2024 Watford Borough Council election
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Winner of each seat at the 2024 Watford Borough Council election | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2024 Watford Borough Council election will take place on 2 May 2024 to elect members of Watford Borough Council in Hertfordshire, England.[1] This will be on the same day as other local elections.
Regardless of the result of the election, the council will continue to be under Liberal Democrats majority control - it is mathematically impossible for the Liberal Democrats to lose their majority at this election.
Summary
Candidates by party
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
2024 Watford Borough Council election | ||||||||||
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Party | This election | Full council | This election | |||||||
Seats | Net | Seats % | Other | Total | Total % | Votes | Votes % | +/− | ||
Liberal Democrats | 11 | 3 | 91.7 | 19 | 30 | 83.3 | 11,243 | 48.2 | –0.6 | |
Labour | 1 | 3 | 8.3 | 5 | 6 | 16.7 | 6,775 | 29.1 | –1.7 | |
Conservative | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3,612 | 15.5 | –2.0 | ||
Reform UK | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1,113 | 4.8 | +2.7 | ||
Green | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 239 | 1.0 | +0.8 | ||
TUSC | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 204 | 0.9 | +0.5 | ||
Independent | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 68 | 0.3 | N/A | ||
Heritage | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 65 | 0.3 | ±0.0 |
Ward results
The Statement of Persons Nominated, which details the candidates standing in each ward, was released by X Council following the close of nominations on 8 April 2024.[2]
Callowland
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 UK | 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
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 UK | Ian Green | 106 | 7.4 | N/A | |
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 1,440 | 25.03 | |||
Registered electors | |||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Nascot
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 UK | Charlie Xie | 158 | 6.7 | +1.1 | |
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 2,359 | 34.66 | |||
Registered electors | |||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Oxhey
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 UK | 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
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 UK | John Craddock | 259 | 10.8 | +6.1 | |
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 2,404 | 36.98 | |||
Registered electors | |||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Stanborough
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 UK | Gary Ling | 200 | 12.5 | +8.5 | |
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 1,599 | 28.03 | |||
Registered electors | |||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Tudor
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 UK | John Dowdle | 165 | 9.5 | N/A | |
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 1,746 | 33.30 | |||
Registered electors | |||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Vicarage
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 |
References
- ^ "Notice of Election". Watford Borough Council. 15 March 2024. Retrieved 9 April 2024.
- ^ "Notice of election - Statement of Persons Nominated for May 2024 Election". Watford Borough Council. 8 April 2024. Retrieved 9 April 2024.