2002 Watford Borough Council election

Elections to Watford Borough Council were held on 2 May 2002. One third of the council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control. At the same time an election for a directly elected mayor was held, which was won by the Liberal Democrat Dorothy Thornhill.

After the election, the composition of the council was:

• Labour 15
• Liberal Democrat 13
• Conservative 7
• Independent 1

Mayoral election

Watford Mayoral Election 2 May 2002
Party		Candidate	1st round		2nd round			1st round votesTransfer votes, 2nd round
			Total	Of round	Transfers	Total	Of round
	Liberal Democrats	Dorothy Thornhill	10,954	49.4%	2,519	13,473		​​
	Labour	Vince Muspratt	4,899	22.1%	370	5,269		​​
	Conservative	Gary Ling	4,746	21.4%				​​
	Green	Stephen Rackett	851	3.8%				​​
	Socialist Alliance	Paul Woodward	390	1.8%				​​
	Fat Cat	Tristram Cooke	330	1.5%				​​
	Liberal Democrats win

Council election result

Watford Local Election Result 2002

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Liberal Democrats	6			+3	50.0	43.9	10,021
	Labour	4			-3	33.3	24.2	5,527
	Conservative	2			+1	16.7	25.6	5,837
	Green	0			0	0	3.9	886
	Independent	0			-1	0	2.2	492
	Socialist Alliance	0			0	0	0.3	60

Ward results

Callowland

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Daniel Scott	488	32.8
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Salter	466	31.3
	Green	Stephen Rackett	284	19.1
	Conservative	Carl Robertson	249	16.7
Majority			22	1.5
Turnout			1,487

Central

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Christopher Leslie	853	49.1
	Labour	John Dowdle	616	35.4
	Conservative	Shirley Hugill	176	10.1
	Green	Christine Stockwel	93	5.4
Majority			237	13.7
Turnout			1,738

Holywell

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Janet Baddeley	1,025	56.9
	Labour	Steven Palmer	568	31.6
	Conservative	David Ealey	147	8.2
	Socialist Alliance	Andrew O'Brien	60	3.3
Majority			457	25.3
Turnout			1,800

Leggatts

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Keith Crout	691	36.0
	Conservative	Sally Punter	650	33.9
	Liberal Democrats	Jonathan Wyatt	519	27.0
	Green	Carol Skinner	59	3.1
Majority			41	2.1
Turnout			1,919

Meriden

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Geoffrey O'Connell	613	37.2
	Liberal Democrats	Susan Greenslade	575	34.9
	Conservative	Pamela Bell	460	27.9
Majority			38	2.3
Turnout			1,648

Nascot

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Robert Gordon	1,101	47.8
	Liberal Democrats	Timothy Wyatt	709	30.8
	Independent	Janice Brown	492	21.4
Majority			392	17.0
Turnout			2,302

Oxhey

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Iain Sharpe	1,481	67.4
	Conservative	Alan Luto	414	18.8
	Labour	Nnagbogu Akubue	232	10.6
	Green	Andrew McBean	71	3.2
Majority			1,067	48.6
Turnout			2,198

Park

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Timothy Williams	1,207	51.6
	Liberal Democrats	Mark Crowne	795	34.0
	Labour	Frances Hince	256	10.9
	Green	Elaine Edwards	80	3.4
Majority			412	17.6
Turnout			2,338

Stanborough

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Joyce Richmond	1,222	64.7
	Conservative	Roger Frost	318	16.8
	Labour	Stephen Anglesey	291	15.4
	Green	Ian West	58	3.1
Majority			904	47.9
Turnout			1,889

Tudor

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Lindsey Scudder	705	36.5
	Conservative	Richard Southern	636	32.9
	Labour	Sheila Rosser	524	27.1
	Green	Clive Skinner	66	3.4
Majority			69	3.6
Turnout			1,931

Vicarage

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Brian Graham	826	44.5
	Liberal Democrats	Shahnaz Ali	595	32.0
	Conservative	Khalid Khan	299	16.1
	Green	Paul Sandford	137	7.4
Majority			231	12.5
Turnout			1,857

Woodside

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Eleanor Burtenshaw	1,076	62.7
	Labour	Marion Chambers	422	24.6
	Conservative	Grace Cordell	180	10.5
	Green	Faye Cullen	38	2.2
Majority			654	38.1
Turnout			1,716

References

• Mayor election results
• 2002 Watford election result
• Ward results