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Watford 2024

Local elections held 2 May 2024.

12 ward races

12 seats

7 elected below the proportional quota

58.3% 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 that would be needed to be guaranteed that 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 gap as points under par — the editorial indictment. Above-par results are just majority mandates 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 allocated to those vote totals in proportion (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 in this council, negative are parties it under-represented.

Party	Votes	Vote %	Seats won	% of seats	Proportional seats	Proportional %	Δ
Liberal Democrats	11,243	48.2%	11	91.7%	6	50.0%	+5
Labour Party	6,775	29.1%	1	8.3%	4	33.3%	-3
Conservative and Unionist Party	3,612	15.5%	0	0.0%	2	16.7%	-2
Reform UK	1,113	4.8%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0
Green Party	239	1.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0
Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition	204	0.9%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0
Independent	68	0.3%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0
Heritage Party	65	0.3%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0
Total	23,319	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

Wards in this council

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

Leggatts · 1 seat · won at 42.6% · +7.4 pts below quota
Vicarage · 1 seat · won at 43.5% · +6.5 pts below quota
Meriden · 1 seat · won at 44.7% · +5.3 pts below quota
Woodside · 1 seat · won at 45.0% · +5.0 pts below quota
Central · 1 seat · won at 46.2% · +3.8 pts below quota
Tudor · 1 seat · won at 47.4% · +2.6 pts below quota
Stanborough · 1 seat · won at 49.9% · +0.1 pts below quota
Callowland · 1 seat · won at 51.9% · above quota
Park · 1 seat · won at 58.8% · above quota
Nascot · 1 seat · won at 59.1% · above quota
Holywell · 1 seat · won at 60.1% · above quota
Oxhey · 1 seat · won at 66.1% · above quota

Race results

Leggatts · single-seat

Marginal winner 42.6% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference +7.4 pts below quota Valid ballots 2,028

Rank	Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Elected
1	Begum, S.	Liberal Democrats	864	42.6%	Elected
2	Suleman, A.	Labour Party	689	34.0%
3	Fanning, J.	Conservative and Unionist Party	350	17.3%
4	Knott, S.	Heritage Party	65	3.2%
5	Foster, D.	Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition	60	3.0%

Electorate 5,941 · Ballots cast 2,028 · EC ward code E05011049 · Back to ward index

Vicarage · single-seat

Marginal winner 43.5% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference +6.5 pts below quota Valid ballots 2,267

Rank	Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Elected
1	Bashir, S.	Liberal Democrats	987	43.5%	Elected
2	Trebar, S.	Labour Party	907	40.0%
3	Agarwal, V.	Conservative and Unionist Party	232	10.2%
4	Gordon, D.	Green Party	141	6.2%

Electorate 6,032 · Ballots cast 2,267 · EC ward code E05011056 · Back to ward index

Meriden · single-seat

Marginal winner 44.7% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference +5.3 pts below quota Valid ballots 1,440

Rank	Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Elected
1	Buraglio, A.	Liberal Democrats	643	44.7%	Elected
2	Morgan, K.	Labour Party	377	26.2%
3	Raperport, J.	Conservative and Unionist Party	314	21.8%
4	Green, I.	Reform UK	106	7.4%

Electorate 5,785 · Ballots cast 1,440 · EC ward code E05011050 · Back to ward index

Woodside · single-seat

Marginal winner 45.0% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference +5.0 pts below quota Valid ballots 1,568

Rank	Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Elected
1	Saffery, A.	Liberal Democrats	705	45.0%	Elected
2	Joynes, A.	Labour Party	572	36.5%
3	Owen, K.	Conservative and Unionist Party	291	18.6%

Electorate 5,801 · Ballots cast 1,568 · EC ward code E05011057 · Back to ward index

Central · single-seat

Marginal winner 46.2% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference +3.8 pts below quota Valid ballots 2,001

Rank	Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Elected
1	Summer, S.	Liberal Democrats	924	46.2%	Elected
2	Hakim, M.	Labour Party	572	28.6%
3	Bajaj, D.	Conservative and Unionist Party	259	12.9%
4	Ealey, D.	Reform UK	125	6.2%
5	Wharton, D.	Independent	68	3.4%
6	O'Connor, J.	Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition	53	2.6%

Electorate 7,177 · Ballots cast 2,001 · EC ward code E05011047 · Back to ward index

Tudor · single-seat

Marginal winner 47.4% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference +2.6 pts below quota Valid ballots 1,746

Rank	Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Elected
1	Walford, D.	Liberal Democrats	827	47.4%	Elected
2	Alade, O.	Labour Party	408	23.4%
3	Bishop, C.	Conservative and Unionist Party	346	19.8%
4	Dowdle, J.	Reform UK	165	9.5%

Electorate 5,276 · Ballots cast 1,746 · EC ward code E05011055 · Back to ward index

Stanborough · single-seat

Marginal winner 49.9% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference +0.1 pts below quota Valid ballots 1,599

Rank	Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Elected
1	Ansong, C.	Liberal Democrats	798	49.9%	Elected
2	Williams, P.	Conservative and Unionist Party	307	19.2%
3	Griffiths, L.	Labour Party	294	18.4%
4	Ling, G.	Reform UK	200	12.5%

Electorate 5,741 · Ballots cast 1,599 · EC ward code E05011054 · Back to ward index

Callowland · single-seat

Marginal winner 51.9% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference −1.9 pts Valid ballots 2,059

Rank	Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Elected
1	Short, R.	Liberal Democrats	1,069	51.9%	Elected
2	Watling, D.	Labour Party	829	40.3%
3	Kahan, N.	Conservative and Unionist Party	161	7.8%

Electorate 6,090 · Ballots cast 2,059 · EC ward code E05011046 · Back to ward index

Park · single-seat

Marginal winner 58.8% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference −8.8 pts Valid ballots 2,404

Rank	Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Elected
1	Duduta, G.	Liberal Democrats	1,413	58.8%	Elected
2	Mukherjee, A.	Conservative and Unionist Party	380	15.8%
3	Dhindsa, R.	Labour Party	352	14.6%
4	Craddock, J.	Reform UK	259	10.8%

Electorate 6,528 · Ballots cast 2,404 · EC ward code E05011053 · Back to ward index

Nascot · single-seat

Marginal winner 59.1% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference −9.1 pts Valid ballots 2,359

Rank	Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Elected
1	Watkin, M.	Liberal Democrats	1,394	59.1%	Elected
2	Woodard, S.	Conservative and Unionist Party	422	17.9%
3	Williams, S.	Labour Party	385	16.3%
4	Xie, C.	Reform UK	158	6.7%

Electorate 6,841 · Ballots cast 2,359 · EC ward code E05011051 · Back to ward index

Holywell · single-seat

Marginal winner 60.1% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference −10.1 pts Valid ballots 1,930

Rank	Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Elected
1	Bell, N.	Labour Party	1,159	60.1%	Elected
2	Morrison, S.	Liberal Democrats	352	18.2%
3	Moseley, D.	Conservative and Unionist Party	328	17.0%
4	O'Connor, M.	Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition	91	4.7%

Electorate 7,250 · Ballots cast 1,930 · EC ward code E05011048 · Back to ward index

Oxhey · single-seat

Marginal winner 66.1% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference −16.1 pts Valid ballots 1,918

Rank	Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Elected
1	Clarke-Taylor, K.	Liberal Democrats	1,267	66.1%	Elected
2	Scott-Norman, A.	Labour Party	231	12.0%
3	Ghuman, S.	Conservative and Unionist Party	222	11.6%
4	Webber, N.	Reform UK	100	5.2%
5	Howard, S.	Green Party	98	5.1%

Electorate 5,642 · Ballots cast 1,918 · EC ward code E05011052 · Back to ward index