Watford Borough Council
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Watford Borough Council is the local authority for the Watford non-metropolitan district of England, the United Kingdom. Watford is located in the south-west of Hertfordshire, in the East of England region.
The Council consists of 37 elected members. 36 of them represent the twelve electoral wards of the borough; each of the wards elects three councillors. In addition, the Mayor of Watford is one of thirteen directly-elected mayors in the United Kingdom.
The Council is currently controlled by the Liberal Democrats, who hold 28, or 76%, of the 37 seats. The Conservatives, Labour, and Green Party each hold 3 seats. One of the Liberal Democrat seats is the elected-mayor, Dorothy Thornhill, a Liberal Democrat.
[edit] Composition
| Party | Councillors | Change (on 2007) |
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| Liberal Democrat | 28 | -1 | |
| Conservative | 3 | - | |
| Labour | 3 | +1 | |
| Green | 3 | - | |
| Total | 37 | - | |
| Source: Watford Borough Council | |||
[edit] Wards
Watford consists of twelve wards.
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