1996 Watford Borough Council election

The 1996 Watford Borough Council election took place in 1996 to elect members of Watford Borough Council in England. This was the same day as other local elections.

Result summary

1996 Watford Borough Council election
Party		This election			Full council			This election
		Seats	Net	Seats %	Other	Total	Total %	Votes	Votes %	+/−
	Labour	7		58.3	14	21	58.3	8,732	42.7	-4.0
	Liberal Democrats	3	2	25.0	6	9	25.0	6,829	33.4	-0.5
	Conservative	2	2	16.7	4	6	16.7	4,872	23.8	+4.4

Ward results

Callowland

Callowland

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	P. Harrison	621	63.2	+2.6
	Liberal Democrats	I. Roberts	226	23.0	−4.3
	Conservative	M. Taylor	136	13.8	+1.7
Majority				40.2
Turnout			983	25.0
	Labour hold		Swing	3.5

Central

Central

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	V. Muspratt	909	53.3	−0.1
	Liberal Democrats	M. Soodin	597	35.0	−2.1
	Conservative	P. Rosen	200	11.7	+2.2
Majority				18.3
Turnout			1,706	34.0
	Labour hold		Swing	1.0

Holywell

Holywell

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	A. Head	778	66.4	±0.0
	Conservative	P. Jenkins	200	17.1	+3.4
	Liberal Democrats	R. Laslett	194	16.6	−3.4
Majority				49.3
Turnout			1,172	25.0
	Labour hold		Swing	1.7

Leggatts

Leggatts

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	M. Green	789	56.8	−10.8
	Conservative	N. Herd	413	29.7	+17.0
	Liberal Democrats	M. Saeed	188	13.5	−6.2
Majority				27.1
Turnout			1,390	33.0
	Labour hold		Swing	13.9

Meriden

Meriden

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	P. Woodward	933	62.3	−3.6
	Conservative	P. Bell	328	21.9	+3.2
	Liberal Democrats	M. Lane	236	15.8	+0.4
Majority				40.4
Turnout			1,497	28.0
	Labour hold		Swing	3.4

Nascot

Nascot

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	J. Price	828	48.3	+2.5
	Labour	T. Meldrum	515	30.0	+3.2
	Liberal Democrats	M. Gardner	371	21.6	−5.8
Majority				18.3
Turnout			1,714	32.0
	Conservative hold		Swing	0.4

Oxhey

Oxhey

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	D. Thornhill	1,106	62.2	+9.0
	Conservative	L. McQuaid	377	21.1	−0.3
	Labour	R. Atkin	295	16.6	−8.7
Majority				41.0
Turnout			1,778	38.0
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	4.7

Park

Park

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	K. Solomon	1,020	54.8	+4.0
	Liberal Democrats	P. Jenkins	558	30.0	−1.4
	Labour	C. Barry	284	15.3	−2.5
Majority				24.8
Turnout			1,862	45.0
	Conservative hold		Swing	2.7

Stanborough

Stanborough

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	G. Burrow	902	42.8	+11.4
	Conservative	S. Jones	637	30.2	−20.6
	Labour	K. Errington	570	27.0	+9.2
Majority				12.6
Turnout			2,109	43.0
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing	16.0

Tudor

Tudor

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	A. Kerby	968	54.4	+4.4
	Liberal Democrats	J. Richmond	463	26.0	−11.7
	Conservative	C. Strange	350	19.7	+7.4
Majority				28.4
Turnout			1,781	35.0
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	8.1

Vicarage

Vicarage

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	A. Choudhrey	1,110	51.3	+1.4
	Liberal Democrats	J. Baddeley	855	39.5	−1.1
	Conservative	D. Ealey	198	9.2	−0.3
Majority				11.8
Turnout			2,163	41.0
	Labour hold		Swing	1.3

Woodside

Woodside

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	E. Burtenshaw	1,133	49.7	+3.6
	Labour	M. Jackson	960	42.1	−4.4
	Conservative	J. Janson	185	8.1	+0.7
Majority				7.6
Turnout			2,278	46.0
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing	4.0