Watford council election, 2021

06/05/2021 · 12 wards · 13 seats contested

Most seats

Liberal Democrats

Seats contested

across 12 wards

Turnout

35.8%

average of reporting wards

Summary

Party	Seats	+/−	Votes	Share	+/−
Liberal Democrats	9	-1	12,103	43.9%	-11.3
Labour Party	4	+1	7,868	28.5%	-0.5
Conservative and Unionist Party	0	+0	7,312	26.5%	+12.0
Independent	0	+0	140	0.5%	—
Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition	0	+0	94	0.3%	—
Reform UK	0	+0	42	0.2%	—

Changes are against the previous council election on 02/05/2019. Vote share is each party's share of all votes cast across the borough.

Candidates

Party	Candidates	Of a possible 13
Conservative and Unionist Party	13
Labour Party	13
Liberal Democrats	13
Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition	2
Independent	1
Reform UK	1

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	+/−
Labour Party	Dennis George Watling Elected	934	42.2%	+4.7
Liberal Democrats	Joe Inniss	924	41.8%	-11.7
Conservative and Unionist Party	Mary Catherine Sackett	355	16.0%	+7.0
Majority		10
Turnout		38.0%
Registered electors		—
Ballots cast		2,213

Labour Party gain from Liberal Democrats

Central

Party	Candidate	Votes	Share	+/−
Liberal Democrats	Marilyn Devonish Elected	915	44.5%	-9.4
Labour Party	Sophia Demetriou-Jones	680	33.1%	-3.9
Conservative and Unionist Party	Cole James Parker	319	15.5%	+6.5
Independent	Dennis Alfred Wharton	140	6.8%	—
Majority		235
Turnout		31.0%
Registered electors		—
Ballots cast		2,054

Liberal Democrats hold

Holywell

Party	Candidate	Votes	Share	+/−
Labour Party	Nigel Bell Elected	1,272	62.5%	+3.1
Conservative and Unionist Party	Ian Fox	436	21.4%	+9.6
Liberal Democrats	Simonie Rose Jeffree	274	13.5%	-15.4
Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition	Mark Stephen O'Connor	54	2.7%	—
Majority		836
Turnout		31.0%
Registered electors		—
Ballots cast		2,036

Labour Party hold

Leggatts

Party	Candidate	Votes	Share	+/−
Labour Party	Richard Smith Elected	819	37.4%	-6.1
Liberal Democrats	Shafiq Ahmed	765	34.9%	+3.7
Conservative and Unionist Party	Anthony James Parker	565	25.8%	+0.6
Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition	Derek Roy Foster	40	1.8%	—
Majority		54
Turnout		38.0%
Registered electors		—
Ballots cast		2,189

Labour Party hold

Meriden

Party	Candidate	Votes	Share	+/−
Liberal Democrats	Pete Hannon Elected	690	43.0%	-20.8
Conservative and Unionist Party	Prashanth Elangovan	519	32.4%	+17.8
Labour Party	Felix Tyszkiewicz	395	24.6%	-1.0
Majority		171
Turnout		28.0%
Registered electors		—
Ballots cast		1,604

Liberal Democrats hold

Nascot 2 seats

Party	Candidate	Votes	Share	+/−
Liberal Democrats	Mark Adrian Watkin Elected	1,275	53.9%	-10.6
Liberal Democrats	Tom Osborn Elected	1,179	49.9%	—
Conservative and Unionist Party	Binita Mehta	786	33.2%	+11.1
Conservative and Unionist Party	Ravi Kura	655	27.7%	—
Labour Party	Sarah Flynn	471	19.9%	+6.5
Labour Party	Edward John Tunnah	364	15.4%	—
Majority		393
Turnout		41.0%
Registered electors		—
Ballots cast (estimated)		2,365

Liberal Democrats gain · Liberal Democrats hold

Oxhey

Party	Candidate	Votes	Share	+/−
Liberal Democrats	Karen Ruth Clarke-Taylor Elected	1,316	60.1%	-8.4
Conservative and Unionist Party	Joseph Gornicki	494	22.5%	+8.1
Labour Party	Sue Sleeman	339	15.5%	-1.6
Reform UK	Neal Webber	42	1.9%	—
Majority		822
Turnout		41.0%
Registered electors		—
Ballots cast		2,191

Liberal Democrats hold

Park

Party	Candidate	Votes	Share	+/−
Liberal Democrats	Peter Lewis Jeffree Elected	1,472	52.8%	-9.5
Conservative and Unionist Party	Linda Topping	902	32.4%	+12.2
Labour Party	Nabila Ahmed	412	14.8%	+2.1
Majority		570
Turnout		43.0%
Registered electors		—
Ballots cast		2,786

Liberal Democrats hold

Stanborough

Party	Candidate	Votes	Share	+/−
Liberal Democrats	Simon Feldman Elected	956	49.3%	-34.0
Conservative and Unionist Party	Peter Williams	673	34.7%	—
Labour Party	Nevin Atasoy	312	16.1%	-0.7
Majority		283
Turnout		34.0%
Registered electors		—
Ballots cast		1,941

Liberal Democrats hold

Tudor

Party	Candidate	Votes	Share	+/−
Liberal Democrats	Darren Erik Walford Elected	938	48.6%	-6.9
Conservative and Unionist Party	Carly Lorraine Bishop	576	29.8%	-1.4
Labour Party	Seamus Jay Victor Williams	418	21.6%	+8.3
Majority		362
Turnout		37.0%
Registered electors		—
Ballots cast		1,932

Liberal Democrats hold

Vicarage

Party	Candidate	Votes	Share	+/−
Labour Party	Sara Jane Trebar Elected	1,061	48.1%	-9.4
Liberal Democrats	Dan Thurlow	592	26.9%	-3.2
Conservative and Unionist Party	Abbas Merali	551	25.0%	+12.7
Majority		469
Turnout		38.0%
Registered electors		—
Ballots cast		2,204

Labour Party hold

Woodside

Party	Candidate	Votes	Share	+/−
Liberal Democrats	Ann Elizabeth Saffery Elected	807	48.1%	-9.2
Conservative and Unionist Party	Amarish Patel	481	28.6%	+15.6
Labour Party	Malcolm Bush	391	23.3%	+5.0
Majority		326
Turnout		29.0%
Registered electors		—
Ballots cast		1,679

Liberal Democrats hold

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