Three Rivers Three Rivers District | |
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![]() Three Rivers shown within Hertfordshire | |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Constituent country | England |
Region | East of England |
Non-metropolitan county | Hertfordshire |
Status | Non-metropolitan district |
Admin HQ | Rickmansworth |
Incorporated | 1 April 1974 |
Government | |
• Type | Non-metropolitan district council |
• Body | Three Rivers District Council |
• MPs | Daisy Cooper Gagan Mohindra Dean Russell |
Area | |
• Total | 34.3 sq mi (88.8 km2) |
• Rank | 224th (of 309) |
Population (mid-2019 est.) | |
• Total | 93,323 |
• Rank | 261st (of 309) |
• Density | 2,700/sq mi (1,100/km2) |
• Ethnicity [1] | 86.3% White 9.2% S.Asian 1.9% Black 2.3% Mixed Race 0.4% Arab or Other |
Time zone | UTC0 (GMT) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+1 (BST) |
ONS code | 26UJ (ONS) E07000102 (GSS) |
OS grid reference | TQ0591494481 |
Website | threerivers |
Three Rivers is a local government district in southwest Hertfordshire, England. Its council is based in Rickmansworth.
The district was formed on 1 April 1974, under the Local Government Act 1972, by the merger of Rickmansworth Urban District, Chorleywood Urban District and part of Watford Rural District. The confluence of the Chess and the Gade with the Colne in Rickmansworth inspired the district's name. [2] The main offices are located in Rickmansworth in Three Rivers House, opened in 1991.
Three Rivers District Council | |
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Leadership | |
Leader | |
Chair | |
Leader of Opposition | Ciaran Reed [5] , Conservative |
Leader of Labour Group | |
Structure | |
Seats | 39 councillors |
Political groups | Executive (23)
Opposition (16)
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Elections | |
First past the post | |
Last election | 6 May 2021 |
Meeting place | |
![]() Three Rivers House, Northway, Rickmansworth, WD3 1RL | |
Website | |
http://www.threerivers.gov.uk |
Three Rivers is a non-metropolitan district that elects one-third of its councillors every four years and with the fourth year for elections to Hertfordshire County Council. In the 2014 elections new ward boundaries came into effect and the council was reduced from 48 to 39 seats. All seats were contested at that election although future elections will continue to be conducted in thirds.
The Liberal Democrat administration fell to minority status with the resignation of two councillors from the party, in March and April 2018. [7] [8]
Following the 2 May 2019 elections, the composition of the council is:
Party | Councillors | |
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Liberal Democrats | 24 | |
Conservative | 12 | |
Labour | 3 | |
Total | 39 | |
Three Rivers is composed of thirteen wards, each electing three councillors:
Three Rivers District Council carries out a variety of district council functions including:
The Council is controlled by the Liberal Democrats, who hold 23 of the 39 seats. The Conservatives form the second-largest faction, with 12, of the seats followed by Labour with 3 seats and Greens with 1 seat. [9]
Three Rivers is a non-metropolitan district that elects one-third of its councillors at any one time with councillor elected three times every four years, with the fourth for elections to Hertfordshire County Council). In the 2016 elections, the council remained under a minority Liberal Democrat administration. The Liberal Democrats regained their majority following a by-election in January 2017. Previously, there were 48 seats: half of the wards elected two councillors each. Nine elected three councillors each. Sarratt ward elected one.
Councillors are divided into classes depending on the year of their retirement. Usually, this will be four years after their election. However, if a ward elects two members at a given election (because of a by-election being held at the same time as a normal election), the councillor with the most votes receives the later of the two available retirement dates.
For elections to Hertfordshire County Council, the district is divided into six divisions, three of which are held by the Conservatives, and three by the Liberal Democrats:
Division | Councillor | Party | |
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Abbots Langley | Sara Bedford | Liberal Democrats | |
Croxley | Chris Lloyd | Liberal Democrats | |
Rickmansworth East and Oxhey Park | Reena Ranger | Conservative | |
Rickmansworth West | Paula Hiscocks | Conservative | |
South Oxhey and Eastbury | Christopher Alley | Conservative | |
Three Rivers Rural | Phil Williams | Liberal Democrats |
For parliamentary elections, the district is divided across three constituencies. Most of the district is within the South West Hertfordshire constituency, which is considered a safe Conservative seat and held by a Conservative MP (currently Gagan Mohindra) since its creation in 1950. The eastern parts of the constituency, to the north and south of Watford, are part of that borough's constituency, which is a three-way marginal currently held by Conservative Dean Russell, having fluctuated between Labour and the Conservatives. Parts of two wards, north of the M25, are in the St Albans constituency, which is currently held by the Liberal Democrat Daisy Cooper.
Seat | Wards | MP | Party | |
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St Albans | Abbots Langley and Bedmond (part), Gade Valley (part) | Daisy Cooper | Liberal Democrats | |
South West Hertfordshire | Carpenders Park (part), Chorleywood North and Sarratt, Chorleywood South and Maple Cross, Durrants, Moor Park and Eastbury, Oxhey Hall and Hayling (part), Penn and Mill End, Rickmansworth Town, South Oxhey | Gagan Mohindra | Conservative | |
Watford | Abbots Langley and Bedmond (part), Carpenders Park (part), Gade Valley (part), Leavesden, Oxhey Hall and Hayling (part) | Dean Russell | Conservative | |
Source: Boundary Commission for England |
Train services are provided by Chiltern Railways and the Metropolitan line of the London Underground.
London Underground stations:
Chiltern Railways stations:
A special fare structure exists as the stations are outside the Greater London boundary.
London Overground stations:
West Coast Main Line stations:
Three Rivers is partially parished. There are six civil parishes in the district: [11]
There are two areas of unparished land: one larger area including Maple Cross and Mill End, Rickmansworth; and a smaller area including part of Loudwater. [11]
Coordinates: 51°38′19.28″N0°28′9.46″W / 51.6386889°N 0.4692944°W
Rickmansworth is a town in southwest Hertfordshire, England, about 17 miles (27 km) northwest of central London and inside the perimeter of the M25 motorway. The town is mainly to the north of the Grand Union Canal and the River Colne. The town of Watford is 5 miles (8 km) to the northeast. Rickmansworth is the administrative seat of the Three Rivers District Council. The confluence of the River Chess and the River Gade with the Colne in Rickmansworth inspired the district's name. The enlarged Colne flows south to form a major tributary of the River Thames. The town is served by the Metropolitan line of the London Underground and Chiltern Railways from London Marylebone to Aylesbury railway station.
Chorleywood is both a village and a civil parish in the Three Rivers District, Hertfordshire, on the border with Buckinghamshire, approximately 20 miles (32 km) northwest of Charing Cross. The village is adjacent to the Chiltern Hills Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty and is part of the London commuter belt included in the government-defined Greater London Urban Area. Chorleywood was historically part of the parish of Rickmansworth, becoming a separate ecclesiastical parish in 1845 and a separate civil parish in 1898. The population of the parish was 11,286 at the 2011 census.
Hemel Hempstead is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first-past-the-post system of election.
South West Hertfordshire is a constituency in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament, represented since 2019 by Gagan Mohindra, a Conservative.
Watford is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2019 by Conservative Party MP Dean Russell.
Watford Rural is a civil parish in the Three Rivers District of Hertfordshire, England. Located approximately 14 miles (23 km) northwest of central London and adjacent to the Greater London boundary, it is an urbanised parish characterised by suburban residential development. The local council is Watford Rural Parish Council. The parish covers South Oxhey and Carpenders Park, which although part of the Watford urban area, are outside the borough of Watford. The parish was created in 1894 when the ancient Watford parish was split into urban and rural parishes. At the 2011 census it had a population of 20,867.
One third of Three Rivers District Council in Hertfordshire, England is elected each year, followed by one year without election.
Moor Park and Eastbury is a ward in Three Rivers, in England. It is located in south-west Hertfordshire, in the East of England region. The ward includes the eponymous twin settlements of Moor Park and Eastbury, lying between Rickmansworth to the west, Croxley Green to the north, South Oxhey to the east, and Northwood to the south.
Maple Cross and Mill End is a ward in Three Rivers, in England, the United Kingdom. It is located in the far south-west Hertfordshire, in the East of England region. The ward includes the eponymous villages of Maple Cross and Mill End, lying between Chorleywood West to the north; Penn, Rickmansworth, and Harefield to the east; and Chalfont St. Giles and Chalfont Common to the west.
Bedmond and Primrose Hill is a ward in Three Rivers, in England, the United Kingdom. It is located in south-west Hertfordshire, in the East of England region. The ward includes Bedmond and a sparsely populated area to the north. It lies north of the M25 motorway, which separates the ward from Abbots Langley, and is bordered by Kings Langley to the west, and Hemel Hempstead to the north. Slightly to the east of the ward is the M1 motorway.
Carpenders Park is a suburb of Watford in the Watford Rural parish of the Three Rivers district of Hertfordshire, England. It is located in the south western corner of Hertfordshire and close to the boundary with Greater London. It is bounded to the West by a railway line that separates it from South Oxhey, to the East by the A4008 Watford to Harrow Road, to the South by the B4542, Green Belt and the boundary with the London Borough of Harrow and to the North by woodland.
The politics of Three Rivers, a district in England, are played out at local, Hertfordshire-wide, and parliamentary levels. Three Rivers is a non-metropolitan district governed locally by a district council composed of 48 councillors that is responsible for such services as housing, waste disposal, and local planning. The district is represented by six members on the 77-councillor Hertfordshire County Council, which is responsible for such services as education, transport, and social services.
This page provides brief details of primary schools in the borough of Three Rivers in Hertfordshire, England, United Kingdom.
Elections to Three Rivers District Council took place on 6 May 2021 alongside other local elections in the United Kingdom. 13 of the 39 seats were elected: the seats elected were last contested in the 2016 election. The election was originally scheduled to take place on 7 May 2020, however elections were delayed nationwide by one year due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Elections to Hertfordshire County Council took place on 6 May 2021 alongside other local elections in the United Kingdom. All 78 seats to the council were elected.
The 2022 Watford Borough Council election took place on 5 May 2022. One third (12) of the 36 members of Watford Borough Council were elected. The elections took place alongside elections to local authorities across the United Kingdom, and an election for the Mayor of Watford.
An election to Three Rivers District Council took place on 5 May 2022. 14 of the 39 seats were up for election. The election took place alongside other local elections across the United Kingdom.