2003 Watford Borough Council election

Last updated

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%.

Contents

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
Majority42124.2
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
Majority42928.6+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
Majority15710.7-14.6
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
Majority24014.8
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
Majority34221.3
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
Majority24613.4-3.6
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
Majority75849.9+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
Majority964.9
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
Majority70248.8+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
Majority674.2+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
Majority31318.3
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
Majority47035.5-2.6
Turnout 1,325

Related Research Articles

Elections to Watford Borough Council were held on 4 May 2000. One third of the council was up for election and the Labour Party lost overall control of the council to no overall control.

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.

Elections to Watford Borough Council were held on 10 June 2004. One third of the council was up for election and the Liberal Democrat party kept overall control of the council. Overall turnout was 39.3%.

Elections to Watford Borough Council were held on 4 May 2006. One third of the council was up for election and the Liberal Democrat party kept overall control of the council. The Nascot Ward election was postponed to June 15th due to the death of the Labour candidate, Tom Meldrum. At the same time in the election for Watford's directly elected mayor the Liberal Democrat Dorothy Thornhill was re-elected.

Elections to Watford Borough Council were held on 3 May 2007. One third of the council was up for election and the Liberal Democrat party kept overall control of the council.

Elections to Watford Council were held on 1 May 2008. One third of the council was up for election and the Liberal Democrat party stayed in overall control of the council.

Elections to Three Rivers District Council were held on 1 May 2008. One-third of the council was up for election. The Liberal Democrats won the most seats, despite the Conservatives winning more votes. The Conservatives also gained a seat, strengthening their position against the Liberal Democrats, who remained stayed in overall control of Three Rivers.

The 2003 Worthing Borough Council election took place on 1 May 2003 to elect members of Worthing Borough Council in West Sussex, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Liberal Democrats lost overall control of the council to no overall control. Overall turnout was 28.61%.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2004 St Albans City and District Council election</span>

The 2004 St Albans City and District Council election took place on 10 June 2004 to elect members of St Albans District Council in Hertfordshire, England. One third of the council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control.

The 2003 Welwyn Hatfield District Council election took place on 1 May 2003 to elect members of Welwyn Hatfield District Council in Hertfordshire, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative Party stayed in overall control of the council.

The 2007 Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council election took place on 3 May 2007 to elect members of Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council in Hertfordshire, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative Party stayed in overall control of the council.

The 2008 Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council election took place on 1 May 2008 to elect members of Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council in Hertfordshire, England. The whole council was up for election with boundary changes since the last election in 2007. The Conservative Party stayed in overall control of the council.

The 2003 Windsor and Maidenhead Borough Council election took place on 1 May 2003 to elect members of Windsor and Maidenhead Unitary Council in Berkshire, England. The whole council was up for election with boundary changes since the last election in 2000 reducing the number of seats by 1. The Liberal Democrats gained overall control of the council from no overall control.

The 2003 Harrogate Council election took place on 1 May 2003 to elect members of Harrogate Borough Council in North Yorkshire, England. One third of the council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2006 Hertsmere Borough Council election</span>

The 2006 Hertsmere Borough Council election took place on 4 May 2006 to elect members of Hertsmere Borough Council in Hertfordshire, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative Party stayed in overall control of the council.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2008 Hertsmere Borough Council election</span>

The 2008 Hertsmere Borough Council election took place on 1 May 2008 to elect members of Hertsmere Borough Council in Hertfordshire, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative Party stayed in overall control of the council.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2012 Watford Borough Council election</span>

Elections to Watford Borough Council were held on 3 May 2012. Three years in every four, a third of the council retires and elections are held.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2010 Watford Borough Council election</span>

Elections to Watford Borough Council were held on 6 May 2010. Three years in every four, a third of the council retires and elections are held. The council election was held on the same day as the national General Election, when the Labour Party government lost power and the Watford parliamentary constituency was won by the Conservative Party.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2011 Watford Borough Council election</span> 2011 UK local government election

Elections to Watford Borough Council in England were held on 5 May 2011. Three years in every four, a third of the council retires and elections are held.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2018 Three Rivers District Council election</span> 2018 UK local government election

The 2018 Three Rivers District Council election took place on 3 May 2018 to elect members of Three Rivers District Council in England. This was the same day as other local elections.

References

This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.