Watford

  • Council Control: LD Mayor
  • Conservatives 0
  • Labour 6
  • Liberal Democrats 31
  • Green 0

South Hertfordshire town at the end of the Metropolitan line and closely linked economically to London. The Mayoralty is a Liberal Democrat fiefdom, for Dorothy Thornhill and now Peter Taylor.

At byelections on 1 May, Labour held a seat in Holywell and the Liberal Democrats held a seat in Oxhey.

Next local elections
2026

Election cycle
Thirds

Local authority type
District

Address
Town Hall, Watford WD17 3EX

Phone
01923 226400

Website
http://www.watford.gov.uk/

Council Tax (Band D)
£2343.38

Upper tier authority
Hertfordshire

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