
Elections toWatford Borough Council were held on 3 May 2007. One third of the council was up for election and theLiberal Democrat party kept overall control of the council.
After the election, the composition of the council was:
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | 9 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 75.0 | 47.0 | 10,105 | +4.7% | |
| Conservative | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8.3 | 24.2 | 5,195 | +1.8% | |
| Labour | 1 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 8.3 | 17.5 | 3,760 | -5.2% | |
| Green | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.3 | 10.6 | 2,289 | -2.1% | |
| Independent | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.7 | 152 | +0.7% | |
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green | Stephen Rackett | 935 | 63.9 | +9.9 | |
| Labour | Joanna Grindrod | 207 | 14.1 | −4.8 | |
| Liberal Democrats | David Clay | 161 | 11.0 | −4.8 | |
| Conservative | Jonathan Cordell | 161 | 11.0 | −0.2 | |
| Majority | 728 | 49.8 | +14.7 | ||
| Turnout | 1,464 | 28.7 | −8.6 | ||
| Greenhold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Sheila Smillie | 639 | 46.5 | +5.0 | |
| Labour | Ian Lowery | 382 | 27.8 | +1.5 | |
| Conservative | Geoffrey Ogden | 198 | 14.4 | −1.8 | |
| Green | Anna Rackett | 156 | 11.3 | −4.7 | |
| Majority | 257 | 18.7 | +3.5 | ||
| Turnout | 1,375 | 26.6 | −6.0 | ||
| Liberal Democratshold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Nigel Bell | 932 | 50.7 | +8.0 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Emma Hines-Randall | 702 | 38.2 | −6.5 | |
| Conservative | Carole Bamford | 139 | 7.6 | −0.1 | |
| Green | Helen Wynne | 67 | 3.6 | −1.3 | |
| Majority | 230 | 12.5 | |||
| Turnout | 1,840 | 32.8 | −6.2 | ||
| Labourgain fromLiberal Democrats | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Amanda Grimston | 515 | 28.5 | +2.4 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Qureshi Fawziyyah | 513 | 28.4 | −4.3 | |
| Green | Ian Brandon | 413 | 22.8 | −1.3 | |
| Labour | Marion Chambers | 216 | 11.9 | −5.2 | |
| Independent | Maria Green | 152 | 8.4 | +8.4 | |
| Majority | 2 | 0.1 | |||
| Turnout | 1,809 | 34.6 | −5.9 | ||
| Conservativegain fromLiberal Democrats | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Susan Greenslade | 896 | 57.0 | +13.6 | |
| Conservative | Pamela Bell | 305 | 19.4 | −0.9 | |
| Labour | Andrew O'Brien | 297 | 18.9 | −12.3 | |
| Green | Elizabeth Joyce | 75 | 4.8 | −0.3 | |
| Majority | 591 | 37.6 | +25.4 | ||
| Turnout | 1,573 | 29.7 | −7.7 | ||
| Liberal Democratshold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | George Forrest | 1,040 | 46.0 | +0.6 | |
| Conservative | Karen Best | 956 | 42.3 | −0.1 | |
| Green | Sally Ivins | 154 | 6.8 | −0.6 | |
| Labour | Fred Grindrod | 112 | 5.0 | +0.3 | |
| Majority | 84 | 3.7 | +0.7 | ||
| Turnout | 2,262 | 41.9 | +5.3 | ||
| Liberal Democratsgain fromConservative | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Shirena Counter | 1,167 | 68.2 | +8.3 | |
| Conservative | Richard Bamford | 361 | 21.1 | −4.2 | |
| Labour | Nnagbogu Akubue | 117 | 6.8 | −1.6 | |
| Green | Caryn Argun | 67 | 3.9 | −2.6 | |
| Majority | 806 | 47.1 | +12.5 | ||
| Turnout | 1,712 | 34.5 | −7.5 | ||
| Liberal Democratshold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Bernadette Laventure | 1,377 | 51.4 | +8.1 | |
| Conservative | Jane Gregory | 1,103 | 41.2 | −2.2 | |
| Labour | Manzoor Hussain | 112 | 4.2 | −2.9 | |
| Green | David Hodgkinson | 87 | 3.2 | −3.0 | |
| Majority | 274 | 10.2 | |||
| Turnout | 2,679 | 48.4 | −3.6 | ||
| Liberal Democratshold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Derek Scudder | 1,018 | 62.8 | +12.8 | |
| Conservative | Peter Williams | 331 | 20.4 | −7.0 | |
| Labour | Mavis Tyrwhitt | 202 | 12.5 | −2.8 | |
| Green | Kevin Pettifer | 69 | 4.3 | −3.0 | |
| Majority | 687 | 42.4 | +19.8 | ||
| Turnout | 1,620 | 31.4 | −6.5 | ||
| Liberal Democratshold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Kelly McLeod | 878 | 47.9 | +3.1 | |
| Conservative | Richard Southern | 666 | 36.4 | +4.0 | |
| Labour | Michael Jones | 189 | 10.3 | −5.1 | |
| Green | Rachel Neill | 99 | 5.4 | −1.9 | |
| Majority | 212 | 11.5 | −0.9 | ||
| Turnout | 1,832 | 39.7 | −3.6 | ||
| Liberal Democratshold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Shameem Khan | 827 | 42.9 | ||
| Labour | Nohreen Hamid | 770 | 40.0 | ||
| Conservative | David Ealey | 236 | 12.3 | ||
| Green | Tony Pellicci | 93 | 4.8 | ||
| Majority | 57 | 2.9 | |||
| Turnout | 1,926 | 36.3 | −8.0 | ||
| Liberal Democratshold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Alan Burtenshaw | 887 | 63.0 | +7.1 | |
| Conservative | Joseph Harrison | 224 | 15.9 | −4.4 | |
| Labour | John Young | 224 | 15.9 | −2.6 | |
| Green | Paula Brodhurst | 74 | 5.3 | 0.0 | |
| Majority | 663 | 47.1 | +11.5 | ||
| Turnout | 1,409 | 28.0 | −6.7 | ||
| Liberal Democratshold | Swing | ||||