2015 Watford Borough Council election

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2015 local election results in Watford

The 2015 Watford Borough Council election took place on 7 May 2015 to elect members of Watford Borough Council in England. [1] This was on the same day as other local elections.

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Ward results

Callowland

Callowland
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Favour Ewudo1,061
Labour Seamus Williams1,014
Conservative Joanne Norwood749
Liberal Democrats Robbie Laird580
Conservative Neil Punter571
Liberal Democrats Paddy Kent540
Green Su Murray477
UKIP Jon Goddard410
Green Dorothy Nixon384
UKIP David Penn274
Independent Richard Short95
Majority
Turnout 6155
Labour hold Swing
Labour gain from Green Swing

Central

Central
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Michael Haley1,24833.46
Liberal Democrats Collette Blake1,03627.77
Conservative Amrish Patel80621.60
UKIP Renie Price3559.52
Green Jeni Grewcock2536.78
TUSC Mark O'Connor320.86
Majority2125.69
Turnout 3730
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats Swing

Holywell

Holywell
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Nigel Bell1,97455.95
Conservative Penelope Mortimer64118.17
Liberal Democrats Simonie Jeffree40711.54
UKIP Gavin Smith3369.52
Green Rhiannon Grant1444.08
TUSC Sajith Attepuram260.74
Majority133337.78
Turnout 3528
Labour hold Swing

Leggatts

Leggatts
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Asif Khan1,297
Conservative Steve O'Brian1,026
Liberal Democrats Bobby Amin648
UKIP Phil Cox470
Green Neal Emery184
TUSC Thinshkumar Balasingham33
Majority271
Turnout 3648
Labour hold Swing

Meridan

Meridan
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Mark Whitman1,029
Labour Min Rodriguez908
Liberal Democrats Amanda Grimston906
UKIP Nick Lincoln624
Green Clair Lester120
TUSC Derek Foster18
Majority121
Turnout
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing

Nascot

Nascot
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Linda Topping1,701
Liberal Democrats Jeanette Aron1,568
Labour Daniel Kerry648
UKIP Caroline Penn307
Green Sally Ivans241
Majority133
Turnout 4465
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing

Oxhey

Oxhey
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Shirena Counter1,945
Conservative Dina Bhudia964
Labour Sue Sleeman581
Green Angela Tunstall249
TUSC Sharon Belsham-Wray50
Majority981
Turnout 3789
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Park

Park
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Anne Rindl1,677
Conservative Rosemarie Sharshini1,620
Labour Manjivan Dhindsa627
UKIP Peter Blogg309
Green Bob Wallace207
Majority57
Turnout 4440
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Stanborough

Stanborough
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Darek Scudder1,317
Conservative Christopher Hawes1,008
Labour Steven Palmer669
Green Sean Sweeney429
UKIP Andrew Cox102
TUSC John McShane30
Majority309
Turnout 3555
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Tudor

Tudor
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Sean Silver1,236
Liberal Democrats Joe Fahmy842
Labour Diana Ivory625
UKIP Dan Channing419
Green Anne Simpson161
Majority394
Turnout 3283
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing

Vicarage

Vicarage
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Nasreen Shah1,827
Conservative Amanda Norwood657
Liberal Democrats Agnieszka Dychton522
UKIP Pat Shippey259
Green Alistair Noble237
TUSC Clive Jones42
Majority1170
Turnout 3544
Labour hold Swing

Woodside

Woodside
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Tony Rogers1,125
Liberal Democrats Glen Saffrey853
Labour Omar Ismail659
UKIP Ian Green592
Green Alison Wiesner119
Majority272
Turnout 3348
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing

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References

  1. "Upcoming elections & referendums". The Electoral Commission. Archived from the original on 15 March 2015. Retrieved 30 April 2015.