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Watford 2026

Local elections held 7 May 2026.

12 ward races

12 seats

9 elected below the proportional quota

75.0% of seats below quota

How to read this page

Each race below shows the share of valid ballots the marginal elected candidate actually won, and compares it to the proportional quota: the share they'd need to clinch the seat under any proportional voting method (1 seats + 1). For a 1-seat ward the quota is 50%; for 2 seats, 33.3%; for 3 seats, 25%.

Where the actual winning share fell below the quota, we show the signed gap as points below quota (a negative number) — the editorial indictment. Above-quota results clear the bar and pass without comment. The voting method is the subject of every observation here. Named candidates appear as the public election record requires; the cause being audited is the voting method, not the individuals. See the methodology page for derivations.

If votes were counted by party

Across the 12 wards in this cycle, parties received the vote totals below. The proportional column shows what each party would have won if the 12 seats had been shared out in proportion to votes received (how, with caveats). The Δ column is the actual seat count minus the proportional seat count — positive numbers are parties First-Past-the-Post over-represented; negative are parties it under-represented.

Party	Votes	Vote %	Seats won	% of seats	Proportional seats	Proportional %	Δ
Liberal Democrats	12,394	44.8%	12	100.0%	6	50.0%	+6
Reform UK	5,478	19.8%	0	0.0%	2	16.7%	-2
Green Party	3,748	13.6%	0	0.0%	2	16.7%	-2
Labour Party	3,335	12.1%	0	0.0%	1	8.3%	-1
Conservative Party	2,602	9.4%	0	0.0%	1	8.3%	-1
Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition	78	0.3%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0
Heritage Party	19	0.1%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0
Total	27,654	100.0%	12	100.0%	12	100.0%	0

Vote share vs seats won

The top bar is each party's share of votes cast in this council. Below, one square per seat, coloured by the party that won it — first the actual First-Past-the-Post result, then what a proportional method would have produced from the same vote totals. Divergence between the bar and the actual grid is the indictment of the method.

Vote share

Actual seats

Proportional seats

Council composition: what this election replaced

Two opencouncildata snapshots: the council immediately after the 2026 election (current) and immediately before it (2025). Only ~⅓ of seats were contested in 2026 — most of the bench is unchanged, and the cycle's effect on the overall composition is what shifts.

Current (2026)

Previous (2025)

Wards in this council

Sorted with the largest gap below the quota first. Click any ward to jump to its full result.

Holywell · 1 seat · won at 29.3% · −20.7 pts below quota
Leggatts · 1 seat · won at 36.3% · −13.7 pts below quota
Vicarage · 1 seat · won at 38.5% · −11.5 pts below quota
Meriden · 1 seat · won at 41.3% · −8.7 pts below quota
Stanborough · 1 seat · won at 43.6% · −6.4 pts below quota
Woodside · 1 seat · won at 43.9% · −6.1 pts below quota
Tudor · 1 seat · won at 45.8% · −4.2 pts below quota
Central · 1 seat · won at 47.9% · −2.1 pts below quota
Nascot · 1 seat · won at 49.1% · −0.9 pts below quota
Callowland · 1 seat · won at 50.2% · above quota
Park · 1 seat · won at 53.4% · above quota
Oxhey · 1 seat · won at 56.1% · above quota

Race results

Holywell · single-seat

Marginal winner 29.3% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota −20.7 pts Valid ballots 2,486

Rank	Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Below quota	Elected
1	Emil Anwar Rowe	Liberal Democrats	728	29.3%	−20.7 pts	Elected
2	Asma Saeed Suleman	Labour Party	649	26.1%	—
3	Jake Mitchell	Green Party	467	18.8%	—
4	Michael Barrett	Reform UK	393	15.8%	—
5	Sanjaya Pant	Conservative Party	217	8.7%	—
6	Mark Stephen O'Connor	Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition	32	1.3%	—

Electorate 0 · Ballots cast 2,486 · EC ward code local.watford.holywell.2026-05-07 · Back to ward index

Leggatts · single-seat

Marginal winner 36.3% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota −13.7 pts Valid ballots 2,138

Rank	Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Below quota	Elected
1	Monjuma Rahman	Liberal Democrats	776	36.3%	−13.7 pts	Elected
2	Daniel Bagley	Reform UK	485	22.7%	—
3	Malcolm Bush	Green Party	349	16.3%	—
4	Marius Lupu	Labour Party	320	15.0%	—
5	Junaid Laskar	Conservative Party	172	8.0%	—
6	Sarah Jane Knott	Heritage Party	19	0.9%	—
7	Derek Roy Foster	Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition	17	0.8%	—

Electorate 0 · Ballots cast 2,138 · EC ward code local.watford.leggatts.2026-05-07 · Back to ward index

Vicarage · single-seat

Marginal winner 38.5% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota −11.5 pts Valid ballots 2,316

Rank	Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Below quota	Elected
1	Sandra Mano	Liberal Democrats	892	38.5%	−11.5 pts	Elected
2	Nasreen Shah	Labour Party	648	28.0%	—
3	Sarah McMahon	Green Party	368	15.9%	—
4	David Charles Ealey	Reform UK	254	11.0%	—
5	Vibhor Agarwal	Conservative Party	125	5.4%	—
6	James Francis O'Connor	Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition	29	1.3%	—

Electorate 0 · Ballots cast 2,316 · EC ward code local.watford.vicarage.2026-05-07 · Back to ward index

Meriden · single-seat

Marginal winner 41.3% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota −8.7 pts Valid ballots 2,018

Rank	Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Below quota	Elected
1	Jenny Pattinson	Liberal Democrats	834	41.3%	−8.7 pts	Elected
2	Mark Robert Dixon	Reform UK	632	31.3%	—
3	Jennie Raperport	Conservative Party	202	10.0%	—
4	Alison Wiesner	Green Party	194	9.6%	—
5	Richard Smith	Labour Party	156	7.7%	—

Electorate 0 · Ballots cast 2,018 · EC ward code local.watford.meriden.2026-05-07 · Back to ward index

Stanborough · single-seat

Marginal winner 43.6% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota −6.4 pts Valid ballots 2,167

Rank	Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Below quota	Elected
1	Rhoda Amezado	Liberal Democrats	945	43.6%	−6.4 pts	Elected
2	Malcolm Mathew Caborn	Reform UK	603	27.8%	—
3	Peter Williams	Conservative Party	269	12.4%	—
4	David Gordon	Green Party	203	9.4%	—
5	Laura Jayne Griffiths	Labour Party	147	6.8%	—

Electorate 0 · Ballots cast 2,167 · EC ward code local.watford.stanborough.2026-05-07 · Back to ward index

Woodside · single-seat

Marginal winner 43.9% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota −6.1 pts Valid ballots 2,167

Rank	Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Below quota	Elected
1	Glen Bryce Saffery	Liberal Democrats	951	43.9%	−6.1 pts	Elected
2	Thomas Micheal Brooks	Reform UK	686	31.7%	—
3	Dani White	Green Party	195	9.0%	—
4	Lola Adedoyin	Conservative Party	168	7.8%	—
5	Anne Joynes	Labour Party	167	7.7%	—

Electorate 0 · Ballots cast 2,167 · EC ward code local.watford.woodside.2026-05-07 · Back to ward index

Tudor · single-seat

Marginal winner 45.8% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota −4.2 pts Valid ballots 2,071

Rank	Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Below quota	Elected
1	Sean Silver	Liberal Democrats	949	45.8%	−4.2 pts	Elected
2	John Leroy Dowdle	Reform UK	513	24.8%	—
3	Danny Mosley	Conservative Party	214	10.3%	—
4	Dave Dunckley	Green Party	203	9.8%	—
5	Diana Ivory	Labour Party	192	9.3%	—

Electorate 0 · Ballots cast 2,071 · EC ward code local.watford.tudor.2026-05-07 · Back to ward index

Central · single-seat

Marginal winner 47.9% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota −2.1 pts Valid ballots 2,285

Rank	Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Below quota	Elected
1	Aga Dychton	Liberal Democrats	1,094	47.9%	−2.1 pts	Elected
2	Stephen Burrows	Green Party	449	19.6%	—
3	Xiaolei Xie	Reform UK	307	13.4%	—
4	Mo Wadud Hakim	Labour Party	265	11.6%	—
5	Avi Geller	Conservative Party	170	7.4%	—

Electorate 0 · Ballots cast 2,285 · EC ward code local.watford.central.2026-05-07 · Back to ward index

Nascot · single-seat

Marginal winner 49.1% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota −0.9 pts Valid ballots 2,708

Rank	Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Below quota	Elected
1	Tom Osborn	Liberal Democrats	1,329	49.1%	−0.9 pts	Elected
2	Tristan Joshua Masson	Reform UK	441	16.3%	—
3	Ravi Kura	Conservative Party	420	15.5%	—
4	Nicola Mitchell	Green Party	314	11.6%	—
5	Mick Cash	Labour Party	204	7.5%	—

Electorate 0 · Ballots cast 2,708 · EC ward code local.watford.nascot.2026-05-07 · Back to ward index

Callowland · single-seat

Marginal winner 50.2% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota +0.2 pts Valid ballots 2,051

Rank	Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Below quota	Elected
1	Ian Alexander Eric Stotesbury	Liberal Democrats	1,030	50.2%	+0.2 pts	Elected
2	Seen Wai Lavelle	Green Party	343	16.7%	—
3	Lisa Godden	Reform UK	331	16.1%	—
4	Ola Alade	Labour Party	250	12.2%	—
5	Zeba Laskar	Conservative Party	97	4.7%	—

Electorate 0 · Ballots cast 2,051 · EC ward code local.watford.callowland.2026-05-07 · Back to ward index

Park · single-seat

Marginal winner 53.4% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota +3.4 pts Valid ballots 2,829

Rank	Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Below quota	Elected
1	Peter John Christopher Kloss	Liberal Democrats	1,510	53.4%	+3.4 pts	Elected
2	John Craddock	Reform UK	423	15.0%	—
3	Maria Mandic	Green Party	401	14.2%	—
4	Arijit Mukherjee	Conservative Party	323	11.4%	—
5	Helen Mary Rice	Labour Party	172	6.1%	—

Electorate 0 · Ballots cast 2,829 · EC ward code local.watford.park.2026-05-07 · Back to ward index

Oxhey · single-seat

Marginal winner 56.1% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota +6.1 pts Valid ballots 2,418

Rank	Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Below quota	Elected
1	Shirena Counter	Liberal Democrats	1,356	56.1%	+6.1 pts	Elected
2	Neal Webber	Reform UK	410	17.0%	—
3	Angela Tunstall	Green Party	262	10.8%	—
4	Carole Bamford	Conservative Party	225	9.3%	—
5	Dylan Bartley-Downer	Labour Party	165	6.8%	—

Electorate 0 · Ballots cast 2,418 · EC ward code local.watford.oxhey.2026-05-07 · Back to ward index