1994 Watford Borough Council election

The 1994 Watford Borough Council election took place in 1994 to elect members of Watford Borough Council in England. This was the same day as other local elections.

Results summary

1994 Watford Borough Council election
Party		This election			Full council			This election
		Seats	Net	Seats %	Other	Total	Total %	Votes	Votes %	+/−
	Labour	6	2	50.0	14	20	55.6	8,969	36.7	+3.7
	Conservative	2	1	16.7	7	9	25.0	6,022	24.7	-19.5
	Liberal Democrats	4	3	33.3	3	7	19.4	9,435	38.6	+16.5

Ward results

Callowland

Callowland

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	F. Hodgson	721	52.2	+4.1
	Liberal Democrats	M. Haseler	421	30.5	+17.0
	Conservative	G. Ogden	238	17.2	−21.2
Majority				21.7
Turnout			1,380	36.0
	Labour hold		Swing	6.5

Central

Central

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	R. Martins	934	46.0	+33.3
	Labour	M. Chhina	802	39.5	−7.7
	Conservative	D. Peyton	294	14.5	−25.6
Majority				6.5
Turnout			2,030	44.8
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing	20.5

Holywell

Holywell

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	S. Rosser	829	54.8	+6.5
	Liberal Democrats	R. Laslett	362	23.9	+8.9
	Conservative	P. Curtis	323	21.3	−15.4
Majority				30.8
Turnout			1,514	35.0
	Labour hold		Swing	1.2

Legatts

Legatts

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	J. Dhindsa	760	49.0	−2.9
	Liberal Democrats	A. Vincent	486	31.3	+16.7
	Conservative	P. Jenkins	306	19.7	−13.7
Majority				17.7
Turnout			1,552	39.0
	Labour hold		Swing	9.8

Meriden

Meriden

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	D. Meek	1,088	53.9	+7.7
	Conservative	P. Bell	505	25.0	−16.7
	Liberal Democrats	E. Burtenshaw	427	21.1	+9.0
Majority				28.9
Turnout			2,020	38.0
	Labour hold		Swing	12.2

Nascot

Nascot

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	G. Greenstreet	931	44.8	−22.5
	Liberal Democrats	A. Wylie	708	34.1	+20.0
	Labour	T. Meldrum	439	21.1	+5.8
Majority				10.7
Turnout			2,078	40.0
	Conservative hold		Swing	21.3

Oxhey

Oxhey

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	T. Wyatt	1,294	55.2	+10.5
	Conservative	L. McQuaid	708	30.2	−12.0
	Labour	A. Dilley	343	14.6	+1.5
Majority				25.0
Turnout			2,345	51.0
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing	11.3

Park

Park

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	D. Hobbs	1,055	49.5	−18.5
	Liberal Democrats	P. Jenkins	745	35.0	+16.8
	Labour	N. Bell	330	15.5	+5.7
Majority				14.6
Turnout			2,130	51.0
	Conservative hold		Swing	17.7

Stanborough

Stanborough

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	D. Scudder	1,324	56.6	+16.4
	Conservative	T. Williams	527	22.5	−20.8
	Labour	C. Barry	490	20.9	+4.3
Majority				34.0
Turnout			2,341	48.0
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	18.6

Tudor

Tudor

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	T. Lester	1,078	47.3	+7.7
	Liberal Democrats	J. Richmond	716	31.4	+19.7
	Conservative	A. Ranjit	485	21.3	−27.4
Majority				15.9
Turnout			2,279	47.0
	Labour hold		Swing	6.0

Vicarage

Vicarage

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	M. Matthews	1,093	49.1	+2.6
	Liberal Democrats	J. Baddeley	746	33.5	+18.7
	Conservative	E. Uphill	389	17.5	−21.1
Majority				15.6
Turnout			2,228	42.0
	Labour hold		Swing	8.1

Woodside

Woodside

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	A. Burtenshaw	1,272	50.3	+15.1
	Labour	S. Tuckwood	996	39.4	−0.5
	Conservative	M. Bell	261	10.3	−14.6
Majority				10.9
Turnout			2,529	52.0
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing	7.8