1996 Watford Borough Council election

The 1996 Watford Borough Council election took place in 1996 to elect members of Watford Borough Council in England.^[1] This was the same day as other local elections.

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1996 Watford Borough Council election
Party		This election			Full council			This election
Party		Seats	Net	Seats %	Other	Total	Total %	Votes	Votes %	+/−
	Labour	7		58.3	14	21	58.3	8,732	42.7	-4.0
	Liberal Democrats	3	2	25.0	6	9	25.0	6,829	33.4	-0.5
	Conservative	2	2	16.7	4	6	16.7	4,872	23.8	+4.4

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	P. Harrison	621	63.2	+2.6
	Liberal Democrats	I. Roberts	226	23.0	−4.3
	Conservative	M. Taylor	136	13.8	+1.7
Majority				40.2
Turnout			983	25.0
	Labour hold		Swing	3.5

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	V. Muspratt	909	53.3	−0.1
	Liberal Democrats	M. Soodin	597	35.0	−2.1
	Conservative	P. Rosen	200	11.7	+2.2
Majority				18.3
Turnout			1,706	34.0
	Labour hold		Swing	1.0

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	A. Head	778	66.4	±0.0
	Conservative	P. Jenkins	200	17.1	+3.4
	Liberal Democrats	R. Laslett	194	16.6	−3.4
Majority				49.3
Turnout			1,172	25.0
	Labour hold		Swing	1.7

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	M. Green	789	56.8	−10.8
	Conservative	N. Herd	413	29.7	+17.0
	Liberal Democrats	M. Saeed	188	13.5	−6.2
Majority				27.1
Turnout			1,390	33.0
	Labour hold		Swing	13.9

1996 Watford Borough Council election

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	P. Woodward	933	62.3	−3.6
	Conservative	P. Bell	328	21.9	+3.2
	Liberal Democrats	M. Lane	236	15.8	+0.4
Majority				40.4
Turnout			1,497	28.0
	Labour hold		Swing	3.4

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	J. Price	828	48.3	+2.5
	Labour	T. Meldrum	515	30.0	+3.2
	Liberal Democrats	M. Gardner	371	21.6	−5.8
Majority				18.3
Turnout			1,714	32.0
	Conservative hold		Swing	0.4

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	D. Thornhill	1,106	62.2	+9.0
	Conservative	L. McQuaid	377	21.1	−0.3
	Labour	R. Atkin	295	16.6	−8.7
Majority				41.0
Turnout			1,778	38.0
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	4.7

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	K. Solomon	1,020	54.8	+4.0
	Liberal Democrats	P. Jenkins	558	30.0	−1.4
	Labour	C. Barry	284	15.3	−2.5
Majority				24.8
Turnout			1,862	45.0
	Conservative hold		Swing	2.7

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	G. Burrow	902	42.8	+11.4
	Conservative	S. Jones	637	30.2	−20.6
	Labour	K. Errington	570	27.0	+9.2
Majority				12.6
Turnout			2,109	43.0
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing	16.0

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	A. Kerby	968	54.4	+4.4
	Liberal Democrats	J. Richmond	463	26.0	−11.7
	Conservative	C. Strange	350	19.7	+7.4
Majority				28.4
Turnout			1,781	35.0
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	8.1

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	A. Choudhrey	1,110	51.3	+1.4
	Liberal Democrats	J. Baddeley	855	39.5	−1.1
	Conservative	D. Ealey	198	9.2	−0.3
Majority				11.8
Turnout			2,163	41.0
	Labour hold		Swing	1.3

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	E. Burtenshaw	1,133	49.7	+3.6
	Labour	M. Jackson	960	42.1	−4.4
	Conservative	J. Janson	185	8.1	+0.7
Majority				7.6
Turnout			2,278	46.0
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing	4.0

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