2016 Watford Borough Council election

The 2016 Watford Borough Council election took place on 5 May 2016 to elect members of Watford Borough Council in England. This was on the same day as other nationwide local elections. The entire council was up for election, with each of the 12 wards electing 3 councillors.^[1]

This result had the following consequences for the total number of seats on the Council after the elections:

Party		Previous council	New council	+/-
	Liberal Democrats	18	25	7
	Labour	13	11	2
	Conservatives	5	0	5
	Green	0	0	0
	UKIP	0	0	0
Total		36	36
Working majority		0	14

Results summary

Watford Borough Council election, 2016
	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Votes %	Votes	+/−
Liberal Democrats	25	7	0	7	42.4	29,228	+13.9
Labour	11	0	2	2	28.7	19,788	+1.3
Conservative	0	0	5	5	20.8	14,330	-7.5
Green	0	0	0		5.6	3,834	-1.2
UKIP	0	0	0		2.3	1,582	-7.1
TUSC	0	0	0		0.3	199	-0.2

Ward results

Callowland

Callowland
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Yasmin Isabella Goldsmith	174
	Conservative	Timothy Mortimer	221
	Conservative	Larry Rach	138
	Green	Alistair Thomas Carvell	276
	Green	Clair Louise Lester	217
	Green	Sean James Sweeney	254
	Labour	Sohail Bashir	691
	Labour	Favour Ewudo	627
	Labour	Ahsan Khan	659
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Andrew Stanhope Arnett	655
	Liberal Democrats	Robbie Laird	676
	Liberal Democrats	Ian Alexander Eric Stotesbury	581
	UKIP	Jon Goddard	197
Majority
	Labour hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Central

Central
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Basil Sackett	189
	Conservative	Mary Sackett	203
	Conservative	Barry Silverman	214
	Green	Lisa Emery	142
	Green	Neal Emery	97
	Green	Su Murray	148
	Labour	Terry Butler	688
	Labour	Sarah Flynn	682
	Labour	Mike Haley	676
	Liberal Democrats	Stephen Bolton	856
	Liberal Democrats	Aga Dychton	759
	Liberal Democrats	Rabi Martins	850
	UKIP	Renie Susan Price	151
Majority
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing

Holywell

Holywell
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Prasi Bhatt	144
	Conservative	Camilla Zaman Khawaja	134
	Conservative	Penelope Anne Mortimer	208
	Green	Jim Grant	108
	Green	Rhiannon Emma Louise Grant	133
	Green	Anne Simpson	72
	Labour	Nigel Bell	1200
	Labour	Jackie Connal	924
	Labour	Matt Turmaine	917
	Liberal Democrats	Simonie Rose Jeffree	210
	Liberal Democrats	Frances Kershaw	184
	Liberal Democrats	Qaiser Mahmood	172
	TUSC	Clive Jones	39
	UKIP	Gavin Stephen Smith	199
Majority
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Leggatts

Leggatts
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Elliot Gordon Gay	346
	Conservative	Neil Punter	391
	Conservative	Sally Punter	395
	Green	Stephanie Ashley	296
	Labour	Anne Joynes	907
	Labour	Asif Khan	844
	Labour	Bilqees Mauthoor	736
	Liberal Democrats	Jamil Minhas	319
	Liberal Democrats	Yasmine Rihanna Walford	313
	Liberal Democrats	Elizabeth Watkin	340
	TUSC	Thineshkumar Balasingam	91
Majority
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Meriden

Meriden
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Phil Cox	287
	Conservative	Ray Gomm	283
	Conservative	Mark Edward Whitman	301
	Green	Maureen Linda Challis	157
	Labour	Omar Ismail	400
	Labour	Ian Murphy	402
	Labour	Seamus Williams	394
	Liberal Democrats	Amanda Grimston	909
	Liberal Democrats	Kareen Mary Hastrick	918
	Liberal Democrats	Paddy Kent	848
	TUSC	Derek Foster	63
	UKIP	Nick Lincoln	336
Majority
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Nascot

Nascot
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Andrew Mortimer	1014
	Conservative	Amarish Patel	667
	Conservative	Linda Topping	890
	Green	Sally Rose Ivins	205
	Green	James Alexander Jenkins	80
	Green	Dorothy Mary Nixon	121
	Labour	Michael Harry Barnes	321
	Labour	Daniel Kerry	271
	Labour	Edward John Tunnah	249
	Liberal Democrats	Mark John Hofman	1263
	Liberal Democrats	Jane Alexandra Johnson	1207
	Liberal Democrats	Mark Adrian Watkin	1398
	UKIP	David Penn	200
Majority
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Oxhey

Oxhey
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Dina Bhudia	275
	Conservative	Haydon Chart	308
	Conservative	Gail Martin	230
	Green	Matthew Thomas Hale	231
	Labour	Deborah Elizabeth Marchant	338
	Labour	Sue Sleeman	312
	Labour	Stephen Joseph Vincent	243
	Liberal Democrats	Joanna Emily Maestas	1247
	Liberal Democrats	Iain Scott Sharpe	1307
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Colin Taylor	1256
	TUSC	Mark Stephen O'Connor	69
Majority
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Park

Park
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Zoë McQuire	876
	Conservative	Binita Mehta	1114
	Conservative	Rosemarie Moore	821
	Green	Elaine Edwards	143
	Green	Stephanie Ann Grant	127
	Green	Tom Pashby	147
	Labour	Susan Elaine Billington	379
	Labour	David Corbet Connal	342
	Labour	Junior Sesay	292
	Liberal Democrats	David John Barks	1185
	Liberal Democrats	Anne Rindl	1488
	Liberal Democrats	Nikki Steele	1193
	UKIP	Peter John Widdrington Blogg	209
Majority
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Stanborough

Stanborough
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Chris Hawes	447
	Conservative	Sarah Hayes	430
	Conservative	Dennis Wharton	362
	Green	Holly Fleming	166
	Labour	Nevin Atasoy	328
	Labour	Mavis Beulah Tyrwhitt	306
	Labour	Norman Hugh Tyrwhitt	288
	Liberal Democrats	Keith Murray Crout	1030
	Liberal Democrats	Derek Thomas Francis Scudder	1139
	Liberal Democrats	Tim Williams	1060
	TUSC	John McShane	69
Majority
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Tudor

Tudor
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Adam Keene	514
	Conservative	Sean Silver	495
	Conservative	Pam Stacey	393
	Green	Kiernon Murray	150
	Labour	Denis Calnan	392
	Labour	Diana Mary Ivory	430
	Labour	Mike Jones	372
	Liberal Democrats	Joe Fahmy	804
	Liberal Democrats	Stephen Edward Johnson	790
	Liberal Democrats	Darren Walford	1067
Majority
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Vicarage

Vicarage
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Kelly Gay	252
	Conservative	Andrew O'Brien	188
	Conservative	Michelle Louise Sherman	183
	Green	David Degan	191
	Green	Matthew Long	123
	Green	Clair Victoria Pitkin	114
	Labour	Jagtar Singh Dhindsa	1112
	Labour	Mo Mills	1124
	Labour	Nasreen Shah	1025
	Liberal Democrats	Imran Hamid	216
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Lewis Jeffree	240
	Liberal Democrats	Maria Munir	279
	UKIP	Pat Shippey	189
Majority
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Woodside

Woodside
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Tony Grillo	426
	Conservative	Tony Rogers	487
	Conservative	Estella Willems	339
	Green	Alison Jane Wiesner	136
	Labour	Manjivn Singh Dhindsa	282
	Labour	Andy O'Brien	308
	Labour	Richard Nathan Smith	317
	Liberal Democrats	Stephen Cavinder	801
	Liberal Democrats	Karen Ann Collett	941
	Liberal Democrats	Glen Bryce Saffery	727
	UKIP	Ian Frederick James Green	301
Majority
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

References

^ "Statement of Persons Nominated - Borough 2016". Watford Borough Council. Retrieved 15 April 2016.^{[permanent dead link‍]}

External links

"Watford Borough Ward 2016 results". www.watford.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 9 May 2018. Retrieved 21 May 2018.

[1] "Statement of Persons Nominated - Borough 2016". Watford Borough Council. Retrieved 15 April 2016.^{[permanent dead link‍]}

[1]

v t e (2015 ←) 2016 United Kingdom local elections (→ 2017)
Metropolitan boroughs	Barnsley Birmingham Bolton Bradford Bury Calderdale Coventry Dudley Gateshead Kirklees Knowsley Leeds Liverpool Manchester Newcastle upon Tyne North Tyneside Oldham Rochdale Rotherham Salford Sandwell Sefton Sheffield Solihull South Tyneside St Helens Stockport Sunderland Tameside Trafford Wakefield Walsall Wigan Wirral Wolverhampton
Unitary authorities (England)	Blackburn with Darwen Bristol Derby Halton Hartlepool Kingston upon Hull Milton Keynes North East Lincolnshire Peterborough Plymouth Portsmouth Reading Slough Southampton Southend-on-Sea Swindon Thurrock Warrington Wokingham
District councils (England)	Adur Amber Valley Basildon Basingstoke and Deane Brentwood Broxbourne Burnley Cambridge Cannock Chase Carlisle Castle Point Cheltenham Cherwell Chorley Colchester Craven Crawley Daventry Eastleigh Elmbridge Epping Forest Exeter Fareham Gloucester Gosport Great Yarmouth Harlow Harrogate Hart Hastings Havant Huntingdonshire Hyndburn Ipswich Lincoln Maidstone Mole Valley Newcastle-under-Lyme North Hertfordshire Norwich Nuneaton and Bedworth Oxford Pendle Preston Redditch Reigate and Banstead Rochford Rossendale Rugby Runnymede Rushmoor South Cambridgeshire South Lakeland St Albans Stevenage Stratford-on-Avon Stroud Tamworth Tandridge Three Rivers Tunbridge Wells Watford Welwyn Hatfield West Lancashire West Oxfordshire Weymouth and Portland Winchester Woking Worcester Worthing Wyre Forest
Other elections	Mayor of Bristol Mayor of Liverpool London Assembly Mayor of London Mayor of Salford Police and crime commissioners

v t e Council elections in Hertfordshire
Hertfordshire County Council	1889 1892 1895 1898 1901 1904 1907 1910 1913 1919 1922 1925 1928 1931 1934 1937 1946 1949 1952 1955 1958 1961 1964 1967 1970 1973 1977 1981 1985 1989 1993 1997 2001 2005 2009 2013 2017 2021
Broxbourne Borough Council	1973 1976 1978 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016 2018 2019 2021 2022 2023 2024
Dacorum Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 2023
East Hertfordshire District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 2023
Hertsmere Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2019 2023
North Hertfordshire District Council	1973 1976 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016 2018 2019 2021 2022 2023 2024
St Albans City and District Council	1973 1976 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016 2018 2019 2021 2022 2023 2024
Stevenage Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016 2018 2019 2021 2022 2023 2024
Three Rivers District Council	1973 1976 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016 2018 2019 2021 2022 2023 2024
Watford Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016 2018 2019 2021 2022 2023 2024
Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council	1973 1976 1978 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016 2018 2019 2021 2022 2023 2024
See also: Wards Boundary changes Middlesex County Council elections