Directly elected mayor of Watford

Mayor of Watford
Coat of arms of the Borough of Watford
Incumbent Dorothy Thornhill since May 2002
Style	No courtesy title or style
Appointer	Electorate of Watford
Term length	Four years
Inaugural holder	Dorothy Thornhill (May 2002)
Succession	May 2014

The Mayor of Watford is the head of the borough council of Watford, Hertfordshire, England. The holder of the position is a directly elected mayor elected using the supplementary vote, every four years. The current Mayor of Watford is Dorothy Thornhill. Thornhill is Watford's first directly elected mayor, and was also the first female directly elected mayor in the United Kingdom and the Liberal Democrats' first directly elected mayor. She has been Mayor of Watford since May 2002, being re-elected in May 2006, and in May 2010 she became the second mayor to be re-elected for a third term in the United Kingdom.

The position was established after a referendum in 2001 and the first election was held in 2002.