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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Council elections

By-election results

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
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
Oxhey By-Election 20 June 2002
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats 1,02472.4+5.0
Conservative 24517.3-1.5
Labour 1057.4-3.2
Green 402.8-0.4
Majority77955.1
Turnout 1,41428.8
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Nascot By-Election 15 June 2006
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
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Darren Walford93250.0
Conservative Richard Lloyd Vaughan Southern48626.1
Labour Mark James Xerri27314.6
Green Helen Elizabeth Wynne914.9
BNP Guy Dickens834.5
Majority44623.9
Turnout 186540.83
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Leggatts By-Election 4 June 2009 (caused by resignation of incumbent)
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
Central By-Election 14 October 2010 (caused by resignation of incumbent)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Helen Lynch69644.1
Labour Fred Grindrod62239.4
Conservative Youseffe Fahmy15810.0
Green Dorothy Nixon795.0
UKIP Dan Channing241.5
Majority744.7
Turnout 157924.6
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Nascot By-Election 29 September 2011 (caused by resignation of incumbent)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Jeanette Aron102148.5
Conservative Penny Edwards81838.8
Labour Omar Ismail1346.4
Green Sally Ivins1336.3
Majority2039.6
Turnout 210634.29
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Vicarage By-Election 6 October 2011 (caused by resignation of incumbent)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Maureen Joan Mills91752.9
Liberal Democrats Philip Granville Gough40323.2
Independent Mohammad Azam19011.0
Independent Paul Baker1297.4
Conservative David Charles Ealey955.5
Majority51429.6
Turnout 173429.47
Labour hold Swing
Central By-Election 12 November 2012
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Lizz Ayre71645.9
Labour Avril Haley55035.3
Conservative Binita Mehta1519.7
Green Su Murray835.3
UKIP Renie Susan Price593.8
Majority166
Turnout 24.9
Liberal Democrats hold Swing


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References

  1. 1 2 "The Watford (Electoral Changes) Order 2016", legislation.gov.uk , The National Archives, SI 2016/112, retrieved 14 May 2023
  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.
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