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2024 Watford Borough Council election

2024 Watford Borough Council election
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12 out of 36 seats to Watford Borough Council
19 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party
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Leader Jennifer Pattinson Nigel Bell
Party Liberal Democrats Labour
Last election 27 seats, 48.8% 9 seats, 30.8%
Seats before 27 9
Seats won 11 1
Seats after 30 6
Seat change Increase 3 Decrease 3
Popular vote 11,243 6,775
Percentage 48.2% 29.1%
Swing Decrease 0.6% Decrease 1.7%
Winner of each seat at the 2024 Watford Borough Council election
Mayor before election

Peter Taylor
Liberal Democrats

Mayor after election

Peter Taylor
Liberal Democrats

The 2024 Watford Borough Council election took place on 2 May 2024 to elect members of Watford Borough Council in Hertfordshire, England.[1] This was on the same day as other local elections. One third of the council's seats were up for election.

Summary

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The council was under Liberal Democrat majority control prior to election, and the party also held the position of the directly elected Mayor of Watford, which was not up for election in 2024. Given the size of the party's majority prior to the election, it was impossible for them to lose control at this election. In the event, the party actually increased their majority, gaining three seats from Labour.[2][3]

Candidates by party

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Liberal Democrats (12/12)










Labour Party (12/12)










Conservative Party (12/12)










Reform UK (7/12)










TUSC (3/12)










Green Party (2/12)










Heritage (1/12)










Independent (1/12)










Election result

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2024 Watford Borough Council election
Party This election Full council This election
Seats Net Seats % Other Total Total % Votes Votes % +/−
  Liberal Democrats 11 Increase 3 91.7 19 30 83.3 11,243 48.2 –0.6
  Labour 1 Decrease 3 8.3 5 6 16.7 6,775 29.1 –1.7
  Conservative 0 Steady 0.0 0 0 0.0 3,612 15.5 –2.0
  Reform 0 Steady 0.0 0 0 0.0 1,113 4.8 +2.7
  Green 0 Steady 0.0 0 0 0.0 239 1.0 +0.8
  TUSC 0 Steady 0.0 0 0 0.0 204 0.9 +0.5
  Independent 0 Steady 0.0 0 0 0.0 68 0.3 N/A
  Heritage 0 Steady 0.0 0 0 0.0 65 0.3 ±0.0

Ward results

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The Statement of Persons Nominated, which details the candidates standing in each ward, was released by Watford Borough Council following the close of nominations on 8 April 2024.[4]

Callowland

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Callowland
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Richard Short 1,069 51.9 +4.2
Labour Dannis Watling* 829 40.3 ±0.0
Conservative Nick Kahan 161 7.8 −4.2
Majority
Turnout 2,059 34.15
Registered electors
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour Swing

Central

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Central
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Sam Summer 924 46.2 −7.4
Labour Mo Hakim 572 28.6 −2.7
Conservative Devyani Bajaj 259 12.9 +3.4
Reform David Ealey 125 6.2 +0.6
Independent Dennis Wharton 68 3.4 N/A
TUSC James O'Connor 53 2.6 N/A
Majority
Turnout 2,001 28.15
Registered electors
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Holywell

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Holywell
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Nigel Bell* 1,159 60.1 +2.8
Liberal Democrats Simon Morrison 352 18.2 −1.8
Conservative Danny Moseley 328 17.0 −2.3
TUSC Mark O'Connor 91 4.7 +1.2
Majority
Turnout 1,930 26.95
Registered electors
Labour hold Swing

Leggatts

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Leggatts
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Sham Begum 864 42.6 +8.2
Labour Asma Suleman 689 34.0 −11.6
Conservative James Fanning 350 17.3 +1.9
Heritage Sarah Knott 65 3.2 −0.2
TUSC Derek Foster 60 3.0 +1.8
Majority
Turnout 2,028 34.52
Registered electors
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour Swing

Meriden

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Meriden
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Annalisa Buraglio 643 44.7 −5.1
Labour Keith Morgan 377 26.2 +0.3
Conservative Jennie Raperport 314 21.8 −2.5
Reform Ian Green 106 7.4 N/A
Majority
Turnout 1,440 25.03
Registered electors
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Nascot

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Nascot
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Mark Watkin* 1,394 59.1 +1.6
Conservative Stephen Woodard 422 17.9 −3.9
Labour Seamus Williams 385 16.3 +1.2
Reform Charlie Xie 158 6.7 +1.1
Majority
Turnout 2,359 34.66
Registered electors
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Oxhey

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Oxhey
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Karen Clarke-Taylor* 1,267 66.1 −1.1
Labour Anthony Scott-Norman 231 12.0 −0.7
Conservative Sahil Ghuman 222 11.6 −6.1
Reform Neal Webber 100 5.2 +2.9
Green Shaun Howard 98 5.1 N/A
Majority
Turnout 1,918 34.23
Registered electors
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Park

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Park
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Gabriel Duduta 1,413 58.8 −1.6
Conservative Arijit Mukherjee 380 15.8 −3.4
Labour Rajinder Dhindsa 352 14.6 −1.1
Reform John Craddock 259 10.8 +6.1
Majority
Turnout 2,404 36.98
Registered electors
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Stanborough

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Stanborough
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Clara Ansong 798 49.9 −8.0
Conservative Peter Williams 307 19.2 +1.5
Labour Laura Griffiths 294 18.4 +1.2
Reform Gary Ling 200 12.5 +8.5
Majority
Turnout 1,599 28.03
Registered electors
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Tudor

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Tudor
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Darren Walford* 827 47.4 −4.9
Labour Ola Alade 408 23.4 +2.4
Conservative Carly Bishop 346 19.8 −6.9
Reform John Dowdle 165 9.5 N/A
Majority
Turnout 1,746 33.30
Registered electors
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Vicarage

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Vicarage
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Sohail Bashir 987 43.5 +13.7
Labour Sara Trebar* 907 40.0 −19.6
Conservative Vibhor Agarwal 232 10.2 −0.4
Green David Gordon 141 6.2 N/A
Majority
Turnout 2,267 37.90
Registered electors
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour Swing

Woodside

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Woodside
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Ann Saffery* 705 45.0 −5.1
Labour Anne Joynes 572 36.5 +5.0
Conservative Kingsley Owen 291 18.6 +0.2
Majority
Turnout 1,568 27.29
Registered electors
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

By-elections

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Holywell

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Holywell by-election: 1 May 2025
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Asma Suleman 573 33.2 –26.9
Liberal Democrats Callum Robertson 532 30.8 +12.6
Reform David Ealey 294 17.0 N/A
Conservative Sanjaya Pant 180 10.4 –6.6
Green Jake Mitchell 126 7.3 N/A
TUSC Mark O'Connor 23 1.3 –3.4
Majority 41 2.4 –39.5
Turnout 1,728 23.4 –3.6
Labour hold Swing Decrease19.8

Oxhey

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Oxhey by-election: 1 May 2025
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Iain Sharpe 1,061 61.0 –5.1
Reform Michael Barrett 302 17.4 +12.2
Conservative Peter Williams 136 7.8 –3.8
Labour Sonu Masania 132 7.6 –4.4
Green David Gordon 99 5.7 +0.6
TUSC James O'Connor 10 0.6 N/A
Majority 759 43.6 –10.5
Turnout 1,740 30.6 –3.6
Liberal Democrats hold Swing Decrease8.7

References

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  1. ^ "Notice of Election". Watford Borough Council. 15 March 2024. Retrieved 9 April 2024.
  2. ^ "Local elections 2024: full mayoral and council results for England". The Guardian. 4 May 2024. Retrieved 21 May 2024.
  3. ^ Holmes, Bryn (3 May 2024). "Elections 2024: Labour suffer losses on Watford council as Lib Dems boost their majority their majority". My Local News. Retrieved 24 May 2024.
  4. ^ "Notice of election - Statement of Persons Nominated for May 2024 Election". Watford Borough Council. 8 April 2024. Retrieved 9 April 2024.