Watford Borough Council election, 2002

Elections to Watford Borough Council were held on 2 May 2002. One third of the council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control. At the same time an election for a directly elected mayor was held, which was won by the Liberal Democrat Dorothy Thornhill.

After the election, the composition of the council was

Mayoral election

Watford Mayoral Election 2 May 2002 ^[1]

Party

Candidate

1st Round

2nd Round

Total

First Round Votes Transfer Votes

Liberal Democrat

Dorothy Thornhill

10,954

49.4%

2,519

13,473

Labour

Vince Muspratt

4,899

22.1%

370

5,269

Conservative

Gary Ling

4,746

21.4%

Green

Stephen Rackett

851

3.8%

Socialist Alliance

Paul Woodward

390

1.8%

Fat Cat

Tristram Cooke

330

1.5%

Liberal Democrat win

Council election result

Watford Local Election Result 2002
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Liberal Democrat	6			+3	50.0	43.9	10,021
	Labour	4			-3	33.3	24.2	5,527
	Conservative	2			+1	16.7	25.6	5,837
	Green	0			0	0	3.9	886
	Independent	0			-1	0	2.2	492
	Socialist Alliance	0			0	0	0.3	60

Ward results

Callowland
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Daniel Scott	488	32.8
	Liberal Democrat	Paul Salter	466	31.3
	Green	Stephen Rackett	284	19.1
	Conservative	Carl Robertson	249	16.7
Majority			22	1.5
Turnout			1,487

Central
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Christopher Leslie	853	49.1
	Labour	John Dowdle	616	35.4
	Conservative	Shirley Hugill	176	10.1
	Green	Christine Stockwel	93	5.4
Majority			237	13.7
Turnout			1,738

Holywell
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Janet Baddeley	1,025	56.9
	Labour	Steven Palmer	568	31.6
	Conservative	David Ealey	147	8.2
	Socialist Alliance	Andrew O'Brien	60	3.3
Majority			457	25.3
Turnout			1,800

Leggatts
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Keith Crout	691	36.0
	Conservative	Sally Punter	650	33.9
	Liberal Democrat	Jonathan Wyatt	519	27.0
	Green	Carol Skinner	59	3.1
Majority			41	2.1
Turnout			1,919

Meriden
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Geoffrey O'Connell	613	37.2
	Liberal Democrat	Susan Greenslade	575	34.9
	Conservative	Pamela Bell	460	27.9
Majority			38	2.3
Turnout			1,648

Nascot
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Robert Gordon	1,101	47.8
	Liberal Democrat	Timothy Wyatt	709	30.8
	Independent	Janice Brown	492	21.4
Majority			392	17.0
Turnout			2,302

Oxhey
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Iain Sharpe	1,481	67.4
	Conservative	Alan Luto	414	18.8
	Labour	Nnagbogu Akubue	232	10.6
	Green	Andrew McBean	71	3.2
Majority			1,067	48.6
Turnout			2,198

Park
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Timothy Williams	1,207	51.6
	Liberal Democrat	Mark Crowne	795	34.0
	Labour	Frances Hince	256	10.9
	Green	Elaine Edwards	80	3.4
Majority			412	17.6
Turnout			2,338

Stanborough
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Joyce Richmond	1,222	64.7
	Conservative	Roger Frost	318	16.8
	Labour	Stephen Anglesey	291	15.4
	Green	Ian West	58	3.1
Majority			904	47.9
Turnout			1,889

Tudor
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Lindsey Scudder	705	36.5
	Conservative	Richard Southern	636	32.9
	Labour	Sheila Rosser	524	27.1
	Green	Clive Skinner	66	3.4
Majority			69	3.6
Turnout			1,931

Vicarage
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Brian Graham	826	44.5
	Liberal Democrat	Shahnaz Ali	595	32.0
	Conservative	Khalid Khan	299	16.1
	Green	Paul Sandford	137	7.4
Majority			231	12.5
Turnout			1,857

Woodside
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Eleanor Burtenshaw	1,076	62.7
	Labour	Marion Chambers	422	24.6
	Conservative	Grace Cordell	180	10.5
	Green	Faye Cullen	38	2.2
Majority			654	38.1
Turnout			1,716

References

↑ "Election Results - Mayoral 2 May 2002". Watford Borough Council. 3 May 2002. Retrieved 19 January 2013.

Council elections in Hertfordshire

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See also: Wards Boundary changes Middlesex County Council elections

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