2022 Watford Borough Council election

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12 of the 36 seats on Watford Borough Council


Party	Liberal Democrats	Labour	Conservative
Last election	26 seats, 44.0%	4 seats, 28.6%	0 seats, 26.6%

Map showing the results of the 2022 Watford Borough Council election. Liberal Democrats in amber, Labour in red.

The 2022 Watford Borough Council election took place on 5 May 2022. One third (12) of the 36 members of Watford Borough Council were elected. The elections took place alongside elections to local authorities across the United Kingdom, and an election for the Mayor of Watford.

The Liberal Democrats went into the election controlling the council, holding 24 of the 36 seats. They also held the mayorship, after Peter Taylor was elected in 2018.

Electoral process

Watford Borough Council is elected in thirds, with a third of all seats up for election every year for three years, with an election to Hertfordshire County Council instead in the fourth year. The election took place by first-past-the-post voting, with wards represented by three councillors, with one elected in each election year to serve a four-year term. The seats up for election in 2022 are those last contested in the 2018 election.

Results summary

2022 Watford Borough Council election
Party		This election			Full council			This election
Party		Seats	Net	Seats %	Other	Total	Total %	Votes	Votes %	+/−
	Liberal Democrats	10	1	83.3	17	27	75.0	12,163	51.3
	Labour	2	1	16.7	7	9	25.0	6,624	27.9
	Conservative	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	4,642	19.6
	Independent	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	142	0.6
	TUSC	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	103	0.4
	Reform UK	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	37	0.2

Candidates

Candidates seeking re-election are marked with an asterisk (*).

Callowland

Callowland
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Ian Stotesbury*	1,082	53.6	8.0
	Labour	Terry Butler	729	36.1	0.3
	Conservative	Matthew Geary	209	10.3	1.7
Majority			353	17.5	8.2
Turnout			2,020	35.0
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	4.1

Central

Central
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Aga Dychton*	1,151	55.4	13.6
	Labour	Mohammed Wadud Hakim	553	26.6	12.7
	Conservative	Hrithik Dattani	233	11.2	1.7
	Independent	Dennis Wharton	142	6.8	New
Majority			598	28.8	26.3
Turnout			2,079	30.7
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	13.1

Holywell

Holywell
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Matt Turmaine*	949	53.2	12.4
	Conservative	Sanjaya Pant	426	23.9	9.9
	Liberal Democrats	Penelope Hill	360	20.2	0.2
	TUSC	Mark O'Conner	49	2.7	New
Majority			523	29.3	N/A
Turnout			1,784	27.4
	Labour Co-op hold		Swing	11.1

Leggatts

Leggatts
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Shafiq Ahmed	952	44.3	11.8
	Labour	Seamus Williams	790	36.7	13.9
	Conservative	Jennie Raperport	355	16.5	0.4
	TUSC	Derek Foster	54	2.5	New
Majority			162	7.5	N/A
Turnout			2,151	37.9
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing	12.8

Meriden

Meriden
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Jennifer Pattinson	800	53.8	10.2
	Labour	Helena Farrington	361	24.3	7.1
	Conservative	Prashanth Elangovan	327	22.0	3.1
Majority			439	29.5	17.3
Turnout			1,488	26.31
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	8.6

Nascot

Nascot
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Tom Osborn	1,555	59.6	6.2
	Conservative	Ravi Kura	629	24.1	1.6
	Labour	Edward Tunnah	424	16.3	1.8
Majority			926	35.5	7.8
Turnout			2,608	39.1
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	3.9

Oxhey

Oxhey
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Kennedy Rodrigues	1,382	65.8	6.9
	Conservative	William Hickey	360	17.1	6.3
	Labour	Sue Sleeman	322	15.3	2.4
	Reform UK	Neal Webber	37	1.8	New
Majority			1,022	48.6	13.2
Turnout			2,101	38.9
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	6.6

Park

Park
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Kloss*	1,616	61.1	9.3
	Conservative	Linda Topping	573	21.7	7.3
	Labour	Sue Butler	457	17.3	0.4
Majority			1,043	39.4	16.6
Turnout			2,646	41.7
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	8.3

Stanborough

Stanborough
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Lenny Nembhard	909	50.8	12.0
	Conservative	Peter Williams	530	29.6	10.2
	Labour	Betty Muspratt	349	19.5	1.8
Majority			379	21.2	22.2
Turnout			1,788	31.9
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	11.1

Tudor

Tudor
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Stephen Johnson*	917	50.2	5.6
	Labour	Diana Ivory	467	25.6	3.3
	Conservative	Carly Bishop	442	24.2	2.3
Majority			450	24.6	8.9
Turnout			1,826	35.4
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	4.4

Vicarage

Vicarage
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Nasreen Shah*	837	50.4	11.7
	Liberal Democrats	Dan Thurlow	637	38.4	17.3
	Conservative	Octavian Chirila Filip	186	11.2	5.6
Majority			200	12.0	29.0
Turnout			1,660	28.9
	Labour hold		Swing	14.5

Woodside

Woodside
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Glen Saffery*	802	51.2	8.1
	Labour	Malcolm Bush	386	24.7	0.5
	Conservative	Matthew Cawthorne	372	23.8	2.5
Majority			416	26.7	N/A
Turnout			1,560	27.3
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	4.3

Mayoral election

The Conservative Party announced Binita Mehta-Parmar as their mayoral candidate in August 2021. Mehta-Parmar was formerly the Conservative group leader on Watford Borough Council. Incumbent mayor Peter Taylor was unanimously reselected by the Liberal Democrats as their candidate in September 2021. He stated that his priorities would be "to create more jobs, make the town greener and support those most in need." The Labour Party selected Asif Khan as their candidate in November 2021. Khan is a councillor on Watford Borough Council and Hertfordshire County Council. He stated that he would focus on development in Watford, and was opposed to the number of high-rise buildings under construction.

2022 Watford Borough mayoral election
Party		Candidate	1st round		2nd round			1st round votesTransfer votes, 2nd round
Party		Candidate	Total	Of round	Transfers	Total	Of round	1st round votesTransfer votes, 2nd round
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Taylor	12,895	54.8%
	Labour	Asif Khan	6,234	26.5%
	Conservative	Binita Mehta-Parmar	4,404	18.7%

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