Watford Council election, 2006

Elections to Watford 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. 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

Mayoral election

Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Dorothy Thornhill
votes = 11,963
percentage = 51.2
change = +1.8Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Stephen O'Brien
votes = 4,838
percentage = 20.7
change = -0.7Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Ruth Ellis
votes = 4,062
percentage = 17.4
change = -4.7Election box candidate with party link
party = Green Party of England and Wales
candidate = Stephen Rackett
votes = 2,522
percentage = 10.8
change = +7.0Election box majority
votes = 7,125
percentage = 30.5
change = +3.2Election box turnout
votes = 23,385
percentage = 39.2
change = +3.1

Council election result

Election Summary Party
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
seats = 9
gain = 2
loss = 0
net = +2
seats % = 75.0
votes % = 42.3
votes = 10,137
plus/minus = -2.2%Election Summary Party
party = Labour Party (UK)
seats = 1
gain = 0
loss = 3
net = -3
seats % = 8.3
votes % = 22.7
votes = 5,438
plus/minus = +3.6%Election Summary Party
party = Conservative Party (UK)
seats = 1
gain = 0
loss = 0
net = 0
seats % = 8.3
votes % = 22.4
votes = 5,366
plus/minus = -3.5%Election Summary Party
party = Green Party of England and Wales
seats = 1
gain = 1
loss = 0
net = +1
seats % = 8.3
votes % = 12.7
votes = 3,046
plus/minus = +2.2%

Ward results

Election box candidate with party link
party = Green Party of England and Wales
candidate = Georgina Mann
votes = 1,000
percentage = 54.0
change = -3.3Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Daniel Scott
votes = 350
percentage = 18.9
change = +1.8Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Kelly McLeod
votes = 293
percentage = 15.8
change = +1.6Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Jonathan Cordell
votes = 208
percentage = 11.2
change = -0.3Election box majority
votes = 650
percentage = 35.1
change = -5.1Election box turnout
votes = 1,851
percentage = 37.3
change = +0.7Election box gain with party link
winner = Green Party of England and Wales
loser = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Christopher Leslie
votes = 677
percentage = 41.5
change = -8.6Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Ian Lowery
votes = 429
percentage = 26.3
change = +6.6Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Geoffrey Ogden
votes = 265
percentage = 16.2
change = -1.7Election box candidate with party link
party = Green Party of England and Wales
candidate = John Dowdle
votes = 261
percentage = 16.0
change = +3.8Election box majority
votes = 248
percentage = 15.2
change = -15.2Election box turnout
votes = 1,632
percentage = 32.6
change = -0.1Election box hold with party link
winner = Liberal Democrats (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Janet Baddeley
votes = 936
percentage = 44.7
change = +2.6Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Nigel Bell
votes = 894
percentage = 42.7
change = +1.7Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Carole Bamford
votes = 161
percentage = 7.7
change = -3.4Election box candidate with party link
party = Green Party of England and Wales
candidate = Martin Wiesner
votes = 103
percentage = 4.9
change = -0.9Election box majority
votes = 42
percentage = 2.0
change = +0.9Election box turnout
votes = 2,094
percentage = 39.0
change = +3.1Election box hold with party link
winner = Liberal Democrats (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Mohammad Razzaq
votes = 682
percentage = 32.7
change = -9.8Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Amanda Grimston
votes = 543
percentage = 26.1
change = -7.0Election box candidate with party link
party = Green Party of England and Wales
candidate = Ian Brandon
votes = 502
percentage = 24.1
change = +15.9Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Marion Chambers
votes = 357
percentage = 17.1
change = +0.9Election box majority
votes = 139
percentage = 6.6
change = -2.8Election box turnout
votes = 2,084
percentage = 40.5
change = +2.5Election box gain with party link
winner = Liberal Democrats (UK)
loser = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Kareen Hastrick
votes = 844
percentage = 43.4
change = +1.6Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Geoffrey O'Connell
votes = 608
percentage = 31.2
change = +0.5Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Roger Frost
votes = 395
percentage = 20.3
change = +0.1Election box candidate with party link
party = Green Party of England and Wales
candidate = Faye Cullen
votes = 99
percentage = 5.1
change = -2.2Election box majority
votes = 236
percentage = 12.2
change = +1.1Election box turnout
votes = 1,946
percentage = 37.4
change = +1.1Election box gain with party link
winner = Liberal Democrats (UK)
loser = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Iain Sharpe
votes = 1,235
percentage = 59.9
change = -4.2Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Richard Bamford
votes = 521
percentage = 25.3
change = +3.4Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Nnagbogu Akubue
votes = 173
percentage = 8.4
change = -0.7Election box candidate with party link
party = Green Party of England and Wales
candidate = Ruth Atkin
votes = 134
percentage = 6.5
change = +1.5Election box majority
votes = 714
percentage = 34.6
change = -7.6Election box turnout
votes = 2,063
percentage = 42.0
change = +0.8Election box hold with party link
winner = Liberal Democrats (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Zoe McQuire
votes = 1,182
percentage = 43.4
change = +4.4Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Bernadette Laventure
votes = 1,179
percentage = 43.3
change = -8.4Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Manzoor Hussain
votes = 192
percentage = 7.1
change = +1.3Election box candidate with party link
party = Green Party of England and Wales
candidate = Elaine Edwards
votes = 169
percentage = 6.2
change = +2.7Election box majority
votes = 3
percentage = 0.1
change = Election box turnout
votes = 2,722
percentage = 52.0
change = -1.2Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Keith Crout
votes = 958
percentage = 50.0
change = -5.4Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Ian Blackledge
votes = 525
percentage = 27.4
change = +2.8Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Susan Burke
votes = 294
percentage = 15.3
change = +1.4Election box candidate with party link
party = Green Party of England and Wales
candidate = Kevin Pettifer
votes = 140
percentage = 7.3
change = +1.2Election box majority
votes = 433
percentage = 22.6
change = -8.2Election box turnout
votes = 1,917
percentage = 37.9
change = +1.1Election box hold with party link
winner = Liberal Democrats (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Lindsey Scudder
votes = 879
percentage = 44.8
change = -5.6Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Richard Southern
votes = 636
percentage = 32.4
change = +2.8Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Michael Jones
votes = 301
percentage = 15.4
change = +1.5Election box candidate with party link
party = Green Party of England and Wales
candidate = Carole Skinner
votes = 144
percentage = 7.3
change = +1.2Election box majority
votes = 243
percentage = 12.4
change = -8.4Election box turnout
votes = 1,960
percentage = 43.3
change = -0.3Election box hold with party link
winner = Liberal Democrats (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Jagtar Dhindsa
votes = 789
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Shameem Khan
votes = 755
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Nasreen Ajab
votes = 740
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Nohreen Hamid
votes = 733
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = David Ealey
votes = 297
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Mark Bunn
votes = 285
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Green Party of England and Wales
candidate = Anna Rackett
votes = 207
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Green Party of England and Wales
candidate = Robert Atkin
votes = 196
percentage =
change = Election box turnout
votes = 4,002
percentage = 44.3
change = +3.3Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing = Election box hold with party link
winner = Liberal Democrats (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Eleanor Burtenshaw
votes = 959
percentage = 55.9
change = +0.7Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Paul Gurney
votes = 348
percentage = 20.3
change = +0.9Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = John Young
votes = 318
percentage = 18.5
change = -0.8Election box candidate with party link
party = Green Party of England and Wales
candidate = Alan Maccormac
votes = 91
percentage = 5.3
change = -0.8Election box majority
votes = 611
percentage = 35.6
change = -0.2Election box turnout
votes = 1,716
percentage = 34.7
change = +2.5Election box hold with party link
winner = Liberal Democrats (UK)
swing =

References

* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/bsp/hi/vote2006/locals/html/26uk.stm 2006 Watford election result]
* [http://www.watford.gov.uk/ccm/content/legal-and-democratic/elections/election-results-mayoral-4-may-2006.en Election results - Mayoral 4 May 2006]
* [http://www.watford.gov.uk/ccm/content/legal-and-democratic/elections/election-results-borough-4-may-2006.en Election results - Borough 4 May 2006]

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