Directly elected mayor of Watford

Mayor of Watford
Incumbent Dorothy Thornhill since May 2002
Style	No courtesy title or style
Appointer	Electorate of Watford
Term length	Four years
Inaugural holder	Dorothy Thornhill (May 2002)
Succession	May 2014

The Mayor of Watford is the head of the council in Watford, Hertfordshire, England. The holder of the position is a directly elected mayor elected using the supplementary vote, every four years. The Current Mayor of Watford is Dorothy Thornhill who is Watford's first directly elected mayor, and was also the first female directly elected mayor in the United Kingdom and the Liberal Democrats' first directly elected mayor. She has been Mayor of Watford since May 2002, being re-elected in May 2006, and in May 2010 she was re-elected for a third term.

Referendum

Local authority	Date	Yes Votes	Yes Vote %	No Votes	No Vote %	Turnout %
Watford	12 July 2001	7,636	52	7,140	48	25

Election results

The position was created in 2002 and there have been three elections.

Watford Mayoral Election Results - May 2010[1]
	Name	Party	1st Preference Votes	%	2nd Preference Votes	%	Final1	%
	Dorothy Thornhill	Liberal Democrat	19,153	45.9	4,276	10.2	23,429	56.1
	Stephen Johnson	Conservative	10,403	24.9	1,105	2.6	11,508	27.6
	Nigel Bell	Labour	10,029	24.0
	Alex McGreggor Mason	Green	2,173	5.2

References

1. ^ "Election results - Mayoral 6 May 2010 :: Watford Borough Council". Watford.gov.uk. http://www.watford.gov.uk/ccm/content/legal-and-democratic/elections/election-results---mayoral-6-may-2010.en. Retrieved 2010-06-06.