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.
The election saw only one seat change hands, Vicarage ward saw the Labour party gain the seat from the Liberal Democrats. However the Liberal Democrats remained firmly in control of the council.[1]
After the election, the composition of the council was:
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | 9 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 75.0 | 44.7 | 9,660 | -2.3% | |
| Conservative | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | 8.3 | 26.6 | 5,741 | +2.4% | |
| Labour | 1 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 8.3 | 17.7 | 3,828 | +0.2% | |
| Green | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | 8.3 | 10.8 | 2,340 | +0.2% | |
| Independent | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | 18 | -0.6% | |
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green | Kenneth Brodhurst | 729 | 54.3 | −9.6 | |
| Labour | Ian Cloke | 234 | 17.4 | +3.3 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Patricia Gollop | 193 | 14.4 | +3.4 | |
| Conservative | Patricia Lees | 187 | 13.9 | +2.9 | |
| Majority | 495 | 36.9 | −12.9 | ||
| Turnout | 1,343 | 25.6 | −3.1 | ||
| Green hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Rabi Martins | 620 | 43.1 | −3.4 | |
| Labour | Joanna Grindrod | 323 | 22.4 | −5.4 | |
| Green | Clare Pitkin | 278 | 19.3 | +8.0 | |
| Conservative | Richard Bamford | 219 | 15.2 | +0.8 | |
| Majority | 297 | 20.7 | +2.0 | ||
| Turnout | 1,440 | 26.8 | +0.2 | ||
| Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Emma Hines-Randall | 754 | 43.0 | +4.8 | |
| Labour | Fred Grindrod | 736 | 41.9 | −8.8 | |
| Conservative | Carole Bamford | 191 | 10.9 | +3.3 | |
| Green | Helen Wynne | 74 | 4.2 | +0.6 | |
| Majority | 18 | 1.1 | |||
| Turnout | 1,755 | 30.8 | −2.0 | ||
| Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Qureshi Fawziyyah | 634 | 33.7 | +5.3 | |
| Conservative | Karen Best | 505 | 26.8 | −1.7 | |
| Green | Ian Brandon | 464 | 24.6 | +1.8 | |
| Labour | Geoffrey O'Connell | 280 | 14.9 | +3.0 | |
| Majority | 129 | 6.9 | |||
| Turnout | 1,883 | 35.8 | +1.2 | ||
| Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Janice Brown | 717 | 47.4 | −9.6 | |
| Conservative | Pamela Bell | 416 | 27.5 | +8.1 | |
| Labour | Daniel Scott | 299 | 19.8 | +0.9 | |
| Green | Ian Pitkin | 81 | 5.4 | +0.6 | |
| Majority | 301 | 19.9 | −17.7 | ||
| Turnout | 1,513 | 28.5 | −1.2 | ||
| Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Andrew Mortimer | 1,018 | 44.9 | +2.6 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Russell Willson | 971 | 42.8 | −3.2 | |
| Green | Sally Ivins | 137 | 6.0 | −0.8 | |
| Labour | Marion Chambers | 125 | 5.5 | +0.5 | |
| Independent | Antony Cooke | 18 | 0.8 | +0.8 | |
| Majority | 47 | 2.1 | |||
| Turnout | 2,269 | 41.3 | −0.6 | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Anthony Poole | 1,070 | 60.1 | −8.1 | |
| Conservative | Sarah Son | 460 | 25.8 | +4.7 | |
| Labour | Michael Jones | 135 | 7.6 | +0.8 | |
| Green | Neal Webber | 115 | 6.5 | +2.6 | |
| Majority | 610 | 34.3 | −12.8 | ||
| Turnout | 1,780 | 35.4 | +0.9 | ||
| Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | George Derbyshire | 1,366 | 51.5 | +0.1 | |
| Conservative | Malcolm Meerabux | 1,076 | 40.6 | −0.6 | |
| Labour | Mohammed Riaz | 127 | 4.8 | +0.6 | |
| Green | Alex Mason | 82 | 3.1 | −0.1 | |
| Majority | 290 | 10.9 | +0.7 | ||
| Turnout | 2,651 | 47.3 | −1.1 | ||
| Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Andrew Wylie | 917 | 56.7 | −6.1 | |
| Conservative | Jonathon Cordell | 373 | 23.1 | +2.7 | |
| Labour | Abeyemi Oshunniyi | 241 | 14.9 | +2.4 | |
| Green | Kevin Pettifer | 87 | 5.4 | +1.1 | |
| Majority | 544 | 33.6 | −8.8 | ||
| Turnout | 1,618 | 31.2 | −0.2 | ||
| Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Hugh O'Hanlon | 847 | 46.9 | −1.0 | |
| Conservative | Richard Southern | 695 | 38.5 | +2.1 | |
| Labour | Pauline May | 192 | 10.6 | +0.3 | |
| Green | Rachel Neill | 72 | 4.0 | −1.4 | |
| Majority | 152 | 8.4 | −3.1 | ||
| Turnout | 1,806 | 38.5 | −1.2 | ||
| Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Mohammed Tanveer Taj | 911 | 43.4 | +3.4 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Abrar Shah | 791 | 37.7 | −5.2 | |
| Conservative | David Ealey | 256 | 12.2 | −0.1 | |
| Green | David Degen | 141 | 6.7 | +1.9 | |
| Majority | 120 | 5.7 | |||
| Turnout | 2,099 | 39.2 | +2.9 | ||
| Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Ian Brown | 780 | 54.5 | −8.5 | |
| Conservative | Joseph Harrison | 345 | 24.1 | +8.2 | |
| Labour | John Young | 225 | 15.7 | −0.2 | |
| Green | Caryn Argun | 80 | 5.6 | +0.3 | |
| Majority | 435 | 30.4 | −16.7 | ||
| Turnout | 1,430 | 28.2 | +0.2 | ||
| Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
