Watford Borough Council election, 2011

2011 local election results in Watford

Elections to Watford Borough Council in England were held on 5 May 2011. Three years in every four, a third of the council (12 councillors) retires and elections are held (in the fourth year, elections are held for county councillors).

In this council election, the Labour Party gained two seats; the Liberal Democrats and the Conservative lost one each. The Liberal Democrats remained firmly in control of the council. Four parties, Liberal Democrats, Labour, Conservative and Green, all put up candidates in every seat. There were also three UKIP candidates and one independent.^[1]

After the election, the composition of the council was:^[2]

Council election result

Watford Local Election Result 2011
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Liberal Democrat	8	-	-1	-1	66.7	36.7%	9899
	Labour	3	+2	-	+2	25.0	28.0%	7553
	Conservative	-	-	-1	-1		23.5%	6333
	Green	1	-	-	-	8.3	9.9%	2663
	UKIP	-	-	-	-		1.1%	298
	Independent	-	-	-	-		0.8%	204

Ward results

Callowland^[1]^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Green	Steve Lawrence Rackett	1104	58.6
	Labour	Emma Clare Collins	424	22.5
	Conservative	Guy Anthony Miller	229	12.1
	Liberal Democrat	Patricia Gollop	128	6.8
Majority			680	36.1
Turnout			1885	34.97
	Green hold		Swing

Central^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrat	Helen Lynch	901	42.1
	Labour	Fred Grindrod	772	36.1
	Conservative	Carole Ann Bamford	277	13.0
	Green	Dorothy Nixon	118	5.5
	UKIP	Renie Price	70	3.3
Majority			129	6.0
Turnout			2138	34.87
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Holywell^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Nigel Bell	1473	68.4
	Liberal Democrat	Janet Baddeley	343	15.9
	Conservative	Neil John Punter	251	11.7
	Green	Alison Wiesner	86	4.0
Majority			1130	52.5
Turnout			2153	35.03
	Labour hold		Swing

Leggatts^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Asif Kaleem Khan	786	35.3
	Conservative	Amanda Grimston	670	30.1
	Liberal Democrat	Dennis Wharton	440	19.8
	Green	Ian Brandon	330	14.8
Majority			116	5.2
Turnout			2226	41.76
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Meriden^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrat	Susan Carole Greenslade	893	43.6
	Labour	Seamus Williams	584	28.5
	Conservative	David Charles Ealey	468	22.9
	Green	Iain Wadey	101	4.9
Majority			309	15.1
Turnout			2046	36.09
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Nascot^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrat	George Andrew Forrest	1285	45.6
	Conservative	Camilla Zaman Khawaja	1023	36.3
	Labour	Michael Barnes	328	11.7
	Green	Sally Rose Ivins	179	6.4
Majority			262	9.3
Turnout			2815	48.01
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Oxhey^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrat	Shirena Counter	1209	55.2
	Conservative	Richard Haxton Bamford	497	22.7
	Labour	Susan Janet Sleeman	357	16.3
	Green	Christine Winifred Chandler	129	5.9
Majority			712	32.5
Turnout			2192	42.34
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Park^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrat	Peter Lewis Jeffree	1302	43.4
	Conservative	Linda Ann Topping	1160	38.7
	Labour	Michael Jones	330	11.0
	Green	Alex MacGregor Mason	133	4.4
	UKIP	David Penn	75	2.5
Majority			142	4.7
Turnout			3000	50.49
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Stanborough^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrat	Derek Thomas Francis Scudder	1095	52.7
	Conservative	Penelope Margaret Edwards	521	25.1
	Labour	Adeyemi Frederick Oshunniyi	356	17.1
	Green	Caryn Elaine Argun	107	5.1
Majority			574	27.6
Turnout			2079	39.17
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Tudor^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrat	Kelly McLeod	879	41.7
	Conservative	Youseffe Fahmy	485	23.0
	Labour	Geoffrey Pearce	461	21.9
	UKIP	Daniel Channing	153	7.3
	Green	Clare Victoria Pitkin	128	6.1
Majority			394	18.7
Turnout			2106	44.54
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Vicarage^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Nasreen Shah	1259	50.1
	Liberal Democrat	Shameen Khan	691	27.5
	Conservative	Sally Punter	231	9.2
	Independent	Paul Baker	204	8.1
	Green	Helen Elizabeth Wynne	127	5.1
Majority			568	22.6
Turnout			2512	44.79
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing

Woodside^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrat	Alan Edward Burtenshaw	733	40.8
	Conservative	Anthony John Rogers	521	29.0
	Labour	John Young	423	23.5
	Green	Paula Mary Evelyn Brodhurst	121	6.7
Majority			212	11.8
Turnout			1798	33.95%
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

References

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 http://www.watford.gov.uk/ccm/content/legal-and-democratic/elections/election-results---borough-5-may-2011.en?page=1
↑ "Election results 2011: English council summary results". The Guardian. 6 May 2011. Retrieved 22 May 2012.
↑ Election summary (Labour Party)

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