Watford and Three Rivers council election candidates 2024

Ballot boxes will be open in every ward across the two districts for the council and police and crime commissioner (PCC) elections on May 2 between 7am and 10pm.

The poll takes place on the same day as other major elections in the region.

Here are all the local elections candidates throughout Three Rivers and Watford:

Watford Borough Council

Watford Borough Council is made up of 36 councillors, of which 12 seats (or a third) are up for election in May.

It consists of 27 Liberal Democrats councillors , plus the Mayor of Watford Peter Taylor, whose post is next up for election in 2026.

A polling station at Watford FC in Vicarage Road.

The remaining nine councillors who make up the council’s political opposition sit on Labour benches, with no other parties represented at the authority.

Read the list of candidates below:

Watford: Callowland

• Nick Kahan – Conservative
• Richard Short – Liberal Democrat
• Dennis Watling – Labour

Watford: Central

• Devyani Bajaj – Conservative
• David Ealey – Reform UK
• Mo Hakim – Labour
• James O’Connor – Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition
• Sam Summer – Liberal Democrat
• Dennis Wharton – Independent

Watford: Holywell

• Nigel Bell – Labour
• Simon Morrison – Liberal Democrat
• Danny Moseley – Conservative
• Mark O’Connor – Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition

Watford: Leggatts

• Sham Begum – Liberal Democrat
• James Fanning – Conservative
• Derek Foster – Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition
• Sarah Knott – Heritage
• Asma Suleman – Labour

The Parade in Watford town centre.

Watford: Meriden

• Annalisa Buraglio – Liberal Democrat
• Ian Green – Reform UK
• Keith Morgan – Labour
• Jennie Raperport – Conservative

Watford: Nascot

• Mark Watkin – Liberal Democrat
• Seamus Williams – Labour
• Stephen Woodard – Conservative
• Charlie Xie – Reform UK

Watford: Oxhey

• Karen Clarke-Taylor – Liberal Democrat
• Sahil Ghuman – Conservative
• Shaun Howard – Green
• Anthony Scott-Norman – Labour
• Neal Webber – Reform UK

Watford: Park

• John Craddock – Reform UK
• Rajinder Dhindsa – Labour
• Gabriel Duduta – Liberal Democrat
• Arijit Mukherjee – Conservative

Watford: Stanborough

• Clara Ansong – Liberal Democrat
• Laura Griffiths – Labour
• Gary Ling – Reform UK
• Peter Williams – Conservative

Watford: Tudor 

• Ola Alade – Labour
• Carly Bishop – Conservative
• John Dowdle – Reform UK
• Darren Walford – Liberal Democrat

A third of Watford council seats are up for grabs in May.

Watford: Vicarage 

• Vibhor Agarwal – Conservative
• Sohail Bashir – Liberal Democrat
• David Gordon – Green
• Sara Jane Trebar – Labour

Watford: Woodside

• Anne Joynes – Labour
• Kingsley Owen – Conservative
• Ann Saffery – Liberal Democrat

Three Rivers District council

Three Rivers District Council, based in Rickmansworth, is made up of 39 council members of which 13 seats or one third will be contested next month.

A total of 21 sit on the Liberal Democrat benches above the majority threshold of 20, while the Conservative Group makes up the largest opposition party with 12 members.

The district council offices in Rickmansworth.

There are also three Labour Party councillors, two from the Green Party and one independent.

Read the list of candidates below:

Three Rivers: Abbots Langley and Bedmond

• Matthew Bedford – Liberal Democrat
• James Farrington – Labour
• Michael Rayment – Green
• Hitesh Tailor – Conservative

Three Rivers: Carpenders Park

• Christopher Alley – Conservative
• Deesha Chandra – Green
• Kate Turner – Liberal Democrat
• William Waite – Labour

Three Rivers: Chorleywood North and Sarratt

• Margaret Gallagher – Labour
• Peter Loader – Green
• Frank Mahon-Daly – Liberal Democrat
• Ciarán Reed – Conservative

Three Rivers District Council in Rickmansworth.

Three Rivers: Chorleywood South and Maple Cross

• Harry Davies – Liberal Democrat
• Oliver Neville – Conservative
• Iain Roden – Labour
• Roger Stafford – Green

Three Rivers: Dickinsons

• Paul Rainbow – Liberal Democrat
• David Redman – Conservative
• Cheryl Stungo – Green
• Jeni Swift Gillett – Labour

Three Rivers: Durrants

• Salem Al-Damluji – Conservative
• Angus Glasser – Green
• John Grillo – Labour
• Chris Lloyd – Liberal Democrat

Three Rivers: Gade Valley

• Vicky Edwards – Conservative
• Andrew Gallagher – Green
• Elinor Gazzard – Liberal Democrat
• Bruce Prochnik – Labour

Three Rivers: Leavesden

• Stephen Giles-Medhurst – Liberal Democrat
• Anne Jervis – Conservative
• Marie-Louise Nolan – Labour
• Bruce Perry – Green

Three Rivers: Moor Park and Eastbury

• Matt Jones – Green
• Mashkoor Khan – Labour
• Debbie Morris – Conservative
• Laura Thompson – Liberal Democrat

Three Rivers: Oxhey Hall and Hayling

• Mary Chabrel – Green
• Vishal Patel – Conservative
• Andrew Scarth – Liberal Democrat
• Jason St John – Labour

Three Rivers: Penn and Mill End

• Malcolm Lee – Green
• Mike Sims – Conservative
• Tom Smith – Liberal Democrat
• Martin Waldron – Labour

Three Rivers: Rickmansworth Town

• Janet Cullen – Labour
• Pav Dhyani – Liberal Democrat
• Lisa Hudson – Conservative
• Stephen Martin – Green

Three Rivers: South Oxhey

• Joan King – Labour
• Chris Lawrence – Green
• Rhys Southall – Liberal Democrat
• Kavan Trivedi – Conservative

Police and Crime Commissioner

Hertfordshire’s voters will also elect a new police and crime commissioner (PCC) on May 2 who will be tasked with planning county crime prevention strategies, balancing the police’s budget, and joining up crime prevention partners.

The county has only ever known one commissioner, David Lloyd, who announced in January he would not be standing for re-election after 12 years in the role.

PCC David Lloyd is stepping down after 12 years in the role.

Read the list of candidates below:

• Jonathan Ash-Edwards - Conservative
• Matt Fisher - Green Party
• Tom Plater – Labour
• Sean Prendergast – Liberal Democrats