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The 2023 Three Rivers District Council election took place on 4 May 2023 to elect members of Three Rivers District Council in Hertfordshire, England. This was on the same day as other local elections across England. There were 14 seats up for election, being the usual third of the council plus a by-election in the Chorleywood South and Maple Cross ward.
The Liberal Democrats retained their majority on the council.[4][5]
Summary
Election result
The overall results were:[6]
2023 Three Rivers District Council election | ||||||||||
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Party | This election | Full council | This election | |||||||
Seats | Net | Seats % | Other | Total | Total % | Votes | Votes % | +/− | ||
Liberal Democrats | 8 | 57.1 | 14 | 22 | 56.4 | 9,940 | 41.9 | –1.6 | ||
Conservative | 4 | 28.6 | 7 | 11 | 28.2 | 7,701 | 32.5 | +0.6 | ||
Labour | 1 | 7.1 | 2 | 3 | 7.7 | 3,300 | 13.9 | –0.1 | ||
Green | 1 | 1 | 7.1 | 1 | 2 | 5.1 | 2,789 | 11.8 | +1.5 | |
Independent | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 2.6 | ||||
Ward results
The Statement of Persons Nominated, which details the candidates standing in each ward, was released by Three Rivers District Council following the close of nominations on 5 April 2023.[7] The results for each ward were as follows:[8]
Abbots Langley and Bedmond
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | David Major* | 888 | 54.2 | –3.1 | |
Conservative | David Pollard | 438 | 26.7 | +3.4 | |
Labour | James Farrington | 214 | 13.1 | +0.4 | |
Green | Michael Rayment | 98 | 6.0 | –0.6 | |
Majority | 450 | 27.5 | –6.5 | ||
Turnout | 1,638 | 33.3 | +1.1 | ||
Registered electors | 4,955 | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | 3.3 | |||
Carpenders Park
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Ian Morris | 1,021 | 61.8 | +11.9 | |
Labour | William Waite | 381 | 23.1 | –0.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | Pam Hames | 188 | 11.4 | –6.5 | |
Green | Kelsey Trevett | 62 | 3.8 | –1.0 | |
Majority | 640 | 38.7 | +12.3 | ||
Turnout | 1,652 | 31.6 | +3.1 | ||
Registered electors | 5,245 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | 6.2 | |||
Chorleywood North and Sarratt
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Oliver Cooper | 1,081 | 58.8 | +3.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | Frank Mahon-Daly | 517 | 28.1 | –4.3 | |
Green | Peter Loader | 130 | 7.1 | +0.6 | |
Labour | Margaret Gallagher | 111 | 6.0 | +0.5 | |
Majority | 564 | 30.7 | +7.6 | ||
Turnout | 1,479 | 26.0 | –2.9 | ||
Registered electors | 5,681 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | 3.8 | |||
Chorleywood South and Maple Cross
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Raj Khiroya* | 1,125 | 56.4 | +3.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | Louise Price | 1,097 | 55.0 | +1.6 | |
Conservative | Salem Al-Damluji | 587 | 29.4 | –2.9 | |
Conservative | Divya Thakar | 514 | 25.8 | –6.5 | |
Green | Roger Stafford | 218 | 10.9 | +3.4 | |
Labour | Iain Roden | 194 | 9.7 | +2.9 | |
Labour | Colin Gray | 126 | 6.3 | –0.5 | |
Turnout | 1,995 | 34.7 | +0.3 | ||
Registered electors | 5,749 | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | |||||
Liberal Democrats hold | |||||
The by-election in Chorleywood South and Maple Cross ward had been triggered by the resignation of Liberal Democrat councillor Martin Trevett, who had been elected in 2022.[9]
Dickinsons
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Green | Narinder Sian | 1,171 | 54.9 | +9.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Tom Smith | 852 | 39.9 | –2.9 | |
Labour | Jeni Swift Gillett | 110 | 5.2 | +2.4 | |
Majority | 319 | 15.0 | +12.1 | ||
Turnout | 2,133 | 42.8 | –0.1 | ||
Registered electors | 5,036 | ||||
Green gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | 6.1 | |||
Durrants
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Jonathon Solomons | 989 | 55.7 | –8.6 | |
Green | Angus Glasser | 442 | 24.9 | +14.2 | |
Conservative | Gordon Elvey | 232 | 13.1 | –5.5 | |
Labour | John Grillo | 114 | 6.4 | ±0.0 | |
Majority | 547 | 30.8 | –14.9 | ||
Turnout | 1,777 | 36.1 | +0.3 | ||
Registered electors | 4,946 | ||||
Liberal Democrats gain from Independent | Swing | 11.4 | |||
The Durrants seat had previously been held by Stephanie Singer, who had been elected as Liberal Democrat in 2019 but resigned from the party earlier in 2023 and sat as an independent for the remainder of her term.[10]
Gade Valley
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Chris Whately-Smith | 704 | 52.3 | +3.2 | |
Conservative | Vicky Edwards | 334 | 24.8 | +2.6 | |
Labour | Bruce Prochnik | 235 | 17.5 | –0.2 | |
Green | Kenneth Gallagher | 72 | 5.4 | –5.5 | |
Majority | 370 | 27.5 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 1,345 | 27.1 | –2.9 | ||
Registered electors | 4,993 | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | 0.3 | |||
Leavesden
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Jon Tankard | 853 | 54.0 | –3.2 | |
Conservative | Anne Jervis | 396 | 25.0 | +3.3 | |
Labour | Marie-Louise Nolan | 253 | 16.0 | –0.1 | |
Green | Bruce Perry | 79 | 5.0 | ±0.0 | |
Majority | 457 | 29.0 | –6.4 | ||
Turnout | 1,581 | 27.3 | +0.6 | ||
Registered electors | 5,805 | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | 3.3 | |||
Moor Park and Eastbury
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Reena Ranger* | 1,054 | 73.1 | +4.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | Laura Thompson | 210 | 14.6 | –2.6 | |
Labour | Mashkoor Khan | 102 | 7.1 | –0.8 | |
Green | Stephen Martin | 75 | 5.2 | –1.0 | |
Majority | 844 | 58.5 | +7.6 | ||
Turnout | 1,441 | 32.2 | +2.5 | ||
Registered electors | 4,496 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | 3.7 | |||
Oxhey Hall and Hayling
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Keith Martin* | 915 | 53.1 | –5.2 | |
Labour | Clare Leahy | 391 | 22.7 | +3.8 | |
Conservative | Ameer Ahmad | 345 | 20.0 | +1.2 | |
Green | Mary Chabrel | 73 | 4.2 | +0.1 | |
Majority | 524 | 30.4 | –9.0 | ||
Turnout | 1,724 | 32.9 | +1.7 | ||
Registered electors | 5,293 | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | 4.5 | |||
Penn and Mill End
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Tony Humphreys* | 730 | 49.6 | –1.8 | |
Conservative | Mike Sims | 474 | 32.2 | –1.5 | |
Labour | Martin Waldron | 157 | 10.7 | +1.5 | |
Green | Deesha Chandra | 110 | 7.5 | +1.8 | |
Majority | 256 | 17.4 | –0.3 | ||
Turnout | 1,471 | 28.8 | –1.1 | ||
Registered electors | 5,142 | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | 0.2 | |||
Rickmansworth Town
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | David Raw* | 901 | 43.0 | –4.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Peter Harman | 785 | 37.5 | +5.1 | |
Labour | Janet Cullen | 215 | 10.3 | –0.9 | |
Green | Cheryl Stungo | 192 | 9.2 | –0.1 | |
Majority | 116 | 5.5 | –9.3 | ||
Turnout | 2,093 | 37.8 | +3.5 | ||
Registered electors | 5,560 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | 4.7 | |||
South Oxhey
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Stephen Cox* | 697 | 59.3 | –2.0 | |
Conservative | Christopher Alley | 324 | 27.6 | –0.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Rhys Southall | 87 | 7.4 | +2.2 | |
Green | Chris Lawrence | 67 | 5.7 | +0.1 | |
Majority | 373 | 31.7 | –1.8 | ||
Turnout | 1,175 | 22.2 | –1.2 | ||
Registered electors | 5,335 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | 0.9 | |||
By-elections
Chorleywood South and Maple Cross
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Harry Davies | 694 | 57.5 | +4.6 | |
Conservative | Oliver Neville | 355 | 29.4 | +1.8 | |
Green | Roger Stafford | 102 | 8.4 | -1.8 | |
Labour | Martin Waldron | 55 | 4.6 | -4.6 | |
Majority | 339 | 28.1 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 1,206 | 21.4 | -13.3 | ||
Registered electors | 5,659 | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | +1.4 | |||
References
- ↑ "Sarah Nelmes". Three Rivers District Council. Retrieved 2 May 2023.
- ↑ "Ciaran Reed". Three Rivers District Council. Retrieved 2 May 2023.
- ↑ "Stephen Cox". Three Rivers District Council. Retrieved 2 May 2023.
- ↑ Rutherford, Cameron (5 May 2023). "Three Rivers local election 2023 results in full as Liberal Democrats gain two seats to maintain majority". Herts Live. Retrieved 25 September 2023.
- ↑ "Local elections 2023: Tories lose Dacorum, Hertsmere, East Herts and Welwyn Hatfield". BBC News. 5 May 2023. Retrieved 25 September 2023.
- ↑ "Three Rivers election result". BBC News. Retrieved 15 May 2023.
- ↑ "Local Elections". Three Rivers District Council. Retrieved 11 April 2023.
- ↑ "District Council election results May 2023" (PDF). Three Rivers District Council. Retrieved 25 September 2023.
- ↑ Boothroyd, David (10 March 2023). "Lib Dems' successful try at Murrayfield". Local Councils. Retrieved 15 May 2023.
- ↑ Boothroyd, David (28 April 2023). "The meanest cat from old Swansea town". Local Councils. Retrieved 15 May 2023.