2006 Watford Borough Council election

Elections to Watford Borough Council were held on 4 May 2006. One third of the council was up for election and the Liberal Democrat party kept overall control of the council. The Nascot Ward election was postponed to June 15 due to the death of the Labour candidate, Tom Meldrum.^[1][2] At the same time in the election for Watford's directly elected mayor the Liberal Democrat Dorothy Thornhill was re-elected.

After the election, the composition of the council was:

• Liberal Democrat 28
• Green 3
• Conservative 3
• Labour 1

Mayoral election

2006

Watford Mayoral Election 4 May 2006[3]
Party		Candidate	1st round		2nd round			1st round votesTransfer votes, 2nd round
			Total	Of round	Transfers	Total	Of round
	Liberal Democrats	Dorothy Thornhill	11,963	51.2%				​​
	Conservative	Stephen O'Brien	4,838	20.7%				​​
	Labour	Ruth Ellis	4,062	17.4%				​​
	Green	Stephen Rackett	2,522	10.8%				​​
	Liberal Democrats hold

Council election result

Watford Local Election Result 2006

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Liberal Democrats	9	2	0	+2	75.0	42.3	10,137	-2.2%
	Labour	1	0	3	-3	8.3	22.7	5,438	+3.6%
	Conservative	1	0	0	0	8.3	22.4	5,366	-3.5%
	Green	1	1	0	+1	8.3	12.7	3,046	+2.2%

Ward results

Callowland

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Georgina Mann	1,000	54.0	−3.3
	Labour	Daniel Scott	350	18.9	+1.8
	Liberal Democrats	Kelly McLeod	293	15.8	+1.6
	Conservative	Jonathan Cordell	208	11.2	−0.3
Majority			650	35.1	−5.1
Turnout			1,851	37.3	+0.7
	Green gain from Labour		Swing

Central

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Christopher Leslie	677	41.5	−8.6
	Labour	Ian Lowery	429	26.3	+6.6
	Conservative	Geoffrey Ogden	265	16.2	−1.7
	Green	John Dowdle	261	16.0	+3.8
Majority			248	15.2	−15.2
Turnout			1,632	32.6	−0.1
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Holywell

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Janet Baddeley	936	44.7	+2.6
	Labour	Nigel Bell	894	42.7	+1.7
	Conservative	Carole Bamford	161	7.7	−3.4
	Green	Martin Wiesner	103	4.9	−0.9
Majority			42	2.0	+0.9
Turnout			2,094	39.0	+3.1
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Leggatts

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Mohammad Razzaq	682	32.7	−9.8
	Conservative	Amanda Grimston	543	26.1	−7.0
	Green	Ian Brandon	502	24.1	+15.9
	Labour	Marion Chambers	357	17.1	+0.9
Majority			139	6.6	−2.8
Turnout			2,084	40.5	+2.5
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing

Meriden

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Kareen Hastrick	844	43.4	+1.6
	Labour	Geoffrey O'Connell	608	31.2	+0.5
	Conservative	Roger Frost	395	20.3	+0.1
	Green	Faye Cullen	99	5.1	−2.2
Majority			236	12.2	+1.1
Turnout			1,946	37.4	+1.1
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing

Nascot^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Mark Watkin	887
	Conservative	Angela Basit	828
	Green	Sally Ivins	145
	Labour	Mohammed Riaz	92
Majority			59
Turnout			1,952
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Oxhey

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Iain Sharpe	1,235	59.9	−4.2
	Conservative	Richard Bamford	521	25.3	+3.4
	Labour	Nnagbogu Akubue	173	8.4	−0.7
	Green	Ruth Atkin	134	6.5	+1.5
Majority			714	34.6	−7.6
Turnout			2,063	42.0	+0.8
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Park

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Zoe McQuire	1,182	43.4	+4.4
	Liberal Democrats	Bernadette Laventure	1,179	43.3	−8.4
	Labour	Manzoor Hussain	192	7.1	+1.3
	Green	Elaine Edwards	169	6.2	+2.7
Majority			3	0.1
Turnout			2,722	52.0	−1.2
	Conservative hold		Swing

Stanborough

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Keith Crout	958	50.0	−5.4
	Conservative	Ian Blackledge	525	27.4	+2.8
	Labour	Susan Burke	294	15.3	+1.4
	Green	Kevin Pettifer	140	7.3	+1.2
Majority			433	22.6	−8.2
Turnout			1,917	37.9	+1.1
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Tudor

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Lindsey Scudder	879	44.8	−5.6
	Conservative	Richard Southern	636	32.4	+2.8
	Labour	Michael Jones	301	15.4	+1.5
	Green	Carole Skinner	144	7.3	+1.2
Majority			243	12.4	−8.4
Turnout			1,960	43.3	−0.3
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Vicarage (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jagtar Dhindsa	789
	Liberal Democrats	Shameem Khan	755
	Liberal Democrats	Nasreen Ajab	740
	Labour	Nohreen Hamid	733
	Conservative	David Ealey	297
	Conservative	Mark Bunn	285
	Green	Anna Rackett	207
	Green	Robert Atkin	196
Turnout			4,002	44.3	+3.3
	Labour hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Woodside

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Eleanor Burtenshaw	959	55.9	+0.7
	Conservative	Paul Gurney	348	20.3	+0.9
	Labour	John Young	318	18.5	−0.8
	Green	Alan Maccormac	91	5.3	−0.8
Majority			611	35.6	−0.2
Turnout			1,716	34.7	+2.5
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

References

1. "Watford Observer". 6 April 2006.
2. "Watford Observer". 10 June 2006.
3. "Watford.gov". Watford Borough Council. 5 May 2006. Archived from the original on 8 May 2013. Retrieved 19 January 2013.
4. "Watford Observer". 16 June 2006.

• 2006 Watford election result
• Election results - Mayoral 4 May 2006
• Election results - Borough 4 May 2006