2007 Watford Borough Council election

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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.

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After the election, the composition of the council was:

Council election result

Watford Local Election Result 2007
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Liberal Democrats 912-175.047.010,105+4.7%
  Conservative 11108.324.25,195+1.8%
  Labour 110+18.317.53,760-5.2%
  Green 10008.310.62,289-2.1%
  Independent 000000.7152+0.7%

Ward results

Callowland
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Green Stephen Rackett93563.9+9.9
Labour Joanna Grindrod20714.1-4.8
Liberal Democrats David Clay16111.0-4.8
Conservative Jonathan Cordell16111.0-0.2
Majority72849.8+14.7
Turnout 1,46428.7-8.6
Green hold Swing
Central
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Sheila Smillie63946.5+5.0
Labour Ian Lowery38227.8+1.5
Conservative Geoffrey Ogden19814.4-1.8
Green Anna Rackett15611.3-4.7
Majority25718.7+3.5
Turnout 1,37526.6-6.0
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Holywell
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Nigel Bell93250.7+8.0
Liberal Democrats Emma Hines-Randall70238.2-6.5
Conservative Carole Bamford1397.6-0.1
Green Helen Wynne673.6-1.3
Majority23012.5
Turnout 1,84032.8-6.2
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
Leggatts
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Amanda Grimston51528.5+2.4
Liberal Democrats Qureshi Fawziyyah51328.4-4.3
Green Ian Brandon41322.8-1.3
Labour Marion Chambers21611.9-5.2
Independent Maria Green1528.4+8.4
Majority20.1
Turnout 1,80934.6-5.9
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
Meriden
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Susan Greenslade89657.0+13.6
Conservative Pamela Bell30519.4-0.9
Labour Andrew O'Brien29718.9-12.3
Green Elizabeth Joyce754.8-0.3
Majority59137.6+25.4
Turnout 1,57329.7-7.7
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Nascot
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats George Forrest1,04046.0+0.6
Conservative Karen Best95642.3-0.1
Green Sally Ivins1546.8-0.6
Labour Fred Grindrod1125.0+0.3
Majority843.7+0.7
Turnout 2,26241.9+5.3
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing
Oxhey
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Shirena Counter1,16768.2+8.3
Conservative Richard Bamford36121.1-4.2
Labour Nnagbogu Akubue1176.8-1.6
Green Caryn Argun673.9-2.6
Majority80647.1+12.5
Turnout 1,71234.5-7.5
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Park
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Bernadette Laventure1,37751.4+8.1
Conservative Jane Gregory1,10341.2-2.2
Labour Manzoor Hussain1124.2-2.9
Green David Hodgkinson873.2-3.0
Majority27410.2
Turnout 2,67948.4-3.6
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Stanborough
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Derek Scudder1,01862.8+12.8
Conservative Peter Williams33120.4-7.0
Labour Mavis Tyrwhitt20212.5-2.8
Green Kevin Pettifer694.3-3.0
Majority68742.4+19.8
Turnout 1,62031.4-6.5
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Tudor
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Kelly McLeod87847.9+3.1
Conservative Richard Southern66636.4+4.0
Labour Michael Jones18910.3-5.1
Green Rachel Neill995.4-1.9
Majority21211.5-0.9
Turnout 1,83239.7-3.6
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Vicarage
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Shameem Khan82742.9
Labour Nohreen Hamid77040.0
Conservative David Ealey23612.3
Green Tony Pellicci934.8
Majority572.9
Turnout 1,92636.3-8.0
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Woodside
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Alan Burtenshaw88763.0+7.1
Conservative Joseph Harrison22415.9-4.4
Labour John Young22415.9-2.6
Green Paula Brodhurst745.30.0
Majority66347.1+11.5
Turnout 1,40928.0-6.7
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

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