2024 Three Rivers District Council election

2024 Three Rivers District Council

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2 May 2024 (2024-05-02)

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13 out of 39 seats to Three Rivers District Council
20 seats needed for a majority

	First party	Second party	Third party

Leader	Sarah Nelmes	Oliver Cooper	Stephen Cox
Party	Liberal Democrats	Conservative	Labour
Last election	22 seats, 41.9%	11 seats, 32.5%	3 seats, 13.9%
Seats before	21	12	3
Seats won	7	4	1
Seats after	21	12	3
Seat change
Popular vote	9,826	7,497	3,082
Percentage	42.3%	32.3%	13.3%
Swing	0.4%	0.2%	0.6%

	Fourth party	Fifth party

Leader	Chris Mitchell
Party	Green	Independent
Last election	2 seats, 11.8%	1 seat, 0.0%
Seats before	2	1
Seats won	1	0
Seats after	3	0
Seat change	1	1
Popular vote	2,804	N/A
Percentage	12.1%	N/A
Swing	0.3%	N/A

Winner of each seat at the 2024 Three Rivers District Council election

Leader before election

Sarah Nelmes
Liberal Democrats

Leader after election

Stephen Giles-Medhurst
Liberal Democrats

The 2024 Three Rivers District Council election took place on 2 May 2024 to elect members of Three Rivers District Council in Hertfordshire, England. This was on the same day as other local elections.

Election result

The council remained under Liberal Democrat majority control. After the election the Liberal Democrats changed their group leader to Stephen Giles-Medhurst, who was formally appointed as leader of the council at the subsequent annual council meeting on 21 May 2024.^[1]

2024 Three Rivers District Council
Party		This election			Full council			This election
Party		Seats	Net	Seats %	Other	Total	Total %	Votes	Votes %	+/−
	Liberal Democrats	7		53.8	14	21	52.6	9,826	42.3	+0.4
	Conservative	4		30.3	8	12	31.6	7,497	32.3	–0.2
	Labour	1		7.7	2	3	7.9	3,082	13.3	–0.6
	Green	1	1	7.7	2	3	7.9	2,804	12.1	+0.3
	Independent	0	1	0.0	0	0	0.0	N/A	N/A	N/A

Ward results

Abbots Langley and Bedmond
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Matthew Bedford*	939	58.5	+4.3
	Conservative	Hitesh Tailor	322	20.1	−6.6
	Labour	James Farrington	222	13.8	+0.7
	Green	Michael Rayment	121	7.5	+1.5
Majority
Turnout	1,604	33.1
Registered electors
	Liberal Democrats hold	Swing

Carpenders Park
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Christopher Alley	757	41.8	−20.0
	Liberal Democrats	Kate Turner	587	32.4	+21.0
	Labour	William Waite	335	18.5	−4.6
	Green	Deesha Chandra	130	7.2	+3.4
Majority
Turnout	1,809	34.7
Registered electors
	Conservative hold	Swing

Chorleywood North and Sarratt
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ciaran Reed*	1,160	58.8	±0.0
	Liberal Democrats	Frank Mahon-Daly	576	29.2	+1.1
	Labour	Margaret Gallagher	128	6.5	+0.5
	Green	Peter Loader	109	5.5	−1.6
Majority
Turnout	1,973	34.8
Registered electors
	Conservative hold	Swing

Chorleywood South and Maple Cross
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Harry Davies*	1,050	55.2	−1.2
	Conservative	Oliver Neville	540	28.4	−1.0
	Green	Roger Stafford	163	8.6	−2.3
	Labour	Iain Roden	148	7.8	−1.9
Majority
Turnout	1,901	33.1
Registered electors
	Liberal Democrats hold	Swing

Dickinsons
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Cheryl Stungo	1,045	49.6	−5.3
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Rainbow*	803	38.1	−1.8
	Conservative	David Redman	163	7.7	N/A
	Labour	Jeni Swift Gillett	97	4.6	−0.6
Majority
Turnout	2,108	42.1
Registered electors
	Green gain from Liberal Democrats	Swing

Durrants
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Chris Lloyd*	1,303	65.0	+9.3
	Green	Angus Glasser	423	21.1	−3.8
	Conservative	Salem al-Damluji	172	8.6	−4.5
	Labour	John Grillo	107	5.3	−1.1
Majority
Turnout	2,005	40.8
Registered electors
	Liberal Democrats hold	Swing

Gade Valley
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Elinor Gazzard	668	50.2	−2.1
	Conservative	Vicky Edwards	352	26.5	+1.7
	Labour	Bruce Prochnik	226	17.0	−0.5
	Green	Andrew Gallagher	84	6.3	+0.9
Majority
Turnout	1,330	26.6
Registered electors
	Liberal Democrats hold	Swing

Leavesden
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Stephen Giles-Medhurst*	933	55.2	+1.2
	Conservative	Anne Jervis	409	24.2	−0.8
	Labour	Marie-Louise Nolan	250	14.8	−1.2
	Green	Bruce Perry	97	5.7	+0.7
Majority
Turnout	1,689	29.1
Registered electors
	Liberal Democrats hold	Swing

Moor Park and Eastbury
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Debbie Morris*	1,067	72.0	−1.1
	Liberal Democrats	Laura Thompson	193	13.0	−1.6
	Green	Matt Jones	119	8.0	+2.8
	Labour	Mashkoor Khan	102	6.9	−0.2
Majority
Turnout	1,481	33.3
Registered electors
	Conservative hold	Swing

Oxhey Hall and Hayling
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew Scarth*	1,031	56.3	+3.2
	Conservative	Vishal Patel	398	21.7	+1.7
	Labour	Jason St John	307	16.8	−5.9
	Green	Mary Chabrel	95	5.2	+1.0
Majority
Turnout	1,831	34.4
Registered electors
	Liberal Democrats hold	Swing

Penn and Mill End
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Tom Smith	630	42.4	−7.2
	Conservative	Mike Sims	532	35.8	+3.6
	Labour	Martin Waldron	180	12.1	+1.4
	Green	Malcolm Lee	145	9.8	+2.3
Majority
Turnout	1,487	28.9
Registered electors
	Liberal Democrats hold	Swing

Rickmansworth Town
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Lisa Hudson*	1,057	43.7	+0.7
	Liberal Democrats	Pav Dhyani	1,009	41.7	+4.2
	Labour	Janet Cullen	192	7.9	−2.4
	Green	Stephen Martin	161	6.7	−2.5
Majority
Turnout	2,419	43.5
Registered electors
	Conservative hold	Swing

South Oxhey
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Joan King*	788	50.1	−9.2
	Conservative	Kavan Trivedi	568	36.1	+8.5
	Green	Chris Lawrence	112	7.1	+1.4
	Liberal Democrats	Rhys Southall	104	6.6	−0.8
Majority
Turnout	1,572	28.9
Registered electors
	Labour hold	Swing

Changes 2024–2026

Around the time of the 2024 elections, Ian Morris, elected as a Conservative, left the party to sit as an independent.^[3]

A by-election was triggered by the resignation of Conservative councillor David Raw.^[4]

Rickmansworth Town by-election, 4 July 2024^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mike Sims	1,694	43.2	−0.5
	Liberal Democrats	Pav Dhyani	1,329	33.9	−7.8
	Labour	Janet Cullen	513	13.1	+5.2
	Green	Stephen Martin	383	9.8	+3.1
Majority
Turnout			3,945	68.39
Registered electors			5,768
	Conservative hold		Swing

A by-election was triggered by the resignation of Liberal Democrat councillor Matthew Bedford.

Abbots Langley and Bedmond by-election, 22 August 2024^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Vicky Edwards	593	40.5	+20.4
	Liberal Democrats	Alex Turner	500	34.2	−24.3
	Green	Jane Powell	233	15.9	+8.4
	Labour	Pierce Culliton	137	9.4	−4.4
Majority
Turnout			1,471	29.54
Registered electors			4,979
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

A by-election was triggered by the resignation of Liberal Democrat councillor Sarah Bedford.

Abbots Langley and Bedmond by-election, 19 March 2025^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ian Campbell	657	40.0	+19.9
	Liberal Democrats	Aidan Bentley	552	33.6	−24.9
	Reform UK	Gavin Casey	214	13.0	+N/A
	Green	Jane Powell	128	7.8	+0.3
	Labour	Pierce Culliton	91	5.5	−8.3
Majority
Turnout			1,643	33.59
Registered electors			4,891
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Durrants by-election, 2 May 2025^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Rainbow	1,010	49.3	−15.7
	Green	Andrew Gallagher	457	22.3	+1.2
	Reform UK	George Moss	374	18.3	N/A
	Conservative	Gordon Elvey	161	7.9	−0.7
	Labour	Jeni Swift Gillett	45	2.2	−3.1
Majority
Turnout			2,055	41.30
Registered electors			4,976
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

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2024 Three Rivers District Council election

Election result

Ward results

Abbots Langley and Bedmond

Carpenders Park

Chorleywood North and Sarratt

Chorleywood South and Maple Cross

Dickinsons

Durrants

Gade Valley

Leavesden

Moor Park and Eastbury

Oxhey Hall and Hayling

Penn and Mill End

Rickmansworth Town

South Oxhey

Changes 2024–2026

References

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