena Counter1,03868.4+1.0
Conservative Alan Luto28018.5−0.3
Labour Nnagbogu Akubue1429.4−1.2
Green Andrew McBean573.8+0.6
Majority 75849.9+1.3
Turnout 1,517
Park
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Jill Jenkins92847.5+13.5
Conservative Kay Solomon83242.6−9.0
Labour Manzoor Hussain1216.2−4.7
Green Elaine Edwards723.7+0.3
Majority 964.9
Turnout 1,953
Stanborough
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Derek Scudder94565.7+1.0
Conservative Grace Cordell24316.9+0.1
Labour Mavis Tyrwhitt21615.0−0.4
Green Ian West352.4−0.7
Majority 70248.8+0.9
Turnout 1,439
Tudor
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Tariq Chohan60738.3+1.8
Conservative Richard Southern54034.1+1.2
Labour John Young37523.7−3.4
Green Clive Skinner613.9+0.5
Majority 674.2+0.6
Turnout 1,583
Vicarage
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Shahnaz Ali87451.0+19.0
Labour Abdul Choudhrey56132.7−11.8
Conservative Thomas Needham1498.7−7.4
Green Elizabeth Cocks1297.5+0.1
Majority 31318.3
Turnout 1,713
Woodside
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Alan Burtenshaw79960.3−2.4
Labour Linda Smith32924.8+0.2
Conservative Iris Powell15011.3+0.8
Green Sally Ivins473.5+1.3
Majority 47035.5−2.6
Turnout 1,325

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