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🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England
Eastern
70,576 electors
Active Seat

Watford

Current MP
Matt Turmaine
Matt Turmaine

🗳️ Election History

5
Elections
66.8%
Avg Turnout
1
Times Changed
2024
Current Party Since
Labour Matt Turmaine Gain from Conservative
Majority 4,723
Turnout 60.8% ↓8.8pp
Total Votes 44,455
Winner Swing ↓10.2pp
✓ Matt Turmaine
Labour
15,708 35.3%
↓4.0pp
Dean Russell
Conservative
10,985 24.7%
↓17.3pp
Ian Stotesbury
Liberal Democrats
7,577 17.0%
↓0.7pp
Gary Ling
Reform UK
4,930 11.1%
—
Khalid Chohan
Workers Party of Britain
2,659 6.0%
—
Arran Bowen-la Grange
Green Party
2,428 5.5%
↑5.2pp
Sarah Knott
—
168 0.4%
—
Conservative Dean Russell Hold
Majority 4,433
Turnout 69.7% ↑1.9pp
Total Votes 58,065
Winner Swing ↓0.1pp
✓ Dean Russell
Conservative
26,421 45.5%
↓0.1pp
Chris Ostrowski
Labour
21,988 37.9%
↓4.2pp
Ian Stotesbury
Liberal Democrats
9,323 16.1%
↑7.0pp
Michael McGetrick
Social Democratic Party
333 0.6%
—
Conservative Richard Harrington Hold
Majority 2,092
Turnout 67.8% ↑0.5pp
Total Votes 58,610
Winner Swing ↑2.1pp
✓ Richard Harrington
Conservative
26,731 45.6%
↑2.2pp
Chris Ostrowski
Labour
24,639 42.0%
↑16.0pp
Ian Stotesbury
Liberal Democrats
5,335 9.1%
↓9.0pp
Ian Green
—
1,184 2.0%
↓7.7pp
Alex Murray
Green Party
721 1.2%
↓1.1pp
Conservative Richard Harrington Hold
Majority 9,794
Turnout 67.2% ↓1.1pp
Total Votes 56,149
Winner Swing ↑8.5pp
✓ Richard Harrington
Conservative
24,400 43.5%
↑8.5pp
Matt Turmaine
Labour
14,606 26.0%
↓0.7pp
Dorothy Thornhill
Liberal Democrats
10,152 18.1%
↓14.3pp
Nick Lincoln
—
5,481 9.8%
↑7.6pp
Aidan Cottrell-Boyce
Green Party
1,332 2.4%
↑0.8pp
Mark O'Connor
—
178 0.3%
—
Conservative Richard Harrington Hold
Majority 1,425
Turnout 68.3%
Total Votes 55,208
✓ Richard Harrington
Conservative
19,291 34.9%
↑5.3pp
Sal Brinton
Liberal Democrats
17,866 32.4%
↑1.1pp
Claire Ward
Labour
14,750 26.7%
↓6.8pp
Andrew Emerson
—
1,217 2.2%
—
Graham Eardley
—
1,199 2.2%
↓0.4pp
Ian Brandon
Green Party
885 1.6%
↓1.4pp

Turnout Trend

68.3%
'10
67.2%
'15
67.8%
'17
69.7%
'19
60.8%
'24

👥 Demographics

▲▼ changes shown vs 2011 Census
📊 Age
35 to 49
24.0%
0 to 17
23.5%
50 to 64
16.8%
25 to 34
15.8%
65 and over
13.1% ▼0.2pp
18 to 24
6.9%
🌍 Ethnicity
White
61.6%
Asian or Asian British
24.0%
Black, African, Caribbean or Black British
6.2%
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups
4.7%
Other
3.5%
📊 Age
30 to 44
24.0%
Under 18
23.5%
18 to 29
22.6%
45 to 64
16.8%
65 and over
13.1%
⛪ Religion
Christian
44.3%
No religion
25.0%
Muslim
12.4%
Hindu
8.3%
Not answered
6.1%
Jewish
1.3%
Buddhist
1.0%
Other religion
0.9%
Sikh
0.6%
🌍 Ethnicity
White
75.1%
Asian or Asian British
15.7%
Black, African, Caribbean or Black British
5.1%
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups
3.2%
Other ethnic group
0.9%
📊 Age
30 to 44
24.0%
45 to 64
23.4%
Under 18
22.8%
18 to 29
16.4%
65 and over
13.3%
⛪ Religion
Christian
55.8%
No religion
21.6%
Muslim
8.2%
Religion not stated
6.8%
Hindu
4.6%
Jewish
1.3%
Buddhist
0.7%
Sikh
0.5%
Other religion
0.5%

Previous MPs

Historical representatives of this constituency
MP Name Party From To
Dean Russell Conservative 2019-12-12 2024-05-30
Claire Ward Labour 1997-05-01 2010-05-06
John Freeman Labour 1945-07-05 1955-05-26