2006 Watford Borough Council election

Template:Short description Template:Use British English Template:Use dmy dates Elections to Watford Borough Council were held on 4 May 2006. One third of the council was up for election and the Liberal Democrat party kept overall control of the council. The Nascot Ward election was postponed to June 15 due to the death of the Labour candidate, Tom Meldrum. At the same time in the election for Watford's directly elected mayor the Liberal Democrat Dorothy Thornhill was re-elected.

After the election, the composition of the council was:

• Liberal Democrat 28
• Green 3
• Conservative 3
• Labour 1

Mayoral election

2006

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Council election result

Watford Local Election Result 2006

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
		9	2	0	+2	75.0	42.3	10,137	-2.2%
		1	0	3	-3	8.3	22.7	5,438	+3.6%
		1	0	0	0	8.3	22.4	5,366	-3.5%
		1	1	0	+1	8.3	12.7	3,046	+2.2%

Ward results

Callowland

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Georgina Mann	1,000	54.0
		Daniel Scott	350	18.9
		Kelly McLeod	293	15.8
		Jonathan Cordell	208	11.2
Majority			650	35.1
Turnout			1,851	37.3
	gain from Template:Yesno		Swing

Central

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Christopher Leslie	677	41.5
		Ian Lowery	429	26.3
		Geoffrey Ogden	265	16.2
		John Dowdle	261	16.0
Majority			248	15.2
Turnout			1,632	32.6
	hold		Swing

Holywell

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Janet Baddeley	936	44.7
		Nigel Bell	894	42.7
		Carole Bamford	161	7.7
		Martin Wiesner	103	4.9
Majority			42	2.0
Turnout			2,094	39.0
	hold		Swing

Leggatts

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Mohammad Razzaq	682	32.7
		Amanda Grimston	543	26.1
		Ian Brandon	502	24.1
		Marion Chambers	357	17.1
Majority			139	6.6
Turnout			2,084	40.5
	gain from Template:Yesno		Swing

Meriden

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Kareen Hastrick	844	43.4
		Geoffrey O'Connell	608	31.2
		Roger Frost	395	20.3
		Faye Cullen	99	5.1
Majority			236	12.2
Turnout			1,946	37.4
	gain from Template:Yesno		Swing

Nascot

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Mark Watkin	887
		Angela Basit	828
		Sally Ivins	145
		Mohammed Riaz	92
Majority			59
Turnout			1,952
	gain from Template:Yesno		Swing

Oxhey

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Iain Sharpe	1,235	59.9
		Richard Bamford	521	25.3
		Nnagbogu Akubue	173	8.4
		Ruth Atkin	134	6.5
Majority			714	34.6
Turnout			2,063	42.0
	hold		Swing

Park

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Zoe McQuire	1,182	43.4
		Bernadette Laventure	1,179	43.3
		Manzoor Hussain	192	7.1
		Elaine Edwards	169	6.2
Majority			3	0.1
Turnout			2,722	52.0
	hold		Swing

Stanborough

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Keith Crout	958	50.0
		Ian Blackledge	525	27.4
		Susan Burke	294	15.3
		Kevin Pettifer	140	7.3
Majority			433	22.6
Turnout			1,917	37.9
	hold		Swing

Tudor

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Lindsey Scudder	879	44.8
		Richard Southern	636	32.4
		Michael Jones	301	15.4
		Carole Skinner	144	7.3
Majority			243	12.4
Turnout			1,960	43.3
	hold		Swing

Vicarage (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Jagtar Dhindsa	789
		Shameem Khan	755
		Nasreen Ajab	740
		Nohreen Hamid	733
		David Ealey	297
		Mark Bunn	285
		Anna Rackett	207
		Robert Atkin	196
Turnout			4,002	44.3
	hold		Swing
	hold		Swing

Woodside

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Eleanor Burtenshaw	959	55.9
		Paul Gurney	348	20.3
		John Young	318	18.5
		Alan Maccormac	91	5.3
Majority			611	35.6
Turnout			1,716	34.7
	hold		Swing

References

• 2006 Watford election result
• Election results - Mayoral 4 May 2006
• Election results - Borough 4 May 2006