2022 Watford Borough Council election

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2022 Watford Borough Council election
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12 of the 36 seats on Watford Borough Council
 
Party Liberal Democrats Labour Conservative
Last election26 seats, 44.0%4 seats, 28.6%0 seats, 26.6%
Watford UK local election 2022 map.svg
Map showing the results of the 2022 Watford Borough Council election. Liberal Democrats in amber, Labour in red.

The 2022 Watford Borough Council election took place on 5 May 2022. [1] One third (12) of the 36 members of Watford Borough Council were elected. The elections took place alongside elections to local authorities across the United Kingdom, and an election for the Mayor of Watford.

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The Liberal Democrats went into the election controlling the council, holding 24 of the 36 seats. They also held the mayorship, after Peter Taylor was elected in 2018. [2]

Electoral process

Watford Borough Council is elected in thirds, with a third of all seats up for election every year for three years, with an election to Hertfordshire County Council instead in the fourth year. [3] The election took place by first-past-the-post voting, with wards represented by three councillors, with one elected in each election year to serve a four-year term. The seats up for election in 2022 are those last contested in the 2018 election.

Results summary

2022 Watford Borough Council election [4]
PartyThis electionFull councilThis election
SeatsNetSeats %OtherTotalTotal %VotesVotes %+/−
  Liberal Democrats 10Increase2.svg 183.3172775.012,16351.3
  Labour 2Decrease2.svg 116.77925.06,62427.9
  Conservative 0Steady2.svg 00.0000.04,64219.6
  Independent 0Steady2.svg 00.0000.01420.6
  TUSC 0Steady2.svg 00.0000.01030.4
  Reform UK 0Steady2.svg 00.0000.0370.2

Candidates

Candidates seeking re-election are marked with an asterisk (*).

Callowland

Callowland [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Ian Stotesbury* 1,082 53.6 Increase2.svg 8.0
Labour Terry Butler72936.1Decrease2.svg 0.3
Conservative Matthew Geary20910.3Decrease2.svg 1.7
Majority35317.5Increase2.svg 8.2
Turnout 2,02035.0
Liberal Democrats hold Swing Increase2.svg 4.1

Central

Central [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Aga Dychton* 1,151 55.4 Increase2.svg 13.6
Labour Mohammed Wadud Hakim55326.6Decrease2.svg 12.7
Conservative Hrithik Dattani23311.2Decrease2.svg 1.7
Independent Dennis Wharton1426.8New
Majority59828.8Increase2.svg 26.3
Turnout 2,07930.7
Liberal Democrats hold Swing Increase2.svg 13.1

Holywell

Holywell [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Co-op Matt Turmaine* 949 53.2 Decrease2.svg 12.4
Conservative Sanjaya Pant42623.9Increase2.svg 9.9
Liberal Democrats Penelope Hill36020.2Decrease2.svg 0.2
TUSC Mark O'Conner492.7New
Majority52329.3N/A
Turnout 1,78427.4
Labour Co-op hold Swing Decrease2.svg 11.1

Leggatts

Leggatts [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Shafiq Ahmed 952 44.3 Increase2.svg 11.8
Labour Seamus Williams79036.7Decrease2.svg 13.9
Conservative Jennie Raperport35516.5Decrease2.svg 0.4
TUSC Derek Foster542.5New
Majority1627.5N/A
Turnout 2,15137.9
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour Swing Increase2.svg 12.8

Meriden

Meriden [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Jennifer Pattinson 800 53.8 Increase2.svg 10.2
Labour Helena Farrington36124.3Decrease2.svg 7.1
Conservative Prashanth Elangovan32722.0Decrease2.svg 3.1
Majority43929.5Increase2.svg 17.3
Turnout 1,48826.31
Liberal Democrats hold Swing Increase2.svg 8.6

Nascot

Nascot [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Tom Osborn 1,555 59.6 Increase2.svg 6.2
Conservative Ravi Kura62924.1Decrease2.svg 1.6
Labour Edward Tunnah42416.3Decrease2.svg 1.8
Majority92635.5Increase2.svg 7.8
Turnout 2,60839.1
Liberal Democrats hold Swing Increase2.svg 3.9

Oxhey

Oxhey [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Kennedy Rodrigues 1,382 65.8 Increase2.svg 6.9
Conservative William Hickey36017.1Decrease2.svg 6.3
Labour Sue Sleeman32215.3Decrease2.svg 2.4
Reform UK Neal Webber371.8New
Majority1,02248.6Increase2.svg 13.2
Turnout 2,10138.9
Liberal Democrats hold Swing Increase2.svg 6.6

Park

Park [12]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Peter Kloss* 1,616 61.1 Increase2.svg 9.3
Conservative Linda Topping57321.7Decrease2.svg 7.3
Labour Sue Butler45717.3Decrease2.svg 0.4
Majority1,04339.4Increase2.svg 16.6
Turnout 2,64641.7
Liberal Democrats hold Swing Increase2.svg 8.3

Stanborough

Stanborough [13]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Lenny Nembhard 909 50.8 Decrease2.svg 12.0
Conservative Peter Williams53029.6Increase2.svg 10.2
Labour Betty Muspratt34919.5Increase2.svg 1.8
Majority37921.2Decrease2.svg 22.2
Turnout 1,78831.9
Liberal Democrats hold Swing Decrease2.svg 11.1

Tudor

Tudor [14]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Stephen Johnson* 917 50.2 Increase2.svg 5.6
Labour Diana Ivory46725.6Decrease2.svg 3.3
Conservative Carly Bishop44224.2Decrease2.svg 2.3
Majority45024.6Increase2.svg 8.9
Turnout 1,82635.4
Liberal Democrats hold Swing Increase2.svg 4.4

Vicarage

Vicarage [15]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Nasreen Shah* 837 50.4 Decrease2.svg 11.7
Liberal Democrats Dan Thurlow63738.4Increase2.svg 17.3
Conservative Octavian Chirila Filip18611.2Decrease2.svg 5.6
Majority20012.0Decrease2.svg 29.0
Turnout 1,66028.9
Labour hold Swing Decrease2.svg 14.5

Woodside

Woodside [16]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Glen Saffery* 802 51.2 Increase2.svg 8.1
Labour Malcolm Bush38624.7Decrease2.svg 0.5
Conservative Matthew Cawthorne37223.8Decrease2.svg 2.5
Majority41626.7N/A
Turnout 1,56027.3
Liberal Democrats hold Swing Increase2.svg 4.3

Mayoral election

The Conservative Party announced Binita Mehta-Parmar as their mayoral candidate in August 2021. Mehta-Parmar was formerly the Conservative group leader on Watford Borough Council. [17] Incumbent mayor Peter Taylor was unanimously reselected by the Liberal Democrats as their candidate in September 2021. He stated that his priorities would be "to create more jobs, make the town greener and support those most in need." [18] The Labour Party selected Asif Khan as their candidate in November 2021. Khan is a councillor on Watford Borough Council and Hertfordshire County Council. He stated that he would focus on development in Watford, and was opposed to the number of high-rise buildings under construction. [19]

2022 Watford Borough mayoral election [20] [21]
PartyCandidate1st round2nd round1st round votesTransfer votes, 2nd round
TotalOf roundTransfersTotalOf round
Liberal Democrats Peter Taylor 12,89554.8%
​​
Labour Asif Khan6,23426.5%
​​
Conservative Binita Mehta-Parmar4,40418.7%
​​

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