1991 Watford Borough Council election

The 1991 Watford Borough Council election took place in 1991 to elect members of Watford Borough Council in England. This was the same day as other local elections.

Results summary

1991 Watford Borough Council election
Party		This election			Full council			This election
		Seats	Net	Seats %	Other	Total	Total %	Votes	Votes %	+/−
	Labour	8		61.5	14	22	61.1	10,696	40.6	-6.0
	Conservative	3		23.1	8	11	30.6	9,250	35.1	+3.0
	Liberal Democrats	2		15.4	1	3	8.3	6,190	23.5	+4.9
	Green	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	183	0.7	-0.2
	Independent	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	53	0.2	-0.2

Ward results

Callowland

Callowland

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	P. Cannings	838	58.5
	Conservative	N. Bentham	417	29.1
	Liberal Democrats	A. Wylie	177	12.4
Majority				29.4
Turnout				34.2
	Labour hold		Swing

Central

Central

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	V. Conlon	924	54.2
	Conservative	F. Silva	500	29.3
	Liberal Democrats	J. Beardsworth	228	13.4
	Independent	C. Edgerton	53	3.1
Majority				24.9
Turnout				35.4
	Labour hold		Swing

Holywell

Holywell (2 seats due to by-election)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	A. Head	899	55.6
	Labour	S. Rosser	867	53.6
	Conservative	J. Pepper	411	25.4
	Conservative	A. Underwood	403	24.9
	Liberal Democrats	J. Baddeley	236	14.6
	Liberal Democrats	M. Baird	224	13.9
Turnout			1,617	38.1
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Leggatts

Leggatts

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	E. Muspratt	977	58.5
	Conservative	C. Strange	432	25.9
	Liberal Democrats	J. Waller	261	15.6
Majority				32.6
Turnout				39.5
	Labour hold		Swing

Meriden

Meriden

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	N. Tyrwhitt	1,253	54.4
	Conservative	M. Bell	709	30.8
	Liberal Democrats	D. Thornhill	343	14.9
Majority				23.6
Turnout				41.3
	Labour hold		Swing

Nascot

Nascot

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	L. Brown	1,234	58.9
	Liberal Democrats	J. Lindsay	453	21.6
	Labour	D. Shaw	305	14.6
	Green	A. Cripps	102	4.9
Majority				37.3
Turnout				42.3
	Conservative hold		Swing

Oxhey

Oxhey

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	I. Sharpe	1,230	47.5
	Conservative	K. Emmons	844	32.6
	Labour	M. Lawson	518	20.0
Majority				14.9
Turnout				53.6
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Park

Park

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	P. Kiely	1,306	62.3
	Liberal Democrats	P. Jenkins	483	23.0
	Labour	T. Meldrum	227	10.8
	Green	I. Tottman	81	3.9
Majority				39.2
Turnout				51.5
	Conservative hold		Swing

Stanborough

Stanborough

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	A. Lee	1,317	50.2
	Conservative	K. Solomon	720	27.5
	Labour	J. Gail	584	22.3
Majority				22.8
Turnout				53.1
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Tudor

Tudor

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	M. Taylor	1,003	41.0
	Labour	J. Lowe	996	40.7
	Liberal Democrats	J. Richmond	446	18.2
Majority				0.3
Turnout				49.4
	Conservative hold		Swing

Vicarage

Vicarage

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	R. Marland	1,151	53.7
	Conservative	E. Uphill	640	29.9
	Liberal Democrats	R. Laslett	353	16.5
Majority				23.8
Turnout				38.3
	Labour hold		Swing

Woodside

Woodside

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	J. Horsefield	1,157	52.0
	Conservative	G. White	631	28.3
	Liberal Democrats	D. Scudder	439	19.7
Majority				23.6
Turnout				43.8
	Labour hold		Swing