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2022 Three Rivers District Council election

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14 of 39 seats to Three Rivers District Council 20 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Party Liberal Democrats Conservative Labour Seats before 23 11 3
Map showing the results of the 2022 Three Rivers District Council election. Liberal Democrats in amber, Conservatives in blue, Labour in red, Greens in green.
Leader before election Sarah Nelmes Liberal Democrats Leader after election Sarah Nelmes Liberal Democrats

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.

Background

The seats up for election in 2022 were those last contested in the 2018 election, when the Liberal Democrats won eight seats, the Conservatives won four seats, and Labour won one seat. The Gade Valley ward elected two councillors in 2022 instead of one, due to the resignation of Independent (elected as a Liberal Democrat) councillor Alex Michaels in March 2022.

Following the elections of May 2022, Three Rivers District Council is controlled by the Liberal Democrats, who hold 23 of the 39 seats.

Electoral process

Three Rivers District Council is elected in thirds, with a third of all seats up for election every year for three years, with an election to Hertfordshire County Council instead in the fourth year. The election took place by first-past-the-post voting, with wards represented by three councillors, with one elected in each election year to serve a four-year term.

Council composition

Summary

Election result

2022 Three Rivers District Council election
Party		This election			Full council			This election
		Seats	Net	Seats %	Other	Total	Total %	Votes	Votes %	+/−
	Liberal Democrats	8	1	57.1	15	23	59.0	11,326	43.5	+5.3
	Conservative	4		28.6	8	12	30.8	8,300	31.9	–5.7
	Labour	1		7.1	2	3	7.7	3,657	14.0	+1.4
	Green	1	1	7.1	0	1	2.6	2,690	10.3	+0.4
	UK Voice	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	66	0.3	N/A

Ward results

Candidates seeking re-election are marked with an asterisk (*).

Abbots Langley and Bedmond

Abbots Langley and Bedmond

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Sara Bedford*	1,070	57.3	0.1
	Conservative	Andrew O'Brien	435	23.3	0.5
	Labour	James Farrington	238	12.7	0.4
	Green	Michael Rayment	124	6.6	3.1
Majority			635	34.0	0.6
Turnout			1,867	32.2	6.0
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	0.3

Carpenders Park

Carpenders Park

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Rue Grewal	870	49.9	11.9
	Labour	William Waite	410	23.5	2.1
	Liberal Democrats	Christopher Rice	312	17.9	1.2
	Green	Kelsey Trevett	84	4.8	New
	UK Voice	Kajalbala Usadadiya	66	3.8	New
Majority			460	26.4	14.0
Turnout			1,742	28.5	8.4
	Conservative hold		Swing	7.0

Chorleywood North and Sarratt

Chorleywood North and Sarratt

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Philip Hearn	1,112	55.5	18.6
	Liberal Democrats	Louise Price	649	32.4	16.0
	Green	Peter Loader	131	6.5	New
	Labour	Margaret Gallagher	110	5.5	1.9
Majority			463	23.1	34.5
Turnout			2,002	28.9	4.3
	Conservative hold		Swing	17.3

Chorleywood South and Maple Cross

Chorleywood South and Maple Cross

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Martin Trevett*	1,251	53.4	3.2
	Conservative	Zenab Hearn	755	32.3	4.5
	Green	Roger Stafford	176	7.5	1.4
	Labour	Iain Roden	159	6.8	0.1
Majority			496	21.2	7.8
Turnout			2,341	34.4	4.4
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	3.9

Dickinsons

Dickinsons

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Chris Mitchell	1,128	45.7	New
	Liberal Democrats	Margaret Hofman*	1,057	42.8	6.1
	Conservative	Sam Benson	215	8.7	25.6
	Labour	Jeni Swift Gillett	69	2.8	11.9
Majority			71	2.9	N/A
Turnout			2,469	42.9	5.1
	Green gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing	25.9

Durrants

Durrants

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Steve Drury*	1,316	64.3	7.3
	Conservative	Rupert Barnes	381	18.6	4.1
	Green	Andrew Gallagher	220	10.7	5.1
	Labour	John Grillo	131	6.4	6.0
Majority			935	45.7	11.4
Turnout			2,048	35.8	0.0
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	5.7

Gade Valley

Gade Valley (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Khalid Hussain	772	51.0	4.9
	Liberal Democrats	Jon Tankard*	763	50.4	4.3
	Conservative	Vicky Edwards	349	23.0	1.3
	Conservative	Hitesh Tailor	282	18.6	5.7
	Labour	Bruce Prochnik	278	18.3	3.6
	Labour	Maureen Sedlacek	243	16.0	1.3
	Green	Emma Brading	172	11.4	3.8
Majority			414	27.3	5.4
Turnout			1,515	30.0	1.3
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Leavesden

Leavesden

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Kevin Raeburn	1,042	57.2	3.3
	Conservative	Pankaj Bagul	396	21.7	1.6
	Labour	Marie-Louise Nolan	293	16.1	0.1
	Green	Bruce Perry	92	5.0	New
Majority			646	35.4	1.7
Turnout			1,823	26.7	4.2
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	0.8

Moor Park and Eastbury

Moor Park and Eastbury

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Abbas Merali	1,120	68.4	8.7
	Liberal Democrats	Laura Thompson	286	17.5	4.3
	Labour	Mashkoor Khan	130	7.9	1.7
	Green	Dominic Pennicott	101	6.2	New
Majority			834	50.9	13.0
Turnout			1,637	29.7	1.3
	Conservative hold		Swing	6.5

Oxhey Hall and Hayling

Oxhey Hall and Hayling

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Anne Winter	1,103	58.3	14.0
	Labour	Clare Leahy	357	18.9	5.1
	Conservative	Mary Sangster	355	18.8	6.9
	Green	Mary Chabrel	77	4.1	1.7
Majority			746	39.4	N/A
Turnout			1,892	31.2	2.8
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	9.5

Penn and Mill End

Penn and Mill End

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Sarah Nelmes*	906	51.4	3.0
	Conservative	Mike Sims	593	33.7	1.2
	Labour	Martin Waldron	162	9.2	1.3
	Green	Deesha Chandra	100	5.7	0.5
Majority			313	17.8	4.3
Turnout			1,761	29.9	3.8
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	2.1

Rickmansworth Town

Rickmansworth Town

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Andrea Fraser	1,062	47.2	10.6
	Liberal Democrats	Tom Smith	729	32.4	18.5
	Labour	Janet Cullen	251	11.2	1.4
	Green	Dmitri Macmillen	209	9.3	7.2
Majority			333	14.8	N/A
Turnout			2,251	34.3	8.2
	Conservative hold		Swing	14.6

South Oxhey

South Oxhey

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Stephen King*	826	61.3	1.2
	Conservative	Christopher Alley	375	27.8	7.1
	Green	Chris Lawrence	76	5.6	3.9
	Liberal Democrats	Rhys Southall	70	5.2	0.6
Majority			451	33.5	8.4
Turnout			1,347	23.4	2.1
	Labour hold		Swing	4.2

References

1. Wagstaffe, Joanne (21 March 2022). "Notice of Election – Three Rivers – Election of District Councillors". Three Rivers District Council. Retrieved 3 April 2022.
2. "District Council Election Results – May 2018". Three Rivers District Council. Retrieved 3 April 2022.
3. Louis, Nathan (7 June 2020). "Two Three Rivers Liberal Democrat councillors resign". Watford Observer. Retrieved 3 April 2022.
4. Wagstaffe, Joanne (18 March 2022). "Notice of Vacancy in Office of Councillor – Gade Valley Ward". Three Rivers District Council. Retrieved 3 April 2022.
5. ^ "Councillors". Three Rivers District Council. Retrieved 3 April 2022.
6. "Election Timetable in England" (PDF). gov.uk. Retrieved 3 April 2022.
7. "Three Rivers District Council". BBC News. Retrieved 3 April 2022.
8. ^ Wagstaffe, Joanne (6 April 2022). "Statement of Persons Nominated and Notice of Poll". Three Rivers District Council. Retrieved 7 April 2022.
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10. "Carpenders Park Ward – District Council Election Results – May 2022". Three Rivers District Council. Retrieved 6 May 2022.
11. "Chorleywood North & Sarratt Ward – District Council Election Results – May 2022". Three Rivers District Council. Retrieved 6 May 2022.
12. "Chorleywood South & Maple Cross Ward – District Council Election Results – May 2022". Three Rivers District Council. Retrieved 6 May 2022.
13. "Dickinsons Ward – District Council Election Results – May 2022". Three Rivers District Council. Retrieved 6 May 2022.
14. "Durrants Ward – District Council Election Results – May 2022". Three Rivers District Council. Retrieved 6 May 2022.
15. "Gade Valley Ward – District Council Election Results – May 2022". Three Rivers District Council. Retrieved 6 May 2022.
16. "Leavesden Ward – District Council Election Results – May 2022". Three Rivers District Council. Retrieved 6 May 2022.
17. "Moor Park & Eastbury Ward – District Council Election Results – May 2022". Three Rivers District Council. Retrieved 6 May 2022.
18. "Oxhey Hall & Hayling Ward – District Council Election Results – May 2022". Three Rivers District Council. Retrieved 6 May 2022.
19. "Penn & Mill End Ward – District Council Election Results – May 2022". Three Rivers District Council. Retrieved 6 May 2022.
20. "Rickmansworth Town Ward – District Council Election Results – May 2022". Three Rivers District Council. Retrieved 6 May 2022.
21. "South Oxhey Ward – District Council Election Results – May 2022". Three Rivers District Council. Retrieved 6 May 2022.

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