2018 Watford Borough Council election
2018 UK local government election
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The 2018 Watford Borough Council election took place on 3 May 2018 to elect members of Watford Borough Council in England.[1] This was the same day as other local elections.
Watford was one of the boroughs subject to a trial of voter ID restrictions[2] requiring the production of polling cards.[3]
Since the election of the full council in 2016, there had been three by-elections, but the balance of the council remained the same, as they were won by the defending party, in the case of Leggatts Ward by Labour and in the cases of Oxhey and Park by the Lib Dems.
Results summary
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | 9 | 1 | 0 |  1 |
76.92 | 43.6 | 11,957 | +1.2 | |
| Labour | 3 | 0 | 1 |  1 |
23.1 | 33.7 | 9,244 | +5.0 | |
| Conservative | 0 | 0 | 0 |  |
0 | 20.9 | 5,737 | -9.9 | |
| Green | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
0 | 1.0 | 278 | -4.6 | |
| UKIP | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
0 | 0.8 | 225 | -1.5 | |
Ward results
An asterisk * indicates an incumbent seeking re-election.
Callowland
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Ian Stotesbury | 1,044 | 45.6 | 12.8 | |
| Labour | Ahsan Khan* | 832 | 36.4 | 2.8 | |
| Conservative | Anthony Parker | 276 | 12.1 | 1.4 | |
| Green | Alison Wiesner | 137 | 6.0 | 7.4 | |
| Majority | 212 | 9.2 | |||
| Turnout | 2,289 | 40.5 | |||
| Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Swing | 5.0 |
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No UKIP candidate as previous (-9.6%)
Central
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Aga Dychton* | 930 | 40.7 | 0.9 | |
| Labour | Ani Meehan | 912 | 40.0 | 6.5 | |
| Conservative | Dennis Wharton | 300 | 13.1 | 3.0 | |
| Green | David Underdown | 141 | 6.2 | 1.0 | |
| Majority | 18 | 0.7 | |||
| Turnout | 2,283 | 37.2 | |||
| Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | 3.7 |
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Holywell
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Matt Turmaine* | 1,402 | 65.61 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Syed Kazmi | 436 | 20.40 | ||
| Conservative | Yasmin Goldsmith | 299 | 13.99 | ||
| Majority | 966 | 45.21 | |||
| Turnout | 2137 | 33.38 | |||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Leggatts
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Bilqees Mauthoor* | 1,121 | 50.61 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Joe Inniss | 719 | 32.46 | ||
| Conservative | David Ealey | 375 | 16.93 | ||
| Majority | 402 | 18.15 | |||
| Turnout | 2215 | 39.01 | |||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Meriden
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Antony Barton | 779 | 43.57 | ||
| Labour Co-op | John Dowdle | 560 | 31.32 | ||
| Conservative | Linda Topping | 449 | 25.11 | ||
| Majority | 219 | 12.25 | |||
| Turnout | 1788 | 31.35 | |||
| Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
Nascot
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Jane Alexandra Johnson* | 1,505 | 53.41 | ||
| Conservative | Binita Mehta-Parmar | 725 | 25.73 | ||
| Labour | Edward John Tunnah | 509 | 18.06 | ||
| UKIP | David Penn | 79 | 2.80 | ||
| Majority | 780 | 27.68 | |||
| Turnout | 2818 | 43.08 | |||
| Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
Oxhey
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Maggie Parker | 1,432 | 58.83 | ||
| Conservative | Joseph Gornicki | 570 | 23.42 | ||
| Labour | Sue Sleeman | 432 | 17.75 | ||
| Majority | 862 | 35.41 | |||
| Turnout | 2434 | 46.00 | |||
| Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
Park
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Peter Kloss | 1,588 | 51.77 | ||
| Conservative | David Fallon | 889 | 28.99 | ||
| Labour | Nabila Ahmed | 541 | 17.64 | ||
| UKIP | Peter Blogg | 49 | 1.60 | ||
| Majority | 699 | 22.78 | |||
| Turnout | 3067 | 48.63 | |||
| Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
Stanborough
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Keith Crout* | 1,242 | 62.82 | ||
| Conservative | Lola Adedoyin | 385 | 19.47 | ||
| Labour | Asma Suleman | 350 | 17.70 | ||
| Majority | 857 | 43.35 | |||
| Turnout | 1977 | 35.24 | |||
| Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
Tudor
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Stephen Johnson* | 951 | 44.65 | ||
| Labour | Diana Ivory | 615 | 28.87 | ||
| Conservative | Darren Harrisona | 564 | 26.48 | ||
| Majority | 336 | 15.78 | |||
| Turnout | 2130 | 40.44 | |||
| Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
Vicarage
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Nasreen Shah* | 1,488 | 62.13 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Tahair Azam | 505 | 21.09 | ||
| Conservative | Michelle Sherman | 402 | 16.78 | ||
| Majority | 983 | 41.04 | |||
| Turnout | 2395 | 43.08 | |||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Woodside
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Glen Saffery* | 826 | 43.29 | ||
| Conservative | Sarah Hayes | 503 | 26.36 | ||
| Labour | Seamus Williams | 482 | 25.26 | ||
| UKIP | Ian Green | 97 | 5.08 | ||
| Majority | 323 | 16.93 | |||
| Turnout | 1908 | 33.51 | |||
| Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
Mayoral election
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In 2015, incumbent Liberal Democrat mayor Dorothy Thornhill announced that she would not be running for re-election in 2018 and would instead take her seat in the House of Lords.[7] Peter Taylor, a councillor for Oxhey, was selected as the Liberal Democrat candidate to replace Thornhill in July 2017.[8] That same month, the Conservative Party selected George Jabbour as their candidate.[9] In October 2017, the Labour Party selected Vicarage councillor Jagtar Dhindsa as their candidate.[10]
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| Party | Candidate | 1st round | 2nd round | 1st round votesTransfer votes, 2nd round | ||||
| Total | Of round | Transfers | Total | Of round | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Peter Taylor | 13,279 | 48.7% | 2,652 | 15,931 | 61.6% |
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| Labour | Jagtar Dhindsa | 9,223 | 33.8% | 728 | 9,951 | 38.4% |
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| Conservative | George Jabbour | 4,787 | 17.5% |
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| Turnout | 27,289 | |||||||
| Liberal Democrats hold | ||||||||