Mayor of Watford
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| Mayor of Watford | |
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Coat of arms of the Borough of Watford
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| Style | No courtesy title or style |
| Appointer | Electorate of Watford |
| Term length | Four years |
| Inaugural holder | Dorothy Thornhill (May 2002) |
| Succession | May 2014 |
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 elected using the supplementary vote, every four years. The Current Mayor of Watford is Dorothy Thornhill who is Watford's first directly elected mayor, and was also the first female directly elected mayor in the United Kingdom and the Liberal Democrats' first directly elected mayor. She has been Mayor of Watford since May 2002, being re-elected in May 2006, and in May 2010 she became the second mayor to be re-elected for a third term in the United Kingdom.
Referendum
| Mayor of Watford referendum 12 June 2001 |
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| Choice | Votes | % |
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 Elected Mayor |
7,636 | 51.7 |
| Cabinet System | 7,140 | 48.3 |
| Required majority | 50 | |
| Total votes | 0 | |
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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 [2] | ||||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | 1st Round | % | 2nd Round | Total | First Round Votes Transfer Votes | ||||
| Liberal Democrat | Dorothy Thornhill | 10,954 | 49.4% | 2,519 | 13,473 |
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| Labour | Vince Muspratt | 4,899 | 22.1% | 370 | 5,269 |
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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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2006
| Watford Mayoral Election 4 May 2006 [3] | ||||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | 1st Round | % | 2nd Round | Total | First Round Votes Transfer Votes | ||||
| Liberal Democrat | 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 Democrat hold | ||||||||||
2010
| Watford Mayoral Election 6 May 2010 [4] | ||||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | 1st Round | % | 2nd Round | Total | First Round Votes Transfer Votes | ||||
| Liberal Democrat | Dorothy Thornhill | 19,153 | 45.9% | 4,276 | 23,429 |
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| Conservative | Stephen Johnson | 10,403 | 24.9% | 1,105 | 11,508 |
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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 Democrat hold | ||||||||||
2014
| Watford Mayoral Election 22 May 2014 [5] | ||||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | 1st Round | % | 2nd Round | Total | First Round Votes Transfer Votes
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| Liberal Democrat | Dorothy Thornhill | 11,741 | 45.90% | 2,452 | 14,193 |
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| Labour | Jagtar Dhindsa | 6,577 | 25.71% | 927 | 7,504 |
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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 Democrat hold | ||||||||||
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