Watford Borough Council election, 2006

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Elections to Watford Borough Council were held on 4 May 2006. One third of the council was up for election and the Liberal Democrat party kept overall control of the council. At the same time in the election for Watford's directly elected mayor the Liberal Democrat Dorothy Thornhill was re-elected.

Watford Town & Borough in England

Watford is a town and borough in Hertfordshire, England, 15 miles (24 km) northwest of central London.

Liberal Democrats (UK) Political party in the United Kingdom

The Liberal Democrats are a liberal political party in the United Kingdom. It is currently led by Vince Cable. They have 11 Members of Parliament in the House of Commons, 96 members of the House of Lords, one member of the European Parliament, five Members of the Scottish Parliament and one member in the Welsh Assembly and London Assembly. At the height of its influence, the party formed a coalition government with the Conservative Party from 2010 to 2015 with its leader Nick Clegg serving as Deputy Prime Minister.

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After the election, the composition of the council was

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Conservative Party (UK) Political party in the United Kingdom

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Mayoral election

2006

Watford Mayoral Election 4 May 2006 [1]
Party Candidate 1st round 2nd round
 First round votes  Transfer votes 
Total Of round Transfers Total Of round
Liberal Democrat Dorothy Thornhill 11,963 51.2%
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Conservative Stephen O'Brien 4,838 20.7%
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Labour Ruth Ellis 4,062 17.4%
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Green Stephen Rackett 2,522 10.8%
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Liberal Democrat hold

Council election result

Watford Local Election Result 2006
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Liberal Democrat 9 2 0 +2 75.0 42.3 10,137 -2.2%
  Labour 1 0 3 -3 8.3 22.7 5,438 +3.6%
  Conservative 1 0 0 0 8.3 22.4 5,366 -3.5%
  Green 1 1 0 +1 8.3 12.7 3,046 +2.2%

Ward results

Callowland
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Green Georgina Mann 1,000 54.0 -3.3
Labour Daniel Scott 350 18.9 +1.8
Liberal Democrat Kelly McLeod 293 15.8 +1.6
Conservative Jonathan Cordell 208 11.2 -0.3
Majority 650 35.1 -5.1
Turnout 1,851 37.3 +0.7
Green gain from Labour Swing
Central
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Liberal Democrat Christopher Leslie 677 41.5 -8.6
Labour Ian Lowery 429 26.3 +6.6
Conservative Geoffrey Ogden 265 16.2 -1.7
Green John Dowdle 261 16.0 +3.8
Majority 248 15.2 -15.2
Turnout 1,632 32.6 -0.1
Liberal Democrat hold Swing
Holywell
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Liberal Democrat Janet Baddeley 936 44.7 +2.6
Labour Nigel Bell 894 42.7 +1.7
Conservative Carole Bamford 161 7.7 -3.4
Green Martin Wiesner 103 4.9 -0.9
Majority 42 2.0 +0.9
Turnout 2,094 39.0 +3.1
Liberal Democrat hold Swing
Leggatts
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Liberal Democrat Mohammad Razzaq 682 32.7 -9.8
Conservative Amanda Grimston 543 26.1 -7.0
Green Ian Brandon 502 24.1 +15.9
Labour Marion Chambers 357 17.1 +0.9
Majority 139 6.6 -2.8
Turnout 2,084 40.5 +2.5
Liberal Democrat gain from Labour Swing
Meriden
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Liberal Democrat Kareen Hastrick 844 43.4 +1.6
Labour Geoffrey O'Connell 608 31.2 +0.5
Conservative Roger Frost 395 20.3 +0.1
Green Faye Cullen 99 5.1 -2.2
Majority 236 12.2 +1.1
Turnout 1,946 37.4 +1.1
Liberal Democrat gain from Labour Swing
Oxhey
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Liberal Democrat Iain Sharpe 1,235 59.9 -4.2
Conservative Richard Bamford 521 25.3 +3.4
Labour Nnagbogu Akubue 173 8.4 -0.7
Green Ruth Atkin 134 6.5 +1.5
Majority 714 34.6 -7.6
Turnout 2,063 42.0 +0.8
Liberal Democrat hold Swing
Park
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Zoe McQuire 1,182 43.4 +4.4
Liberal Democrat Bernadette Laventure 1,179 43.3 -8.4
Labour Manzoor Hussain 192 7.1 +1.3
Green Elaine Edwards 169 6.2 +2.7
Majority 3 0.1
Turnout 2,722 52.0 -1.2
Conservative hold Swing
Stanborough
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Liberal Democrat Keith Crout 958 50.0 -5.4
Conservative Ian Blackledge 525 27.4 +2.8
Labour Susan Burke 294 15.3 +1.4
Green Kevin Pettifer 140 7.3 +1.2
Majority 433 22.6 -8.2
Turnout 1,917 37.9 +1.1
Liberal Democrat hold Swing
Tudor
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Liberal Democrat Lindsey Scudder 879 44.8 -5.6
Conservative Richard Southern 636 32.4 +2.8
Labour Michael Jones 301 15.4 +1.5
Green Carole Skinner 144 7.3 +1.2
Majority 243 12.4 -8.4
Turnout 1,960 43.3 -0.3
Liberal Democrat hold Swing
Vicarage (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Jagtar Dhindsa 789
Liberal Democrat Shameem Khan 755
Liberal Democrat Nasreen Ajab 740
Labour Nohreen Hamid 733
Conservative David Ealey 297
Conservative Mark Bunn 285
Green Anna Rackett 207
Green Robert Atkin 196
Turnout 4,002 44.3 +3.3
Labour hold Swing
Liberal Democrat hold Swing
Woodside
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Liberal Democrat Eleanor Burtenshaw 959 55.9 +0.7
Conservative Paul Gurney 348 20.3 +0.9
Labour John Young 318 18.5 -0.8
Green Alan Maccormac 91 5.3 -0.8
Majority 611 35.6 -0.2
Turnout 1,716 34.7 +2.5
Liberal Democrat hold Swing

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References

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