Boundaries
The constituency comprises the whole of the Borough of Watford, together with five wards from Three Rivers District. Two of the Three Rivers wards, Carpenders Park and Oxhey Hall, are to the south of Watford town and include mostly prosperous commuter villages. The remaining three, Abbots Langley, Langleybury and Leavesden, are to the north of Watford and include the large village of Abbots Langley which is more mixed in character. There was a considerable Liberal Democrat advance into second place in 2005, taking many votes off Labour with the Tories not too far behind. By the time of the 2010 general election it was a three-way marginal seat that the Tories, Labour and Liberal Democrats were all aiming to win, but was ultimately secured by Tory candidate Richard Harrington with 34.9% of the vote. The Liberal Democrats narrowly missed out on the seat with 32.4% of the vote, with the defeat for Labour's Claire Ward being highlighted by the fact that she came third in the poll with 26.7% of the vote.
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