2004 Watford Borough Council election

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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%.

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After the election, the composition of the council was

Council election result

Watford Local Election Result 2004
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Liberal Democrats 10+683.344.510,514-4.7%
  Conservative 1-38.325.96,118+4.5%
  Green 1+18.310.52,473+2.0%
  Labour 0-4019.14,516-0.9%

Ward results

Callowland
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Green Kenneth Brodhurst1,03457.3+3.9
Labour Richard Short30917.1+4.8
Liberal Democrats Paul Salter25614.2-15.0
Conservative Jonathan Cordell20711.5+6.4
Majority72540.2+16.0
Turnout 1,80636.6
Central
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Liberal Democrats Rabi Martins82050.1-4.4
Labour Nnagbogu Akubue32319.7-6.2
Conservative Geoffrey Greenstreet29317.9+5.9
Green Ruth Atkin20012.2+7.4
Majority49730.4+1.8
Turnout 1,63632.7
Holywell
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Liberal Democrats Jennifer McGovern77042.1-8.7
Labour Nigel Bell75041.0+0.9
Conservative Carole Bamford20311.1+4.8
Green Martin Wiesner1065.8+4.5
Majority201.1-9.6
Turnout 1,82935.9
Leggatts
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Liberal Democrats Khalid Mahmood83842.5-3.5
Conservative Stephen O'Brien65433.1+1.9
Labour Andrew Head32016.2-0.7
Green Christine Stockwell1628.2+2.3
Majority1849.4-5.4
Turnout 1,97438.0
Meriden
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Liberal Democrats Janice Brown79041.8-9.5
Labour Linda Smith58030.7+0.7
Conservative Richard Southern38220.2+9.8
Green Jenny Woods1387.3+5.3
Majority21011.1-10.2
Turnout 1,89036.3
Nascot
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Andrew Mortimer1,28554.4+5.0
Liberal Democrats Mark Watkin66028.0-8.0
Labour Thomas Meldrum27311.6+1.9
Green Carole Skinner1436.1+1.2
Majority62526.4+13.0
Turnout 2,36144.2
Oxhey
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Liberal Democrats Anthony Poole1,26964.1-4.3
Conservative David Ealey43321.9+3.4
Labour Michael Jones1809.1-0.3
Green Clive Skinner995.0+1.2
Majority83942.2-7.7
Turnout 1,98141.2
Park
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Liberal Democrats George Derbyshire1,35851.7+4.2
Conservative David Wright1,02539.0-3.6
Labour Mavis Tyrwhitt1535.8-0.4
Green Elaine Edwards933.5-0.2
Majority33312.7+7.8
Turnout 2,62953.2
Stanborough
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Liberal Democrats Andrew Wylie1,02355.4-10.3
Conservative Roger Frost45424.6+7.7
Labour Geoffrey Cullen25713.9-1.1
Green Kevin Pettifer1126.1+3.7
Majority56930.8-18.0
Turnout 1,84636.8
Tudor
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Liberal Democrats Hugh O'Hanlon99950.4+12.1
Conservative Richard Bamford58629.6-4.5
Labour Frances Hince27613.9-9.8
Green Anna Rackett1216.1+2.2
Majority41320.8+16.6
Turnout 1,98243.6
Vicarage
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Liberal Democrats Mohammed Ajab84840.6-10.4
Labour Jagtar Dhindsa78637.7+5.0
Conservative Mark Bunn28613.7+5.0
Green David Degen1678.0+0.5
Majority622.9-15.4
Turnout 2,08741.0
Woodside
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Liberal Democrats Ian Brown88355.2-5.1
Conservative William Hodnett31019.4+8.1
Labour Marion Chambers30919.3-5.5
Green Sally Ivins986.1+2.6
Majority57335.8+0.3
Turnout 1,60032.2

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