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
Council elections
- Watford Borough Council election, 1998
- Watford Borough Council election, 1999 (whole council elected after boundary changes)[1]
- 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
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 |
|
|
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 |
|
|
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