Watford Borough Council election, 2010

2010 local election results in Watford

Elections to Watford Borough Council were held on 6 May 2010. Three years in every four, a third of the council (13 councillors) retires and elections are held (in the fourth year, elections are held for county councillors). The council election was held on the same day as the national General Election, when the Labour Party government lost power and the Watford parliamentary constituency was won by the Conservative Party.

In this council election, the Labour Party gained one seat and the Liberal Democrats lost one. However. the Liberal Democrats remained firmly in control of the council.^[1]

After the election, the composition of the council was

Council election result

Watford Local Election Result 2008
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Liberal Democrat	7	0	1	-1	58.3	38.0	16,361
	Conservative	2	0	0	-	16.7	30.0	12,934
	Labour	2	1	0	+1	16.7	25.0	10,769
	Green	1	-	-	-	8.3	7.1	3,040

2010

Watford Mayoral Election 6 May 2010 ^[2]
Party		Candidate	1st Round	%	2nd Round	Total	First Round Votes Transfer Votes
	Liberal Democrat	Dorothy Thornhill	19,153	45.9%	4,276	23,429
	Conservative	Stephen Johnson	10,403	24.9%	1,105	11,508
	Labour	Nigel Bell	10,029	24.0%
	Green	Alex MacGregor-Mason	2,173	5.2%
	Liberal Democrat hold

Ward results

Callowland^[3]^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Green	Ann Lovejoy	930	27.6
	Liberal Democrat	Tricia Gollop	859	25.5
	Labour	Guru Awasthi	854	25.4
	Conservative	Guy Miller	723	21.5
Majority			71	2.1
Turnout			3366	61
	Green hold		Swing

Central^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrat	Christopher Leslie	1,211	36.8
	Labour	Ian Lowery	1,140	34.6
	Conservative	Richard Bamford	731	22.2
	Green	Caryn Argun	212	6.4
Majority			71	2.2
Turnout			3294	54.3
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Holywell^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Jackie Connal	1,495	43.3
	Liberal Democrat	Janet Baddeley	1,200	34.7
	Conservative	Carole Bamford	639	18.5
	Green	Alison Wiesner	121	3.5
Majority			295	8.5
Turnout			3455	54.8
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing

Leggatts^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Stephen Johnson	1,098	31.5
	Labour	Ahsan Khan	995	28.5
	Liberal Democrat	Zaheer Ahmed	935	26.8
	Green	Ian Brandon	459	13.2
Majority			103	3.0
Turnout			3487	64.3
	Conservative hold		Swing

Meriden^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrat	Kareen Hastrick	1,185	33.8
	Conservative	Pamela Bell	1,156	33.0
	Labour	Geoffrey O'Connell	992	28.3
	Green	Michael Argun	168	4.8
Majority			29	0.8
Turnout			3501	63.3
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Nascot^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrat	Mark Watkin	1,779	43.5
	Conservative	Miles Bennington	1,610	39.3
	Labour	Joanna Grindrod	509	12.4
	Green	Sally Ivins	196	4.8
Majority			169	4.1
Turnout			4094	72.2
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Oxhey^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrat	Iain Sharpe	1,924	53.6
	Conservative	Sarah Son	1,044	29.1
	Labour	Ann Akubue	482	13.4
	Green	Christine Chandler	141	3.9
Majority			880	24.5
Turnout			3591	69.1
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Park^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Malcolm Meerabux	2,006	45.7
	Liberal Democrat	Peter Jeffree	1,645	37.4
	Labour	Mike Jones	586	13.3
	Green	Alex MacGregor Mason	156	3.6
Majority			361	8.2
Turnout			4393	74.8
	Conservative hold		Swing

Stanborough^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrat	Keith Crout	1,687	47.4
	Conservative	Linda Topping	1,072	30.12
	Labour	Frederick Oshunniyi	643	18.1
	Green	Kevin Pettifer	157	4.4
Majority			615	17.3
Turnout			3559	67
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Tudor^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrat	Lindsey Scudder	1,352	39.6
	Conservative	Richard Southern	1,220	35.7	+2.1
	Labour	Mark Xerri	685	20.1
	Green	Clare Pitkin	159	4.7
Majority			132	3.9
Turnout			3416	72.1
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Vicarage^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Jagtar Singh Dhindsa	1,652	45.5
	Liberal Democrat	Bobby Amin	1,133	31.2
	Conservative	David Ealey	642	17.7
	Green	Helen Wynne	201	5.5
Majority			519	14.3
Turnout			3628	64.7
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing

Woodside^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrat	Karen Collett	1,451	43.7
	Conservative	Joseph Harrison	1,610	29.9
	Labour	John Young	736	22.2
	Green	Iain Wadey	140	4.2
Majority			458	13.8
Turnout			3320	63.5
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

References

↑ "Election 2010: Watford". BBC. 7 May 2010. Retrieved 20 May 2012.
↑ "Election results - Mayoral 6 May 2010". Watford Borough Council. 7 May 2010. Retrieved 19 January 2013.
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↑ Election summary (Labour Party)

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