The 2016 Watford Borough Council election took place on 5 May 2016 to elect members of Watford Borough Council in England. This was on the same day as other nationwide local elections. The entire council was up for election, with each of the 12 wards electing 3 councillors.[1]
This result had the following consequences for the total number of seats on the Council after the elections:
| valign=top colspan="2" style="width: 230px" | Party | valign=top style="width: 30px" | Previous council | valign=top style="width: 30px" | New council | valign=top style="width: 30px" | +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | align=center | 18 | align=center | 25 | align=center | 7 | |
| Labour | align=center | 13 | align=center | 11 | align=center | 2 | |
| Conservatives | align=center | 5 | align=center | 0 | align=center | 5 | |
| Green | align=center | 0 | align=center | 0 | align=center | 0 | |
| UKIP | align=center | 0 | align=center | 0 | align=center | 0 | |
| Total | 36 | 36 | |||||
| Working majority | |||||||