2021 Watford Borough Council election

The 2021 Watford Borough Council election took place on 6 May 2021 to elect members of Watford Borough Council in England.^[1] This was the same day as other local elections.

Map showing the results of the 2021 Watford Borough Council election

Results summary

2021 Watford Borough Council election[2]
Party		This election			Full council			This election
		Seats	Net	Seats %	Other	Total	Total %	Votes	Votes %	+/−
	Liberal Democrats	8		66.7	18	26	72.2	12,103	44.0	-11.2
	Labour	4		33.3	6	10	27.8	7,868	28.6	-0.4
	Conservative	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	7,312	26.6	+12.1
	Independent	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	140	0.5	N/A
	TUSC	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	54	0.2	New
	Reform UK	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	42	0.2	New

Ward results

Callowland

Callowland

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Dennis Watling	934	42.2	+4.7
	Liberal Democrats	Joseph Inniss	924	41.8	−11.6
	Conservative	Mary Sackett	355	16.0	+6.9
Majority			10	0.4	—
Turnout			2,213	38.2	+2.3
	Labour hold		Swing	8.2

Central

Central

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Marilyn Devonish	915	44.5	−9.5
	Labour	Sophia Demetriou-Jones	680	33.1	−3.9
	Conservative	Cole Parker	319	15.5	+6.5
	Independent	Dennis Wharton	140	6.8	N/A
Majority			235	11.4	−5.6
Turnout			2,054	30.9	−3.3
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	2.8

Holywell

Holywell

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Nigel Bell	1,272	62.5	+3.1
	Conservative	Ian Fox	436	21.4	+9.6
	Liberal Democrats	Simonie Jeffree	274	13.5	−15.4
	TUSC	Mark O'Connor	54	2.7	N/A
Majority			836	41.1	+10.6
Turnout			2,036	30.8	+5.2
	Labour hold		Swing	3.3

Leggatts

Leggatts

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Richard Smith	819	37.4	−6.2
	Liberal Democrats	Shafiq Ahmed	765	34.9	+3.7
	Conservative	Anthony Parker	565	25.8	+0.6
	TUSC	Derek Foster	40	1.8	N/A
Majority			54	2.5	−9.9
Turnout			2,189	37.9	+3.3
	Labour hold		Swing	4.9

Meriden

Meriden

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Hannon	690	43.0	−16.6
	Conservative	Prashanth Elangovan	519	32.4	+18.8
	Labour	Felix Tyszkiewicz	395	24.6	+0.7
Majority			171	10.6	—
Turnout			1,604	28.0	−0.4
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	18.4

Nascot

Nascot

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Mark Watkin	1,275	53.9	−10.6
	Liberal Democrats	Tom Osborn	1,179	49.9	−14.6
	Conservative	Binita Mehta-Parmar	786	33.2	+11.1
	Conservative	Ravi Kura	655	27.7	+5.6
	Labour	Sarah Flynn	471	19.9	+6.5
	Labour	Edward Tunnah	364	15.4	+2.0
Turnout			—	41.0	+2.9
	Liberal Democrats hold
	Liberal Democrats hold

Oxhey

Oxhey

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Karen Clarke-Taylor	1,316	60.1	−8.4
	Conservative	Joseph Gornicki	494	22.5	+8.0
	Labour	Sue Sleeman	339	15.5	−1.5
	Reform UK	Neal Webber	42	1.9	N/A
Majority			822	37.6	−13.9
Turnout			2,191	40.8	+3.8
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	8.2

Park

Park

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Jeffree	1,472	52.8	−9.6
	Conservative	Linda Topping	902	32.4	+12.2
	Labour	Nabila Ahmed	412	14.8	+2.1
Majority			570	20.4	−22.0
Turnout			2,786	43.4	+1.0
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	10.9

Stanborough

Stanborough

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Simon Feldman	956	49.3	−33.9
	Conservative	Peter Williams	673	34.7	N/A
	Labour	Nina Mileva	312	16.1	−0.7
Majority			283	14.6	−51.8
Turnout			1,941	34.1	+3.8
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	34.3

Tudor

Tudor

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Darren Walford	938	48.6	−12.4
	Conservative	Carly Bishop	576	29.8	+11.8
	Labour	Seamus Williams	418	21.6	+0.7
Majority			362	18.8	−21.3
Turnout			1,932	37.0	+4.2
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	12.1

Vicarage

Vicarage

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sara Trebar	1,061	48.1	−9.5
	Liberal Democrats	Dan Thurlow	592	26.9	−3.2
	Conservative	Abbas Merali	551	25.0	+12.7
Majority			469	21.2	−6.3
Turnout			2,204	37.7	+3.4
	Labour hold		Swing	3.2

Woodside

Woodside

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Ann Saffery	807	48.1	−9.2
	Conservative	Amarish Patel	481	28.6	+15.6
	Labour	Malcolm Bush	391	23.3	+5.0
Majority			326	19.5	−19.5
Turnout			1,679	29.2	+0.2
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	12.4

References

1. Council, Watford Borough. "Elections in Watford". www.watford.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 16 May 2021. Retrieved 16 May 2021.
2. Council, Watford Borough. "Elections in Watford 2021 results". www.watford.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 16 May 2021. Retrieved 16 May 2021.