2007 Three Rivers District Council election

Elections to Three Rivers Council were held on 3 May 2007. One third of the council was up for election and the Liberal Democrat party stayed in overall control of the council.

After the election, the composition of the council was:

• Liberal Democrat 31
• Conservative 11
• Labour 6

Election result

Three Rivers Local Election Result 2007

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Liberal Democrats	11	1	0	+1	68.8	54.9	10,216	+8.5%
	Conservative	3	1	1	0	18.8	35.7	6,653	-8.5%
	Labour	2	0	1	-1	12.5	7.7	1,439	-0.4%
	Green	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	179	+0.7%
	UKIP	0	0	0	0	0	0.7	125	+0.2%

Ward results

Abbots Langley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Matthew Bedford	1,028	67.8	+10.9
	Conservative	Andy Woodard	401	26.4	−8.0
	Labour	Bruce Prochnik	88	5.8	−2.9
Majority			627	41.4	+18.9
Turnout			1,517	41.5	−2.1
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Ashridge

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Graham Denman	241	43.9	+10.5
	Labour	Nena Spellen	231	42.1	+2.6
	Liberal Democrats	Gabriel Aitman	77	14.0	−13.0
Majority			10	1.8	−4.3
Turnout			549	22.3	−6.5
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Bedmond and Primrose Hill

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Laval	525	59.3	+0.4
	Conservative	Claire Woodard	281	31.8	+6.3
	Labour	Stephen Cox	79	8.9	+0.5
Majority			244	27.5	−5.9
Turnout			885	33.2	−9.4
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Carpenders Park

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Pam Hames	1,003	60.9	+7.6
	Conservative	Craig Lewell	448	27.2	−12.4
	UKIP	Andrew Shanks	125	7.6	+7.6
	Labour	Stephen King	72	4.4	−2.7
Majority			555	33.7	+20.0
Turnout			1,648	41.4	−7.3
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Chorleywood West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Barbara Green	1,163	53.5	+0.3
	Conservative	Richard Booth	933	42.9	+4.2
	Green	Tina Kamei	78	3.6	+0.5
Majority			230	10.6	−3.9
Turnout			2,174	53.0	−4.2
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Croxley Green

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Leighton Dann	977	60.6	+4.1
	Conservative	Mark Englefield	512	31.8	−5.1
	Labour	David Wynne-Jones	123	7.6	+0.9
Majority			465	28.8	+9.6
Turnout			1,612	38.5	−9.6
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Croxley Green North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Christopher Lloyd	841	76.0	+23.7
	Conservative	David Redman	266	24.0	−16.3
Majority			575	52.0	+40.0
Turnout			1,107	43.0	−1.5
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Croxley Green South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Philip Brading	705	75.2	+8.0
	Conservative	Jacqueline Worrall	233	24.8	+0.1
Majority			472	50.4	+5.9
Turnout			938	36.0	−7.0
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Hayling

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Phil Redshaw	274	52.4	−5.1
	Conservative	Malcolm Butwick	162	31.0	+8.0
	Liberal Democrats	David Lowes	87	16.6	−2.9
Majority			112	21.4	−13.1
Turnout			523	21.2	−9.4
	Labour hold		Swing

Langleybury

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Goggins	839	68.3	+2.9
	Conservative	Barbara Brockhurst	244	19.9	−3.5
	Labour	John Sutton	146	11.9	+0.7
Majority			595	48.4	+6.4
Turnout			1,229	34.7	−2.9
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Leavesden

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Stephen Giles-Medhurst	952	77.0	+11.8
	Conservative	Wally Tuck	217	17.6	−8.1
	Labour	Peter Arthur	67	5.4	−3.7
Majority			735	59.4	+19.9
Turnout			1,236	31.7	−2.2
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Maple Cross and Mill End

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Ann Shaw	819	69.9	+13.3
	Conservative	Edna Nicholls	353	30.1	−4.8
Majority			466	39.8	+18.1
Turnout			1,172	32.2	−3.4
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Moor Park and Eastbury

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ralph Sangster	1,096	76.9	−0.8
	Liberal Democrats	Jeremy Asquith	229	16.1	−0.4
	Green	Andy Lewis	101	7.1	+7.1
Majority			867	60.8	−0.4
Turnout			1,426	32.8	−10.9
	Conservative hold		Swing

Northwick

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ron Spellen	299	36.8	−2.5
	Conservative	Alistair Macdonald	268	33.0	+11.0
	Liberal Democrats	Alan Feldman	246	30.3	−8.3
Majority			31	3.8	+3.1
Turnout			813	23.5	−4.2
	Labour hold		Swing

Oxhey Hall

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Ray	589	55.3	+9.0
	Conservative	Roy Clements	417	39.1	−4.0
	Labour	Sheila Bull	60	5.6	−5.0
Majority			172	16.2	+13.0
Turnout			1,066	42.4	+0.8
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Sarratt

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Tony Barton	581	81.0	+5.6
	Liberal Democrats	Sue Stibbs	136	19.0	−5.6
Majority			445	62.0	+11.2
Turnout			717	48.1	+7.2
	Conservative hold		Swing

References

• 2007 Three Rivers election result
• Ward results