2016 Watford Borough Council election

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2016 local election results in Watford

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  | +/-

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| 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[edit]

Watford Borough Council election, 2016  Party  | Seats  | Gains  | Losses  | Net gain/loss  | Seats %  | Votes %  | Votes  | +/−

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| 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[edit]

### Callowland[edit]

Callowland  Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| 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[edit]

Central  Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| 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[edit]

Holywell  Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| 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[edit]

Leggatts  Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| 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[edit]

Meriden  Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| 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[edit]

Nascot  Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| 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[edit]

Oxhey  Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| 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[edit]

Park  Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| 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[edit]

Stanborough  Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| 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[edit]

Tudor  Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| 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[edit]

Vicarage  Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| 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[edit]

Woodside  Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| 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[edit]

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

## External links[edit]

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

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