Watford

Watford is a former constituency. It ceased to exist following the boundary change in 2024. It was located in the East of England region of England. The seat was last held by Dean Russell (Conservative) between 12 December 2019 to 30 May 2024.

2017 General Election

The 2017 General Election was held on 8 June 2017. A total of 5 candidates ran for election.

Summary

CON
Conservative Hold
Majority
2,092
Electorate
86,507
Turnout
67.8%

You can view more detailed information about this election result on the election result pages.

Share of the vote

The graph below shows the share of the vote across all the candidates.

Breakdown

The table below shows the individual vote breakdown for each candidate.

Candidate/Party Votes Share Change
Richard Harrington
Conservative
26,731 45.6% 2.2%
Chris Ostrowski
Labour
24,639 42.0% 16.0%
Ian Stotesbury
Liberal Democrat
5,335 9.1% -9.0%
Ian Green
UK Independence Party
1,184 2.0% -7.7%
Alex Murray
Green Party
721 1.2% -1.1%