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

Composition of the council[2]
Year Labour Conservative Liberal Democrats[a] Green[b] Independents
& Others 		Council control
after election
Local government reorganisation; council established (36 seats)
1973 21 9 6 – 0 Labour
New ward boundaries (36 seats)[3]
1976 19 17 0 0 0 Labour
1978 19 17 0 0 0 Labour
1979 19 17 0 0 0 Labour
1980 22 14 0 0 0 Labour
1982 23 13 0 0 0 Labour
1983 23 13 0 0 0 Labour
1984 23 13 0 0 0 Labour
1986 23 12 0 0 1 Labour
1987 23 10 3 0 0 Labour
1988 16 11 3 0 6 No overall control
1990 20 11 3 0 2 Labour
1991 22 10 3 0 1 Labour
1992 22 10 4 0 0 Labour
1994 20 9 7 0 0 Labour
1995 21 8 7 0 0 Labour
1996 21 6 9 0 0 Labour
1998 21 7 8 0 0 Labour
New ward boundaries (36 seats)[4][5]
1999 19 7 10 0 0 Labour
2000 18 8 10 0 0 No overall control
2002 15 7 13 0 1 No overall control
2003 8 7 20 1 0 Liberal Democrats
2004 4 4 26 2 0 Liberal Democrats
2006 1 3 29 3 0 Liberal Democrats
2007 2 3 28 3 0 Liberal Democrats
2008 3 3 27 3 0 Liberal Democrats
2010 4 4 25 3 0 Liberal Democrats
2011 6 2 24 3 1 Liberal Democrats
2012 8 2 23 3 0 Liberal Democrats
2014 11 1 23 1 0 Liberal Democrats
2015 13 5 18 0 0 No overall control
New ward boundaries (36 seats)[1]
2016 11 0 25 0 0 Liberal Democrats
2018 10 0 26 0 0 Liberal Democrats
2019 10 0 26 0 0 Liberal Democrats
2021 10 0 26 0 0 Liberal Democrats
2022 9 0 27 0 0 Liberal Democrats
2023 9 0 27 0 0 Liberal Democrats
2024 6 0 30 0 0 Liberal Democrats

Results maps

  • 2002 results map
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  • 2004 results map
  • 2006 results map
  • 2007 results map
  • 2008 results map
  • 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 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
Nascot Park By-Election 1 May 1997
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

1998–2002

Holywell By-Election 7 June 2001
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
Tudor By-Election 7 June 2001
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
Vicarage By-Election 7 June 2001
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

2002–2006

Oxhey By-Election 20 June 2002[6][7]
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[8]
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[9][10]
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[11][12]
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[13]
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[14]
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[15]
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[16]
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[17]
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[18]
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[19]
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[20]
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[21]
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[22]
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

2022–2026

Held alongside the 2025 Hertfordshire County Council election.

Holywell by-election: 1 May 2025[23][24]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Asma Suleman 573 33.0 −27.1
Liberal Democrats Callum Robertson 532 30.6 +12.4
Reform David Ealey 294 16.9 N/A
Conservative Sanjaya Pant 180 10.3 −6.7
Green Jake Mitchell 126 7.2 N/A
TUSC Mark O'Connor 23 1.3 −3.4
Majority 41
Turnout 23.4
Labour hold Swing
Oxhey by-election: 1 May 2025[25][24]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Iain Sharpe 1,061 60.7
Reform Michael Barrett 302 17.2
Conservative Peter Williams 136 7.7
Labour Sonu Masania 132 7.5
Green David Gordon 99 5.6
TUSC James O'Connor 10 0.5
Majority 759
Turnout 30.6
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Held following the resignation of the incumbent councillor.

Tudor by-election: 4 December 2025[26]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Callum Robertson 821 51.6 +4.3
Reform Mark Dixon 433 27.2 +17.8
Conservative Danny Mosley 148 9.3 −10.5
Labour Seamus Williams 111 7.0 −16.4
Green Dave Dunckley 77 4.8 New
Majority 388
Turnout 1590 30.49%
Registered electors
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Notes

  1. ^ Includes totals for the predecessors of the Liberal Democrats, the Liberal Party and SDP (both of which participated in the Alliance).
  2. ^ Includes totals for the predecessors of the Green Party of England and Wales, the Ecology Party and Green Party UK.

References

  1. ^ a b "The Watford (Electoral Changes) Order 2016", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, SI 2016/112, retrieved 14 May 2023
  2. ^ "Composition calculator". Colin Rallings & Michael Thrasher. The Elections Centre, Plymouth University. Retrieved 14 May 2025.
  3. ^ The Borough of Watford (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1975
  4. ^ "Watford". BBC Online. Retrieved 13 May 2008.
  5. ^ legislation.gov.uk - The Borough of Watford (Electoral Changes) Order 1998. Retrieved on 4 October 2015.
  6. ^ "Local Elections Archive Project — Oxhey Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 12 June 2024.
  7. ^ "Election Results". Watford Borough Council. Archived from the original on 5 November 2004. Retrieved 12 June 2024.
  8. ^ "Ward prepares for by-election". Watford Observer. 10 June 2006. Retrieved 12 June 2024.
  9. ^ "Local Elections Archive Project — Tudor Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk.
  10. ^ "Results - Borough 2008 - 16 October Tudor by-election". Watford Borough Council. Archived from the original on 1 September 2012. Retrieved 12 June 2024.
  11. ^ "Local Elections Archive Project — Leggatts Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 12 June 2024.
  12. ^ "Election results - Borough Leggatts by-election 4 June 2009". Watford Borough Council. Archived from the original on 29 September 2011. Retrieved 12 June 2024.
  13. ^ "Local Elections Archive Project — Central Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 12 June 2024.
  14. ^ "Local Elections Archive Project — Nascot Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 12 June 2024.
  15. ^ "Local Elections Archive Project — Vicarage Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 12 June 2024.
  16. ^ "Local Elections Archive Project — Central Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 12 June 2024.
  17. ^ "Local Elections Archive Project — Woodside Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 12 June 2024.
  18. ^ "Local Elections Archive Project — Leggatts Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 12 June 2024.
  19. ^ "Local Elections Archive Project — Oxhey Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 12 June 2024.
  20. ^ "Local Elections Archive Project — Park Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 12 June 2024.
  21. ^ "Local Elections Archive Project — Oxhey Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 12 June 2024.
  22. ^ "Local Elections Archive Project — Tudor Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 12 June 2024.
  23. ^ "Statement of Persons Nominated - Holywell ward". Watford Borough Council. 3 April 2025. Retrieved 3 April 2025.
  24. ^ a b "2025 Council Election Results". Watford Borough Council. 2 May 2025. Retrieved 2 May 2025.
  25. ^ "Statement of Persons Nominated - Oxhey ward". Watford Borough Council. 3 April 2025. Retrieved 3 April 2025.
  26. ^ "2025 Tudor By-election results". Watford Borough Council. Retrieved 17 December 2025.
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