Watford Borough Council elections

One third of Watford Borough Council in Hertfordshire, England is elected each year, followed by one year when there is an election to Hertfordshire County Council instead.

Political control

Party in control	Years
Labour	1973 - 1988
No overall control	1988 - 1990
Labour	1990 - 2000
No overall control	2000 - 2003
Liberal Democrats	2003 - present

Council elections

Watford Borough Council election, 1973
Watford Borough Council election, 1976 (New ward boundaries)^[1]
Watford Borough Council election, 1979
Watford Borough Council election, 1980
Watford Borough Council election, 1982
Watford Borough Council election, 1983
Watford Borough Council election, 1984
Watford Borough Council election, 1986
Watford Borough Council election, 1987
Watford Borough Council election, 1988
Watford Borough Council election, 1990
Watford Borough Council election, 1991
Watford Borough Council election, 1992
Watford Borough Council election, 1994
Watford Borough Council election, 1995
Watford Borough Council election, 1996
Watford Borough Council election, 1998
Watford Borough Council election, 1999 (New ward boundaries)^[2]^[3]
Watford Borough Council election, 2000
Watford Borough Council election, 2002
Watford Borough Council election, 2003
Watford Borough Council election, 2004
Watford Borough Council election, 2006
Watford Borough Council election, 2007
Watford Borough Council election, 2008
Watford Borough Council election, 2010
Watford Borough Council election, 2011
Watford Borough Council election, 2012
Watford Borough Council election, 2014
Watford Borough Council election, 2015
Watford Borough Council election, 2016 (New ward boundaries)^[4]

By-election results

Meriden By-Election 1 May 1997
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour		3,768	48.2	-14.1
	Conservative		2,473	31.7	+9.8
	Liberal Democrat		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 Democrat		1,963	26.6	+4.9
	Labour		1,727	23.4	-6.7
Majority			1,732	23.4
Turnout			7,385
	Conservative hold		Swing

Holywell By-Election 7 June 2001
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour		1,447	51.1	+7.3
	Liberal Democrat		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 Democrat		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 Democrat		607	20.4	-2.2
Majority			1,017	34.2
Turnout			2,972
	Labour hold		Swing

Oxhey By-Election 20 June 2002
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat		1,024	72.4	+5.0
	Conservative		245	17.3	-1.5
	Labour		105	7.4	-3.2
	Green		40	2.8	-0.4
Majority			779	55.1
Turnout			1,414	28.8
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Nascot By-Election 15 June 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	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 Democrat gain from Conservative		Swing

Tudor By-Election 16 October 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Darren Walford	932	50.0
	Conservative	Richard Lloyd Vaughan Southern	486	26.1
	Labour	Mark James Xerri	273	14.6
	Green	Helen Elizabeth Wynne	91	4.9
	BNP	Guy Dickens	83	4.5
Majority			446	23.9
Turnout			1865	40.83
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Leggatts By-Election 4 June 2009 (caused by resignation of incumbent)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Stephen Johnson	534	27.1
	Liberal Democrat	Malcolm Adcock	489	24.8
	Green	Maria Green	463	463
	Labour	Ahsan Khan	438	22.2
Majority			45	2.3
Turnout			1969	36.6
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing

Central By-Election 14 October 2010 (caused by resignation of incumbent)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Helen Lynch	696	44.1
	Labour	Fred Grindrod	622	39.4
	Conservative	Youseffe Fahmy	158	10.0
	Green	Dorothy Nixon	79	5.0
	UKIP	Dan Channing	24	1.5
Majority			74	4.7
Turnout			1579	24.6
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Nascot By-Election 29 September 2011 (caused by resignation of incumbent)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Jeanette Aron	1021	48.5
	Conservative	Penny Edwards	818	38.8
	Labour	Omar Ismail	134	6.4
	Green	Sally Ivins	133	6.3
Majority			203	9.6
Turnout			2106	34.29
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Vicarage By-Election 6 October 2011 (caused by resignation of incumbent)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Maureen Joan Mills	917	52.9
	Liberal Democrat	Philip Granville Gough	403	23.2
	Independent	Mohammad Azam	190	11.0
	Independent	Paul Baker	129	7.4
	Conservative	David Charles Ealey	95	5.5
Majority			514	29.6
Turnout			1734	29.47
	Labour hold		Swing

Central By-Election 12 November 2012
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Lizz Ayre	716	45.9
	Labour	Avril Haley	550	35.3
	Conservative	Binita Mehta	151	9.7
	Green	Su Murray	83	5.3
	UKIP	Renie Susan Price	59	3.8
Majority			166
Turnout				24.9
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

References

↑ The Borough of Watford (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1975
↑ "Watford". BBC Online. Retrieved 2008-05-13.
↑ legislation.gov.uk - The Borough of Watford (Electoral Changes) Order 1998. Retrieved on 4 October 2015.
↑ legislation.gov.uk - The Watford (Electoral Changes) Order 2016. Retrieved on 20 April 2016.

External links

Watford Borough Council

Council elections in Hertfordshire

Hertfordshire County Council	1889 1892 1895 1898 1901 1904 1907 1910 1913 1919 1922 1925 1928 1931 1934 1937 1946 1949 1952 1955 1958 1961 1964 1967 1970 1973 1977 1981 1985 1989 1993 1997 2001 2005 2009 2013

Broxbourne Borough Council	1973 1976 1978 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016

Dacorum Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015

East Hertfordshire District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015

Hertsmere Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016

North Hertfordshire District Council	1973 1976 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2014 2015 2016

St Albans City and District Council	1973 1976 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016

Stevenage Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016

Three Rivers District Council	1973 1976 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016

Watford Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016

Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016

See also: Wards Boundary changes Middlesex County Council elections

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