Watford
Every election cycle we have data for, most recent first.
Council composition (approx.)
30 councillors elected across cycles 2023, 2024, 2025, summed by party. One square per seat. Approximate: by-thirds councils mid-term, boundary reviews, and partial-cycle elections all mean this can be a few seats off the live council count. For the authoritative current composition, check the council's own members list. Hover any seat for the party.
Cycles
- 2025 6 races · 6 seats 66.7% below quota
- 2024 12 races · 12 seats 58.3% below quota
- 2023 12 races · 12 seats 25.0% below quota
- 2022 12 races · 12 seats 8.3% below quota
- 2021 18 races · 19 seats 68.4% below quota
Only one cycle of data for this council so far — no between-cycle comparison possible yet.
Ward by ward
Each row is a ward, each column a cycle. Each cell shows the top-of-poll candidate's party (swatch) and their share of valid ballots. Wards are matched by name across cycles — boundary reviews can mean a ward of the same name is a slightly different area in a later cycle.
| Ward | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Callowland | 42% | 54% | 48% | 52% | |
| Callowland Leggatts/North | 40% | ||||
| Central | 45% | 55% | 54% | 46% | |
| Central Oxhey | 49% | ||||
| Central Watford & Oxhey | 55% | ||||
| Holywell | 62% | 53% | 57% | 60% | |
| Leggatts | 37% | 44% | 46% | 43% | |
| Meriden | 43% | 54% | 50% | 45% | |
| Meriden Tudor | 41% | 40% | |||
| Nascot | 27% | 60% | 58% | 59% | |
| Nascot Park | 51% | 53% | |||
| North Watford | 43% | ||||
| Oxhey | 60% | 66% | 67% | 66% | |
| Park | 53% | 61% | 60% | 59% | |
| Stanborough | 49% | 51% | 58% | 50% | |
| Tudor | 49% | 50% | 52% | 47% | |
| Vicarage | 48% | 50% | 60% | 44% | |
| Vicarage Holywell/West | 55% | ||||
| West Watford | 37% | ||||
| Woodside | 48% | 51% | 50% | 45% | |
| Woodside Stanborough | 50% | 44% |