Watford

Watford is a town and district (styled as 'borough' due to the historical charter granted by Henry VIII) just to the north-west of London. Unlike most English districts, its council is led by a directly-elected mayor, currently Dorothy Thornhill of the Liberal Democrats. She is the only directly-elected Liberal Democrat mayor.

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Watford has 80,000 inhabitants and a professional football club, Watford F.C., who are currently in the Championship. Saracens Rugby Club moved to Watford and shares the same ground, which is in Vicarage Road.

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Watford has six twin towns. These are:

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• Mainz in Germany. Linked since 1956.
• Nanterre in France. Linked since 1960.
• Novgorod in Russia. Linked since 1984.
• Wilmington in the USA. Linked since 1985.
• Pesaro in Italy. Linked since 1988.
• Plymouth in Devon. Linked since 1997.

Claire Ward has represented Watford in Parliament since the 1997 general election in the Labour Party) interest. Her constituency includes the whole of Watford Borough and in addition five wards from Three Rivers district.

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Dorothy Thornhill: Dorothy Thornhill is the directly-elected mayor of Watford, Hertfordshire, England. She was the Liberal Democrats' first directly-elected mayor, and is also the first female directly elected mayor....