Three Rivers District Council elections
One third of Three Rivers District Council in Hertfordshire, England is elected each year, followed by one year without election.
Political control[]
Since the foundation of the council in 1973 political control of the council has been held by the following parties:[1]
Party in control | Years | |
---|---|---|
No overall control | 1973–1976 | |
Conservative | 1976–1986 | |
No overall control | 1986–1987 | |
Liberal Democrats | 1987–1990 | |
No overall control | 1990–1999 | |
Liberal Democrats | 1999–2015 | |
No overall control | 2015–2016 | |
Liberal Democrats | 2017–present |
Council elections[]
- (New ward boundaries)[2]
- (District boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same)[3]
- (Some new ward boundaries & district boundary changes also took place)[4]
- 1998 Three Rivers District Council election
- 1999 Three Rivers District Council election (New ward boundaries)[5][6]
- 2000 Three Rivers District Council election
- 2002 Three Rivers District Council election
- 2003 Three Rivers District Council election
- 2004 Three Rivers District Council election
- 2006 Three Rivers District Council election
- 2007 Three Rivers District Council election
- 2008 Three Rivers District Council election
- 2011 Three Rivers District Council election
- 2012 Three Rivers District Council election
- 2014 Three Rivers District Council election (New ward boundaries)[7]
- 2015 Three Rivers District Council election
- 2016 Three Rivers District Council election
- 2018 Three Rivers District Council election
- 2019 Three Rivers District Council election
- 2021 Three Rivers District Council election
Changes between elections[]
1991 boundaries[]
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 |
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 |
1999 boundaries[]
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 boundaries[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Alex Michaels | 626 | 60.9 | +24.0 | |
Conservative | 196 | 19.1 | -22.9 | ||
Labour | 119 | 11.6 | -9.6 | ||
UKIP | 69 | 6.7 | N/A | ||
Green | 18 | 1.8 | N/A | ||
Majority | 430 | 41.8 | |||
Turnout | 20.75 | ||||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing |
The seat vacated by the death of Liberal Democrat Ann Shaw (Chorleywood South & Maple Cross) was held in a by-election on 13 July 2017 by Phil Williams.[13]
At a by-election on 12 October 2017, the Liberal Democrats' Keith Martin gained Oxhey Hall and Hayling from the Conservatives, whose councillor Ty Harris had resigned.[14][15]
Alison Wall (Durrants) defected from the Lib Dems to the Conservatives in February 2018.[16]
Martin Brooks (Leavesden) resigned from the Liberal Democrats in March 2018.[17]
See also[]
- Politics of Three Rivers (district)
References[]
- ^ "Three Rivers". BBC News Online. 19 April 2008. Retrieved 2009-09-25.
- ^ The District of Three Rivers (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1975
- ^ The Dacorum and Three Rivers (Areas) Order 1985
- ^ legislation.gov.uk - The Buckinghamshire, Hertfordshire, Northamptonshire and Oxfordshire (County Boundaries) Order 1991. Retrieved on 5 November 2015.
- ^ "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 2009-09-25.
- ^ legislation.gov.uk - The District of Three Rivers (Parishes and Electoral Changes) Order 1998. Retrieved on 4 October 2015.
- ^ legislation.gov.uk - The Three Rivers (Electoral Changes) Order 2014. Retrieved on 3 November 2015.
- ^ My personal records show Conservative Graham Denman second with 84 votes, Lib Dem Raymond Tully third with 74 votes. Not sure which is the correct result!
- ^ "Hayling By-election Result 2002". Three Rivers District Council. Retrieved 2009-09-25.
- ^ "District council by-election result - May 2005" (PDF). Three Rivers District Council. Retrieved 2009-09-25.
- ^ "Lib Dems win Leavesden by-election". Watford Observer. 2009-06-05. Retrieved 2009-09-25.
- ^ "District council by-election result - September 2009" (PDF). Three Rivers District Council. Retrieved 2009-09-25.
- ^ "Brilliant Lib Dem win in Three Rivers by-election". Mark Pack. 2017-07-14. Retrieved 2018-03-30.
- ^ "District Council By-Election - 12 October 2017". Three Rivers District Council. Retrieved 30 Mar 2018.
- ^ "Conservative councillor resigns from his post". Watford Observer. Retrieved 2018-03-30.
- ^ "Lib Dem councillor defects to alternative party over 'incompatible' views". Watford Observer. Retrieved 2018-03-30.
- ^ "'It was my own decision' Councillor denies he quit because he was to be 'deselected'". Watford Observer. Retrieved 2018-03-30.
External links[]
- Three Rivers District Council elections
- Three Rivers District
- Council elections in Hertfordshire
- District council elections in England