Mayor of Watford
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 | % |
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7,636 | 51.7 |
Cabinet System | 7,140 | 48.3 |
Required majority | 50 | |
Total votes | 14,776 | 100.00 |
Registered voters and 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
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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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Tristram Cooke | 330 | 1.5% |
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Liberal Democrats win |
2006[]
Watford Mayoral Election 4 May 2006 [4] | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | 1st round | 2nd round | First round votes Transfer votes
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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] | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | 1st round | 2nd round | First round votes Transfer votes
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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] | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | 1st round | 2nd round | First round votes Transfer votes
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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] | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | 1st round | 2nd round | First round votes Transfer votes
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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 |
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.
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