| Mayor of Watford | |
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 Coat of arms of the Borough of Watford | |
| Style | No courtesy title or style |
| Appointer | Electorate of Watford |
| Term length | Four years |
| Inaugural holder | Dorothy Thornhill (May 2002) |
| Succession | Quadrennial |
The Mayor of Watford is the head of the borough council of Watford, Hertfordshire, England. The holder of the position is a directly elected mayor using the supplementary vote every four years. The current mayor of Watford is Peter Taylor, who was elected in May 2018 for the Liberal Democrats.
History
Dorothy Thornhill was the first directly elected mayor of Watford; she was elected in May 2002. Thornhill was the first female directly elected mayor in England and the Liberal Democrats' first directly elected mayor. She was re-elected in May 2006, May 2010 and May 2014.
In the 2018 election, Peter Taylor, also member of the Liberal Democrats, was elected as Mayor of Watford.
Referendum
| Choice | Votes | % |
|---|---|---|
 Elected Mayor |
7,636 | 51.7 |
| Cabinet System | 7,140 | 48.3 |
| Required majority | 50 | |
| Total votes | 14,776 | 100.00 |
| Registered voters/turnout | 60,630[1] | 24.5 |
| Source: House of Commons Library[2] | ||
Election results
The position was established after a referendum in 2001 and the first election was held in 2002.
2002
| Watford Mayoral Election 2 May 2002 [3] | |||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | 1st round | 2nd round | First round votes Transfer votes | |||||
| Total | Of round | Transfers | Total | Of round | |||||
| Liberal Democrats | Dorothy Thornhill | 10,954 | 49.4% | 2,519 | 13,473 | 71.9% |
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| Labour | Vince Muspratt | 4,899 | 22.1% | 370 | 5,269 | 28.1% |
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| Conservative | Gary Ling | 4,746 | 21.4% |
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| Green | Stephen Rackett | 851 | 3.8% |
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| Socialist Alliance | Paul Woodward | 390 | 1.8% |
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| Fat Cat | Tristram Cooke | 330 | 1.5% |
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| Liberal Democrats win | |||||||||
2006
| Watford Mayoral Election 4 May 2006 [4] | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | 1st round | 2nd round | First round votes Transfer votes | ||||
| Total | Of round | Transfers | Total | Of round | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Dorothy Thornhill | 11,963 | 51.2% |
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| Conservative | Stephen O'Brien | 4,838 | 20.7% |
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| Labour | Ruth Ellis | 4,062 | 17.4% |
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| Green | Stephen Rackett | 2,522 | 10.8% |
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| Liberal Democrats hold | ||||||||
2010
| Watford Mayoral Election 6 May 2010 [5] | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | 1st round | 2nd round | First round votes Transfer votes | ||||
| Total | Of round | Transfers | Total | Of round | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Dorothy Thornhill | 19,153 | 45.9% | 4,276 | 23,429 | 67.1% |
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| Conservative | Stephen Johnson | 10,403 | 24.9% | 1,105 | 11,508 | 32.9% |
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| Labour | Nigel Bell | 10,029 | 24.0% |
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| Green | Alex MacGregor-Mason | 2,173 | 5.2% |
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| Liberal Democrats hold | ||||||||
2014
| Watford Mayoral Election 22 May 2014 [6] | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | 1st round | 2nd round | First round votes Transfer votes | ||||
| Total | Of round | Transfers | Total | Of round | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Dorothy Thornhill | 11,741 | 45.90% | 2,452 | 14,193 | 65.4% |
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| Labour | Jagtar Dhindsa | 6,577 | 25.71% | 927 | 7,504 | 34.6% |
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| UKIP | Philip Cox | 3,789 | 14.81% |
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| Conservative | Linda Topping | 3,470 | 13.57% |
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| Liberal Democrats hold | ||||||||
2018
| Watford Mayoral Election 3 May 2018 [7] | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | 1st round | 2nd round | First round votes Transfer votes | ||||
| Total | Of round | Transfers | Total | Of round | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Peter Taylor | 13,274 | 48.7% | 2,657 | 15,931 | 61.6% |
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| Labour | Jagtar Dhindsa | 9,223 | 33.8% | 728 | 9,951 | 38.4% |
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| Conservative | George Jabbour | 4,787 | 17.5% |
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| Liberal Democrats hold | ||||||||
2022
| Watford Mayoral Election 5 May 2022 [8] | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | 1st round | 2nd round | First round votes Transfer votes | ||||
| Total | Of round | Transfers | Total | Of round | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Peter Taylor | 12,895 | 54.8% |
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| Labour | Asif Khan | 6,234 | 26.5% |
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| Conservative | Binita Mehta-Parmar | 4,404 | 18.7% |
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| Liberal Democrats hold | ||||||||
References
- ↑ "Watford leads the way to elected mayor". Watford Observer. 13 July 2001. Retrieved 1 March 2018.
- ↑ "Local Elections in England: 2 May 2002" (PDF). House of Commons Library. 9 May 2002. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 October 2016. Retrieved 18 January 2013.
- ↑ "Election Results - Mayoral 2 May 2002". Watford Borough Council. 3 May 2002. Archived from the original on 8 May 2013. Retrieved 19 January 2013.
- ↑ "Election Results - Mayoral 4 May 2006". Watford Borough Council. 5 May 2006. Archived from the original on 8 May 2013. Retrieved 19 January 2013.
- ↑ "Election results - Mayoral 6 May 2010". Watford Borough Council. 7 May 2010. Archived from the original on 8 May 2013. Retrieved 19 January 2013.
- ↑ "Vote 2014: Watford mayoral election result". BBC News. 23 May 2014.
- ↑ "Statement of Persons Nominated Watford Mayoral Election 3-5-18". Watford Borough Council. 6 April 2018.
- ↑ "Watford Mayor Election 2022 Candidates and Results". BBC News. Retrieved 19 July 2022.
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