Watford Borough Council elections

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]

Council elections

Results maps

2010 results map
2011 results map
2012 results map
2014 results map
2015 results map
2016 results map
2018 results map
2019 results map
2021 results map
2022 results map
2023 results map
2024 results map

By-election results

1994-1998

Meriden By-Election 1 May 1997
Party		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

Nascot Park By-Election 1 May 1997
Party		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

1998-2002

Holywell By-Election 7 June 2001
Party		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

Tudor By-Election 7 June 2001
Party		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

Vicarage By-Election 7 June 2001
Party		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

2002-2006

Oxhey By-Election 20 June 2002^[5]^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Shirena Counter	1,024	72.4	+5.0
	Conservative	Alan Luto	245	17.3	−1.5
	Labour	Ngagbogu Akubue	105	7.4	−3.2
	Green	Faye Cullen	40	2.8	−0.4
Majority			779	55.1
Turnout			1,414	28.8
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

2006-2010

Nascot By-Election 15 June 2006^[7]
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

Tudor By-Election 16 October 2008^[8]^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Darren Walford	932	50.0	+3.1
	Conservative	Richard Southern	486	26.1	−12.4
	Labour	Mark Xerri	273	14.6	+4.0
	Green	Helen Wynne	91	4.9	+0.9
	BNP	Guy Dickens	83	4.5	+4.5
Majority			446	23.9
Turnout			1,865	40.83
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Leggatts By-Election 4 June 2009^[10]^[11]
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

2010-2014

Central By-Election 14 October 2010^[12]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Helen Lynch	696	44.1	+7.3
	Labour	Fred Grindrod	622	39.4	+4.8
	Conservative	Youseffe Fahmy	158	10.0	−12.2
	Green	Dorothy Nixon	79	5.0	−1.4
	UKIP	Dan Channing	24	1.5	+1.5
Majority			74	4.7
Turnout			1,579
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Nascot By-Election 29 September 2011^[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Jeanette Aron	1,021	48.5	+2.9
	Conservative	Penny Edwards	818	38.8	+2.5
	Labour	Omar Ismail	134	6.4	−5.3
	Green	Sally Ivins	133	6.3	−0.1
Majority			203	9.6
Turnout			2,106
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Vicarage By-Election 6 October 2011^[14]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Maureen Joan Mills	917	52.9	+2.8
	Liberal Democrats	Philip Granville Gough	403	23.2	−4.3
	Independent	Mohammad Azam	190	11.0	+11.0
	Independent	Paul Baker	129	7.4	−0.7
	Conservative	David Charles Ealey	95	5.5	−3.7
Majority			514	29.6
Turnout			1,734
	Labour hold		Swing

Central By-Election 12 November 2012^[15]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Lizz Ayre	716	45.9	−1.7
	Labour	Avril Haley	550	35.3	+4.3
	Conservative	Binita Mehta	151	9.7	−1.1
	Green	Su Murray	83	5.3	−0.9
	UKIP	Renie Price	59	3.8	−0.6
Majority			166	10.6
Turnout			1,559
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Woodside By-Election 2 May 2013^[16]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Glen Saffery	487	37.2	−7.4
	Conservative	Tony Rogers	292	22.3	−8.8
	UKIP	Philip Cox	277	21.1	+21.1
	Labour	Omar Ashraf	212	16.2	−0.7
	Green	Alison Wiesner	42	3.2	−4.1
Majority			195	14.9
Turnout			1,310
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

2014-2018

Leggatts By-Election 4 May 2017^[17]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Richard Smith	934	44.1	−0.6
	Liberal Democrats	Helen Lynch	762	36.0	+19.2
	Conservative	Camilla Khawaja	318	15.0	−4.5
	Green	Su Murray	104	4.9	−9.7
Majority			172	8.1
Turnout			2,118
	Labour hold		Swing

Oxhey By-Election 4 May 2017^[18]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Maggie Parker	1,239	64.7	+6.7
	Conservative	Richard Bell	395	20.6	+6.9
	Labour	Sue Sleeman	281	14.7	−0.3
Majority			844	44.1
Turnout			1,915
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Park By-Election 4 May 2017^[19]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Jeffree	1,430	54.7	+10.1
	Conservative	David Fallon	915	35.0	+1.6
	Labour	Junior Sesay	267	10.2	−1.2
Majority			515	19.7
Turnout			2,612
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

2018-2022

Oxhey By-Election 21 June 2018^[20]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Imran Hamid	828	55.3	−3.5
	Conservative	Joseph Gornicki	420	28.1	+4.7
	Labour	Sue Sleeman	248	16.6	−1.1
Majority			408	27.3
Turnout			1,496
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Tudor By-Election 10 October 2019^[21]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Bill Stanton	871	55.4	−5.6
	Conservative	Carly Bishop	490	31.2	+13.2
	Labour	Seamus Williams	210	13.4	−7.5
Majority			381	24.3
Turnout			1,571
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

References

^ ^a ^b "The Watford (Electoral Changes) Order 2016", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, SI 2016/112, retrieved 14 May 2023
^ The Borough of Watford (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1975
^ "Watford". BBC Online. Retrieved 13 May 2008.
^ legislation.gov.uk - The Borough of Watford (Electoral Changes) Order 1998. Retrieved on 4 October 2015.
^ "Local Elections Archive Project — Oxhey Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 12 June 2024.
^ "Election Results". Watford Borough Council. Archived from the original on 5 November 2004. Retrieved 12 June 2024.
^ "Ward prepares for by-election". Watford Observer. 10 June 2006. Retrieved 12 June 2024.
^ "Local Elections Archive Project — Tudor Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk.
^ "Results - Borough 2008 - 16 October Tudor by-election". Watford Borough Council. Archived from the original on 1 September 2012. Retrieved 12 June 2024.
^ "Local Elections Archive Project — Leggatts Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 12 June 2024.
^ "Election results - Borough Leggatts by-election 4 June 2009". Watford Borough Council. Archived from the original on 29 September 2011. Retrieved 12 June 2024.
^ "Local Elections Archive Project — Central Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 12 June 2024.
^ "Local Elections Archive Project — Nascot Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 12 June 2024.
^ "Local Elections Archive Project — Vicarage Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 12 June 2024.
^ "Local Elections Archive Project — Central Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 12 June 2024.
^ "Local Elections Archive Project — Woodside Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 12 June 2024.
^ "Local Elections Archive Project — Leggatts Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 12 June 2024.
^ "Local Elections Archive Project — Oxhey Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 12 June 2024.
^ "Local Elections Archive Project — Park Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 12 June 2024.
^ "Local Elections Archive Project — Oxhey Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 12 June 2024.
^ "Local Elections Archive Project — Tudor Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 12 June 2024.

External links

Watford Borough Council

[2016order-1] "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

[watford-3] "Watford". BBC Online. Retrieved 13 May 2008.

[4] slation.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.

[12] "Local Elections Archive Project — Central Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 12 June 2024.

[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.

[21] "Local Elections Archive Project — Tudor Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 12 June 2024.

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