2018 Watford Borough Council 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.
Mayoral Election Candidates
[edit]Peter Taylor of the Liberal Democrats retained the Watford majority for the Liberal Democrats on the second count. Prior to the election, the mayor had been Dorothy Thornhill, representing the Liberal Democrats.[4]
Party | Candidate | First Round | Second Round | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Votes | % | Votes | % | |||
Liberal Democrat | Peter Taylor | 13,279 | 48.7% | 15,931 | 61.6% | |
Labour | Jagtar Dhindsa | 9, 223 | 33.8% | 9,951 | 38.4% | |
Conservative | George Jabbour | 4,787 | 17.5% | Eliminated | ||
Liberal Democrat hold |
Results summary
[edit]Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | 9 | 1 | 0 | ![]() |
76.92 | 43.6 | 11,957 | +1.2 | |
Labour | 3 | 0 | 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
[edit]An asterisk * indicates an incumbent seeking re-election.
Callowland
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Ian Stotesbury | 1,044 | 45.6 | ![]() | |
Labour | Ahsan Khan* | 832 | 36.4 | ![]() | |
Conservative | Anthony Parker | 276 | 12.1 | ![]() | |
Green | Alison Wiesner | 137 | 6.0 | ![]() | |
Majority | 212 | 9.2 | |||
Turnout | 2,289 | 40.5 | |||
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Swing | ![]() |
No UKIP candidate as previous (-9.6%)
Central
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Aga Dychton* | 930 | 40.7 | ![]() | |
Labour | Ani Meehan | 912 | 40.0 | ![]() | |
Conservative | Dennis Wharton | 300 | 13.1 | ![]() | |
Green | David Underdown | 141 | 6.2 | ![]() | |
Majority | 18 | 0.7 | |||
Turnout | 2,283 | 37.2 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ![]() |
Holywell
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]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 |
- a Darren Harrison was suspended by the Conservative Party after having alleged links to the EDL and other far-right groups. He remained on the ballot as a Conservative candidate.[6][7]
Vicarage
[edit]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
[edit]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 |
References
[edit]- ^ "Watford Borough Ward Elections 2018". watford.gov.uk. Watford Borough Council. Retrieved 19 April 2018.
- ^ Press Association (28 April 2018). "Polling station voter ID plans are deeply flawed, say critics". The Guardian. Retrieved 29 April 2018.
- ^ Walker, Peter; Weaver, Matthew (3 May 2018). "Anger and confusion as voters turned away during ID trial". The Guardian. Retrieved 9 May 2018.
- ^ Vote 2018: Watford mayoral election result, from BBC News.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l "2018 Watford Borough Ward results". Watford Borough Council. Archived from the original on 9 May 2018. Retrieved 2 June 2021.
- ^ Bates, Liz (20 April 2018). "Tory council candidate suspended over alleged links to far-right groups". Politics Home. Archived from the original on 2 June 2021.
- ^ Perkins, Anne (21 April 2018). "Tory suspended over alleged links to EDL and white supremacists". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 22 April 2018.