The 2019 Watford Borough Council election took place on 2 May 2019 to elect members of Watford Borough Council in England. [1] This was the same day as other local elections.
| 2019 Watford Borough Council election | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | This election | Full council | This election | |||||||
| Seats | Net | Seats % | Other | Total | Total % | Votes | Votes % | +/− | ||
| Liberal Democrats | 9 |  | 75.0 | 17 | 26 | 72.2 | 13,594 | 55.2 |  11.6 | |
| Labour | 3 | | 25.0 | 7 | 10 | 27.8 | 7,151 | 29.0 |  4.7 | |
| Conservative | 0 | | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3,581 | 14.5 | 6.4 | |
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Dawn Allen-Williamson | 1,068 | 53.4 | 7.8 | |
| Labour | Asma Suleman | 750 | 37.5 | 1.1 | |
| Conservative | Mary Sackett | 181 | 9.1 | 3.0 | |
| Majority | 318 | 15.9 | |||
| Turnout | 35.90 | ||||
| Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Rabi Martins* | 1,158 | 54.0 | 13.3 | |
| Labour | Emma Kosmin | 794 | 37.0 | 3.0 | |
| Conservative | Dennis Wharton | 194 | 9.0 | 4.1 | |
| Majority | 364 | 17.0 | |||
| Turnout | 34.23 | ||||
| Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Favour Ezeifedi | 969 | 59.4 | 6.2 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Simonie Jefree | 471 | 28.9 | 8.5 | |
| Conservative | Jussie Kaur | 192 | 11.8 | 2.2 | |
| Majority | 498 | 30.5 | |||
| Turnout | 25.59 | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Asif Khan* | 856 | 43.6 | 7.0 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Jamil Minhas | 614 | 31.2 | 1.3 | |
| Conservative | Anthony Parker | 495 | 25.2 | 8.3 | |
| Majority | 242 | 12.4 | |||
| Turnout | 34.60 | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Amanda Grimston* | 960 | 59.6 | 16.0 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Jennifer Pattinson | 871 | 54.1 | 10.5 | |
| Labour | Carla Curtis-Tansley | 385 | 23.9 | 7.4 | |
| Labour | John Dowdle | 374 | 23.2 | 8.1 | |
| Conservative | Binita Mehta | 219 | 13.6 | 11.5 | |
| Conservative | Peter Okojie | 198 | 12.3 | 8.7 | |
| Majority | 364 | 36.8 | |||
| Turnout | 1,610 | 28.40 | |||
| Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
| Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Mark Hofman* | 1,611 | 64.5 | 11.1 | |
| Conservative | Linda Topping | 552 | 22.1 | 3.6 | |
| Labour | Edward Tunnah | 335 | 13.4 | 4.7 | |
| Majority | 1,059 | 42.4 | |||
| Turnout | 38.17 | ||||
| Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Imran Hamid | 1,313 | 68.5 | 9.7 | |
| Labour | Sue Sleeman | 327 | 17.0 | 0.7 | |
| Conservative | Joseph Gornicki | 278 | 14.5 | 8.9 | |
| Majority | 986 | 51.5 | |||
| Turnout | 37.04 | ||||
| Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Jessica Stiff | 1,587 | 62.4 | 10.6 | |
| Conservative | David Fallon | 513 | 20.2 | 8.8 | |
| Labour | Dennis Watling | 323 | 12.7 | 4.9 | |
| UKIP | Peter Blogg | 122 | 4.8 | 3.2 | |
| Majority | 1,074 | 42.2 | |||
| Turnout | 40.71 | ||||
| Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Tim Williams* | 1,376 | 83.2 | 20.4 | |
| Labour | Omar Ismail | 277 | 16.8 | 2.7 | |
| Majority | 1,099 | 66.4 | |||
| Turnout | 30.28 | ||||
| Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Joe Fahmy* | 1,031 | 61.0 | 16.4 | |
| Labour | Diana Ivory | 354 | 20.9 | 8.0 | |
| Conservative | Philip Cox | 305 | 18.0 | 8.5 | |
| Majority | 677 | 40.1 | |||
| Turnout | 32.84 | ||||
| Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Jagtar Singh Dhindsa* | 1,101 | 57.6 | 4.5 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Ilmas Isard | 576 | 30.1 | 9.0 | |
| Conservative | Michelle Sherman | 236 | 12.3 | 4.5 | |
| Majority | 525 | 27.5 | |||
| Turnout | 34.27 | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Richard Wenham | 958 | 57.3 | 14.0 | |
| Labour | Seamus Williams | 306 | 18.3 | 7.0 | |
| Conservative | Victoria Lynch | 218 | 13.0 | 13.4 | |
| UKIP | Ian Green | 190 | 11.4 | 6.3 | |
| Majority | 652 | 39.0 | |||
| Turnout | 29.04 | ||||
| Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
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