Watford Borough Council elections

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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]

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By-election results

1994-1998

Meriden By-Election 1 May 1997
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour 3,76848.2-14.1
Conservative 2,47331.7+9.8
Liberal Democrats 1,57020.1+4.3
Majority1,29516.5
Turnout 7,811
Labour hold Swing
Nascot Park By-Election 1 May 1997
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative 3,69550.0+1.7
Liberal Democrats 1,96326.6+4.9
Labour 1,72723.4-6.7
Majority1,73223.4
Turnout 7,385
Conservative hold Swing

1998-2002

Holywell By-Election 7 June 2001
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour 1,44751.1+7.3
Liberal Democrats 90632.0+2.1
Conservative 47716.9-1.9
Majority54119.1
Turnout 2,830
Labour hold Swing
Tudor By-Election 7 June 2001
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour 1,26042.5+1.3
Conservative 1,01134.1-7.6
Liberal Democrats 46715.8-1.3
Independent 1163.9+3.9
Green 1123.8+3.8
Majority2498.4
Turnout 2,966
Labour hold Swing
Vicarage By-Election 7 June 2001
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour 1,69156.9+0.9
Conservative 67422.7+1.3
Liberal Democrats 60720.4-2.2
Majority1,01734.2
Turnout 2,972
Labour hold Swing

2002-2006

Oxhey By-Election 20 June 2002 [5] [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Shirena Counter1,02472.4+5.0
Conservative Alan Luto24517.3-1.5
Labour Ngagbogu Akubue1057.4-3.2
Green Faye Cullen402.8-0.4
Majority77955.1
Turnout 1,41428.8
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

2006-2010

Nascot By-Election 15 June 2006 [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Mark Watkin88745.4+17.4
Conservative Angela Basit82842.4-12.0
Green Sally Ivins1457.4+1.3
Labour Mohammed Riaz924.7-6.9
Majority593.0
Turnout 1,95236.6
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing
Tudor By-Election 16 October 2008 [8] [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Darren Walford93250.0+3.1
Conservative Richard Southern48626.1-12.4
Labour Mark Xerri27314.6+4.0
Green Helen Wynne914.9+0.9
BNP Guy Dickens834.5+4.5
Majority44623.9
Turnout 1,86540.83
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Leggatts By-Election 4 June 2009 [10] [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Stephen Johnson53427.1
Liberal Democrats Malcolm Adcock48924.8
Green Maria Green46323.5
Labour Ahsan Khan43822.2
Majority452.3
Turnout 196936.6
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing

2010-2014

Central By-Election 14 October 2010 [12]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Helen Lynch69644.1+7.3
Labour Fred Grindrod62239.4+4.8
Conservative Youseffe Fahmy15810.0-12.2
Green Dorothy Nixon795.0-1.4
UKIP Dan Channing241.5+1.5
Majority744.7
Turnout 1,579
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Nascot By-Election 29 September 2011 [13]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Jeanette Aron1,02148.5+2.9
Conservative Penny Edwards81838.8+2.5
Labour Omar Ismail1346.4-5.3
Green Sally Ivins1336.3-0.1
Majority2039.6
Turnout 2,106
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Vicarage By-Election 6 October 2011 [14]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Maureen Joan Mills91752.9+2.8
Liberal Democrats Philip Granville Gough40323.2-4.3
Independent Mohammad Azam19011.0+11.0
Independent Paul Baker1297.4-0.7
Conservative David Charles Ealey955.5-3.7
Majority51429.6
Turnout 1,734
Labour hold Swing
Central By-Election 12 November 2012 [15]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Lizz Ayre71645.9-1.7
Labour Avril Haley55035.3+4.3
Conservative Binita Mehta1519.7-1.1
Green Su Murray835.3-0.9
UKIP Renie Price593.8-0.6
Majority16610.6
Turnout 1,559
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Woodside By-Election 2 May 2013 [16]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Glen Saffery48737.2-7.4
Conservative Tony Rogers29222.3-8.8
UKIP Philip Cox27721.1+21.1
Labour Omar Ashraf21216.2-0.7
Green Alison Wiesner423.2-4.1
Majority19514.9
Turnout 1,310
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

2014-2018

Leggatts By-Election 4 May 2017 [17]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Richard Smith93444.1-0.6
Liberal Democrats Helen Lynch76236.0+19.2
Conservative Camilla Khawaja31815.0-4.5
Green Su Murray1044.9-9.7
Majority1728.1
Turnout 2,118
Labour hold Swing
Oxhey By-Election 4 May 2017 [18]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Maggie Parker1,23964.7+6.7
Conservative Richard Bell39520.6+6.9
Labour Sue Sleeman28114.7-0.3
Majority84444.1
Turnout 1,915
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Park By-Election 4 May 2017 [19]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Peter Jeffree1,43054.7+10.1
Conservative David Fallon91535.0+1.6
Labour Junior Sesay26710.2-1.2
Majority51519.7
Turnout 2,612
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

2018-2022

Oxhey By-Election 21 June 2018 [20]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Imran Hamid82855.3-3.5
Conservative Joseph Gornicki42028.1+4.7
Labour Sue Sleeman24816.6-1.1
Majority40827.3
Turnout 1,496
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Tudor By-Election 10 October 2019 [21]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Bill Stanton87155.4-5.6
Conservative Carly Bishop49031.2+13.2
Labour Seamus Williams21013.4-7.5
Majority38124.3
Turnout 1,571
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

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  2. ↑ The Borough of Watford (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1975
  3. ↑ "Watford". BBC Online . Retrieved 13 May 2008.
  4. ↑ legislation.gov.uk - The Borough of Watford (Electoral Changes) Order 1998. Retrieved on 4 October 2015.
  5. ↑ "Local Elections Archive Project — Oxhey Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 12 June 2024.
  6. ↑ "Election Results". Watford Borough Council. Archived from the original on 5 November 2004. Retrieved 12 June 2024.
  7. ↑ "Ward prepares for by-election". Watford Observer. 10 June 2006. Retrieved 12 June 2024.
  8. ↑ "Local Elections Archive Project — Tudor Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk.
  9. ↑ "Results - Borough 2008 - 16 October Tudor by-election". Watford Borough Council. Archived from the original on 1 September 2012. Retrieved 12 June 2024.
  10. ↑ "Local Elections Archive Project — Leggatts Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 12 June 2024.
  11. ↑ "Election results - Borough Leggatts by-election 4 June 2009". Watford Borough Council. Archived from the original on 29 September 2011. Retrieved 12 June 2024.
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  13. ↑ "Local Elections Archive Project — Nascot Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 12 June 2024.
  14. ↑ "Local Elections Archive Project — Vicarage Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 12 June 2024.
  15. ↑ "Local Elections Archive Project — Central Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 12 June 2024.
  16. ↑ "Local Elections Archive Project — Woodside Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 12 June 2024.
  17. ↑ "Local Elections Archive Project — Leggatts Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 12 June 2024.
  18. ↑ "Local Elections Archive Project — Oxhey Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 12 June 2024.
  19. ↑ "Local Elections Archive Project — Park Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 12 June 2024.
  20. ↑ "Local Elections Archive Project — Oxhey Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 12 June 2024.
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