One third of Three Rivers

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...

 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...

 Council in 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...

, England

England

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 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:

Party in control	Years
No overall control No overall control Within the context of local councils of the United Kingdom, the term No Overall Control refers to a situation in which no single party achieves a majority of seats and is analogous to a hung parliament...	1973 - 1976
Conservative 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...	1976 - 1986
No overall control No overall control Within the context of local councils of the United Kingdom, the term No Overall Control refers to a situation in which no single party achieves a majority of seats and is analogous to a hung parliament...	1986 - 1987
Liberal Democrats	1987 - 1990
No overall control No overall control Within the context of local councils of the United Kingdom, the term No Overall Control refers to a situation in which no single party achieves a majority of seats and is analogous to a hung parliament...	1990 - 1999
Liberal Democrats	1999 - present

Council elections

Three Rivers Council election, 1998

Three Rivers Council election, 1998

Elections to Three Rivers Council were held on 7 May 1998. One third of the council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control.After the election, the composition of the council was*Liberal Democrat 23*Conservative 17*Labour 8...

Three Rivers Council election, 1999

Three Rivers Council election, 1999

Elections to Three Rivers Council were held on 6 May 1999. The whole council was up for election with boundary changes since the last election in 1998. The Liberal Democrat party gained overall control of the council from no overall control.-Election result:...

  (whole council elected after boundary changes)

Three Rivers Council election, 2000

Three Rivers Council election, 2000

Elections to Three Rivers Council were held on 4 May 2000. One third of the council was up for election and the Liberal Democrat party stayed in overall control of the council.After the election, the composition of the council was*Liberal Democrat 26...

Three Rivers Council election, 2002

Three Rivers Council election, 2002

Elections to Three Rivers Council were held on 2 May 2002. One third of the council was up for election and the Liberal Democrat party stayed in overall control of the council.After the election, the composition of the council was*Liberal Democrat 26...

Three Rivers Council election, 2003

Three Rivers Council election, 2003

Elections to Three Rivers Council were held on 1 May 2003. One third of the council was up for election and the Liberal Democrat party stayed in overall control of the council.After the election, the composition of the council was*Liberal Democrat 27...

Three Rivers Council election, 2004

Three Rivers Council election, 2004

Elections to Three Rivers Council were held on 10 June 2004. One third of the council was up for election and the Liberal Democrat party stayed in overall control of the council...

Three Rivers Council election, 2006

Three Rivers Council election, 2006

Elections to Three Rivers Council were held on 4 May 2006. One third of the council was up for election and the Liberal Democrat party stayed in overall control of the council.After the election, the composition of the council was*Liberal Democrat 30...

Three Rivers Council election, 2007

Three Rivers Council election, 2007

Elections to Three Rivers Council were held on 3 May 2007. One third of the council was up for election and the Liberal Democrat party stayed in overall control of the council.After the election, the composition of the council was*Liberal Democrat 31...

Three Rivers Council election, 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...

Three Rivers Council election, 2009

Three Rivers Council election, 2010

By-election results