Watford council election, 2019

02/05/2019 · 12 wards · 13 seats contested

Most seats

Liberal Democrats

Seats contested

across 12 wards

Turnout

34.2%

average of reporting wards

Summary

Party	Seats	+/−	Votes	Share	+/−
Liberal Democrats	10	+1	13,594	55.2%	+11.5
Labour Party	3	+0	7,151	29.0%	-4.6
Conservative and Unionist Party	0	+0	3,581	14.5%	-6.3
UK Independence Party (UKIP)	0	+0	312	1.3%	+0.4

Changes are against the previous council election on 03/05/2018. Vote share is each party's share of all votes cast across the borough.

Candidates

Party	Candidates	Of a possible 13
Labour Party	13
Liberal Democrats	13
Conservative and Unionist Party	12
UK Independence Party (UKIP)	2

A party standing a full slate could field 13 candidates, one per seat.

Results by ward

Share is each candidate's share of ballots cast in the ward. Change compares each party's lead candidate with the ward's previous contest. Bold rows are elected candidates.

Callowland

Party	Candidate	Votes	Share	+/−
Liberal Democrats	Dawn Allen-Williamson Elected	1,068	53.4%	+7.8
Labour Party	Asma Saeed Suleman	750	37.5%	+1.2
Conservative and Unionist Party	Mary Catherine Sackett	181	9.1%	-3.0
Majority		318
Turnout		36.0%
Registered electors		—
Ballots cast		1,999

Liberal Democrats hold

Central

Party	Candidate	Votes	Share	+/−
Liberal Democrats	Rabi Martins Elected	1,158	54.0%	+12.2
Labour Party	Emma Brown Kosmin	794	37.0%	-2.3
Conservative and Unionist Party	Dennis Alfred Wharton	194	9.0%	-3.9
Majority		364
Turnout		34.0%
Registered electors		—
Ballots cast		2,146

Liberal Democrats hold

Holywell

Party	Candidate	Votes	Share	+/−
Labour Party	Favour Ezeifedi Elected	969	59.4%	-6.2
Liberal Democrats	Simonie Rose Jeffree	471	28.9%	+8.5
Conservative and Unionist Party	Jussie Kaur	192	11.8%	-2.2
Majority		498
Turnout		26.0%
Registered electors		—
Ballots cast		1,632

Labour Party hold

Leggatts

Party	Candidate	Votes	Share	+/−
Labour Party	Asif Khan Elected	856	43.6%	-7.0
Liberal Democrats	Jamil Minhas	614	31.2%	-1.2
Conservative and Unionist Party	Anthony James Parker	495	25.2%	+8.3
Majority		242
Turnout		35.0%
Registered electors		—
Ballots cast		1,965

Labour Party hold

Meriden 2 seats

Party	Candidate	Votes	Share	+/−
Liberal Democrats	Amanda Grimston Elected	960	63.8%	+20.3
Liberal Democrats	Jenny Pattinson Elected	871	57.9%	—
Labour Party	Carla Curtis-Tansley	385	25.6%	-5.7
Labour Party	John Leroy Dowdle	374	24.9%	—
Conservative and Unionist Party	Binita Mehta	219	14.6%	-10.6
Conservative and Unionist Party	Peter Enakhe Okojie	198	13.2%	—
Majority		486
Turnout		38.0%
Registered electors		—
Ballots cast (estimated)		1,504

Liberal Democrats gain · Liberal Democrats hold

Nascot

Party	Candidate	Votes	Share	+/−
Liberal Democrats	Mark John Hofman Elected	1,611	64.5%	+11.1
Conservative and Unionist Party	Linda Topping	552	22.1%	-3.6
Labour Party	Edward John Tunnah	335	13.4%	-4.7
Majority		1,059
Turnout		38.0%
Registered electors		—
Ballots cast		2,498

Liberal Democrats hold

Oxhey

Party	Candidate	Votes	Share	+/−
Liberal Democrats	Imran Hamid Elected	1,313	68.5%	+13.1
Labour Party	Sue Sleeman	327	17.0%	+0.5
Conservative and Unionist Party	Joseph Gornicki	278	14.5%	-13.6
Majority		986
Turnout		37.0%
Registered electors		—
Ballots cast		1,918

Liberal Democrats hold

Park

Party	Candidate	Votes	Share	+/−
Liberal Democrats	Jessica Stiff Elected	1,587	62.4%	+10.6
Conservative and Unionist Party	David Fallon	513	20.2%	-8.8
Labour Party	Dennis George Watling	323	12.7%	-4.9
UK Independence Party (UKIP)	Peter John Widdrington Blogg	122	4.8%	+3.2
Majority		1,074
Turnout		40.0%
Registered electors		—
Ballots cast		2,545

Liberal Democrats hold

Stanborough

Party	Candidate	Votes	Share	+/−
Liberal Democrats	Tim Williams Elected	1,376	83.2%	+20.4
Labour Party	Omar Ismail	277	16.8%	-0.9
Majority		1,099
Turnout		30.0%
Registered electors		—
Ballots cast		1,653

Liberal Democrats hold

Tudor

Party	Candidate	Votes	Share	+/−
Liberal Democrats	Joe Fahmy Elected	1,031	61.0%	+16.4
Labour Party	Diana Ivory	354	20.9%	-7.9
Conservative and Unionist Party	Philip Louis Cox	305	18.0%	-8.4
Majority		677
Turnout		33.0%
Registered electors		—
Ballots cast		1,690

Liberal Democrats hold

Vicarage

Party	Candidate	Votes	Share	+/−
Labour Party	Jagtar Singh Dhindsa Elected	1,101	57.6%	-4.6
Liberal Democrats	Ilmas Isard	576	30.1%	+9.0
Conservative and Unionist Party	Michelle Louise Sherman	236	12.3%	-4.4
Majority		525
Turnout		34.0%
Registered electors		—
Ballots cast		1,913

Labour Party hold

Woodside

Party	Candidate	Votes	Share	+/−
Liberal Democrats	Richard Wenham Elected	958	57.3%	+14.0
Labour Party	Seamus Jay Victor Williams	306	18.3%	-7.0
Conservative and Unionist Party	Victoria Lynch	218	13.0%	-13.3
UK Independence Party (UKIP)	Ian Frederick James Green	190	11.4%	+6.3
Majority		652
Turnout		29.0%
Registered electors		—
Ballots cast		1,672

Liberal Democrats hold

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