Watford Borough Council election, 2015

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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.

Watford Borough Council

Watford Borough Council is the local authority for the Watford non-metropolitan district of England, the United Kingdom. Watford is located in the south-west of Hertfordshire, in the East of England region. The council is based in the town hall on Hempstead Road.

Ward results

Callowland

Callowland
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Favour Ewudo 1,061
Labour Seamus Williams 1,014
Conservative Joanne Norwood 749
Liberal Democrat Robbie Laird 580
Conservative Neil Punter 571
Liberal Democrat 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

Central

Central
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Michael Haley 1,248 33.46
Liberal Democrat 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 Democrat Swing

Holywell

Holywell
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Nigel Bell 1,974 55.95
Conservative Penelope Mortimer 641 18.17
Liberal Democrat 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

Leggatts

Leggatts
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Asif Khan 1,297
Conservative Steve O'Brian 1,026
Liberal Democrat Bobby Amin 648
UKIP Phil Cox 470
Green Neal Emery 184
TUSC Thinshkumar Balasingham 33
Majority 271
Turnout 3648
Labour hold Swing

Meridan

Meridan
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Mark Whitman 1,029
Labour Min Rodriguez 908
Liberal Democrat Amanda Grimston 906
UKIP Nick Lincoln 624
Green Clair Lester 120
TUSC Derek Foster 18
Majority 121
Turnout
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrat Swing

Nascot

Nascot
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Linda Topping 1,701
Liberal Democrat Jeanette Aron 1,568
Labour Daniel Kerry 648
UKIP Caroline Penn 307
Green Sally Ivans 241
Majority 133
Turnout 4465
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrat Swing

Oxhey

Oxhey
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Liberal Democrat 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 Democrat hold Swing

Park

Park
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Liberal Democrat 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 Democrat hold Swing

Stanborough

Stanborough
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Liberal Democrat 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 Democrat hold Swing

Tudor

Tudor
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Sean Silver 1,236
Liberal Democrat Joe Fahmy 842
Labour Diana Ivory 625
UKIP Dan Channing 419
Green Anne Simpson 161
Majority 394
Turnout 3283
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrat Swing

Vicarage

Vicarage
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Nasreen Shah 1,827
Conservative Amanda Norwood 657
Liberal Democrat Agnieszka Dychton 522
UKIP Pat Shippey 259
Green Alistair Noble 237
TUSC Clive Jones 42
Majority 1170
Turnout 3544
Labour hold Swing

Woodside

Woodside
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Tony Rogers 1,125
Liberal Democrat Glen Saffrey 853
Labour Omar Ismail 659
UKIP Ian Green 592
Green Alison Wiesner 119
Majority 272
Turnout 3348
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrat Swing

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Elections to Watford Borough Council were held on 7 May 1998. One third of the council was up for election and the Labour party stayed in overall control of the council.

Elections to Watford Borough Council were held on 6 May 1999. The whole council was up for election with boundary changes since the last election in 1998. The Labour party stayed in overall control of the council.

Elections to Watford Borough Council were held on 4 May 2000. One third of the council was up for election and the Labour party lost overall control of the council to no overall control.

Elections to Watford Borough Council were held on 2 May 2002. One third of the council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control. At the same time an election for a directly elected mayor was held, which was won by the Liberal Democrat Dorothy Thornhill.

Elections to Watford Borough Council were held on 1 May 2003. One third of the council was up for election and the Liberal Democrats gained overall control of the council from no overall control. Overall turnout was 32.05%.

Elections to Watford Borough Council were held on 10 June 2004. One third of the council was up for election and the Liberal Democrat party kept overall control of the council. Overall turnout was 39.3%.

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.

Elections to Watford Borough Council were held on 3 May 2007. One third of the council was up for election and the Liberal Democrat party kept overall control of the council.

Dorothy Thornhill, Baroness Thornhill British politician

Dorothy Thornhill, Baroness Thornhill, was the first directly elected mayor of Watford, Hertfordshire, England. She was the Liberal Democrats' first directly elected mayor, and was also the first female directly elected mayor in the United Kingdom. She served as Mayor of Watford from May 2002, until May 2018. She was nominated for a life peerage in August 2015.

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2012 Watford Borough Council election

Elections to Watford Borough Council were held on 3 May 2012. Three years in every four, a third of the council retires and elections are held.

2010 Watford Borough Council election

Elections to Watford Borough Council were held on 6 May 2010. Three years in every four, a third of the council retires and elections are held. The council election was held on the same day as the national General Election, when the Labour Party government lost power and the Watford parliamentary constituency was won by the Conservative Party.

2011 Watford Borough Council election

Elections to Watford Borough Council in England were held on 5 May 2011. Three years in every four, a third of the council retires and elections are held.

2014 Watford Borough Council election

The 2014 Watford Borough Council election took place on 22 May 2014 to elect members of Watford Borough Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections.

2016 Watford Borough Council election

The 2016 Watford Borough Council election took place on 5 May 2016 to elect members of Watford Borough Council in England. This was on the same day as other nationwide local elections. The entire council was up for election, with each of the 12 wards electing 3 councillors.

The 2018 Watford Borough Council election took place on 3 May 2018 to elect members of Watford Borough Council in England. This was the same day as other local elections.

References

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