Three Rivers District Council elections

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Three Rivers District Council elections are held three years out of four to elect members of Three Rivers District Council in Hertfordshire, England. Since the last boundary changes in 2014 the council has comprised 39 councillors representing 13 wards, each of which elects three councillors, one at each election such that a third of the council is elected each time. Elections to Hertfordshire County Council are held in the fourth year of the cycle when there are no district council elections. [1]

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Council elections

Results maps

By-elections

1994-1998

Croxley Green South By-Election 28 November 1996
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats 40350.5
Labour 25532.0
Conservative 13917.4
Majority 14818.5
Turnout 79729.7
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Abbots Langley By-Election 2 January 1997
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats 58148.1
Conservative 46438.4
Labour 16413.6
Majority 1179.7
Turnout 1,20934.7
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

1998-2002

Hayling By-Election 7 December 2000 [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour David Saxon21051.9−3.9
Liberal Democrats Raymond Tully8420.7+2.2
Conservative Graham Denman7418.3−7.3
BNP Ian Edward379.1+9.1
Majority 12631.2
Turnout 40516.9
Labour hold Swing

2002-2006

Hayling By-Election 14 June 2002 [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Kerron Cross18838.8−17.0
Conservative Lynda Lewis15431.8+6.2
Liberal Democrats Alison Scarth14329.5+11.0
Majority 347.0
Turnout 48519.8
Labour hold Swing
Rickmansworth By-Election 5 May 2005 [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Mark Weedon1,17856.3−5.9
Liberal Democrats Leslie Mead62930.1+4.1
Labour Graham Dale28513.6+0.0
Majority 54926.2
Turnout 2,09266.5
Conservative hold Swing

2006-2010

Leavesden By-Election 4 June 2009 [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Keith Williams85763.3−8.7
Conservative Chris Hawes36927.3+5.7
Labour Colin Gray1289.5+3.0
Majority 48836.0
Turnout 1,35433.4
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Hayling By-Election 24 September 2009 [12]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Stephen King48753.9+21.7
Conservative Ty Harris19021.0−4.6
BNP Deirdre Gates17018.8−11.5
Liberal Democrats Dennis Rogers566.2−1.4
Majority 29732.9
Turnout 90335.0
Labour hold Swing

2014-2018

Gade Valley by-election, 12 January 2017 [13]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Alex Michaels62660.9+24.0
Conservative Dee Ward19619.1−22.9
Labour Bruce Prochnik11911.6−9.6
UKIP David Bennett696.7+6.7
Green Roberta Curran181.8+1.8
Majority 43041.8
Turnout 1,028
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing
Chorleywood South and Maple Cross by-election, 13 July 2017 [14]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Phil Williams1,42863.7+4.6
Conservative Colin Payne59726.6−2.0
Labour Jack Hazlewood1627.2+0.1
UKIP Hazel Day281.2−4.0
Green Tab McLaughlin271.2+1.2
Majority 83137.1
Turnout 2,242
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Oxhey Hall and Hayling by-election, 12 October 2017 [15]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Keith Martin67241.3−6.5
Conservative Roy Clements46128.3+2.7
Labour Brendan O'Brien42826.3+8.8
UKIP Mick Matthewson352.2−7.0
Green Matt Jones311.9+1.9
Majority 21113.0
Turnout 1,627
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing

2022-2026

Chorleywood South and Maple Cross by-election, 14 December 2023 [16]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Harry Davies69457.5+4.5
Conservative Oliver Neville35529.4+1.8
Green Roger Stafford1028.5−1.8
Labour Martin Waldron554.6−4.5
Majority 33928.1
Turnout 1,206
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Rickmansworth Town by-election, 4 July 2024 [17] [18]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Mike Sims1,69443.2−0.5
Liberal Democrats Pav Dhyani1,32933.9−7.8
Labour Martin Waldron51313.1+5.2
Green Roger Stafford3839.8+3.1
Majority 3659.3+7.3
Turnout 3,94568.4+24.9
Conservative hold Swing +3.7
Abbots Langley and Bedmond by-election, 22 August 2024 [19]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Vicky Edwards59340.5+20.4
Liberal Democrats Alex Turner50034.2−24.3
Green Jane Powell23315.9+8.4
Labour Pierce Culliton1379.4−4.4
Majority 936.4
Turnout 1,463
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
Abbots Langley and Bedmond by-election, 19 March 2025 [20]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Ian Campbell65740.0+19.9
Liberal Democrats Aidan Bentley55233.6−24.9
Reform UK Gavin Casey21413.0+13.0
Green Jane Powell1287.8+0.3
Labour Pierce Culliton915.5−8.3
Majority 1056.4
Turnout 1,642
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
Durrants by-election, 1 May 2025 [21]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Paul Rainbow1,01049.3−15.7
Green Andrew Gallagher45722.3+1.2
Reform UK George Moss37418.3+18.3
Conservative Gordon Elvey1617.9−0.7
Labour Jeni Swift Gillett452.2−3.1
Majority 55327.0
Turnout 2,047
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

See also

References

  1. ↑ "The Three Rivers (Electoral Changes) Order 2014", legislation.gov.uk , The National Archives, SI 2014/243, retrieved 15 May 2023
  2. ↑ The District of Three Rivers (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1975
  3. ↑ The Dacorum and Three Rivers (Areas) Order 1985
  4. ↑ legislation.gov.uk - The Buckinghamshire, Hertfordshire, Northamptonshire and Oxfordshire (County Boundaries) Order 1991. Retrieved on 5 November 2015.
  5. ↑ "Three Rivers". * BBC News Online See Local Government Commission for England Report Final Recommendations on the Future Electoral Arrangements for Three Rivers in Hertfordshire, February 1998. Retrieved 25 September 2009.
  6. ↑ legislation.gov.uk - The District of Three Rivers (Parishes and Electoral Changes) Order 1998. Retrieved on 4 October 2015.
  7. ↑ legislation.gov.uk - The Three Rivers (Electoral Changes) Order 2014. Retrieved on 3 November 2015.
  8. ↑ "Labour sweeps to victory in South Oxhey by-election". News Shopper. 8 December 2000. Retrieved 30 March 2024.
  9. ↑ "Hayling By-election Result 2002". Three Rivers District Council. Retrieved 25 September 2009.
  10. ↑ "District council by-election result - May 2005" (PDF). Three Rivers District Council. Retrieved 25 September 2009.
  11. ↑ "Lib Dems win Leavesden by-election". Watford Observer. 5 June 2009. Retrieved 25 September 2009.
  12. ↑ "District council by-election result - September 2009" (PDF). Three Rivers District Council. Retrieved 25 September 2009.
  13. ↑ "Local Elections Archive Project — Gade Valley Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 30 March 2024.
  14. ↑ "Local Elections Archive Project — Chorleywood South and Maple Cross Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 30 March 2024.
  15. ↑ "Local Elections Archive Project — Oxhey Hall and Hayling Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 30 March 2024.
  16. ↑ "Local Elections Archive Project — Chorleywood South and Maple Cross Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 30 March 2024.
  17. ↑ "DECLARATION OF RESULT OF POLL - Three Rivers - Election of a District Councillor for Rickmansworth Town" (PDF). 4 July 2024.
  18. ↑ "Local Elections Archive Project — Rickmansworth Town Ward".
  19. ↑ "Local Elections Archive Project — Abbots Langley and Bedmond Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 11 November 2024.
  20. ↑ "Local Elections Archive Project — Abbots Langley and Bedmond Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 11 November 2024.
  21. ↑ "Local Elections Archive Project — Durrants Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 1 September 2025.
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