2023 Watford Borough Council election

2023 English local election

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4 May 2023 (2023-05-04)

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12 out of 36 seats to Watford Borough Council
19 seats needed for a majority

	First party	Second party

Leader	Peter Taylor	Nigel Bell
Party	Liberal Democrats	Labour
Last election	27 seats, 51.3%	9 seats, 27.9%
Seats before	27	9

Winner of each seat at the 2023 Watford Borough Council election

Council control before election

Liberal Democrats

Council control after election

Liberal Democrats

The 2023 Watford Borough Council election took place on 4 May 2023 to elect members of Watford Borough Council in Hertfordshire, England. This was on the same day as other local elections across England. There were 12 of the 36 seats up for election, being the usual third of the council.

The Liberal Democrats retained their majority on the council.

Summary

Election result

2023 Watford Borough Council election
Party		This election			Full council			This election
Party		Seats	Net	Seats %	Other	Total	Total %	Votes	Votes %	+/−
	Liberal Democrats	9		75.0	18	27	75.0	10,611	48.8	–2.5
	Labour	3		25.0	6	9	25.0	6,695	30.8	+2.9
	Conservative	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	3,805	17.5	–2.1
	Reform UK	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	447	2.1	+1.9
	Heritage	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	66	0.3	N/A
	Green	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	52	0.2	N/A
	TUSC	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	82	0.4	±0.0

Ward results

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 5 April 2023. The results for each ward were:

Callowland

Callowland
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Dawn Allen-Williamson*	899	47.7	−5.9
	Labour	Asma Suleman	760	40.3	+4.2
	Conservative	Nav Deep	227	12.0	+1.7
Majority
Turnout			1,886
Registered electors
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Central

Central
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Rabi Martins*	1,002	53.6	−1.8
	Labour	Mo Wadud Hakim	585	31.3	+4.7
	Conservative	Sahil Ghuman	177	9.5	−1.7
	Reform UK	David Ealey	104	5.6	N/A
Majority
Turnout			1,868
Registered electors
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Holywell

Holywell
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Favour Ezeifedi*	960	57.3	+4.1
	Liberal Democrats	Gabriel Duduta	335	20.0	−0.2
	Conservative	Sanjaya Pant	323	19.3	−4.6
	TUSC	Mark O'Connor	58	3.5	+0.8
Majority
Turnout			1,676
Registered electors
	Labour hold		Swing

Leggatts

Leggatts
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Asif Khan*	882	45.6	+8.9
	Liberal Democrats	Jamil Minhas	665	34.4	−9.9
	Conservative	James Fanning	297	15.4	−1.1
	Heritage	Sarah Knott	66	3.4	N/A
	TUSC	Derek Foster	24	1.2	−1.3
Majority
Turnout			1,934
Registered electors
	Labour hold		Swing

Meriden

Meriden
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Amanda Grimston*	628	49.8	−4.0
	Labour	Helena Farrington	327	25.9	+1.6
	Conservative	Jennie Raperport	307	24.3	+2.3
Majority
Turnout			1,262
Registered electors
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Nascot

Nascot
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Mark Hofman*	1,280	57.5	−2.1
	Conservative	Ravi Kura	485	21.8	−2.3
	Labour	Edward Tunnah	336	15.1	−1.2
	Reform UK	Gary Ling	125	5.6	N/A
Majority
Turnout			2,226
Registered electors
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Oxhey

Oxhey
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Chris Newstead	1,275	67.2	+1.4
	Conservative	William Hickey	339	17.9	+0.8
	Labour	Sue Sleeman	241	12.7	−2.6
	Reform UK	Neal Webber	43	2.3	+0.5
Majority
Turnout			1,898
Registered electors
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Park

Park
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Penelope Hill	1,441	60.4	−0.7
	Conservative	Arijit Mukherjee	458	19.2	−2.5
	Labour	Laura Griffiths	375	15.7	−1.6
	Reform UK	John Dowdle	111	4.7	N/A
Majority
Turnout			2,385
Registered electors
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Stanborough

Stanborough
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Tim Williams*	928	57.9	+7.1
	Conservative	Peter Williams	283	17.7	−11.9
	Labour	Terence Butler	276	17.2	−2.3
	Reform UK	Michael Hall	64	4.0	N/A
	Green	James Willis	52	3.2	N/A
Majority
Turnout			1,603
Registered electors
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Tudor

Tudor
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Charlott Saunders	852	52.3	+2.1
	Conservative	Carly Bishop	436	26.7	+2.5
	Labour	Malcolm Bush	342	21.0	−4.6
Majority
Turnout			1,630
Registered electors
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Vicarage

Vicarage
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jagtar Dhindsa*	1,151	59.6	+9.2
	Liberal Democrats	Bobby Amin	575	29.8	−8.6
	Conservative	Octavian Chirila Filip	205	10.6	−0.6
Majority
Turnout			1,931
Registered electors
	Labour hold		Swing

Woodside

Woodside
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Wenham*	731	50.1	−1.1
	Labour	Anne Joynes	460	31.5	+6.8
	Conservative	Matthew Cawthorne	268	18.4	−5.4
Majority
Turnout			1,459
Registered electors
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

References

Peter Taylor being directly-elected mayor (position not up for election in 2023); Jennifer Pattinson group leader

"Your mayor and councillors". Watford Borough Council. Retrieved 2 May 2023.
"Notice of Election". Watford Borough Council. 17 March 2023. Retrieved 11 April 2023.
Rutherford, Cameron (5 May 2023). "Watford Borough Council 2023 local election results in full as Liberal Democrats hold majority". Herts Live. Retrieved 25 September 2023.
"Local elections 2023: Tories lose Dacorum, Hertsmere, East Herts and Welwyn Hatfield". BBC News. 5 May 2023. Retrieved 25 September 2023.
"Statement of persons nominated by ward May 2023". Watford Borough Council. Retrieved 11 April 2023.
"Watford Borough Election 2023 results". Watford Borough Council. Retrieved 25 September 2023.

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