2006_Watford_Borough_Council_election
2006 Watford Borough Council election
2006 UK local government 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
2006
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Party | Candidate | 1st round | 2nd round | First round votes Transfer votes | ||||
Total | Of round | Transfers | Total | Of round | ||||
Liberal Democrats | Dorothy Thornhill | 11,963 | 51.2% |
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Conservative | Stephen O'Brien | 4,838 | 20.7% |
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Labour | Ruth Ellis | 4,062 | 17.4% |
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Green | Stephen Rackett | 2,522 | 10.8% |
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Liberal Democrats hold |
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Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
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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% | |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | ||||
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- "Watford Observer". 6 April 2006.
- "Watford Observer". 10 June 2006.
- "Watford.gov". Watford Borough Council. 5 May 2006. Archived from the original on 8 May 2013. Retrieved 19 January 2013.
- "Watford Observer". 16 June 2006.