2010 Watford Borough Council election

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2010 local election results in Watford

Elections to Watford Borough Council were held on 6 May 2010. Three years in every four, a third of the council (13 councillors) retires and elections are held (in the fourth year, elections are held for county councillors). 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.

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In this council election, the Labour Party gained one seat and the Liberal Democrats lost one. 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 701-158.338.016,361
  Conservative 200-16.730.012,934
  Labour 210+116.725.010,769
  Green 1---8.37.13,040

Mayoral election

2010

Watford Mayoral Election 6 May 2010 [2]
PartyCandidate1st round2nd round
 First round votes  Transfer votes 
TotalOf roundTransfersTotalOf round
Liberal Democrats Dorothy Thornhill 19,15345.9%4,27623,429
Conservative Stephen Johnson10,40324.9%1,10511,508
Labour Nigel Bell10,02924.0%
Green Alex MacGregor-Mason2,1735.2%
Liberal Democrats hold

Ward results

Callowland [3] [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Green Ann Lovejoy93027.6
Liberal Democrats Tricia Gollop85925.5
Labour Guru Awasthi85425.4
Conservative Guy Miller72321.5
Majority712.1
Turnout 336661
Green hold Swing
Central [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Christopher Leslie1,21136.8
Labour Ian Lowery1,14034.6
Conservative Richard Bamford73122.2
Green Caryn Argun2126.4
Majority712.2
Turnout 329454.3
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Holywell [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Jackie Connal1,49543.3
Liberal Democrats Janet Baddeley1,20034.7
Conservative Carole Bamford63918.5
Green Alison Wiesner1213.5
Majority2958.6
Turnout 345554.8
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
Leggatts [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Stephen Johnson1,09831.5
Labour Ahsan Khan99528.5
Liberal Democrats Zaheer Ahmed93526.8
Green Ian Brandon45913.2
Majority1033.0
Turnout 348764.3
Conservative hold Swing
Meriden [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Kareen Hastrick1,18533.8
Conservative Pamela Bell1,15633.0
Labour Geoffrey O'Connell99228.3
Green Michael Argun1684.8
Majority290.8
Turnout 350163.3
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Nascot [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Mark Watkin1,77943.5
Conservative Miles Bennington1,61039.3
Labour Joanna Grindrod50912.4
Green Sally Ivins1964.8
Majority1694.2
Turnout 409472.2
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Oxhey [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Iain Sharpe1,92453.6
Conservative Sarah Son1,04429.1
Labour Ann Akubue48213.4
Green Christine Chandler1413.9
Majority88024.5
Turnout 359169.1
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Park [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Malcolm Meerabux2,00645.7
Liberal Democrats Peter Jeffree1,64537.4
Labour Mike Jones58613.3
Green Alex MacGregor Mason1563.6
Majority3618.3
Turnout 439374.8
Conservative hold Swing
Stanborough [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Keith Crout1,68747.4
Conservative Linda Topping1,07230.12
Labour Frederick Oshunniyi64318.1
Green Kevin Pettifer1574.4
Majority61517.3
Turnout 355967
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Tudor [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Lindsey Scudder1,35239.6
Conservative Richard Southern1,22035.7+2.1
Labour Mark Xerri68520.1
Green Clare Pitkin1594.7
Majority1323.9
Turnout 341672.1
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Vicarage [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Jagtar Singh Dhindsa1,65245.5
Liberal Democrats Bobby Amin1,13331.2
Conservative David Ealey64217.7
Green Helen Wynne2015.5
Majority51914.3
Turnout 362864.7
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
Woodside [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Karen Collett1,45143.7
Conservative Joseph Harrison99329.9
Labour John Young73622.2
Green Iain Wadey1404.2
Majority45813.8
Turnout 332063.5
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

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References

  1. "Election 2010: Watford". BBC. 7 May 2010. Retrieved 20 May 2012.
  2. "Election results - Mayoral 6 May 2010". Watford Borough Council. 7 May 2010. Archived from the original on 8 May 2013. Retrieved 19 January 2013.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 http://www.watford.gov.uk/ccm/content/legal-and-democratic/elections/election-results---borough-6-may-2010.en Watford Borough results
  4. Election summary (Labour Party)