Watford Borough Council local election results confirmed

The Liberal Democrat Party has held on to its nine seats, Labour kept held on to Holywell, Leggatts and Vicarage wards, and the Conservatives still have none.

Liberal Democrat Mayor of Watford Peter Taylor said: “I am really pleased with the result. Nine out of 12 seats, it’s a ringing endorsement.

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“We work hard. We have got clear priorities for the town, and we are pleased we held our wards in Watford.”

It means Watford Borough Council is still made up of 27 Lib Dems and nine Labour. 

After weeks of campaigning, Liberal Democrat Amanda Grimston was honoured and “really happy” to have been chosen as the Meriden ward councillor.

Amanda Grimston (Image: Newsquest)

She added: “We have a lot of work to do. We need to get Watford Community Housing to finish the regeneration project.”

Dawn Allen-Williamson secured a second term as the Liberal Democrat councillor for Callowland.

Dawn Allen-Williamson (Image: Newsquest)

She said: “I thank all the residents who went and voted yesterday. I am really pleased with the result.”

Cllr Williamson also thanked her colleagues and the Mayor for their support.

There are three key areas on the agenda for Cllr Rabi Martins who retained his seat for the ninth time in Watford’s central ward.

Rabi Martins (Image: Newsquest)

The Liberal Democrat Cllr said the first is to make Watford greener by planting around the town.

Supporting local and small businesses will also be on his agenda.

He added: “We also will be trying to get a handle on antisocial behaviour – that worries the residents a lot.”

Nascot ward Cllr Mark Hofman said: “I am looking forward to another four years in Nascot”.

Mark Hofman (Image: Newsquest)

The Liberal democrat councillor added that he will continue to carry on work to improve the roads and make the streets safer as they had previously introduced some 20-mile hour zones.

Jagtar Dhindsa retained the Labour seat in the Vicarage ward. He said: “I want to thank all the residents who showed me support.

Jagtar Dhindsa (Image: Newsquest)

“As Cllrs we are supposed to represent everyone. Even the people who have not voted for me, if there are any issues please come to me.”

Labour also held on to the Leggats Ward seat. Asif Khan who won the spot said: “I listened to the residents, and they had a lot of issues around the conditions of the roads. I am going to be there and serve the community as ever.”

Asif Khan (Image: Asif Khan)

Matt Turmaine, who is Labour’s current parliamentary candidate, and a councillor for Holywell, said it was “good news” that there were no seat changes and that “our increase of the share of votes was up”.

Matt Turmaine (Image: Newsquest)

Full list of results from Watford

Stanborough

Liberal Democrat HOLD

Full results

Terence Butler (Labour Party) – 276
Michael Hall (Reform UK) – 64
Peter Williams (Conservative Party) – 283
Tim Williams (Liberal Democrat Party) – 923 (E)
James Willis (The Green Party) – 52

Turnout 28.41pc
 

Vicarage

Labour HOLD

Full results

Bobby Amin (Liberal Democrat Party) – 575
Octavian Chirila Filip (Conservative Party) – 205
Jagtar Dhindsa (Labour Party) – 1,151  (E)

Turnout 32.86pc

Tudor

Liberal Democrat HOLD

Full results

Carly Bishop (Conservative Party) – 436
Malcolm Bush (Labour Party) – 342
Charlott Saunders (Liberal Democrat Party) – 852 (E)

Turnout 30.94pc
 

Oxhey

Liberal Democrat HOLD

Full results

William Hickey (Conservative Party) – 339
Chris Newstead (Liberal Democrat Party) – 1,275 (E)
Sue Sleeman (Labour Party) – 241
Neal Webber (Reform UK) – 43

Turnout 34.39pc

Park

Liberal Democrat HOLD

Full result

John Dowdle (Reform UK) – 111
Laura Griffiths (Labour Party) – 375
Penelope Hill (Liberal Democrat Party) – 1,441 (E)  
Arijit Mukherjee (Conservative Party) – 458

Turnout 37.21pc

Leggatts

Labour HOLD

Full results  

James Fanning (Conservative Party) – 297
Derek Foster (Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition) – 24
Asif Khan (Labour and Co-operative Party) – 882 (E)
Sarah Knott (Heritage Party) – 66
Jamil Minhas (Liberal Democrat Party) – 665

Turnout 33.51pc

Woodside

Liberal Democrat HOLD

Full results

Matthew Cawthorne (Conservative Party) – 268
Anne Joynes (Labour Party) – 460
Richard Wenham (Liberal Democrat Party) – 731 (E)

Turnout 25.75pc

 Callowland

Liberal Democrat HOLD

Full results

Dawn Allen-Williamson (Liberal Democrat Party) – 899 (E)
Navdeep Sachdeva  (Conservative Party) – 227
Asma Suleman (Labour Party) – 760

Turnout 31.96pc

Central Ward

Liberal Democrat HOLD

Full results

David Ealey (Reform UK) – 104
Sahil Ghuman (Conservative Party) – 177
Mo Wadud Hakim (Labour Party) – 585
Rabi Martins  (Liberal Democrat Party) – 1,002 (E)

Turnout 26.62pc

Nascot

Liberal Democrat HOLD

Full results

Mark Hofman (Liberal Democrat Party) – 1280 (E)
Ravi Kura (Conservative Party) – 485
Gary Ling (Reform UK) – 125
Edward Tunnah (Labour Party) – 336

Turnout 32.83pc

Holywell

Labour HOLD

Full results

Gabriel Duduta (Liberal Democrat Party) – 335
Favour Ezeifedi (Labour Party) – 960 (E)
Mark O’Connor (Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition) – 58
Sanjaya Pant (Conservative Party) – 323

Turnout 24.36pc

Meriden

Liberal Democrat Party HOLD

Full results

Helena Farrington (Labour Party) – 327
Amanda Grimston  (Liberal Democrat Party) – 628 (E)
Jennie Raperport  (Conservative Party) – 307

Turnout 22pc