Watford Borough Council elections are held three years out of every four, to elect members of Watford Borough Council in Hertfordshire, England. A third of the council is elected each time. Since the last boundary changes in 2016 the council has comprised 36 councillors representing 12 wards, each of which elects three councillors. In addition to the 36 councillors Watford also has a directly-elected mayor. Elections to Hertfordshire County Council are held in the fourth year of the cycle when there are no borough council elections. [1]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | 3,768 | 48.2 | -14.1 | ||
Conservative | 2,473 | 31.7 | +9.8 | ||
Liberal Democrats | 1,570 | 20.1 | +4.3 | ||
Majority | 1,295 | 16.5 | |||
Turnout | 7,811 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | 3,695 | 50.0 | +1.7 | ||
Liberal Democrats | 1,963 | 26.6 | +4.9 | ||
Labour | 1,727 | 23.4 | -6.7 | ||
Majority | 1,732 | 23.4 | |||
Turnout | 7,385 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | 1,447 | 51.1 | +7.3 | ||
Liberal Democrats | 906 | 32.0 | +2.1 | ||
Conservative | 477 | 16.9 | -1.9 | ||
Majority | 541 | 19.1 | |||
Turnout | 2,830 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | 1,260 | 42.5 | +1.3 | ||
Conservative | 1,011 | 34.1 | -7.6 | ||
Liberal Democrats | 467 | 15.8 | -1.3 | ||
Independent | 116 | 3.9 | +3.9 | ||
Green | 112 | 3.8 | +3.8 | ||
Majority | 249 | 8.4 | |||
Turnout | 2,966 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | 1,691 | 56.9 | +0.9 | ||
Conservative | 674 | 22.7 | +1.3 | ||
Liberal Democrats | 607 | 20.4 | -2.2 | ||
Majority | 1,017 | 34.2 | |||
Turnout | 2,972 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | 1,024 | 72.4 | +5.0 | ||
Conservative | 245 | 17.3 | -1.5 | ||
Labour | 105 | 7.4 | -3.2 | ||
Green | 40 | 2.8 | -0.4 | ||
Majority | 779 | 55.1 | |||
Turnout | 1,414 | 28.8 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Mark Watkin | 887 | 45.4 | +17.4 | |
Conservative | Angela Basit | 828 | 42.4 | -12.0 | |
Green | Sally Ivins | 145 | 7.4 | +1.3 | |
Labour | Mohammed Riaz | 92 | 4.7 | -6.9 | |
Majority | 59 | 3.0 | |||
Turnout | 1,952 | 36.6 | |||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Darren Walford | 932 | 50.0 | ||
Conservative | Richard Lloyd Vaughan Southern | 486 | 26.1 | ||
Labour | Mark James Xerri | 273 | 14.6 | ||
Green | Helen Elizabeth Wynne | 91 | 4.9 | ||
BNP | Guy Dickens | 83 | 4.5 | ||
Majority | 446 | 23.9 | |||
Turnout | 1865 | 40.83 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Stephen Johnson | 534 | 27.1 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Malcolm Adcock | 489 | 24.8 | ||
Green | Maria Green | 463 | 23.5 | ||
Labour | Ahsan Khan | 438 | 22.2 | ||
Majority | 45 | 2.3 | |||
Turnout | 1969 | 36.6 | |||
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Helen Lynch | 696 | 44.1 | ||
Labour | Fred Grindrod | 622 | 39.4 | ||
Conservative | Youseffe Fahmy | 158 | 10.0 | ||
Green | Dorothy Nixon | 79 | 5.0 | ||
UKIP | Dan Channing | 24 | 1.5 | ||
Majority | 74 | 4.7 | |||
Turnout | 1579 | 24.6 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Jeanette Aron | 1021 | 48.5 | ||
Conservative | Penny Edwards | 818 | 38.8 | ||
Labour | Omar Ismail | 134 | 6.4 | ||
Green | Sally Ivins | 133 | 6.3 | ||
Majority | 203 | 9.6 | |||
Turnout | 2106 | 34.29 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Maureen Joan Mills | 917 | 52.9 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Philip Granville Gough | 403 | 23.2 | ||
Independent | Mohammad Azam | 190 | 11.0 | ||
Independent | Paul Baker | 129 | 7.4 | ||
Conservative | David Charles Ealey | 95 | 5.5 | ||
Majority | 514 | 29.6 | |||
Turnout | 1734 | 29.47 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Lizz Ayre | 716 | 45.9 | ||
Labour | Avril Haley | 550 | 35.3 | ||
Conservative | Binita Mehta | 151 | 9.7 | ||
Green | Su Murray | 83 | 5.3 | ||
UKIP | Renie Susan Price | 59 | 3.8 | ||
Majority | 166 | ||||
Turnout | 24.9 | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
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