2011 Watford Borough Council election

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2011 local election results in Watford

Elections to Watford Borough Council in England were held on 5 May 2011. Three years in every four, a third of the council (12 councillors) retires and elections are held (in the fourth year, elections are held for county councillors).

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In this council election, the Labour Party gained two seats; the Liberal Democrats and the Conservative lost one each. The Liberal Democrats remained firmly in control of the council. Four parties, Liberal Democrats, Labour, Conservative and Green, all put up candidates in every seat. There were also three UKIP candidates and one independent. [1]

After the election, the composition of the council was: [2]

Council election result

Watford Local Election Result 2011
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Liberal Democrats 8--1-166.736.7%9899
  Labour 3+2-+225.028.0%7553
  Conservative ---1-123.5%6333
  Green 1---8.39.9%2663
  UKIP ----1.1%298
  Independent ----0.8%204

Ward results

Callowland [1] [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Green Steve Lawrence Rackett110458.6
Labour Emma Clare Collins42422.5
Conservative Guy Anthony Miller22912.1
Liberal Democrats Patricia Gollop1286.8
Majority68036.1
Turnout 188534.97
Green hold Swing
Central [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Helen Lynch90142.1
Labour Fred Grindrod77236.1
Conservative Carole Ann Bamford27713.0
Green Dorothy Nixon1185.5
UKIP Renie Price703.3
Majority1296.0
Turnout 213834.87
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Holywell [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Nigel Bell147368.4
Liberal Democrats Janet Baddeley34315.9
Conservative Neil John Punter25111.7
Green Alison Wiesner864.0
Majority113052.5
Turnout 215335.03
Labour hold Swing
Leggatts [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Asif Kaleem Khan78635.3
Conservative Amanda Grimston67030.1
Liberal Democrats Dennis Wharton44019.8
Green Ian Brandon33014.8
Majority1165.2
Turnout 222641.76
Labour gain from Conservative Swing
Meriden [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Susan Carole Greenslade89343.6
Labour Seamus Williams58428.5
Conservative David Charles Ealey46822.9
Green Iain Wadey1014.9
Majority30915.1
Turnout 204636.09
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Nascot [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats George Andrew Forrest128545.6
Conservative Camilla Zaman Khawaja102336.3
Labour Michael Barnes32811.7
Green Sally Rose Ivins1796.4
Majority2629.3
Turnout 281548.01
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Oxhey [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Shirena Counter120955.2
Conservative Richard Haxton Bamford49722.7
Labour Susan Janet Sleeman35716.3
Green Christine Winifred Chandler1295.9
Majority71232.5
Turnout 219242.34
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Park [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Peter Lewis Jeffree130243.4
Conservative Linda Ann Topping116038.7
Labour Michael Jones33011.0
Green Alex MacGregor Mason1334.4
UKIP David Penn752.5
Majority1424.7
Turnout 300050.49
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Stanborough [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Derek Thomas Francis Scudder109552.7
Conservative Penelope Margaret Edwards52125.1
Labour Adeyemi Frederick Oshunniyi35617.1
Green Caryn Elaine Argun1075.1
Majority57427.6
Turnout 207939.17
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Tudor [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Kelly McLeod87941.7
Conservative Youseffe Fahmy48523.0
Labour Geoffrey Pearce46121.9
UKIP Daniel Channing1537.3
Green Clare Victoria Pitkin1286.1
Majority39418.7
Turnout 210644.54
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Vicarage [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Nasreen Shah125950.1
Liberal Democrats Shameen Khan69127.5
Conservative Sally Punter2319.2
Independent Paul Baker2048.1
Green Helen Elizabeth Wynne1275.1
Majority56822.6
Turnout 251244.79
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
Woodside [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Alan Edward Burtenshaw73340.8
Conservative Anthony John Rogers52129.0
Labour John Young42323.5
Green Paula Mary Evelyn Brodhurst1216.7
Majority21211.8
Turnout 179833.95
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 "Election results - Borough 5 May 2011". Watford Borough Council. Archived from the original on 1 October 2011. Retrieved 7 July 2021.
  2. "Election results 2011: English council summary results". The Guardian. 6 May 2011. Retrieved 22 May 2012.
  3. Election summary (Labour Party)