2008 Watford Borough Council election

Elections to Watford Council were held on 1 May 2008. One third of the council was up for election and the Liberal Democrat party stayed in overall control of the council.

The election saw only one seat change hands, Vicarage ward saw the Labour party gain the seat from the Liberal Democrats. However the Liberal Democrats remained firmly in control of the council.

After the election, the composition of the council was:

• Liberal Democrat 27
• Conservative 3
• Green 3
• Labour 3

Council election result

Watford Local Election Result 2008

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Liberal Democrats	9	0	1	-1	75.0	44.7	9,660	-2.3%
	Conservative	1	0	0	-	8.3	26.6	5,741	+2.4%
	Labour	1	1	0	+1	8.3	17.7	3,828	+0.2%
	Green	1	0	0	-	8.3	10.8	2,340	+0.2%
	Independent	0	0	0	0	0	0.1	18	-0.6%

Ward results

Callowland

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Kenneth Brodhurst	729	54.3	−9.6
	Labour	Ian Cloke	234	17.4	+3.3
	Liberal Democrats	Patricia Gollop	193	14.4	+3.4
	Conservative	Patricia Lees	187	13.9	+2.9
Majority			495	36.9	−12.9
Turnout			1,343	25.6	−3.1
	Green hold		Swing

Central

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Rabi Martins	620	43.1	−3.4
	Labour	Joanna Grindrod	323	22.4	−5.4
	Green	Clare Pitkin	278	19.3	+8.0
	Conservative	Richard Bamford	219	15.2	+0.8
Majority			297	20.7	+2.0
Turnout			1,440	26.8	+0.2
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Holywell

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Emma Hines-Randall	754	43.0	+4.8
	Labour	Fred Grindrod	736	41.9	−8.8
	Conservative	Carole Bamford	191	10.9	+3.3
	Green	Helen Wynne	74	4.2	+0.6
Majority			18	1.1
Turnout			1,755	30.8	−2.0
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Leggatts

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Qureshi Fawziyyah	634	33.7	+5.3
	Conservative	Karen Best	505	26.8	−1.7
	Green	Ian Brandon	464	24.6	+1.8
	Labour	Geoffrey O'Connell	280	14.9	+3.0
Majority			129	6.9
Turnout			1,883	35.8	+1.2
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Meriden

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Janice Brown	717	47.4	−9.6
	Conservative	Pamela Bell	416	27.5	+8.1
	Labour	Daniel Scott	299	19.8	+0.9
	Green	Ian Pitkin	81	5.4	+0.6
Majority			301	19.9	−17.7
Turnout			1,513	28.5	−1.2
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Nascot

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Andrew Mortimer	1,018	44.9	+2.6
	Liberal Democrats	Russell Willson	971	42.8	−3.2
	Green	Sally Ivins	137	6.0	−0.8
	Labour	Marion Chambers	125	5.5	+0.5
	Independent	Antony Cooke	18	0.8	+0.8
Majority			47	2.1
Turnout			2,269	41.3	−0.6
	Conservative hold		Swing

Oxhey

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Anthony Poole	1,070	60.1	−8.1
	Conservative	Sarah Son	460	25.8	+4.7
	Labour	Michael Jones	135	7.6	+0.8
	Green	Neal Webber	115	6.5	+2.6
Majority			610	34.3	−12.8
Turnout			1,780	35.4	+0.9
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Park

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	George Derbyshire	1,366	51.5	+0.1
	Conservative	Malcolm Meerabux	1,076	40.6	−0.6
	Labour	Mohammed Riaz	127	4.8	+0.6
	Green	Alex Mason	82	3.1	−0.1
Majority			290	10.9	+0.7
Turnout			2,651	47.3	−1.1
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Stanborough

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew Wylie	917	56.7	−6.1
	Conservative	Jonathon Cordell	373	23.1	+2.7
	Labour	Abeyemi Oshunniyi	241	14.9	+2.4
	Green	Kevin Pettifer	87	5.4	+1.1
Majority			544	33.6	−8.8
Turnout			1,618	31.2	−0.2
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Tudor

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Hugh O'Hanlon	847	46.9	−1.0
	Conservative	Richard Southern	695	38.5	+2.1
	Labour	Pauline May	192	10.6	+0.3
	Green	Rachel Neill	72	4.0	−1.4
Majority			152	8.4	−3.1
Turnout			1,806	38.5	−1.2
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Vicarage

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mohammed Tanveer Taj	911	43.4	+3.4
	Liberal Democrats	Abrar Shah	791	37.7	−5.2
	Conservative	David Ealey	256	12.2	−0.1
	Green	David Degen	141	6.7	+1.9
Majority			120	5.7
Turnout			2,099	39.2	+2.9
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Woodside

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Ian Brown	780	54.5	−8.5
	Conservative	Joseph Harrison	345	24.1	+8.2
	Labour	John Young	225	15.7	−0.2
	Green	Caryn Argun	80	5.6	+0.3
Majority			435	30.4	−16.7
Turnout			1,430	28.2	+0.2
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

References

• 2004 Watford election result
• Ward results
• Watford election results