 Nyorai mberi kweiyi ndima - Watson akagadzwa sachigaro wechipiri weElectoral Commission muna Ndira 2009. Akabhadharwa 100,000 nokuda kwebasa raida kuti ashande mazuva matatu pavhiki. Watson akaramba ari sachigaro wekomisheni yesarudzo pakati pekushoropodzwa kwekutungamira kwake kwesarudzo dzese dzeUnited Kingdom dza2010, paakazvidzivirira achiti Electoral Commission yaive nemasimba mashoma pamusoro pevakuru vekusarudza. Kubvira ipapo, Mutemo weParliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Act 2011 wakawedzera simba reKomisheni maererano nereferendamu. Iye akazivisa pamutemo migumisiro yeWelsh devolvement referendum muChirungu neWelsh nekutaura kwakakwana. Mwedzi miviri chete gare gare, akaita seChief Counting Officer CCO mu2011 AV Referendumuye akaitawo zvakafanana mu2016 EU Referendum. Mukuita kudaro, akava munhu wokutanga kutarisira referendamu mbiri muUK yose seChief Counting Officer. 