2008 Watford Borough Council election

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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.

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The election saw only one seat change hands, Vicarage ward saw the Labour party gain the seat from the Liberal Democrats. However the Liberal Democrats remained firmly in control of the council. [1]

After the election, the composition of the council was:

Council election result

Watford Local Election Result 2008
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Liberal Democrats 901-175.044.79,660-2.3%
  Conservative 100-8.326.65,741+2.4%
  Labour 110+18.317.73,828+0.2%
  Green 100-8.310.82,340+0.2%
  Independent 000000.118-0.6%

Ward results

Callowland
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Green Kenneth Brodhurst72954.3-9.6
Labour Ian Cloke23417.4+3.3
Liberal Democrats Patricia Gollop19314.4+3.4
Conservative Patricia Lees18713.9+2.9
Majority49536.9-12.9
Turnout 1,34325.6-3.1
Green hold Swing
Central
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Rabi Martins62043.1-3.4
Labour Joanna Grindrod32322.4-5.4
Green Clare Pitkin27819.3+8.0
Conservative Richard Bamford21915.2+0.8
Majority29720.7+2.0
Turnout 1,44026.8+0.2
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Holywell
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Emma Hines-Randall75443.0+4.8
Labour Fred Grindrod73641.9-8.8
Conservative Carole Bamford19110.9+3.3
Green Helen Wynne744.2+0.6
Majority181.1
Turnout 1,75530.8-2.0
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Leggatts
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Qureshi Fawziyyah63433.7+5.3
Conservative Karen Best50526.8-1.7
Green Ian Brandon46424.6+1.8
Labour Geoffrey O'Connell28014.9+3.0
Majority1296.9
Turnout 1,88335.8+1.2
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Meriden
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Janice Brown71747.4-9.6
Conservative Pamela Bell41627.5+8.1
Labour Daniel Scott29919.8+0.9
Green Ian Pitkin815.4+0.6
Majority30119.9-17.7
Turnout 1,51328.5-1.2
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Nascot
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Andrew Mortimer1,01844.9+2.6
Liberal Democrats Russell Willson97142.8-3.2
Green Sally Ivins1376.0-0.8
Labour Marion Chambers1255.5+0.5
Independent Antony Cooke180.8+0.8
Majority472.1
Turnout 2,26941.3-0.6
Conservative hold Swing
Oxhey
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Anthony Poole1,07060.1-8.1
Conservative Sarah Son46025.8+4.7
Labour Michael Jones1357.6+0.8
Green Neal Webber1156.5+2.6
Majority61034.3-12.8
Turnout 1,78035.4+0.9
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Park
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats George Derbyshire1,36651.5+0.1
Conservative Malcolm Meerabux1,07640.6-0.6
Labour Mohammed Riaz1274.8+0.6
Green Alex Mason823.1-0.1
Majority29010.9+0.7
Turnout 2,65147.3-1.1
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Stanborough
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Andrew Wylie91756.7-6.1
Conservative Jonathon Cordell37323.1+2.7
Labour Abeyemi Oshunniyi24114.9+2.4
Green Kevin Pettifer875.4+1.1
Majority54433.6-8.8
Turnout 1,61831.2-0.2
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Tudor
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Hugh O'Hanlon84746.9-1.0
Conservative Richard Southern69538.5+2.1
Labour Pauline May19210.6+0.3
Green Rachel Neill724.0-1.4
Majority1528.4-3.1
Turnout 1,80638.5-1.2
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Vicarage
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Mohammed Tanveer Taj91143.4+3.4
Liberal Democrats Abrar Shah79137.7-5.2
Conservative David Ealey25612.2-0.1
Green David Degen1416.7+1.9
Majority1205.7
Turnout 2,09939.2+2.9
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
Woodside
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Ian Brown78054.5-8.5
Conservative Joseph Harrison34524.1+8.2
Labour John Young22515.7-0.2
Green Caryn Argun805.6+0.3
Majority43530.4-16.7
Turnout 1,43028.2+0.2
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

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References

  1. ↑ "Labour takes Watford seat". Watford Observer. 2 May 2008. Retrieved 13 May 2008.
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