Elections to Watford Borough Council were held on 3 May 2007. One third of the council was up for election and the Liberal Democrat party kept overall control of the council.

After the election, the composition of the council was:

Council election result

Watford Local Election Result 2007
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Liberal Democrats 9 1 2 -1 75.0 47.0 10,105 +4.7%
  Conservative 1 1 1 0 8.3 24.2 5,195 +1.8%
  Labour 1 1 0 +1 8.3 17.5 3,760 -5.2%
  Green 1 0 0 0 8.3 10.6 2,289 -2.1%
  Independent 0 0 0 0 0 0.7 152 +0.7%

Ward results

Callowland
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Green Stephen Rackett 935 63.9 +9.9
Labour Joanna Grindrod 207 14.1 -4.8
Liberal Democrats David Clay 161 11.0 -4.8
Conservative Jonathan Cordell 161 11.0 -0.2
Majority 728 49.8 +14.7
Turnout 1,464 28.7 -8.6
Green hold Swing
Central
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Sheila Smillie 639 46.5 +5.0
Labour Ian Lowery 382 27.8 +1.5
Conservative Geoffrey Ogden 198 14.4 -1.8
Green Anna Rackett 156 11.3 -4.7
Majority 257 18.7 +3.5
Turnout 1,375 26.6 -6.0
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Holywell
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Nigel Bell 932 50.7 +8.0
Liberal Democrats Emma Hines-Randall 702 38.2 -6.5
Conservative Carole Bamford 139 7.6 -0.1
Green Helen Wynne 67 3.6 -1.3
Majority 230 12.5
Turnout 1,840 32.8 -6.2
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
Leggatts
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Amanda Grimston 515 28.5 +2.4
Liberal Democrats Qureshi Fawziyyah 513 28.4 -4.3
Green Ian Brandon 413 22.8 -1.3
Labour Marion Chambers 216 11.9 -5.2
Independent Maria Green 152 8.4 +8.4
Majority 2 0.1
Turnout 1,809 34.6 -5.9
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
Meriden
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Susan Greenslade 896 57.0 +13.6
Conservative Pamela Bell 305 19.4 -0.9
Labour Andrew O'Brien 297 18.9 -12.3
Green Elizabeth Joyce 75 4.8 -0.3
Majority 591 37.6 +25.4
Turnout 1,573 29.7 -7.7
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Nascot
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats George Forrest 1,040 46.0 +0.6
Conservative Karen Best 956 42.3 -0.1
Green Sally Ivins 154 6.8 -0.6
Labour Fred Grindrod 112 5.0 +0.3
Majority 84 3.7 +0.7
Turnout 2,262 41.9 +5.3
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing
Oxhey
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Shirena Counter 1,167 68.2 +8.3
Conservative Richard Bamford 361 21.1 -4.2
Labour Nnagbogu Akubue 117 6.8 -1.6
Green Caryn Argun 67 3.9 -2.6
Majority 806 47.1 +12.5
Turnout 1,712 34.5 -7.5
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Park
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Bernadette Laventure 1,377 51.4 +8.1
Conservative Jane Gregory 1,103 41.2 -2.2
Labour Manzoor Hussain 112 4.2 -2.9
Green David Hodgkinson 87 3.2 -3.0
Majority 274 10.2
Turnout 2,679 48.4 -3.6
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Stanborough
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Derek Scudder 1,018 62.8 +12.8
Conservative Peter Williams 331 20.4 -7.0
Labour Mavis Tyrwhitt 202 12.5 -2.8
Green Kevin Pettifer 69 4.3 -3.0
Majority 687 42.4 +19.8
Turnout 1,620 31.4 -6.5
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Tudor
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Kelly McLeod 878 47.9 +3.1
Conservative Richard Southern 666 36.4 +4.0
Labour Michael Jones 189 10.3 -5.1
Green Rachel Neill 99 5.4 -1.9
Majority 212 11.5 -0.9
Turnout 1,832 39.7 -3.6
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Vicarage
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Shameem Khan 827 42.9
Labour Nohreen Hamid 770 40.0
Conservative David Ealey 236 12.3
Green Tony Pellicci 93 4.8
Majority 57 2.9
Turnout 1,926 36.3 -8.0
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Woodside
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Alan Burtenshaw 887 63.0 +7.1
Conservative Joseph Harrison 224 15.9 -4.4
Labour John Young 224 15.9 -2.6
Green Paula Brodhurst 74 5.3 0.0
Majority 663 47.1 +11.5
Turnout 1,409 28.0 -6.7
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

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