# 2006 Watford Borough Council election

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

Watford Mayoral Election 4 May 2006 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | 1st round | 1st round | 2nd round | 2nd round | 2nd round | 1st round votesTransfer votes, 2nd round |
| Party | Party | Candidate | Total | Of round | Transfers | Total | Of round | 1st round votesTransfer votes, 2nd round |
| | Liberal Democrats | Dorothy Thornhill | 11,963 | 51.2% | | | | ​​ |
| | Conservative | Stephen O'Brien | 4,838 | 20.7% | | | | ​​ |
| | Labour | Ruth Ellis | 4,062 | 17.4% | | | | ​​ |
| | Green | Stephen Rackett | 2,522 | 10.8% | | | | ​​ |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold |

## Council election result

Watford Local Election Result 2006 :
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
| Liberal Democrats | 9 | 2 | 0 | +2 | 75.0 | 42.3 | 10,137 | -2.2% |
| Labour | 1 | 0 | 3 | -3 | 8.3 | 22.7 | 5,438 | +3.6% |
| Conservative | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.3 | 22.4 | 5,366 | -3.5% |
| Green | 1 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 8.3 | 12.7 | 3,046 | +2.2% |

## Ward results

Callowland :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Green | Georgina Mann | 1,000 | 54.0 | −3.3 |
| | Labour | Daniel Scott | 350 | 18.9 | +1.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Kelly McLeod | 293 | 15.8 | +1.6 |
| | Conservative | Jonathan Cordell | 208 | 11.2 | −0.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 650 | 35.1 | −5.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,851 | 37.3 | +0.7 |
| | Green gain from Labour | Green gain from Labour | Swing | | |
Central :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Christopher Leslie | 677 | 41.5 | −8.6 |
| | Labour | Ian Lowery | 429 | 26.3 | +6.6 |
| | Conservative | Geoffrey Ogden | 265 | 16.2 | −1.7 |
| | Green | John Dowdle | 261 | 16.0 | +3.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 248 | 15.2 | −15.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,632 | 32.6 | −0.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
Holywell :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Janet Baddeley | 936 | 44.7 | +2.6 |
| | Labour | Nigel Bell | 894 | 42.7 | +1.7 |
| | Conservative | Carole Bamford | 161 | 7.7 | −3.4 |
| | Green | Martin Wiesner | 103 | 4.9 | −0.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 42 | 2.0 | +0.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,094 | 39.0 | +3.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
Leggatts :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Mohammad Razzaq | 682 | 32.7 | −9.8 |
| | Conservative | Amanda Grimston | 543 | 26.1 | −7.0 |
| | Green | Ian Brandon | 502 | 24.1 | +15.9 |
| | Labour | Marion Chambers | 357 | 17.1 | +0.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 139 | 6.6 | −2.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,084 | 40.5 | +2.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Swing | | |
Meriden :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Kareen Hastrick | 844 | 43.4 | +1.6 |
| | Labour | Geoffrey O'Connell | 608 | 31.2 | +0.5 |
| | Conservative | Roger Frost | 395 | 20.3 | +0.1 |
| | Green | Faye Cullen | 99 | 5.1 | −2.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 236 | 12.2 | +1.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,946 | 37.4 | +1.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Swing | | |
Nascot :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Liberal Democrats | Mark Watkin | 887 |
| | Conservative | Angela Basit | 828 |
| | Green | Sally Ivins | 145 |
| | Labour | Mohammed Riaz | 92 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 59 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,952 |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing |
Oxhey :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Iain Sharpe | 1,235 | 59.9 | −4.2 |
| | Conservative | Richard Bamford | 521 | 25.3 | +3.4 |
| | Labour | Nnagbogu Akubue | 173 | 8.4 | −0.7 |
| | Green | Ruth Atkin | 134 | 6.5 | +1.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 714 | 34.6 | −7.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,063 | 42.0 | +0.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
Park :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Zoe McQuire | 1,182 | 43.4 | +4.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Bernadette Laventure | 1,179 | 43.3 | −8.4 |
| | Labour | Manzoor Hussain | 192 | 7.1 | +1.3 |
| | Green | Elaine Edwards | 169 | 6.2 | +2.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 3 | 0.1 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,722 | 52.0 | −1.2 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Stanborough :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Keith Crout | 958 | 50.0 | −5.4 |
| | Conservative | Ian Blackledge | 525 | 27.4 | +2.8 |
| | Labour | Susan Burke | 294 | 15.3 | +1.4 |
| | Green | Kevin Pettifer | 140 | 7.3 | +1.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 433 | 22.6 | −8.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,917 | 37.9 | +1.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
Tudor :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Lindsey Scudder | 879 | 44.8 | −5.6 |
| | Conservative | Richard Southern | 636 | 32.4 | +2.8 |
| | Labour | Michael Jones | 301 | 15.4 | +1.5 |
| | Green | Carole Skinner | 144 | 7.3 | +1.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 243 | 12.4 | −8.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,960 | 43.3 | −0.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
Vicarage (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Jagtar Dhindsa | 789 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Shameem Khan | 755 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Nasreen Ajab | 740 | | |
| | Labour | Nohreen Hamid | 733 | | |
| | Conservative | David Ealey | 297 | | |
| | Conservative | Mark Bunn | 285 | | |
| | Green | Anna Rackett | 207 | | |
| | Green | Robert Atkin | 196 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,002 | 44.3 | +3.3 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
Woodside :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Eleanor Burtenshaw | 959 | 55.9 | +0.7 |
| | Conservative | Paul Gurney | 348 | 20.3 | +0.9 |
| | Labour | John Young | 318 | 18.5 | −0.8 |
| | Green | Alan Maccormac | 91 | 5.3 | −0.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 611 | 35.6 | −0.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,716 | 34.7 | +2.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |