# 2003 Watford Borough Council election

Elections to Watford Borough Council were held on 1 May 2003. One third of the council was up for election and the Liberal Democrats gained overall control of the council from no overall control. Overall turnout was 32.05%.
After the election, the composition of the council was:
* Liberal Democrat 20
* Labour 8
* Conservative 7
* Green 1

## Council election result

Watford Local Election Result 2003 :
| Party | Seats | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
| Liberal Democrats | 10 | +6 | 83.3 | 49.2 | 9,491 | +5.3% |
| Conservative | 1 | 0 | 8.3 | 21.4 | 4,136 | -4.2% |
| Green | 1 | +1 | 8.3 | 8.5 | 1,636 | +4.6% |
| Labour | 0 | -6 | 0 | 20.0 | 3,867 | -4.2% |
| Independent | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0.4 | 86 | -1.8% |
| Socialist Alliance | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.4 | 78 | +0.1% |

## Ward results

Callowland :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Green | Stephen Rackett | 928 | 53.4 | +34.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Paul Salter | 507 | 29.2 | −2.1 |
| | Labour | Marion Chambers | 213 | 12.3 | −20.5 |
| | Conservative | Walter Lees | 89 | 5.1 | −11.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 421 | 24.2 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,737 | | |
Central :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Sheila Smillie | 818 | 54.5 | +5.4 |
| | Labour | John Dowdle | 389 | 25.9 | −9.5 |
| | Conservative | Paul Jenkins | 180 | 12.0 | +1.9 |
| | Green | Faye Cullen | 72 | 4.8 | −0.6 |
| | Socialist Alliance | Peter Martindale | 42 | 2.8 | +2.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 429 | 28.6 | +14.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,501 | | |
Holywell :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Paul Mortimer | 744 | 50.8 | −6.1 |
| | Labour | Nigel Bell | 587 | 40.1 | +8.5 |
| | Conservative | David Ealey | 93 | 6.3 | −1.9 |
| | Socialist Alliance | Andrew O'Brien | 22 | 1.5 | −1.8 |
| | Green | David Degen | 19 | 1.3 | +1.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 157 | 10.7 | −14.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,465 | | |
Leggatts :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Maria Green | 746 | 46.0 | +19.0 |
| | Conservative | Patricia Lees | 506 | 31.2 | −2.7 |
| | Labour | Dilshad Basha | 273 | 16.9 | −19.1 |
| | Green | Christine Stockwell | 95 | 5.9 | +2.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 240 | 14.8 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,620 | | |
Meriden :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Susan Greenslade | 825 | 51.3 | +16.4 |
| | Labour | Norman Tyrwhitt | 483 | 30.0 | −7.2 |
| | Conservative | Roger Frost | 168 | 10.4 | −17.5 |
| | Independent | Jack Moss | 86 | 5.3 | +5.3 |
| | Green | Jennifer Woods | 32 | 2.0 | +2.0 |
| | Socialist Alliance | Paul Woodward | 14 | 0.9 | +0.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 342 | 21.3 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,608 | | |
Nascot :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Sally Punter | 906 | 49.4 | +1.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Timothy Wyatt | 660 | 36.0 | +5.2 |
| | Labour | Thomas Meldrum | 178 | 9.7 | +9.7 |
| | Green | Carole Skinner | 89 | 4.9 | +4.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 246 | 13.4 | −3.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,833 | | |
Oxhey :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Shirena Counter | 1,038 | 68.4 | +1.0 |
| | Conservative | Alan Luto | 280 | 18.5 | −0.3 |
| | Labour | Nnagbogu Akubue | 142 | 9.4 | −1.2 |
| | Green | Andrew McBean | 57 | 3.8 | +0.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 758 | 49.9 | +1.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,517 | | |
Park :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Jill Jenkins | 928 | 47.5 | +13.5 |
| | Conservative | Kay Solomon | 832 | 42.6 | −9.0 |
| | Labour | Manzoor Hussain | 121 | 6.2 | −4.7 |
| | Green | Elaine Edwards | 72 | 3.7 | +0.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 96 | 4.9 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,953 | | |
Stanborough :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Derek Scudder | 945 | 65.7 | +1.0 |
| | Conservative | Grace Cordell | 243 | 16.9 | +0.1 |
| | Labour | Mavis Tyrwhitt | 216 | 15.0 | −0.4 |
| | Green | Ian West | 35 | 2.4 | −0.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 702 | 48.8 | +0.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,439 | | |
Tudor :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Tariq Chohan | 607 | 38.3 | +1.8 |
| | Conservative | Richard Southern | 540 | 34.1 | +1.2 |
| | Labour | John Young | 375 | 23.7 | −3.4 |
| | Green | Clive Skinner | 61 | 3.9 | +0.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 67 | 4.2 | +0.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,583 | | |
Vicarage :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Shahnaz Ali | 874 | 51.0 | +19.0 |
| | Labour | Abdul Choudhrey | 561 | 32.7 | −11.8 |
| | Conservative | Thomas Needham | 149 | 8.7 | −7.4 |
| | Green | Elizabeth Cocks | 129 | 7.5 | +0.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 313 | 18.3 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,713 | | |
Woodside :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Alan Burtenshaw | 799 | 60.3 | −2.4 |
| | Labour | Linda Smith | 329 | 24.8 | +0.2 |
| | Conservative | Iris Powell | 150 | 11.3 | +0.8 |
| | Green | Sally Ivins | 47 | 3.5 | +1.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 470 | 35.5 | −2.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,325 | | |