Watford Council election, 2008
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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.
After the election, the composition of the council was
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 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
Wards of the United Kingdom
A ward in the United Kingdom is an electoral district at sub-national level represented by one or more councillors. It is the primary unit of British administrative and electoral geography .-England:...
saw the Labour party gain the seat from the Liberal Democrats. However the Liberal Democrats remained firmly in control of the council.
After the election, the composition of the council was
- Liberal Democrat 27
- ConservativeConservative Party (UK)The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...
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3 - LabourLabour 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...
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