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Winner of each seat at the 2024 Watford Borough Council election | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The2024 Watford Borough Council election took place on 2 May 2024 to elect members ofWatford Borough Council inHertfordshire,England.[1] This was on the same day as otherlocal elections. One third of the council's seats were up for election.
The council was underLiberal Democrat majority control prior to election, and the party also held the position of the directly electedMayor of Watford, which was not up for election in 2024. Given the size of the party's majority prior to the election, it was impossible for them to lose control at this election. In the event, the party actually increased their majority, gaining three seats fromLabour.[2][3]
| 2024 Watford Borough Council election | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | This election | Full council | This election | |||||||
| Seats | Net | Seats % | Other | Total | Total % | Votes | Votes % | +/− | ||
| Liberal Democrats | 11 | 91.7 | 19 | 30 | 83.3 | 11,243 | 48.2 | –0.6 | ||
| Labour | 1 | 8.3 | 5 | 6 | 16.7 | 6,775 | 29.1 | –1.7 | ||
| Conservative | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3,612 | 15.5 | –2.0 | ||
| Reform | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1,113 | 4.8 | +2.7 | ||
| Green | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 239 | 1.0 | +0.8 | ||
| TUSC | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 204 | 0.9 | +0.5 | ||
| Independent | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 68 | 0.3 | N/A | ||
| Heritage | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 65 | 0.3 | ±0.0 | ||
The Statement of Persons Nominated, which details the candidates standing in each ward, was released by Watford Borough Council following the close of nominations on 8 April 2024.[4]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Richard Short | 1,069 | 51.9 | +4.2 | |
| Labour | Dannis Watling* | 829 | 40.3 | ±0.0 | |
| Conservative | Nick Kahan | 161 | 7.8 | −4.2 | |
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | 2,059 | 34.15 | |||
| Registered electors | |||||
| Liberal Democratsgain fromLabour | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Sam Summer | 924 | 46.2 | −7.4 | |
| Labour | Mo Hakim | 572 | 28.6 | −2.7 | |
| Conservative | Devyani Bajaj | 259 | 12.9 | +3.4 | |
| Reform | David Ealey | 125 | 6.2 | +0.6 | |
| Independent | Dennis Wharton | 68 | 3.4 | N/A | |
| TUSC | James O'Connor | 53 | 2.6 | N/A | |
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | 2,001 | 28.15 | |||
| Registered electors | |||||
| Liberal Democratshold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Nigel Bell* | 1,159 | 60.1 | +2.8 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Simon Morrison | 352 | 18.2 | −1.8 | |
| Conservative | Danny Moseley | 328 | 17.0 | −2.3 | |
| TUSC | Mark O'Connor | 91 | 4.7 | +1.2 | |
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | 1,930 | 26.95 | |||
| Registered electors | |||||
| Labourhold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Sham Begum | 864 | 42.6 | +8.2 | |
| Labour | Asma Suleman | 689 | 34.0 | −11.6 | |
| Conservative | James Fanning | 350 | 17.3 | +1.9 | |
| Heritage | Sarah Knott | 65 | 3.2 | −0.2 | |
| TUSC | Derek Foster | 60 | 3.0 | +1.8 | |
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | 2,028 | 34.52 | |||
| Registered electors | |||||
| Liberal Democratsgain fromLabour | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Annalisa Buraglio | 643 | 44.7 | −5.1 | |
| Labour | Keith Morgan | 377 | 26.2 | +0.3 | |
| Conservative | Jennie Raperport | 314 | 21.8 | −2.5 | |
| Reform | Ian Green | 106 | 7.4 | N/A | |
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | 1,440 | 25.03 | |||
| Registered electors | |||||
| Liberal Democratshold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Mark Watkin* | 1,394 | 59.1 | +1.6 | |
| Conservative | Stephen Woodard | 422 | 17.9 | −3.9 | |
| Labour | Seamus Williams | 385 | 16.3 | +1.2 | |
| Reform | Charlie Xie | 158 | 6.7 | +1.1 | |
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | 2,359 | 34.66 | |||
| Registered electors | |||||
| Liberal Democratshold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Karen Clarke-Taylor* | 1,267 | 66.1 | −1.1 | |
| Labour | Anthony Scott-Norman | 231 | 12.0 | −0.7 | |
| Conservative | Sahil Ghuman | 222 | 11.6 | −6.1 | |
| Reform | Neal Webber | 100 | 5.2 | +2.9 | |
| Green | Shaun Howard | 98 | 5.1 | N/A | |
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | 1,918 | 34.23 | |||
| Registered electors | |||||
| Liberal Democratshold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Gabriel Duduta | 1,413 | 58.8 | −1.6 | |
| Conservative | Arijit Mukherjee | 380 | 15.8 | −3.4 | |
| Labour | Rajinder Dhindsa | 352 | 14.6 | −1.1 | |
| Reform | John Craddock | 259 | 10.8 | +6.1 | |
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | 2,404 | 36.98 | |||
| Registered electors | |||||
| Liberal Democratshold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Clara Ansong | 798 | 49.9 | −8.0 | |
| Conservative | Peter Williams | 307 | 19.2 | +1.5 | |
| Labour | Laura Griffiths | 294 | 18.4 | +1.2 | |
| Reform | Gary Ling | 200 | 12.5 | +8.5 | |
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | 1,599 | 28.03 | |||
| Registered electors | |||||
| Liberal Democratshold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Darren Walford* | 827 | 47.4 | −4.9 | |
| Labour | Ola Alade | 408 | 23.4 | +2.4 | |
| Conservative | Carly Bishop | 346 | 19.8 | −6.9 | |
| Reform | John Dowdle | 165 | 9.5 | N/A | |
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | 1,746 | 33.30 | |||
| Registered electors | |||||
| Liberal Democratshold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Sohail Bashir | 987 | 43.5 | +13.7 | |
| Labour | Sara Trebar* | 907 | 40.0 | −19.6 | |
| Conservative | Vibhor Agarwal | 232 | 10.2 | −0.4 | |
| Green | David Gordon | 141 | 6.2 | N/A | |
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | 2,267 | 37.90 | |||
| Registered electors | |||||
| Liberal Democratsgain fromLabour | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Ann Saffery* | 705 | 45.0 | −5.1 | |
| Labour | Anne Joynes | 572 | 36.5 | +5.0 | |
| Conservative | Kingsley Owen | 291 | 18.6 | +0.2 | |
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | 1,568 | 27.29 | |||
| Registered electors | |||||
| Liberal Democratshold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Asma Suleman | 573 | 33.2 | –26.9 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Callum Robertson | 532 | 30.8 | +12.6 | |
| Reform | David Ealey | 294 | 17.0 | N/A | |
| Conservative | Sanjaya Pant | 180 | 10.4 | –6.6 | |
| Green | Jake Mitchell | 126 | 7.3 | N/A | |
| TUSC | Mark O'Connor | 23 | 1.3 | –3.4 | |
| Majority | 41 | 2.4 | –39.5 | ||
| Turnout | 1,728 | 23.4 | –3.6 | ||
| Labourhold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Iain Sharpe | 1,061 | 61.0 | –5.1 | |
| Reform | Michael Barrett | 302 | 17.4 | +12.2 | |
| Conservative | Peter Williams | 136 | 7.8 | –3.8 | |
| Labour | Sonu Masania | 132 | 7.6 | –4.4 | |
| Green | David Gordon | 99 | 5.7 | +0.6 | |
| TUSC | James O'Connor | 10 | 0.6 | N/A | |
| Majority | 759 | 43.6 | –10.5 | ||
| Turnout | 1,740 | 30.6 | –3.6 | ||
| Liberal Democratshold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reform | Mark Dixon | ||||
| Green | Dave Dunckley | ||||
| Conservative | Danny Mosley | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Callum Robertson | ||||
| Labour | Seamus Williams | ||||