2008 Three Rivers District Council election

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Results of the 2008 Three Rivers District Council election

Elections to Three Rivers District Council were held on 1 May 2008. One-third of the council was up for election. The Liberal Democrats won the most seats, despite the Conservatives winning more votes. The Conservatives also gained a seat, strengthening their position against the Liberal Democrats, who remained stayed in overall control of Three Rivers.

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The election was marked by the collapse of Labour support in South Oxhey, where Labour had been at their strongest. They lost one seat, Ashridge, to the far-right British National Party (BNP). [1] Another seat, Northwick, was lost to the Conservatives. Labour's group leader, Kerron Cross, only narrowly retained his seat, with the BNP candidate coming second by 14 votes in a tight three-horse race. [1]

After the election, the composition of the council was

Election result

Three Rivers Local Election Result 2008
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Liberal Democrats 900052.943.69,292-11.3%
  Conservative 510+129.447.110,035+11.4%
  Labour 102-25.95.91,266-1.8%
  BNP 110+15.92.4502+2.4%
  English Democrat 000000.7152+0.7%
  UKIP 000000.374-0.4%

Ward results

Abbots Langley
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats David Major90465.0+4.8
Conservative Andy Woodard38727.8+1.1
Labour Jeannie Mehta997.1−5.9
Majority 5172.7+3.7
Turnout 1,39037.6−3.8
Liberal Democrats hold Swing +1.9
Ashridge
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
BNP Padraic Dunning28233.8+33.8
Conservative Yessica Gould26431.7−1.8
Labour Nena Spellen24429.3−10.3
UKIP Andrew Shanks445.3+5.3
Majority 182.1N/A
Turnout 83432.0+3.2
BNP gain from Labour Swing +22.0
Carpenders Park
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Geoff Dunne98556.4−2.9
Conservative Craig Lewell66338.0+4.5
Labour Brendan O'Brien995.7−1.6
Majority 32218.4−7.4
Turnout 174744.0−7.3
Liberal Democrats hold Swing -3.7
Chorleywood East
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Richard Booth1,01581.7+7.4
Liberal Democrats Barbara Green28818.3−7.4
Majority 78763.3+14.7
Turnout 1,24337.9−8.2
Conservative hold Swing +7.4
Chorleywood West
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Harry Davies1,23852.5+3.0
Conservative Bob Arthy1,05944.9+0.2
Labour Karen McIntosh622.6−3.2
Majority 1797.6+2.8
Turnout 2,35955.7−5.6
Liberal Democrats hold Swing +1.4
Croxley Green
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Brian Norman83351.0−3.4
Conservative Mark Englefield64739.6+5.4
English Democrat Roger Holmes1529.3+9.3
Majority 18611.4−8.9
Turnout 1,63238.4−6.6
Liberal Democrats hold Swing -4.4
Hayling
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Kerron Cross23432.3−25.2
BNP Deidre Gates22030.3+30.3
Conservative Jacqueline Worrall18625.7+2.7
Liberal Democrats David Lowes557.6−11.9
UKIP Richard Evans304.1+4.1
Majority 141.9−27.9
Turnout 72528.6−2.0
Labour hold Swing -13.9
Langleybury
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Chris Whateley-Smith80268.1+5.6
Conservative Margaret Lambert25621.8−0.6
Labour Stephen Cox11910.1−5.0
Majority 54546.3+6.1
Turnout 1,17832.8−5.7
Liberal Democrats hold Swing +3.1
Leavesden
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Sue Bartrick80772.0+12.7
Conservative Christopher Hawes24221.6−8.5
Labour Colin Gray726.4−4.3
Majority 56550.4+21.2
Turnout 1,12127.9−6.1
Liberal Democrats hold Swing +10.6
Maple Cross and Mill End
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Peter Wakeling77462.4−2.3
Conservative James McGowan46637.6+2.3
Majority 30824.8−4.6
Turnout 1,24030.9−6.4
Liberal Democrats hold Swing -2.3
Moor Park and Eastbury
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Amrit Mediratta1,20676.6+2.0
Liberal Democrats Gabriel Aitman36823.4−2.0
Majority 83853.2+4.0
Turnout 1,57435.7−7.7
Conservative hold Swing +2.0
Northwick
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Alistair Macdonald28433.7+3.7
Labour Ron Spellen28233.5−9.9
Liberal Democrats Alan Feldman27632.8+6.3
Majority 20.2N/A
Turnout 84223.6−3.9
Conservative gain from Labour Swing +6.8
Oxhey Hall
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Alison Scarth59360.8+14.5
Conservative David Williams32833.6−9.5
Labour Leslie Beckett555.6−5.0
Majority 26527.2+23.9
Turnout 97638.1−3.5
Liberal Democrats hold Swing +12.0
Penn
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Sarah Nelmes44158.7
Conservative Maximin Green31041.3
Majority 13117.4
Turnout 75129.9
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Rickmansworth (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Paula Hiscocks957
Conservative David Sansom879
Liberal Democrats Anthony Humphreys310
Liberal Democrats Jill Swainson292
Turnout 2,43836.3
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Rickmansworth West
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Russell Smith88569.6+9.7
Liberal Democrats Patricia Howell38630.4−5.2
Majority 49939.3+14.9
Turnout 1,27145.8−5.6
Conservative hold Swing +7.5

Footnotes

  1. 1 2 Korn, Hayley (2 May 2008). "Labour loses to BNP in South Oxhey". Watford Observer. Retrieved 25 May 2008.

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