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One third of Watford

Watford

Watford is a town and borough in Hertfordshire, England, situated northwest of central London and within the bounds of the M25 motorway. The borough is separated from Greater London to the south by the urbanised parish of Watford Rural in the Three Rivers District.Watford was created as an urban...

Council in Hertfordshire

Hertfordshire

Hertfordshire is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in the East region of England. The county town is Hertford.The county is one of the Home Counties and lies inland, bordered by Greater London , Buckinghamshire , Bedfordshire , Cambridgeshire and...

, England

England

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...

is elected each year, followed by one year when there is an election to Hertfordshire County Council

County council

A county council is the elected administrative body governing an area known as a county. This term has slightly different meanings in different countries.-United Kingdom:...

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Political control

Party in control	Years
Labour Labour Party (UK) The Labour Party is a centre-left democratic socialist party in the United Kingdom. It surpassed the Liberal Party in general elections during the early 1920s, forming minority governments under Ramsay MacDonald in 1924 and 1929-1931. The party was in a wartime coalition from 1940 to 1945, after...	1973 - 1988
No overall control No overall control Within the context of local councils of the United Kingdom, the term No Overall Control refers to a situation in which no single party achieves a majority of seats and is analogous to a hung parliament...	1988 - 1990
Labour Labour Party (UK) The Labour Party is a centre-left democratic socialist party in the United Kingdom. It surpassed the Liberal Party in general elections during the early 1920s, forming minority governments under Ramsay MacDonald in 1924 and 1929-1931. The party was in a wartime coalition from 1940 to 1945, after...	1990 - 2000
No overall control No overall control Within the context of local councils of the United Kingdom, the term No Overall Control refers to a situation in which no single party achieves a majority of seats and is analogous to a hung parliament...	2000 - 2003
Liberal Democrats	2003 - present

Council elections

Watford Council election, 1998

Elections to Watford Council were held on 7 May 1998. One third of the council was up for election and the Labour party stayed in overall control of the council.After the election, the composition of the council was*Labour 21*Liberal Democrat 8*Conservative 7...

Watford Council election, 1999

Elections to Watford Council were held on 6 May 1999. The whole council was up for election with boundary changes since the last election in 1998. The Labour party stayed in overall control of the council.-Election result:-References:*...

(whole council elected after boundary changes)

Watford Council election, 2000

Watford Council election, 2000

Elections to Watford Council were held on 4 May 2000. One third of the council was up for election and the Labour party lost overall control of the council to no overall control.After the election, the composition of the council was*Labour 18*Liberal Democrat 10...

Watford Council election, 2002

Elections to Watford Council were held on 2 May 2002. One third of the council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control. At the same time an election for a directly elected mayor was held, which was won by the Liberal Democrat Dorothy Thornhill.After the election, the...

Watford Council election, 2003

Elections to Watford Council were held on 1 May 2003. One third of the council was up for election and the Liberal Democrats gained overall control of the council from no overall control...

Watford Council election, 2004

Elections to Watford Council were held on 10 June 2004. One third of the council was up for election and the Liberal Democrat party kept overall control of the council...

Watford Council election, 2006

Elections to Watford Council were held on 4 May 2006. One third of the council was up for election and the Liberal Democrat party kept overall control of the council...

Watford Council election, 2007

Elections to Watford 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*Liberal Democrat 28*Green 3*Conservative 3...

Watford Council election, 2008

Elections to Watford Council were held on 1 May 2008. One third of the council was up for election and the Liberal Democrat party stayed in overall control of the council....

Watford Council election, 2010

By-election results

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