2012 Watford Borough Council election

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2012 local election results in Watford

Elections to Watford Borough Council were held on 3 May 2012. 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 from the Liberal Democrats; the Liberal Democrats gained one from the Conservatives. However, 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.

In the year following this election there will not be elections to the Borough Council (apart from by-elections) and Hertfordshire County elections will be held in May 2013. In the years 2010 to 2012, although the Labour Party recovered from its worst position, in 2010, it has only won seats in its three strongest wards and has yet to challenge the Liberal Democrats grip on votes and power. Labour has, however, supplanted the Conservatives as the main opposition party (albeit still 15 seats short of the Liberal Democrats) and the Greens continue to hold their own in Callowland ward, pushing the Conservatives into the smallest party position.

After the election, the composition of the council was: [1]

Council election result

Watford Local Election Result 2012
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Liberal Democrats 812-166.741.38378
  Labour 32-+225.028.65799
  Conservative 0--1-118.23699
  Green 1---8.310.22073
  UKIP 1.8358

Ward results

Callowland [2] [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Green Ian Brandon79353.7−4.9
Labour Guru Awasthi41528.1+5.6
Conservative Sally Anne Punter14710.0−2.1
Liberal Democrats Patricia Gollop1218.2+1.4
Majority37825.6
Turnout 147626.50
Green hold Swing
Central [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Rabi Martins81647.6+5.5
Labour Fred Grindrod53231.0−5.1
Conservative Carole Ann Bamford18610.8−2.2
Green Su Murray1066.2+0.7
UKIP Renie Price764.4+1.1
Majority28416.6
Turnout 171627.15
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Holywell [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Matt Turmaine 101662.9−5.5
Liberal Democrats Mohammed Umar30619.0+3.1
Conservative Neil John Punter16510.2−1.5
Green Nigel Anthony Filer1277.9+3.9
Majority71042.9
Turnout 161426.15
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
Leggatts [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Anne Joynes78445.1+9.8
Liberal Democrats Dennis Wharton53630.8+11.0
Green Alison Jane Wiesner23913.8−1.0
Conservative Youseffe Fahmy17910.3−19.8
Majority24814.3
Turnout 173831.76
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
Meriden [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Jan Brown69043.0−0.6
Labour Seamus Williams44527.7−0.8
UKIP Nicholas Richard Lincoln19812.3+12.3
Conservative Penelope Anne Mortimer19612.2−10.7
Green Paula Mary Evelyn Brodhurst754.7−0.2
Majority24515.3
Turnout 160427.51
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Nascot [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Mark John Hofman98342.8−2.6
Conservative Andrew Graham Mortimer93140.5+4.2
Labour Michael Harry Barnes2179.4−2.3
Green Sally Rose Ivins1687.3+0.7
Majority522.3
Turnout 229937.74
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing
Oxhey [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Peter Taylor 105863.2+8.0
Conservative Dick Bamford30118.0−4.7
Labour Sue Sleeman24414.6−1.7
Green Eric Weatherly724.3−1.6
Majority75745.2
Turnout 167532.01
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Park [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats George Derbyshire116847.7+4.4
Conservative Linda Ann Topping86335.3−3.4
Labour David Corbet Connal2349.6−1.4
Green Dorothy Mary Nixon994.0−0.4
UKIP David Penn843.4+0.9
Majority30512.4
Turnout 244840.47
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Stanborough [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Tim Williams88558.6+5.9
Labour Mark John Nicholas28919.1+2.0
Conservative Chris Hawes25917.1−8.0
Green George Mathew Ryan785.2+0.1
Majority59639.5
Turnout 151128.03
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Tudor [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Darren Walford70948.6+6.9
Labour Geoffrey Pearce32622.3+0.4
Conservative Richard Lloyd Vaughan Southern32322.1−0.9
Green Clare Victoria Pitkin1016.9−0.8
Majority38326.3
Turnout 145930.71
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Vicarage [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Mo Mills104459.4+9.3
Liberal Democrats Mehran Nawabi43824.9−2.6
Conservative Dave Ealey1719.7+0.5
Green Helen Elizabeth Wynne1056.0+0.9
Majority60634.5
Turnout 175829.95
Labour hold Swing
Woodside [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Ian Gordon Brown66844.6+3.8
Conservative Tony Rogers46631.1+2.1
Labour Omar Ismail25316.9−6.5
Green Christina Patricia Murphy1107.3+0.6
Majority20213.5
Turnout 149727.80
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

References

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