UK general elections › 2019 › Watford
Watford — 2019
Dean Russell (Conservative Party) was elected with 26,421 votes— 45.5% of 58,065 valid votes. Under First Past the Post, a plurality is enough; a majority is not required.
Result · single-seat
Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid votes. 45.5% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −4.5 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 58,065
| Rank | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share of votes Candidate votes ÷ valid votes in this constituency. Matches the share the returning officer publishes. | Below quota Elected candidate's share of valid votes minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = won the seat below the quota; positive = cleared it. | Elected |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dean Russell | Conservative Party | 26,421 | 45.5% | −4.5 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Chris Ostrowski | Labour Party | 21,988 | 37.9% | — | |
| 3 | Ian Stotesbury | Liberal Democrats | 9,323 | 16.1% | — | |
| 4 | Michael McGetrick | Social Democratic Party | 333 | 0.6% | — |
Source data: House of Commons Library general election results 2019, retrieved
2026-05-19, generated
2026-05-19
(Open Parliament Licence v3.0). ETL version parliament-etl@1. Methodology: how these numbers are computed.