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]

Council elections[edit]

Results maps[edit]

By-elections[edit]

1994-1998[edit]

Croxley Green South By-Election 28 November 1996
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats 403 50.5
Labour 255 32.0
Conservative 139 17.4
Majority 148 18.5
Turnout 797 29.7
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Abbots Langley By-Election 2 January 1997
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats 581 48.1
Conservative 464 38.4
Labour 164 13.6
Majority 117 9.7
Turnout 1,209 34.7
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

1998-2002[edit]

Hayling By-Election 7 December 2000[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour David Saxon 210 51.9 -3.9
Liberal Democrats Raymond Tully 84 20.7 +2.2
Conservative Graham Denman 74 18.3 -7.3
BNP Ian Edward 37 9.1 +9.1
Majority 126 31.2
Turnout 405 16.9
Labour hold Swing

2002-2006[edit]

Hayling By-Election 14 June 2002[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Kerron Cross 188 38.8 -17.0
Conservative Lynda Lewis 154 31.8 +6.2
Liberal Democrats Alison Scarth 143 29.5 +11.0
Majority 34 7.0
Turnout 485 19.8
Labour hold Swing
Rickmansworth By-Election 5 May 2005[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Mark Weedon 1,178 56.3 -5.9
Liberal Democrats Leslie Mead 629 30.1 +4.1
Labour Graham Dale 285 13.6 +0.0
Majority 549 26.2
Turnout 2,092 66.5
Conservative hold Swing

2006-2010[edit]

Leavesden By-Election 4 June 2009[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Keith Williams 857 63.3 -8.7
Conservative Chris Hawes 369 27.3 +5.7
Labour Colin Gray 128 9.5 +3.0
Majority 488 36.0
Turnout 1,354 33.4
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Hayling By-Election 24 September 2009[12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Stephen King 487 53.9 +21.7
Conservative Ty Harris 190 21.0 -4.6
BNP Deirdre Gates 170 18.8 -11.5
Liberal Democrats Dennis Rogers 56 6.2 -1.4
Majority 297 32.9
Turnout 903 35.0
Labour hold Swing

2014-2018[edit]

Gade Valley by-election, 12 January 2017[13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Alex Michaels 626 60.9 +24.0
Conservative Dee Ward 196 19.1 -22.9
Labour Bruce Prochnik 119 11.6 -9.6
UKIP David Bennett 69 6.7 +6.7
Green Roberta Curran 18 1.8 +1.8
Majority 430 41.8
Turnout 1,028
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing
Chorleywood South and Maple Cross by-election, 13 July 2017[14]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Phil Williams 1,428 63.7 +4.6
Conservative Colin Payne 597 26.6 -2.0
Labour Jack Hazlewood 162 7.2 +0.1
UKIP Hazel Day 28 1.2 -4.0
Green Tab McLaughlin 27 1.2 +1.2
Majority 831 37.1
Turnout 2,242
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Oxhey Hall and Hayling by-election, 12 October 2017[15]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Keith Martin 672 41.3 -6.5
Conservative Roy Clements 461 28.3 +2.7
Labour Brendan O'Brien 428 26.3 +8.8
UKIP Mick Matthewson 35 2.2 -7.0
Green Matt Jones 31 1.9 +1.9
Majority 211 13.0
Turnout 1,627
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing

2022-2026[edit]

Chorleywood South and Maple Cross by-election, 14 December 2023[16]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Harry Davies 694 57.5 +4.5
Conservative Oliver Neville 355 29.4 +1.8
Green Roger Stafford 102 8.5 -1.8
Labour Martin Waldron 55 4.6 -4.5
Majority 339 28.1
Turnout 1,206
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  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.

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