Elections will take place on Thursday 5 May for the Mayor and twelve wards in the borough.

The names of all candidates who will be standing.

Cllr Khan and Ms Mehta-Parmar are standing as mayoral candidates for the first time.

Elections — Binita Mehta-Parmar is the Conservative nominee for Watford Mayor for the elections in May 2022. (Click for profile)

Candidate	Seat	Party	Ward
Asif Khan	Mayor	LAB	N/A
Binita Mehta-Parmar	Mayor	CON	N/A
Peter Taylor	Mayor	LDEM	N/A
Terry Butler	Cllr	LAB	Callowland
Matthew Geary	Cllr	CON	Callowland
Ian Stotesbury	Cllr	LDEM	Callowland
Hrithik Dattani	Cllr	CON	Central
Aga Dychton	Cllr	LDEM	Central
Mohammed Wadud Hakim	Cllr	LAB	Central
Dennis Wharton	Cllr	IND	Central
Penelope Hill	Cllr	LDEM	Holywell
Mark O’Connor	Cllr	TUS	Holywell
Sanjaya Pant	Cllr	CON	Holywell
Matt Turmaine	Cllr	LAB	Holywell
Shafiq Ahmed	Cllr	LDEM	Leggatts
Derek Foster	Cllr	TUS	Leggatts
Jennie Raperport	Cllr	CON	Leggatts

There are also two candidates from the Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition, one from Reform UK, and an Independent.

Elections will be held on Thursday 5th May 2022 for a Mayor for the Borough of Watford and the number of councillors to serve in each of the following Borough Wards: