Three Rivers District Council
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Three Rivers District Council is the local authority for the Three Rivers
non-metropolitan district
of England
, the United Kingdom
. Three Rivers is located in the south-west of Hertfordshire
, in the East of England
region
. The Council itself is based in Rickmansworth
, the largest settlement in the district.
The Council consists of 48 elected members, representing twenty electoral wards
. Half of the wards elect two councillors each. Nine, denoted below, elect three councillors each. One (Sarratt
) elects one.
The Council is currently controlled by the Liberal Democrats
, who hold 29, of the 48 seats. The Conservatives
form the second-largest faction, with 14, of the seats. Labour
has lost a number of seats recently, falling to 4, of the seats. The British National Party
won its first seat on the District Council at the 2008 election
, displacing a Labour councillor.
s.
Councillors are divided into classes depending on the year of their retirement. Usually, this will be four years after their election. However, if a ward elects two members at a given election (because of a by-election being held at the same time as a normal election), the councillor with the most votes receives the later of the two available retirement dates. For example, in 2008
, Rickmansworth
ward elected two members: Paula Hiscocks and David Sansom. Although both were elected, Hiscocks received more votes than Sansom, so is up for re-election in 2012, whereas Sansom must seek re-election in 2009.
Three Rivers (district)
Three Rivers is a local government district in Hertfordshire in the East of England. Its council is based in Rickmansworth.It was formed on 1 April 1974 by the merger of Rickmansworth Urban District and Chorleywood Urban District with part of Watford Rural District...
non-metropolitan district
Non-metropolitan district
Non-metropolitan districts, or colloquially shire districts, are a type of local government district in England. As created, they are sub-divisions of non-metropolitan counties in a so-called "two-tier" arrangement...
of England
England
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, the United Kingdom
United Kingdom
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. Three Rivers is located in the south-west of Hertfordshire
Hertfordshire
Hertfordshire is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in the East region of England. The county town is Hertford.The county is one of the Home Counties and lies inland, bordered by Greater London , Buckinghamshire , Bedfordshire , Cambridgeshire and...
, in the East of England
East of England
The East of England is one of the nine official regions of England. It was created in 1994 and was adopted for statistics from 1999. It includes the ceremonial counties of Essex, Hertfordshire, Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Norfolk and Suffolk. Essex has the highest population in the region.Its...
region
Regions of England
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. The Council itself is based in Rickmansworth
Rickmansworth
Rickmansworth is a town in the Three Rivers district of Hertfordshire, England, 4¼ miles west of Watford.The town has a population of around 15,000 people and lies on the Grand Union Canal and the River Colne, at the northern end of the Colne Valley regional park.Rickmansworth is a small town in...
, the largest settlement in the district.
The Council consists of 48 elected members, representing twenty electoral wards
Wards of the United Kingdom
A ward in the United Kingdom is an electoral district at sub-national level represented by one or more councillors. It is the primary unit of British administrative and electoral geography .-England:...
. Half of the wards elect two councillors each. Nine, denoted below, elect three councillors each. One (Sarratt
Sarratt
Sarratt is a village and civil parish in Hertfordshire, England, on the border of the county with Buckinghamshire. Sarratt is near Chesham, and the River Chess passes through the village....
) elects one.
The Council is currently controlled by the Liberal Democrats
Liberal Democrats
The Liberal Democrats are a social liberal political party in the United Kingdom which supports constitutional and electoral reform, progressive taxation, wealth taxation, human rights laws, cultural liberalism, banking reform and civil liberties .The party was formed in 1988 by a merger of the...
, who hold 29, of the 48 seats. The Conservatives
Conservative Party (UK)
The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...
form the second-largest faction, with 14, of the seats. Labour
Labour Party (UK)
The Labour Party is a centre-left democratic socialist party in the United Kingdom. It surpassed the Liberal Party in general elections during the early 1920s, forming minority governments under Ramsay MacDonald in 1924 and 1929-1931. The party was in a wartime coalition from 1940 to 1945, after...
has lost a number of seats recently, falling to 4, of the seats. The British National Party
British National Party
The British National Party is a British far-right political party formed as a splinter group from the National Front by John Tyndall in 1982...
won its first seat on the District Council at the 2008 election
Three Rivers Council election, 2008
Elections to Three Rivers District Council were held on 1 May 2008. One-third of the council was up for election. The Liberal Democrats won the most seats, despite the Conservatives winning more votes...
, displacing a Labour councillor.
Composition
| Party | Councillors | Change | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 29 | |||
| 14 | |||
| 4 | |||
| 1 | |||
| Total | 48 | - | |
| Source: Three Rivers District Council | |||
Wards
Three Rivers consists of twenty wards. Wards electing three members are denoted with asterisks (*). Sarratt, denoted with an obelisk (†), elects one member.
|
Croxley Green Croxley Green is a small town and civil parish of approximately 5,000 dwellings and 12,000 residents located between Watford and Rickmansworth in Hertfordshire, England... * |
Langleybury Langleybury was a country house and estate in Hertfordshire, England situated 2 miles north of the town of Watford on a low hill above the valley of the River Gade.-Raymond 1711-1756:... * Leavesden Leavesden may mean:*An area near Watford, Hertfordshire, England*Leavesden Film Studios, a film and media complex owned by Warner Bros. on the site of the former Rolls-Royce factory at Leavesden Aerodrome... * Maple Cross and Mill End Maple Cross and Mill End is a ward in Three Rivers, in England, the United Kingdom. It is located in the far south-west Hertfordshire, in the East of England region. The ward includes the eponymous villages of Maple Cross and Mill End, lying between Chorleywood West to the north; Penn,... * Moor Park and Eastbury Moor Park and Eastbury is a ward in Three Rivers, in England. It is located in south-west Hertfordshire, in the East of England region. The ward includes the eponymous twin towns of Moor Park and Eastbury, lying between Rickmansworth to the west, Croxley Green to the north, South Oxhey to the... * |
Rickmansworth Rickmansworth is a town in the Three Rivers district of Hertfordshire, England, 4¼ miles west of Watford.The town has a population of around 15,000 people and lies on the Grand Union Canal and the River Colne, at the northern end of the Colne Valley regional park.Rickmansworth is a small town in... Sarratt Sarratt is a village and civil parish in Hertfordshire, England, on the border of the county with Buckinghamshire. Sarratt is near Chesham, and the River Chess passes through the village.... † |
Councillors
Three Rivers District Council is composed of 48 councillors elected from the 20 wards. As only half of wards elect three councillors, not all wards elect in any one given year; at any one annual election, one-third (16) are elected, not counting the necessity of by-electionBy-election
A by-election is an election held to fill a political office that has become vacant between regularly scheduled elections....
s.
Councillors are divided into classes depending on the year of their retirement. Usually, this will be four years after their election. However, if a ward elects two members at a given election (because of a by-election being held at the same time as a normal election), the councillor with the most votes receives the later of the two available retirement dates. For example, in 2008
Three Rivers Council election, 2008
Elections to Three Rivers District Council were held on 1 May 2008. One-third of the council was up for election. The Liberal Democrats won the most seats, despite the Conservatives winning more votes...
, Rickmansworth
Rickmansworth
Rickmansworth is a town in the Three Rivers district of Hertfordshire, England, 4¼ miles west of Watford.The town has a population of around 15,000 people and lies on the Grand Union Canal and the River Colne, at the northern end of the Colne Valley regional park.Rickmansworth is a small town in...
ward elected two members: Paula Hiscocks and David Sansom. Although both were elected, Hiscocks received more votes than Sansom, so is up for re-election in 2012, whereas Sansom must seek re-election in 2009.
| Ward | Councillors (by year of retirement) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 2012 | 2014 | ||||
| Abbots Langley Abbots Langley Abbots Langley is a large village and civil parish in the English county of Hertfordshire. It is an old settlement and is mentioned in the Domesday Book. Economically the village is closely linked to Watford and was formerly part of the Watford Rural District... |
Matthew Bedford |
David Major |
Sara Bedford | |||
| Ashridge |
Graham Denman |
Seamus Dunne | N/A | |||
| Bedmond and Primrose Hill Bedmond and Primrose Hill Bedmond and Primrose Hill is a ward in Three Rivers, in England, the United Kingdom. It is located in south-west Hertfordshire, in the East of England region. The ward includes Bedmond and a sparsely populated area to the north. It lies north of the M25 motorway, which separates the ward from... |
Richard Laval | N/A |
Joy Mann | |||
| Carpenders Park Carpenders Park Carpenders Park is a suburb of Watford in the Watford Rural parish of the Three Rivers district of Hertfordshire, England. It is located in the south western corner of Hertfordshire and close to the boundary with Greater London... |
Pam Hames |
Geoffrey Dunne |
Eric Bishop | |||
| Chorleywood East | N/A |
Chris Hayward |
Guy Davis | |||
| Chorleywood West |
Barbara Green |
Harry Davies |
Martin Trevett | |||
| Croxley Green Croxley Green Croxley Green is a small town and civil parish of approximately 5,000 dwellings and 12,000 residents located between Watford and Rickmansworth in Hertfordshire, England... |
Dr Leighton Dann |
Brian Norman |
Roger Seabourne | |||
| Croxley Green North |
Chris Lloyd | N/A |
Steve Drury | |||
| Croxley Green South |
Phil Brading | N/A |
Brian White | |||
| Hayling |
Phil Redshaw |
Kerron Cross Kerron Cross Kerron James Cross is a former Labour politician and former blogger. His blog was rated as the top Labour blog by commentator Iain Dale in 2006. He is no longer a councillor and is currently Director of Communications for the Archbishop of York.Cross was candidate for South West Hertfordshire at... |
N/A | |||
| Langleybury Langleybury Langleybury was a country house and estate in Hertfordshire, England situated 2 miles north of the town of Watford on a low hill above the valley of the River Gade.-Raymond 1711-1756:... |
Paul Goggins |
Chris Whately-Smith |
Chris Ayrton | |||
| Leavesden Leavesden Leavesden may mean:*An area near Watford, Hertfordshire, England*Leavesden Film Studios, a film and media complex owned by Warner Bros. on the site of the former Rolls-Royce factory at Leavesden Aerodrome... |
Stephen Giles-Medhurst |
Sue Bartrick |
Kate Turner | |||
| Maple Cross and Mill End Maple Cross and Mill End Maple Cross and Mill End is a ward in Three Rivers, in England, the United Kingdom. It is located in the far south-west Hertfordshire, in the East of England region. The ward includes the eponymous villages of Maple Cross and Mill End, lying between Chorleywood West to the north; Penn,... |
Ann Shaw |
Peter Wakeling |
Chris Lucas | |||
| Moor Park and Eastbury Moor Park and Eastbury Moor Park and Eastbury is a ward in Three Rivers, in England. It is located in south-west Hertfordshire, in the East of England region. The ward includes the eponymous twin towns of Moor Park and Eastbury, lying between Rickmansworth to the west, Croxley Green to the north, South Oxhey to the... |
Ralph Sangster |
Amrit Mediratta |
Kemal Butt | |||
| Northwick |
Ron Spellen |
Malcolm Butwick |
Ty Harris | |||
| Oxhey Hall |
Peter Ray |
Alison Scarth | N/A | |||
| Penn | N/A |
Sarah Nelmes |
Les Mead | |||
| Rickmansworth Rickmansworth Rickmansworth is a town in the Three Rivers district of Hertfordshire, England, 4¼ miles west of Watford.The town has a population of around 15,000 people and lies on the Grand Union Canal and the River Colne, at the northern end of the Colne Valley regional park.Rickmansworth is a small town in... |
N/A |
Paula Hiscocks |
David Sansom | |||
| Rickmansworth West | N/A |
Russell Smith |
Barbara Lamb | |||
| Sarratt Sarratt Sarratt is a village and civil parish in Hertfordshire, England, on the border of the county with Buckinghamshire. Sarratt is near Chesham, and the River Chess passes through the village.... |
Tony Barton | N/A | N/A | |||
| Source: Three Rivers District Council | ||||||
Council history
| Year | Control |
|---|
| 1973 United Kingdom local elections, 1973 The first elections to the new local authorities established by the Local Government Act 1972 in England and Wales and the new Northern Ireland district councils created by the Local Government Act 1972 took place in 1973... |
| 1976 United Kingdom local elections, 1976 Local elections were held in the United Kingdom on 6 May 1976. Elections were for one third of the seats on Metropolitan borough councils and for all seats on Non-Metropolitan district councils in England; and for all seats on the Welsh district councils.... |
| 1986 United Kingdom local elections, 1986 Local elections were held in the United Kingdom in 1986. There was a 3% reduction in the number of councillors, owing to the abolition of the Greater London Council and the Metropolitan County Councils.... |
| 1987 United Kingdom local elections, 1987 Local elections were held in the United Kingdom in 1987. The projected share of the vote was Conservatives 38%, Labour 32%, Liberal-SDP Alliance 27%. Soon after the elections, Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher called a general election which resulted in a Conservative landslide.The number of... |
| 1988 United Kingdom local elections, 1988 Local elections were held in the United Kingdom in 1988. The Conservative government held its ground and remained ahead in the projected popular vote.The national projected share of the vote was Conservative 39%, Labour 38%, Social and Liberal Democrats 18%... |
| 1990 United Kingdom local elections, 1990 Local elections were held in the United Kingdom in 1990. They were the last local elections held before the resignation of Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher in November 1990.... |
| 1999 United Kingdom local elections, 1999 Local elections took place in much of the United Kingdom on 6 May 1999. All Scottish and Welsh unitary authorities had all their seats elected. In England a third of the seats on each of the Metropolitan Boroughs were elected along with elections in many of the unitary authorities and district... |