Mayor of Watford
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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.
| 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 |
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
Election results
Summarize
Perspective
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 | 1st round votesTransfer votes, 2nd round | |||||
| 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] | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | 1st round | 2nd round | 1st round votesTransfer votes, 2nd round | ||||
| 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 | 1st round votesTransfer votes, 2nd round | ||||
| 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 | 1st round votesTransfer votes, 2nd round | ||||
| 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 | 1st round votesTransfer votes, 2nd round | ||||
| 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][9] | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | 1st round | 2nd round | 1st round votesTransfer votes, 2nd round | ||||
| Total | Of round | Transfers | Total | Of round | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Peter Taylor | 12,895 | 54.8% |
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| Labour Co-op | 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
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