Watford Council election, 2003

Elections to Watford Council were held on 1 May, 2003. One third of the council was up for election and the Liberal Democrats gained overall control of the council from no overall control. Overall turnout was 32.05%.

After the election, the composition of the council was
*Liberal Democrat 20
*Labour 8
*Conservative 7
*Green 1

Council election result

Election Summary Party
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
seats = 10
gain =
loss =
net = +6
seats % = 83.3
votes % = 49.2
votes = 9,491
plus/minus = +5.3%Election Summary Party
party = Conservative Party (UK)
seats = 1
gain =
loss =
net = 0
seats % = 8.3
votes % = 21.4
votes = 4,136
plus/minus = -4.2%Election Summary Party
party = Green Party of England and Wales
seats = 1
gain =
loss =
net = +1
seats % = 8.3
votes % = 8.5
votes = 1,636
plus/minus = +4.6%Election Summary Party
party = Labour Party (UK)
seats = 0
gain =
loss =
net = -6
seats % = 0
votes % = 20.0
votes = 3,867
plus/minus = -4.2%Election Summary Party
party = Independent (politician)
seats = 0
gain =
loss =
net = -1
seats % = 0
votes % = 0.4
votes = 86
plus/minus = -1.8%Election Summary Party
party = Socialist Alliance
seats = 0
gain =
loss =
net = 0
seats % = 0
votes % = 0.4
votes = 78
plus/minus = +0.1%

Ward results

Election box candidate with party link
party = Green Party of England and Wales
candidate = Stephen Rackett
votes = 928
percentage = 53.4
change = +34.3Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Paul Salter
votes = 507
percentage = 29.2
change = -2.1Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Marion Chambers
votes = 213
percentage = 12.3
change = -20.5Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Walter Lees
votes = 89
percentage = 5.1
change = -11.6Election box majority
votes = 421
percentage = 24.2
change = Election box turnout
votes = 1,737
percentage =
change =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Sheila Smillie
votes = 818
percentage = 54.5
change = +5.4Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = John Dowdle
votes = 389
percentage = 25.9
change = -9.5Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Paul Jenkins
votes = 180
percentage = 12.0
change = +1.9Election box candidate with party link
party = Green Party of England and Wales
candidate = Faye Cullen
votes = 72
percentage = 4.8
change = -0.6Election box candidate with party link
party = Socialist Alliance
candidate = Peter Martindale
votes = 42
percentage = 2.8
change = +2.8Election box majority
votes = 429
percentage = 28.6
change = +14.9Election box turnout
votes = 1,501
percentage =
change =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Paul Mortimer
votes = 744
percentage = 50.8
change = -6.1Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Nigel Bell
votes = 587
percentage = 40.1
change = +8.5Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = David Ealey
votes = 93
percentage = 6.3
change = -1.9Election box candidate with party link
party = Socialist Alliance
candidate = Andrew O'Brien
votes = 22
percentage = 1.5
change = -1.8Election box candidate with party link
party = Green Party of England and Wales
candidate = David Degen
votes = 19
percentage = 1.3
change = +1.3Election box majority
votes = 157
percentage = 10.7
change = -14.6Election box turnout
votes = 1,465
percentage =
change =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Maria Green
votes = 746
percentage = 46.0
change = +19.0Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Patricia Lees
votes = 506
percentage = 31.2
change = -2.7Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Dilshad Basha
votes = 273
percentage = 16.9
change = -19.1Election box candidate with party link
party = Green Party of England and Wales
candidate = Christine Stockwell
votes = 95
percentage = 5.9
change = +2.8Election box majority
votes = 240
percentage = 14.8
change = Election box turnout
votes = 1,620
percentage =
change =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Susan Greenslade
votes = 825
percentage = 51.3
change = +16.4Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Norman Tyrwhitt
votes = 483
percentage = 30.0
change = -7.2Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Roger Frost
votes = 168
percentage = 10.4
change = -17.5Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Jack Moss
votes = 86
percentage = 5.3
change = +5.3Election box candidate with party link
party = Green Party of England and Wales
candidate = Jennifer Woods
votes = 32
percentage = 2.0
change = +2.0Election box candidate with party link
party = Socialist Alliance
candidate = Paul Woodward
votes = 14
percentage = 0.9
change = +0.9Election box majority
votes = 342
percentage = 21.3
change = Election box turnout
votes = 1,608
percentage =
change =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Sally Punter
votes = 906
percentage = 49.4
change = +1.6Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Timothy Wyatt
votes = 660
percentage = 36.0
change = +5.2Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Thomas Meldrum
votes = 178
percentage = 9.7
change = +9.7Election box candidate with party link
party = Green Party of England and Wales
candidate = Carole Skinner
votes = 89
percentage = 4.9
change = +4.9Election box majority
votes = 246
percentage = 13.4
change = -3.6Election box turnout
votes = 1,833
percentage =
change =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Shirena Counter
votes = 1,038
percentage = 68.4
change = +1.0Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Alan Luto
votes = 280
percentage = 18.5
change = -0.3Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Nnagbogu Akubue
votes = 142
percentage = 9.4
change = -1.2Election box candidate with party link
party = Green Party of England and Wales
candidate = Andrew McBean
votes = 57
percentage = 3.8
change = +0.6Election box majority
votes = 758
percentage = 49.9
change = +1.3Election box turnout
votes = 1,517
percentage =
change =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Jill Jenkins
votes = 928
percentage = 47.5
change = +13.5Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Kay Solomon
votes = 832
percentage = 42.6
change = -9.0Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Manzoor Hussain
votes = 121
percentage = 6.2
change = -4.7Election box candidate with party link
party = Green Party of England and Wales
candidate = Elaine Edwards
votes = 72
percentage = 3.7
change = +0.3Election box majority
votes = 96
percentage = 4.9
change = Election box turnout
votes = 1,953
percentage =
change =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Derek Scudder
votes = 945
percentage = 65.7
change = +1.0Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Grace Cordell
votes = 243
percentage = 16.9
change = +0.1Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Mavis Tyrwhitt
votes = 216
percentage = 15.0
change = -0.4Election box candidate with party link
party = Green Party of England and Wales
candidate = Ian West
votes = 35
percentage = 2.4
change = -0.7Election box majority
votes = 702
percentage = 48.8
change = +0.9Election box turnout
votes = 1,439
percentage =
change =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Tariq Chohan
votes = 607
percentage = 38.3
change = +1.8Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Richard Southern
votes = 540
percentage = 34.1
change = +1.2Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = John Young
votes = 375
percentage = 23.7
change = -3.4Election box candidate with party link
party = Green Party of England and Wales
candidate = Clive Skinner
votes = 61
percentage = 3.9
change = +0.5Election box majority
votes = 67
percentage = 4.2
change = +0.6Election box turnout
votes = 1,583
percentage =
change =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Shahnaz Ali
votes = 874
percentage = 51.0
change = +19.0Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Abdul Choudhrey
votes = 561
percentage = 32.7
change = -11.8Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Thomas Needham
votes = 149
percentage = 8.7
change = -7.4Election box candidate with party link
party = Green Party of England and Wales
candidate = Elizabeth Cocks
votes = 129
percentage = 7.5
change = +0.1Election box majority
votes = 313
percentage = 18.3
change = Election box turnout
votes = 1,713
percentage =
change =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Alan Burtenshaw
votes = 799
percentage = 60.3
change = -2.4Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Linda Smith
votes = 329
percentage = 24.8
change = +0.2Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Iris Powell
votes = 150
percentage = 11.3
change = +0.8Election box candidate with party link
party = Green Party of England and Wales
candidate = Sally Ivins
votes = 47
percentage = 3.5
change = +1.3Election box majority
votes = 470
percentage = 35.5
change = -2.6Election box turnout
votes = 1,325
percentage =
change =

References

* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/bsp/hi/vote2003/locals/html/308.stm 2003 Watford election result]
* [http://www.psr.keele.ac.uk/area/uk/loc03/pages/Watford/LOCALRESULT.html Ward results]

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