1999 Watford Borough Council election

Elections to Watford Borough Council were held on 6 May 1999. The whole council was up for election with boundary changes since the last election in 1998. The Labour party stayed in overall control of the council.

Election result

1999 Watford Borough Council election
Party		This election			Full council			This election
Party		Seats	Net	Seats %	Other	Total	Total %	Votes	Votes %	+/−
	Labour	19	2	52.8	0	19	52.8	22,539	37.9	-1.2
	Liberal Democrats	11	2	30.6	0	11	30.6	18,588	31.3	-1.1
	Conservative	6		16.7	0	6	16.7	18,337	30.8	+2.3

Ward results

Callowland

Callowland
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	M. Cash	628	48.0
	Labour	F. Hodgson	605	46.3
	Labour	P. Harrison	594	45.4
	Conservative	R. Downham	421	32.2
	Conservative	T. Needham	414	31.7
	Conservative	M. Taylor	405	31.0
	Liberal Democrats	C. Bradshaw	247	18.9
	Liberal Democrats	H. Finn	229	17.5
	Liberal Democrats	A. Vincent	198	15.1
Turnout			1,307	26.5
	Labour hold
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Central

Central
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	R. Atkin	856	46.2
	Labour	V. Muspratt	799	43.1
	Liberal Democrats	R. Martins	797	43.0
	Liberal Democrats	J. Baddeley	754	40.7
	Liberal Democrats	K. Soodin	731	39.5
	Labour	N. Tester	725	39.1
	Conservative	A. Bell	163	8.8
	Conservative	T. Parsons	146	7.9
	Conservative	G. Ogden	137	7.4
Turnout			1,852	37.3
	Labour hold
	Labour hold
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour

Holywell

Holywell
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	R. Bell	779	60.3
	Labour	S. Palmer	761	58.9
	Labour	A. Head	726	56.2
	Conservative	R. Frost	247	19.1
	Conservative	H. Ling	234	18.1
	Liberal Democrats	E. Watkin	228	17.6
	Liberal Democrats	M. Allen	228	17.6
	Liberal Democrats	P. Purdy	223	17.3
	Conservative	A. Sander	215	16.6
Turnout			1,292	25.6
	Labour hold
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Leggatts

Leggatts
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	M. Green	842	42.7
	Labour	K. Court	841	42.6
	Conservative	S. O'Brien	820	41.6
	Labour	E. Muspratt	815	41.3
	Conservative	D. Hobbs	789	40.0
	Conservative	G. Ling	754	38.2
	Liberal Democrats	P. Brown	257	13.0
	Liberal Democrats	S. Gibbard	224	11.4
	Liberal Democrats	M. Taylor	200	10.1
Turnout			1,973	38.2
	Labour hold
	Labour hold
	Conservative hold

Meriden

Meriden
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	N. Tyrwhitt	819	50.2
	Labour	G. O'Connell	812	49.8
	Labour	R. Banham	802	49.2
	Conservative	K. Bell	492	30.2
	Conservative	I. Evans	457	28.0
	Conservative	P. East	431	26.4
	Liberal Democrats	C. Anson	251	15.4
	Liberal Democrats	M. Palmer	224	13.7
	Liberal Democrats	J. Richmond	215	13.2
Turnout			1,631	30.2
	Labour hold
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Nascot

Nascot
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	I. Brown	1,005	55.3
	Conservative	J. Brown	976	53.7
	Conservative	S. Jones	963	53.0
	Labour	R. England	380	20.9
	Labour	T. Meldrum	378	20.8
	Liberal Democrats	M. Watkin	376	20.7
	Labour	S. Hince	371	20.4
	Liberal Democrats	J. Wyatt	338	18.6
	Liberal Democrats	T. Wyatt	291	16.0
Turnout			1,816	36.1
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Oxhey

Oxhey
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	D. Thornhill	1,158	59.0
	Liberal Democrats	I. Sharpe	1,068	54.4
	Liberal Democrats	A. Poole	1,056	53.8
	Conservative	G. Greenstreet	487	24.8
	Conservative	R. Bamford	441	22.5
	Conservative	M. Stanley	434	22.1
	Labour	S. Butler	290	14.8
	Labour	N. Akubue	278	14.2
	Labour	J. Dowdle	265	13.5
Turnout			1,964	41.8
	Liberal Democrats hold
	Liberal Democrats hold
	Liberal Democrats hold

Park

Park
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	K. Solomon	1,214	60.0
	Conservative	T. Williams	1,211	59.9
	Conservative	D. Wright	1,180	58.3
	Liberal Democrats	M. Crowne	477	23.6
	Liberal Democrats	C. de Vekey	441	21.8
	Liberal Democrats	R. de Vekey	406	20.1
	Labour	F. Hince	293	14.5
	Labour	M. Jones	277	13.7
	Labour	M. Hussain	268	13.2
Turnout			2,023	40.8
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Stanborough

Stanborough
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	D. Scudder	1,090	59.9
	Liberal Democrats	J. Richmond	1,033	56.7
	Liberal Democrats	A. Wylie	983	54.0
	Labour	C. Barry	361	19.8
	Conservative	A. Jones	357	19.6
	Conservative	P. Curtis	356	19.5
	Labour	M. Tyrwhitt	336	18.5
	Conservative	P. Jenkins	334	18.3
	Labour	C. Wilson	332	18.2
Turnout			1,821	36.0
	Liberal Democrats hold
	Liberal Democrats hold
	Liberal Democrats hold

Tudor

Tudor
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	S. Ahrens	804	44.8
	Labour	S. Rosser	787	43.9
	Labour	M. Chhina	708	39.5
	Conservative	P. Bell	661	36.8
	Conservative	S. Barclay	647	36.1
	Conservative	J. Price	626	34.9
	Liberal Democrats	A. Oaten	274	15.3
	Liberal Democrats	L. Scudder	271	15.1
	Liberal Democrats	D. Di Laura	258	14.4
Turnout			1,794	39.2
	Labour hold
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Vicarage

Vicarage
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	A. Choudhrey	1,003	58.4
	Labour	B. Graham	976	56.9
	Labour	G. Kelly	944	55.0
	Conservative	D. Ealey	301	17.5
	Liberal Democrats	N. Taylor	301	17.5
	Conservative	J. Price	264	15.4
	Liberal Democrats	I. Pitkin	245	14.3
	Conservative	Z. Basit	245	14.3
	Liberal Democrats	A. Zafar	222	12.9
Turnout			1,716	33.7
	Labour hold
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Woodside

Woodside
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	A. Burtenshaw	1,118	53.6
	Liberal Democrats	E. Burtenshaw	1,112	53.3
	Liberal Democrats	A. Garside	1,064	51.0
	Labour	S. Tuckwood	714	34.2
	Labour	J. Young	694	33.3
	Labour	M. Thackham	676	32.4
	Conservative	C. Jeffs	185	8.9
	Conservative	N. Joyce	170	8.2
	Conservative	A. Needham	155	7.4
Turnout			2,085	40.6
	Liberal Democrats hold
	Liberal Democrats hold
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour

References

1999 Watford election result

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