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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.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Favour Ewudo | 1,061 | |||
| Labour | Seamus Williams | 1,014 | |||
| Conservative | Joanne Norwood | 749 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Robbie Laird | 580 | |||
| Conservative | Neil Punter | 571 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Paddy Kent | 540 | |||
| Green | Su Murray | 477 | |||
| UKIP | Jon Goddard | 410 | |||
| Green | Dorothy Nixon | 384 | |||
| UKIP | David Penn | 274 | |||
| Independent | Richard Short | 95 | |||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | 6155 | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Labour gain from Green | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Michael Haley | 1,248 | 33.46 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Collette Blake | 1,036 | 27.77 | ||
| Conservative | Amrish Patel | 806 | 21.60 | ||
| UKIP | Renie Price | 355 | 9.52 | ||
| Green | Jeni Grewcock | 253 | 6.78 | ||
| TUSC | Mark O'Connor | 32 | 0.86 | ||
| Majority | 212 | 5.69 | |||
| Turnout | 3730 | ||||
| Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Nigel Bell | 1,974 | 55.95 | ||
| Conservative | Penelope Mortimer | 641 | 18.17 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Simonie Jeffree | 407 | 11.54 | ||
| UKIP | Gavin Smith | 336 | 9.52 | ||
| Green | Rhiannon Grant | 144 | 4.08 | ||
| TUSC | Sajith Attepuram | 26 | 0.74 | ||
| Majority | 1333 | 37.78 | |||
| Turnout | 3528 | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Asif Khan | 1,297 | |||
| Conservative | Steve O'Brian | 1,026 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Bobby Amin | 648 | |||
| UKIP | Phil Cox | 470 | |||
| Green | Neal Emery | 184 | |||
| TUSC | Thinshkumar Balasingham | 33 | |||
| Majority | 271 | ||||
| Turnout | 3648 | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Mark Whitman | 1,029 | |||
| Labour | Min Rodriguez | 908 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Amanda Grimston | 906 | |||
| UKIP | Nick Lincoln | 624 | |||
| Green | Clair Lester | 120 | |||
| TUSC | Derek Foster | 18 | |||
| Majority | 121 | ||||
| Turnout | |||||
| Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Linda Topping | 1,701 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Jeanette Aron | 1,568 | |||
| Labour | Daniel Kerry | 648 | |||
| UKIP | Caroline Penn | 307 | |||
| Green | Sally Ivans | 241 | |||
| Majority | 133 | ||||
| Turnout | 4465 | ||||
| Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Shirena Counter | 1,945 | |||
| Conservative | Dina Bhudia | 964 | |||
| Labour | Sue Sleeman | 581 | |||
| Green | Angela Tunstall | 249 | |||
| TUSC | Sharon Belsham-Wray | 50 | |||
| Majority | 981 | ||||
| Turnout | 3789 | ||||
| Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Anne Rindl | 1,677 | |||
| Conservative | Rosemarie Sharshini | 1,620 | |||
| Labour | Manjivan Dhindsa | 627 | |||
| UKIP | Peter Blogg | 309 | |||
| Green | Bob Wallace | 207 | |||
| Majority | 57 | ||||
| Turnout | 4440 | ||||
| Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Darek Scudder | 1,317 | |||
| Conservative | Christopher Hawes | 1,008 | |||
| Labour | Steven Palmer | 669 | |||
| Green | Sean Sweeney | 429 | |||
| UKIP | Andrew Cox | 102 | |||
| TUSC | John McShane | 30 | |||
| Majority | 309 | ||||
| Turnout | 3555 | ||||
| Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Sean Silver | 1,236 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Joe Fahmy | 842 | |||
| Labour | Diana Ivory | 625 | |||
| UKIP | Dan Channing | 419 | |||
| Green | Anne Simpson | 161 | |||
| Majority | 394 | ||||
| Turnout | 3283 | ||||
| Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Nasreen Shah | 1,827 | |||
| Conservative | Amanda Norwood | 657 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Agnieszka Dychton | 522 | |||
| UKIP | Pat Shippey | 259 | |||
| Green | Alistair Noble | 237 | |||
| TUSC | Clive Jones | 42 | |||
| Majority | 1170 | ||||
| Turnout | 3544 | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Tony Rogers | 1,125 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Glen Saffrey | 853 | |||
| Labour | Omar Ismail | 659 | |||
| UKIP | Ian Green | 592 | |||
| Green | Alison Wiesner | 119 | |||
| Majority | 272 | ||||
| Turnout | 3348 | ||||
| Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | ||||
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