1998_Watford_Council_election
1998 Watford Borough Council election
1998 UK local government election
Watford, a city in England, held its 1998 Watford Borough Council elections on 7 May.[1] One third of the council was up for election and the Labour party stayed in overall control of the council.
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Party | This election | Full council | This election | |||||||
Seats | Net | Seats % | Other | Total | Total % | Votes | Votes % | +/− | ||
Labour | 7 | 53.8 | 14 | 21 | 58.3 | 7,570 | 39.1 | -3.6 | ||
Liberal Democrats | 3 | 23.1 | 6 | 9 | 25.0 | 6,282 | 32.4 | -1.0 | ||
Conservative | 3 | 23.1 | 3 | 6 | 16.7 | 5,514 | 28.5 | +4.7 | ||
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Callowland
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | F. Hodgson | 479 | 55.7 | -7.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | A. Canning | 221 | 25.7 | +2.7 | |
Conservative | M. Taylor | 160 | 18.6 | +4.8 | |
Majority | 30.0 | ||||
Turnout | 860 | 21.5 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | 5.1 | |||
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Central
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | R. Atkin | 808 | 47.7 | -5.6 | |
Liberal Democrats | R. Martins | 721 | 42.6 | +7.6 | |
Conservative | Z. Basit | 164 | 9.7 | -2.0 | |
Majority | 5.1 | ||||
Turnout | 1,693 | 31.0 | |||
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | 6.6 | |||
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Holywell
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | S. Rosser | 664 | 62.9 | -3.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | J. Baddeley | 218 | 20.6 | +4.0 | |
Conservative | P. Jenkins | 174 | 16.5 | -0.5 | |
Majority | 42.2 | ||||
Turnout | 1,056 | 19.7 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | 3.8 | |||
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Leggatts
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | S. O'Brien | 730 | 49.3 | +19.6 | |
Labour | J. Dhindsa | 620 | 41.9 | -14.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | S. Hamid | 130 | 8.8 | -4.7 | |
Majority | 7.4 | ||||
Turnout | 1,480 | 33.9 | |||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | 17.3 | |||
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Meriden
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | R. Banham | 794 | 54.2 | -8.1 | |
Conservative | P. Bell | 480 | 32.7 | +10.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | M. Lane | 192 | 13.1 | -2.7 | |
Majority | 21.4 | ||||
Turnout | 1,466 | 27.5 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | 9.5 | |||
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Nascot
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | J. Brown | 752 | 51.6 | +3.3 | |
Labour | T. Meldrum | 359 | 24.7 | -5.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | J. Jenkins | 345 | 23.7 | +2.1 | |
Majority | 27.0 | ||||
Turnout | 1,456 | 26.9 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | 4.3 | |||
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Oxhey
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | A. Poole | 1,112 | 58.8 | -3.4 | |
Conservative | G. Greenstreet | 483 | 25.6 | +4.5 | |
Labour | N. Akubue | 295 | 15.6 | -1.0 | |
Majority | 33.3 | ||||
Turnout | 1,890 | 40.4 | |||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | 4.0 | |||
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Park
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | D. Wright | 928 | 61.4 | +6.6 | |
Liberal Democrats | P. Jenkins | 364 | 24.1 | -5.9 | |
Labour | C. Barry | 220 | 14.6 | -0.7 | |
Majority | 37.3 | ||||
Turnout | 1,512 | 37.4 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | 6.3 | |||
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Stanborough
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | D. Scudder | 965 | 60.5 | +17.7 | |
Conservative | A. Jones | 359 | 22.5 | -7.7 | |
Labour | S. Sardar | 270 | 16.9 | -10.1 | |
Majority | 38.0 | ||||
Turnout | 1,594 | 32.4 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | 12.7 | |||
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Tudor
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Labour | S. Palmer | 690 | 44.8 | ||
Labour | M. Chhina | 634 | 41.2 | ||
Conservative | P. Fincham | 464 | 30.1 | ||
Conservative | H. Ling | 397 | 25.8 | ||
Liberal Democrats | M. Palmer | 346 | 22.5 | ||
Liberal Democrats | J. Richmond | 315 | 20.5 | ||
Turnout | 1,539 | 29.9 | |||
Labour hold | |||||
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Vicarage
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | B. Graham | 990 | 58.7 | +7.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | A. Zafar | 414 | 24.6 | -14.9 | |
Conservative | A. Bell | 282 | 16.7 | +7.5 | |
Majority | 34.2 | ||||
Turnout | 1,686 | 31.0 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | 11.2 | |||
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Woodside
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | A. Burtenshaw | 939 | 51.4 | +1.7 | |
Labour | G. O'Connell | 747 | 40.9 | -1.2 | |
Conservative | D. Ealey | 141 | 7.7 | -0.5 | |
Majority | 10.5 | ||||
Turnout | 1,827 | 35.7 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | 1.5 | |||
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- "Council poll results", The Guardian 9 May 1998 page 16
- "Watford Borough Council Election Results 1973-2012" (PDF). Colin Rallings and Michael Thrasher. Retrieved 28 December 2021.