Watford council election, 2023

04/05/2023 · 12 wards · 12 seats contested

Most seats

Liberal Democrats

Seats contested

across 12 wards

Turnout

30.1%

average of reporting wards

Summary

Party	Seats	+/−	Votes	Share	+/−
Liberal Democrats	9	-1	10,611	48.8%	-2.5
Labour Party	3	+1	6,695	30.8%	+2.8
Conservative and Unionist Party	0	+0	3,805	17.5%	-2.1
Reform UK	0	+0	447	2.1%	+1.9
Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition	0	+0	82	0.4%	-0.1
Heritage Party	0	+0	66	0.3%	—
Green Party	0	+0	52	0.2%	—

Changes are against the previous council election on 05/05/2022. Vote share is each party's share of all votes cast across the borough.

Candidates

Party	Candidates	Of a possible 12
Conservative and Unionist Party	12
Labour Party	12
Liberal Democrats	12
Reform UK	5
Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition	2
Green Party	1
Heritage Party	1

A party standing a full slate could field 12 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	899	47.7%	-5.9
Labour Party	Asma Saeed Suleman	760	40.3%	+4.2
Conservative and Unionist Party	Navdeep Sachdeva	227	12.0%	+1.7
Majority		139
Turnout		32.0%
Registered electors		—
Ballots cast		1,886

Liberal Democrats hold

Central

Party	Candidate	Votes	Share	+/−
Liberal Democrats	Rabi Martins Elected	1,002	53.6%	-1.7
Labour Party	Mo Wadud Hakim	585	31.3%	+4.7
Conservative and Unionist Party	Sahil Ghuman	177	9.5%	-1.7
Reform UK	David Charles Ealey	104	5.6%	—
Majority		417
Turnout		27.0%
Registered electors		—
Ballots cast		1,868

Liberal Democrats hold

Holywell

Party	Candidate	Votes	Share	+/−
Labour Party	Favour Ezeifedi Elected	960	57.3%	+4.1
Liberal Democrats	Gabriel Duduta	335	20.0%	-0.2
Conservative and Unionist Party	Sanjaya Pant	323	19.3%	-4.6
Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition	Mark Stephen O'Connor	58	3.5%	+0.7
Majority		625
Turnout		24.0%
Registered electors		—
Ballots cast		1,676

Labour Party hold

Leggatts

Party	Candidate	Votes	Share	+/−
Labour and Co-operative Party	Asif Khan Elected	882	45.6%	+8.9
Liberal Democrats	Jamil Minhas	665	34.4%	-9.9
Conservative and Unionist Party	James Laurence Fanning	297	15.4%	-1.1
Heritage Party	Sarah Jane Knott	66	3.4%	—
Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition	Derek Roy Foster	24	1.2%	-1.3
Majority		217
Turnout		34.0%
Registered electors		—
Ballots cast		1,934

Labour and Co-operative Party gain from Liberal Democrats

Meriden

Party	Candidate	Votes	Share	+/−
Liberal Democrats	Amanda Grimston Elected	628	49.8%	-4.0
Labour Party	Helena Farrington	327	25.9%	+1.7
Conservative and Unionist Party	Jennie Raperport	307	24.3%	+2.4
Majority		301
Turnout		22.0%
Registered electors		—
Ballots cast		1,262

Liberal Democrats hold

Nascot

Party	Candidate	Votes	Share	+/−
Liberal Democrats	Mark John Hofman Elected	1,280	57.5%	-2.1
Conservative and Unionist Party	Ravi Kura	485	21.8%	-2.3
Labour Party	Edward John Tunnah	336	15.1%	-1.2
Reform UK	Gary Ling	125	5.6%	—
Majority		795
Turnout		33.0%
Registered electors		—
Ballots cast		2,226

Liberal Democrats hold

Oxhey

Party	Candidate	Votes	Share	+/−
Liberal Democrats	Christopher Newstead Elected	1,275	67.2%	+1.4
Conservative and Unionist Party	William Hickey	339	17.9%	+0.7
Labour Party	Sue Sleeman	241	12.7%	-2.6
Reform UK	Neal Webber	43	2.3%	+0.5
Majority		936
Turnout		34.0%
Registered electors		—
Ballots cast		1,898

Liberal Democrats hold

Park

Party	Candidate	Votes	Share	+/−
Liberal Democrats	Penelope Margaret Hill Elected	1,441	60.4%	-0.7
Conservative and Unionist Party	Arijit Mukherjee	458	19.2%	-2.5
Labour Party	Laura Jayne Griffiths	375	15.7%	-1.5
Reform UK	John Leroy Dowdle	111	4.7%	—
Majority		983
Turnout		37.0%
Registered electors		—
Ballots cast		2,385

Liberal Democrats hold

Stanborough

Party	Candidate	Votes	Share	+/−
Liberal Democrats	Tim Williams Elected	928	57.9%	+7.1
Conservative and Unionist Party	Peter Williams	283	17.7%	-12.0
Labour Party	Terry Butler	276	17.2%	-2.3
Reform UK	Michael Ernest Hall	64	4.0%	—
Green Party	James Christian Armstrong Willis	52	3.2%	—
Majority		645
Turnout		28.0%
Registered electors		—
Ballots cast		1,603

Liberal Democrats hold

Tudor

Party	Candidate	Votes	Share	+/−
Liberal Democrats	Charlott Edna May Saunders Elected	852	52.3%	+2.1
Conservative and Unionist Party	Carly Lorraine Bishop	436	26.7%	+2.5
Labour Party	Malcolm Bush	342	21.0%	-4.6
Majority		416
Turnout		31.0%
Registered electors		—
Ballots cast		1,630

Liberal Democrats hold

Vicarage

Party	Candidate	Votes	Share	+/−
Labour Party	Jagtar Singh Dhindsa Elected	1,151	59.6%	+9.2
Liberal Democrats	Amjid Amin	575	29.8%	-8.6
Conservative and Unionist Party	Octavian Chirila Filip	205	10.6%	-0.6
Majority		576
Turnout		33.0%
Registered electors		—
Ballots cast		1,931

Labour Party hold

Woodside

Party	Candidate	Votes	Share	+/−
Liberal Democrats	Richard Wenham Elected	731	50.1%	-1.3
Labour Party	Anne Joynes	460	31.5%	+6.8
Conservative and Unionist Party	Matthew Cawthorne	268	18.4%	-5.5
Majority		271
Turnout		26.0%
Registered electors		—
Ballots cast		1,459

Liberal Democrats hold

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