- Watford Council election, 2002
Elections to
Watford Council were held on2 May ,2002 . One third of the council was up for election and the council stayed underno overall control . At the same time an election for a directly elected mayor was held, which was won by the Liberal Democrat Dorothy Thornhill.After the election, the composition of the council was
*Labour 15
*Liberal Democrat 13
*Conservative 7
*Independent 1Mayoral election
Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Dorothy Thornhill
votes = 10,954
percentage = 49.4
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Vince Muspratt
votes = 4,899
percentage = 22.1
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Gary Ling
votes = 4,746
percentage = 21.4
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party = Green Party of England and Wales
candidate = Stephen Rackett
votes = 851
percentage = 3.8
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party = Socialist Alliance
candidate = Paul Woodward
votes = 390
percentage = 1.8
change = Election box candidate
party = Fat Cat
candidate = Tristam Cooke
votes = 330
percentage = 1.5
change = Election box majority
votes = 6,055
percentage = 27.3
change = Election box turnout
votes = 22,170
percentage = 36.1
change =Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Dorothy Thornhill
votes = 13,473
percentage = 71.9
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Vince Muspratt
votes = 5,269
percentage = 28.1
change = Election box majority
votes = 8,204
percentage = 43.8
change = Election box turnout
votes = 18,742
percentage =
change =Council election result
Election Summary Party
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
seats = 6
gain =
loss =
net = +3
seats % = 50.0
votes % = 43.9
votes = 10,021
plus/minus = Election Summary Party
party = Labour Party (UK)
seats = 4
gain =
loss =
net = -3
seats % = 33.3
votes % = 24.2
votes = 5,527
plus/minus = Election Summary Party
party = Conservative Party (UK)
seats = 2
gain =
loss =
net = +1
seats % = 16.7
votes % = 25.6
votes = 5,837
plus/minus = Election Summary Party
party = Green Party of England and Wales
seats = 0
gain =
loss =
net = 0
seats % = 0
votes % = 3.9
votes = 886
plus/minus = Election Summary Party
party = Independent (politician)
seats = 0
gain =
loss =
net = -1
seats % = 0
votes % = 2.2
votes = 492
plus/minus = Election Summary Party
party = Socialist Alliance
seats = 0
gain =
loss =
net = 0
seats % = 0
votes % = 0.3
votes = 60
plus/minus =Ward results
Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Daniel Scott
votes = 488
percentage = 32.8
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party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Paul Salter
votes = 466
percentage = 31.3
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Green Party of England and Wales
candidate = Stephen Rackett
votes = 284
percentage = 19.1
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Carl Robertson
votes = 249
percentage = 16.7
change = Election box majority
votes = 22
percentage = 1.5
change = Election box turnout
votes = 1,487
percentage =
change =Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Christopher Leslie
votes = 853
percentage = 49.1
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = John Dowdle
votes = 616
percentage = 35.4
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Shirley Hugill
votes = 176
percentage = 10.1
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Green Party of England and Wales
candidate = Christine Stockwel
votes = 93
percentage = 5.4
change = Election box majority
votes = 237
percentage = 13.7
change = Election box turnout
votes = 1,738
percentage =
change =Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Janet Baddeley
votes = 1,025
percentage = 56.9
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Steven Palmer
votes = 568
percentage = 31.6
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = David Ealey
votes = 147
percentage = 8.2
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Socialist Alliance
candidate = Andrew O'Brien
votes = 60
percentage = 3.3
change = Election box majority
votes = 457
percentage = 25.3
change = Election box turnout
votes = 1,800
percentage =
change =Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Keith Crout
votes = 691
percentage = 36.0
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Sally Punter
votes = 650
percentage = 33.9
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Jonathan Wyatt
votes = 519
percentage = 27.0
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Green Party of England and Wales
candidate = Carol Skinner
votes = 59
percentage = 3.1
change = Election box majority
votes = 41
percentage = 2.1
change = Election box turnout
votes = 1,919
percentage =
change =Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Geoffrey O'Connell
votes = 613
percentage = 37.2
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Susan Greenslade
votes = 575
percentage = 34.9
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Pamela Bell
votes = 460
percentage = 27.9
change = Election box majority
votes = 38
percentage = 2.3
change = Election box turnout
votes = 1,648
percentage =
change =Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Robert Gordon
votes = 1,101
percentage = 47.8
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party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Timothy Wyatt
votes = 709
percentage = 30.8
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Janice Brown
votes = 492
percentage = 21.4
change = Election box majority
votes = 392
percentage = 17.0
change = Election box turnout
votes = 2,302
percentage =
change =Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Iain Sharpe
votes = 1,481
percentage = 67.4
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Alan Luto
votes = 414
percentage = 18.8
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Nnagbogu Akubue
votes = 232
percentage = 10.6
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Green Party of England and Wales
candidate = Andrew McBean
votes = 71
percentage = 3.2
change = Election box majority
votes = 1,067
percentage = 48.6
change = Election box turnout
votes = 2,198
percentage =
change =Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Timothy Williams
votes = 1,207
percentage = 51.6
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Mark Crowne
votes = 795
percentage = 34.0
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Frances Hince
votes = 256
percentage = 10.9
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Green Party of England and Wales
candidate = Elaine Edwards
votes = 80
percentage = 3.4
change = Election box majority
votes = 412
percentage = 17.6
change = Election box turnout
votes = 2,338
percentage =
change =Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Joyce Richmond
votes = 1,222
percentage = 64.7
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Roger Frost
votes = 318
percentage = 16.8
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Stephen Anglesey
votes = 291
percentage = 15.4
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Green Party of England and Wales
candidate = Ian West
votes = 58
percentage = 3.1
change = Election box majority
votes = 904
percentage = 47.9
change = Election box turnout
votes = 1,889
percentage =
change =Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Lindsey Scudder
votes = 705
percentage = 36.5
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party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Richard Southern
votes = 636
percentage = 32.9
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Sheila Rosser
votes = 524
percentage = 27.1
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Green Party of England and Wales
candidate = Clive Skinner
votes = 66
percentage = 3.4
change = Election box majority
votes = 69
percentage = 3.6
change = Election box turnout
votes = 1,931
percentage =
change =Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Brian Graham
votes = 826
percentage = 44.5
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Shahnaz Ali
votes = 595
percentage = 32.0
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Khalid Khan
votes = 299
percentage = 16.1
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Green Party of England and Wales
candidate = Paul Sandford
votes = 137
percentage = 7.4
change = Election box majority
votes = 231
percentage = 12.5
change = Election box turnout
votes = 1,857
percentage =
change =Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Eleanor Burtenshaw
votes = 1,076
percentage = 62.7
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Marion Chambers
votes = 422
percentage = 24.6
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Grace Cordell
votes = 180
percentage = 10.5
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Green Party of England and Wales
candidate = Faye Cullen
votes = 38
percentage = 2.2
change = Election box majority
votes = 654
percentage = 38.1
change = Election box turnout
votes = 1,716
percentage =
change =References
* [http://society.guardian.co.uk/localgovelections/story/0,,709245,00.html Mayor election results]
* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/static/vote2002/local_elections/158.stm 2002 Watford election result]
* [http://uk.geocities.com/AndrewTeale/local02/w.txt Ward results]sequence
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