2006 Watford Borough Council election

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Results of the 2006 Watford Borough Council election

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 15 due to the death of the Labour candidate, Tom Meldrum. [1] [2] At the same time in the election for Watford's directly elected mayor the Liberal Democrat Dorothy Thornhill was re-elected.

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After the election, the composition of the council was:

Mayoral election

2006

Watford Mayoral Election 4 May 2006 [3]
PartyCandidate1st round2nd round1st round votesTransfer votes, 2nd round
TotalOf roundTransfersTotalOf round
Liberal Democrats Dorothy Thornhill 11,96351.2%
Conservative Stephen O'Brien4,83820.7%
Labour Ruth Ellis4,06217.4%
Green Stephen Rackett2,52210.8%
Liberal Democrats hold

Council election result

Watford Local Election Result 2006
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Liberal Democrats 920+275.042.310,137-2.2%
  Labour 103-38.322.75,438+3.6%
  Conservative 10008.322.45,366-3.5%
  Green 110+18.312.73,046+2.2%

Ward results

Callowland
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Green Georgina Mann1,00054.0−3.3
Labour Daniel Scott35018.9+1.8
Liberal Democrats Kelly McLeod29315.8+1.6
Conservative Jonathan Cordell20811.2−0.3
Majority 65035.1−5.1
Turnout 1,85137.3+0.7
Green gain from Labour Swing
Central
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Christopher Leslie67741.5−8.6
Labour Ian Lowery42926.3+6.6
Conservative Geoffrey Ogden26516.2−1.7
Green John Dowdle26116.0+3.8
Majority 24815.2−15.2
Turnout 1,63232.6−0.1
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Holywell
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Janet Baddeley93644.7+2.6
Labour Nigel Bell89442.7+1.7
Conservative Carole Bamford1617.7−3.4
Green Martin Wiesner1034.9−0.9
Majority 422.0+0.9
Turnout 2,09439.0+3.1
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Leggatts
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Mohammad Razzaq68232.7−9.8
Conservative Amanda Grimston54326.1−7.0
Green Ian Brandon50224.1+15.9
Labour Marion Chambers35717.1+0.9
Majority 1396.6−2.8
Turnout 2,08440.5+2.5
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour Swing
Meriden
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Kareen Hastrick84443.4+1.6
Labour Geoffrey O'Connell60831.2+0.5
Conservative Roger Frost39520.3+0.1
Green Faye Cullen995.1−2.2
Majority 23612.2+1.1
Turnout 1,94637.4+1.1
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour Swing
Nascot [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Mark Watkin887
Conservative Angela Basit828
Green Sally Ivins145
Labour Mohammed Riaz92
Majority 59
Turnout 1,952
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing
Oxhey
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Iain Sharpe1,23559.9−4.2
Conservative Richard Bamford52125.3+3.4
Labour Nnagbogu Akubue1738.4−0.7
Green Ruth Atkin1346.5+1.5
Majority 71434.6−7.6
Turnout 2,06342.0+0.8
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Park
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Zoe McQuire1,18243.4+4.4
Liberal Democrats Bernadette Laventure1,17943.3−8.4
Labour Manzoor Hussain1927.1+1.3
Green Elaine Edwards1696.2+2.7
Majority 30.1
Turnout 2,72252.0−1.2
Conservative hold Swing
Stanborough
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Keith Crout95850.0−5.4
Conservative Ian Blackledge52527.4+2.8
Labour Susan Burke29415.3+1.4
Green Kevin Pettifer1407.3+1.2
Majority 43322.6−8.2
Turnout 1,91737.9+1.1
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Tudor
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Lindsey Scudder87944.8−5.6
Conservative Richard Southern63632.4+2.8
Labour Michael Jones30115.4+1.5
Green Carole Skinner1447.3+1.2
Majority 24312.4−8.4
Turnout 1,96043.3−0.3
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Vicarage (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Jagtar Dhindsa789
Liberal Democrats Shameem Khan755
Liberal Democrats Nasreen Ajab740
Labour Nohreen Hamid733
Conservative David Ealey297
Conservative Mark Bunn285
Green Anna Rackett207
Green Robert Atkin196
Turnout 4,00244.3+3.3
Labour hold Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Woodside
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Eleanor Burtenshaw95955.9+0.7
Conservative Paul Gurney34820.3+0.9
Labour John Young31818.5−0.8
Green Alan Maccormac915.3−0.8
Majority 61135.6−0.2
Turnout 1,71634.7+2.5
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

References

  1. "Watford Observer". 6 April 2006.
  2. "Watford Observer". 10 June 2006.
  3. "Watford.gov". Watford Borough Council. 5 May 2006. Archived from the original on 8 May 2013. Retrieved 19 January 2013.
  4. "Watford Observer". 16 June 2006.