Watford Borough Council elections

One third of Watford Council in Hertfordshire, England is elected each year, followed by one year when there is an election to Hertfordshire County Council instead.

Political control

Watford Council election, 1999 (whole council elected after boundary changes)^[1]

Meriden By-Election 1 May 1997
Party		Votes	%	±%
	Labour	3,768	48.2	−14.1
	Conservative	2,473	31.7	+9.8
	Liberal Democrats	1,570	20.1	+4.3
Majority		1,295	16.5
Turnout		7,811
	Labour hold	Swing

Nascot Park By-Election 1 May 1997
Party		Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	3,695	50.0	+1.7
	Liberal Democrats	1,963	26.6	+4.9
	Labour	1,727	23.4	−6.7
Majority		1,732	23.4
Turnout		7,385
	Conservative hold	Swing

Holywell By-Election 7 June 2001
Party		Votes	%	±%
	Labour	1,447	51.1	+7.3
	Liberal Democrats	906	32.0	+2.1
	Conservative	477	16.9	−1.9
Majority		541	19.1
Turnout		2,830
	Labour hold	Swing

Tudor By-Election 7 June 2001
Party		Votes	%	±%
	Labour	1,260	42.5	+1.3
	Conservative	1,011	34.1	−7.6
	Liberal Democrats	467	15.8	−1.3
	Independent	116	3.9	+3.9
	Green	112	3.8	+3.8
Majority		249	8.4
Turnout		2,966
	Labour hold	Swing

Vicarage By-Election 7 June 2001
Party		Votes	%	±%
	Labour	1,691	56.9	+0.9
	Conservative	674	22.7	+1.3
	Liberal Democrats	607	20.4	−2.2
Majority		1,017	34.2
Turnout		2,972
	Labour hold	Swing

Oxhey By-Election 20 June 2002
Party		Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	1,024	72.4	+5.0
	Conservative	245	17.3	−1.5
	Labour	105	7.4	−3.2
	Green	40	2.8	−0.4
Majority		779	55.1
Turnout		1,414	28.8
	Liberal Democrats hold	Swing

Nascot By-Election 15 June 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Mark Watkin	887	45.4	+17.4
	Conservative	Angela Basit	828	42.4	−12.0
	Green	Sally Ivins	145	7.4	+1.3
	Labour	Mohammed Riaz	92	4.7	−6.9
Majority			59	3.0
Turnout			1,952	36.6
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Tudor By-Election 16 October 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Darren Walford	932	50.0
	Conservative	Richard Lloyd Vaughan Southern	486	26.1
	Labour	Mark James Xerri	273	14.6
	Green	Helen Elizabeth Wynne	91	4.9
	BNP	Guy Dickens	83	4.5
Majority			446	23.9
Turnout			1865	40.83
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Leggatts By-Election 4 June 2009 (caused by resignation of incumbent)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Stephen Johnson	534	27.1
	Liberal Democrats	Malcolm Adcock	489	24.8
	Green	Maria Green	463	463
	Labour	Ahsan Khan	438	22.2
Majority			45	2.3
Turnout			1969	36.6
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Central By-Election 14 October 2010 (caused by resignation of incumbent)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Helen Lynch	696	44.1
	Labour	Fred Grindrod	622	39.4
	Conservative	Youseffe Fahmy	158	10.0
	Green	Dorothy Nixon	79	5.0
	UKIP	Dan Channing	24	1.5
Majority			74	4.7
Turnout			1579	24.6
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Nascot By-Election 29 September 2011 (caused by resignation of incumbent)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Jeanette Aron	1021	48.5
	Conservative	Penny Edwards	818	38.8
	Labour	Omar Ismail	134	6.4
	Green	Sally Ivins	133	6.3
Majority			203	9.6
Turnout			2106	34.29
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Vicarage By-Election 6 October 2011 (caused by resignation of incumbent)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Maureen Joan Mills	917	52.9
	Liberal Democrats	Philip Granville Gough	403	23.2
	Independent	Mohammad Azam	190	11.0
	Independent	Paul Baker	129	7.4
	Conservative	David Charles Ealey	95	5.5
Majority			514	29.6
Turnout			1734	29.47
	Labour hold		Swing

Central By-Election 12 November 2012
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Lizz Ayre	716	45.9
	Labour	Avril Haley	550	35.3
	Conservative	Binita Mehta	151	9.7
	Green	Su Murray	83	5.3
	UKIP	Renie Susan Price	59	3.8
Majority			166
Turnout				24.9
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

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