2010_Watford_Borough_Council_election

2010 Watford Borough Council election

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Elections to Watford Borough Council were held on 6 May 2010. Three years in every four, a third of the council (13 councillors) retires and elections are held (in the fourth year, elections are held for county councillors). The council election was held on the same day as the national General Election, when the Labour Party government lost power and the Watford parliamentary constituency was won by the Conservative Party.

2010 local election results in Watford

In this council election, the Labour Party gained one seat and the Liberal Democrats lost one. However. the Liberal Democrats remained firmly in control of the council.^[1]

After the election, the composition of the council was:

Council election result

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"Election 2010: Watford". BBC. 7 May 2010. Retrieved 20 May 2012.

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"Election results - Mayoral 6 May 2010". Watford Borough Council. 7 May 2010. Archived from the original on 8 May 2013. Retrieved 19 January 2013.

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http://www.watford.gov.uk/ccm/content/legal-and-democratic/elections/election-results---borough-6-may-2010.en Watford Borough results

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Election summary (Labour Party)

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	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes
Liberal Democrats	7	0	1	-1	58.3	38.0	16,361
Conservative	2	0	0	-	16.7	30.0	12,934
Labour	2	1	0	+1	16.7	25.0	10,769
Green	1	-	-	-	8.3	7.1	3,040

Watford Mayoral Election 6 May 2010 ^[2]
Party		Candidate	1st round		2nd round			First round votes Transfer votes
Party		Candidate	Total	Of round	Transfers	Total	Of round	First round votes Transfer votes
	Liberal Democrats	Dorothy Thornhill	19,153	45.9%	4,276	23,429
	Conservative	Stephen Johnson	10,403	24.9%	1,105	11,508
	Labour	Nigel Bell	10,029	24.0%
	Green	Alex MacGregor-Mason	2,173	5.2%
	Liberal Democrats hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Green	Ann Lovejoy	930	27.6
	Liberal Democrats	Tricia Gollop	859	25.5
	Labour	Guru Awasthi	854	25.4
	Conservative	Guy Miller	723	21.5
Majority			71	2.1
Turnout			3366	61
	Green hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Christopher Leslie	1,211	36.8
	Labour	Ian Lowery	1,140	34.6
	Conservative	Richard Bamford	731	22.2
	Green	Caryn Argun	212	6.4
Majority			71	2.2
Turnout			3294	54.3
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Jackie Connal	1,495	43.3
	Liberal Democrats	Janet Baddeley	1,200	34.7
	Conservative	Carole Bamford	639	18.5
	Green	Alison Wiesner	121	3.5
Majority			295	8.6
Turnout			3455	54.8
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Stephen Johnson	1,098	31.5
	Labour	Ahsan Khan	995	28.5
	Liberal Democrats	Zaheer Ahmed	935	26.8
	Green	Ian Brandon	459	13.2
Majority			103	3.0
Turnout			3487	64.3
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Kareen Hastrick	1,185	33.8
	Conservative	Pamela Bell	1,156	33.0
	Labour	Geoffrey O'Connell	992	28.3
	Green	Michael Argun	168	4.8
Majority			29	0.8
Turnout			3501	63.3
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Mark Watkin	1,779	43.5
	Conservative	Miles Bennington	1,610	39.3
	Labour	Joanna Grindrod	509	12.4
	Green	Sally Ivins	196	4.8
Majority			169	4.2
Turnout			4094	72.2
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Iain Sharpe	1,924	53.6
	Conservative	Sarah Son	1,044	29.1
	Labour	Ann Akubue	482	13.4
	Green	Christine Chandler	141	3.9
Majority			880	24.5
Turnout			3591	69.1
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Malcolm Meerabux	2,006	45.7
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Jeffree	1,645	37.4
	Labour	Mike Jones	586	13.3
	Green	Alex MacGregor Mason	156	3.6
Majority			361	8.3
Turnout			4393	74.8
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Keith Crout	1,687	47.4
	Conservative	Linda Topping	1,072	30.12
	Labour	Frederick Oshunniyi	643	18.1
	Green	Kevin Pettifer	157	4.4
Majority			615	17.3
Turnout			3559	67
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Lindsey Scudder	1,352	39.6
	Conservative	Richard Southern	1,220	35.7	+2.1
	Labour	Mark Xerri	685	20.1
	Green	Clare Pitkin	159	4.7
Majority			132	3.9
Turnout			3416	72.1
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Jagtar Singh Dhindsa	1,652	45.5
	Liberal Democrats	Bobby Amin	1,133	31.2
	Conservative	David Ealey	642	17.7
	Green	Helen Wynne	201	5.5
Majority			519	14.3
Turnout			3628	64.7
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Karen Collett	1,451	43.7
	Conservative	Joseph Harrison	993	29.9
	Labour	John Young	736	22.2
	Green	Iain Wadey	140	4.2
Majority			458	13.8
Turnout			3320	63.5
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing