Watford, a city in England, held its 1998 Watford Borough Council elections on 7 May.[1] One third of the council was up for election and the Labour party stayed in overall control of the council.

Election result

1998 Watford Borough Council election
Party This election Full council This election
Seats Net Seats % Other Total Total % Votes Votes % +/−
  Labour 7 Steady 53.8 14 21 58.3 7,570 39.1 -3.6
  Liberal Democrats 3 Steady 23.1 6 9 25.0 6,282 32.4 -1.0
  Conservative 3 Steady 23.1 3 6 16.7 5,514 28.5 +4.7

Ward results

Callowland

Callowland
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour F. Hodgson 479 55.7 -7.5
Liberal Democrats A. Canning 221 25.7 +2.7
Conservative M. Taylor 160 18.6 +4.8
Majority 30.0
Turnout 860 21.5
Labour hold Swing Decrease5.1

Central

Central
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour R. Atkin 808 47.7 -5.6
Liberal Democrats R. Martins 721 42.6 +7.6
Conservative Z. Basit 164 9.7 -2.0
Majority 5.1
Turnout 1,693 31.0
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats Swing Decrease6.6

Holywell

Holywell
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour S. Rosser 664 62.9 -3.5
Liberal Democrats J. Baddeley 218 20.6 +4.0
Conservative P. Jenkins 174 16.5 -0.5
Majority 42.2
Turnout 1,056 19.7
Labour hold Swing Decrease3.8

Leggatts

Leggatts
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative S. O'Brien 730 49.3 +19.6
Labour J. Dhindsa 620 41.9 -14.9
Liberal Democrats S. Hamid 130 8.8 -4.7
Majority 7.4
Turnout 1,480 33.9
Conservative gain from Labour Swing Increase17.3

Meriden

Meriden
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour R. Banham 794 54.2 -8.1
Conservative P. Bell 480 32.7 +10.8
Liberal Democrats M. Lane 192 13.1 -2.7
Majority 21.4
Turnout 1,466 27.5
Labour hold Swing Decrease9.5

Nascot

Nascot
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative J. Brown 752 51.6 +3.3
Labour T. Meldrum 359 24.7 -5.3
Liberal Democrats J. Jenkins 345 23.7 +2.1
Majority 27.0
Turnout 1,456 26.9
Conservative hold Swing Increase4.3

Oxhey

Oxhey
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats A. Poole 1,112 58.8 -3.4
Conservative G. Greenstreet 483 25.6 +4.5
Labour N. Akubue 295 15.6 -1.0
Majority 33.3
Turnout 1,890 40.4
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing Decrease4.0

Park

Park
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative D. Wright 928 61.4 +6.6
Liberal Democrats P. Jenkins 364 24.1 -5.9
Labour C. Barry 220 14.6 -0.7
Majority 37.3
Turnout 1,512 37.4
Conservative hold Swing Increase6.3

Stanborough

Stanborough
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats D. Scudder 965 60.5 +17.7
Conservative A. Jones 359 22.5 -7.7
Labour S. Sardar 270 16.9 -10.1
Majority 38.0
Turnout 1,594 32.4
Liberal Democrats hold Swing Increase12.7

Tudor

Tudor (2 seats due to by-election)
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour S. Palmer 690 44.8
Labour M. Chhina 634 41.2
Conservative P. Fincham 464 30.1
Conservative H. Ling 397 25.8
Liberal Democrats M. Palmer 346 22.5
Liberal Democrats J. Richmond 315 20.5
Turnout 1,539 29.9
Labour hold
Labour hold

Vicarage

Vicarage
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour B. Graham 990 58.7 +7.4
Liberal Democrats A. Zafar 414 24.6 -14.9
Conservative A. Bell 282 16.7 +7.5
Majority 34.2
Turnout 1,686 31.0
Labour hold Swing Increase11.2

Woodside

Woodside
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats A. Burtenshaw 939 51.4 +1.7
Labour G. O'Connell 747 40.9 -1.2
Conservative D. Ealey 141 7.7 -0.5
Majority 10.5
Turnout 1,827 35.7
Liberal Democrats hold Swing Increase1.5

References

  1. ↑ "Watford Borough Council Election Results 1973-2012" (PDF). Colin Rallings and Michael Thrasher. Retrieved 28 December 2021.
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