Watford Borough Council election, 2006

Elections to Watford Borough 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

Mayoral election

2006

Watford Mayoral Election 4 May 2006 ^[1]

Party

Candidate

1st Round

2nd Round

Total

First Round Votes Transfer Votes

Liberal Democrat

Dorothy Thornhill

11,963

51.2%

Conservative

Stephen O'Brien

4,838

20.7%

Labour

Ruth Ellis

4,062

17.4%

Green

Stephen Rackett

2,522

10.8%

Liberal Democrat hold

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

References

↑ "#DDDDDD". Watford Borough Council. 5 May 2006. Retrieved 19 January 2013.

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