Watford Council election, 2006

Elections to Watford Council were held on 4 May 2006. One third of the council was up for election and the Liberal Democrat party kept overall control of the council. At the same time in the election for Watford's directly elected mayor the Liberal Democrat Dorothy Thornhill was re-elected.

After the election, the composition of the council was

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Mayoral election

Watford Council Mayoral Election 2006
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrat Dorothy Thornhill 11,963 51.2 +1.8
Conservative Stephen O'Brien 4,838 20.7 -0.7
Labour Ruth Ellis 4,062 17.4 -4.7
Green Stephen Rackett 2,522 10.8 +7.0
Majority 7,125 30.5 +3.2
Turnout 23,385 39.2 +3.1

Council election result

Watford Local Election Result 2006
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/-
  Liberal Democrat 9 2 0 +2 75.0 42.3 10,137 -2.2%
  Labour 1 0 3 -3 8.3 22.7 5,438 +3.6%
  Conservative 1 0 0 0 8.3 22.4 5,366 -3.5%
  Green 1 1 0 +1 8.3 12.7 3,046 +2.2%

Ward results

Callowland
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Green Georgina Mann 1,000 54.0 -3.3
Labour Daniel Scott 350 18.9 +1.8
Liberal Democrat Kelly McLeod 293 15.8 +1.6
Conservative Jonathan Cordell 208 11.2 -0.3
Majority 650 35.1 -5.1
Turnout 1,851 37.3 +0.7
Green gain from Labour Swing
Central
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrat Christopher Leslie 677 41.5 -8.6
Labour Ian Lowery 429 26.3 +6.6
Conservative Geoffrey Ogden 265 16.2 -1.7
Green John Dowdle 261 16.0 +3.8
Majority 248 15.2 -15.2
Turnout 1,632 32.6 -0.1
Liberal Democrat hold Swing
Holywell
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrat Janet Baddeley 936 44.7 +2.6
Labour Nigel Bell 894 42.7 +1.7
Conservative Carole Bamford 161 7.7 -3.4
Green Martin Wiesner 103 4.9 -0.9
Majority 42 2.0 +0.9
Turnout 2,094 39.0 +3.1
Liberal Democrat hold Swing
Leggatts
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrat Mohammad Razzaq 682 32.7 -9.8
Conservative Amanda Grimston 543 26.1 -7.0
Green Ian Brandon 502 24.1 +15.9
Labour Marion Chambers 357 17.1 +0.9
Majority 139 6.6 -2.8
Turnout 2,084 40.5 +2.5
Liberal Democrat gain from Labour Swing
Meriden
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrat Kareen Hastrick 844 43.4 +1.6
Labour Geoffrey O'Connell 608 31.2 +0.5
Conservative Roger Frost 395 20.3 +0.1
Green Faye Cullen 99 5.1 -2.2
Majority 236 12.2 +1.1
Turnout 1,946 37.4 +1.1
Liberal Democrat gain from Labour Swing
Oxhey
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrat Iain Sharpe 1,235 59.9 -4.2
Conservative Richard Bamford 521 25.3 +3.4
Labour Nnagbogu Akubue 173 8.4 -0.7
Green Ruth Atkin 134 6.5 +1.5
Majority 714 34.6 -7.6
Turnout 2,063 42.0 +0.8
Liberal Democrat hold Swing
Park
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Zoe McQuire 1,182 43.4 +4.4
Liberal Democrat Bernadette Laventure 1,179 43.3 -8.4
Labour Manzoor Hussain 192 7.1 +1.3
Green Elaine Edwards 169 6.2 +2.7
Majority 3 0.1
Turnout 2,722 52.0 -1.2
Conservative hold Swing
Stanborough
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrat Keith Crout 958 50.0 -5.4
Conservative Ian Blackledge 525 27.4 +2.8
Labour Susan Burke 294 15.3 +1.4
Green Kevin Pettifer 140 7.3 +1.2
Majority 433 22.6 -8.2
Turnout 1,917 37.9 +1.1
Liberal Democrat hold Swing
Tudor
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrat Lindsey Scudder 879 44.8 -5.6
Conservative Richard Southern 636 32.4 +2.8
Labour Michael Jones 301 15.4 +1.5
Green Carole Skinner 144 7.3 +1.2
Majority 243 12.4 -8.4
Turnout 1,960 43.3 -0.3
Liberal Democrat hold Swing
Vicarage (2)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Jagtar Dhindsa 789
Liberal Democrat Shameem Khan 755
Liberal Democrat Nasreen Ajab 740
Labour Nohreen Hamid 733
Conservative David Ealey 297
Conservative Mark Bunn 285
Green Anna Rackett 207
Green Robert Atkin 196
Turnout 4,002 44.3 +3.3
Labour hold Swing
Liberal Democrat hold Swing
Woodside
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrat Eleanor Burtenshaw 959 55.9 +0.7
Conservative Paul Gurney 348 20.3 +0.9
Labour John Young 318 18.5 -0.8
Green Alan Maccormac 91 5.3 -0.8
Majority 611 35.6 -0.2
Turnout 1,716 34.7 +2.5
Liberal Democrat hold Swing

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