# 2022 Three Rivers District Council election

An election to Three Rivers District Council took place on 5 May 2022. 14 of the 39 seats were up for election. The election took place alongside other local elections across the United Kingdom.

## Background

The seats up for election in 2022 were those last contested in the 2018 election, when the Liberal Democrats won eight seats, the Conservatives won four seats, and Labour won one seat. The Gade Valley ward elected two councillors in 2022 instead of one, due to the resignation of Independent (elected as a Liberal Democrat) councillor Alex Michaels in March 2022.
Following the elections of May 2022, Three Rivers District Council is controlled by the Liberal Democrats, who hold 23 of the 39 seats.

## Electoral process

Three Rivers District Council is elected in thirds, with a third of all seats up for election every year for three years, with an election to Hertfordshire County Council instead in the fourth year. The election took place by first-past-the-post voting, with wards represented by three councillors, with one elected in each election year to serve a four-year term.

## Council composition

| After 2021 election | After 2021 election | Before 2022 election | Before 2022 election | After 2022 election | After 2022 election |
| Liberal Democrats | 23 | Liberal Democrats | 23 | Liberal Democrats | 23 |
| Conservative | 11 | Conservative | 11 | Conservative | 12 |
| Labour | 3 | Labour | 3 | Labour | 3 |
| Independent | 2 | Independent | 1 | Green | 1 |
| | | Vacant | 1 |

## Summary
### Election result

2022 Three Rivers District Council election :
| Party | Party | This election | This election | This election | Full council | Full council | Full council | This election | This election | This election |
| Party | Party | Seats | Net | Seats % | Other | Total | Total % | Votes | Votes % | +/− |
| | Liberal Democrats | 8 | 1 | 57.1 | 15 | 23 | 59.0 | 11,326 | 43.5 | +5.3 |
| | Conservative | 4 | | 28.6 | 8 | 12 | 30.8 | 8,300 | 31.9 | –5.7 |
| | Labour | 1 | | 7.1 | 2 | 3 | 7.7 | 3,657 | 14.0 | +1.4 |
| | Green | 1 | 1 | 7.1 | 0 | 1 | 2.6 | 2,690 | 10.3 | +0.4 |
| | UK Voice | 0 | | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 66 | 0.3 | N/A |

## Ward results

Candidates seeking re-election are marked with an asterisk (*).

### Abbots Langley and Bedmond

Abbots Langley and Bedmond :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Sara Bedford* | 1,070 | 57.3 | 0.1 |
| | Conservative | Andrew O'Brien | 435 | 23.3 | 0.5 |
| | Labour | James Farrington | 238 | 12.7 | 0.4 |
| | Green | Michael Rayment | 124 | 6.6 | 3.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 635 | 34.0 | 0.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,867 | 32.2 | 6.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | 0.3 | |

### Carpenders Park

Carpenders Park :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Rue Grewal | 870 | 49.9 | 11.9 |
| | Labour | William Waite | 410 | 23.5 | 2.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Christopher Rice | 312 | 17.9 | 1.2 |
| | Green | Kelsey Trevett | 84 | 4.8 | New |
| | UK Voice | Kajalbala Usadadiya | 66 | 3.8 | New |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 460 | 26.4 | 14.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,742 | 28.5 | 8.4 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | 7.0 | |

### Chorleywood North and Sarratt

Chorleywood North and Sarratt :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Philip Hearn | 1,112 | 55.5 | 18.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Louise Price | 649 | 32.4 | 16.0 |
| | Green | Peter Loader | 131 | 6.5 | New |
| | Labour | Margaret Gallagher | 110 | 5.5 | 1.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 463 | 23.1 | 34.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,002 | 28.9 | 4.3 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | 17.3 | |

### Chorleywood South and Maple Cross

Chorleywood South and Maple Cross :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Martin Trevett* | 1,251 | 53.4 | 3.2 |
| | Conservative | Zenab Hearn | 755 | 32.3 | 4.5 |
| | Green | Roger Stafford | 176 | 7.5 | 1.4 |
| | Labour | Iain Roden | 159 | 6.8 | 0.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 496 | 21.2 | 7.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,341 | 34.4 | 4.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | 3.9 | |

### Dickinsons

Dickinsons :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Green | Chris Mitchell | 1,128 | 45.7 | New |
| | Liberal Democrats | Margaret Hofman* | 1,057 | 42.8 | 6.1 |
| | Conservative | Sam Benson | 215 | 8.7 | 25.6 |
| | Labour | Jeni Swift Gillett | 69 | 2.8 | 11.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 71 | 2.9 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,469 | 42.9 | 5.1 |
| | Green gain from Liberal Democrats | Green gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | 25.9 | |

### Durrants

Durrants :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Steve Drury* | 1,316 | 64.3 | 7.3 |
| | Conservative | Rupert Barnes | 381 | 18.6 | 4.1 |
| | Green | Andrew Gallagher | 220 | 10.7 | 5.1 |
| | Labour | John Grillo | 131 | 6.4 | 6.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 935 | 45.7 | 11.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,048 | 35.8 | 0.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | 5.7 | |

### Gade Valley

Gade Valley (2 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Khalid Hussain | 772 | 51.0 | 4.9 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Jon Tankard* | 763 | 50.4 | 4.3 |
| | Conservative | Vicky Edwards | 349 | 23.0 | 1.3 |
| | Conservative | Hitesh Tailor | 282 | 18.6 | 5.7 |
| | Labour | Bruce Prochnik | 278 | 18.3 | 3.6 |
| | Labour | Maureen Sedlacek | 243 | 16.0 | 1.3 |
| | Green | Emma Brading | 172 | 11.4 | 3.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 414 | 27.3 | 5.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,515 | 30.0 | 1.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |

### Leavesden

Leavesden :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Kevin Raeburn | 1,042 | 57.2 | 3.3 |
| | Conservative | Pankaj Bagul | 396 | 21.7 | 1.6 |
| | Labour | Marie-Louise Nolan | 293 | 16.1 | 0.1 |
| | Green | Bruce Perry | 92 | 5.0 | New |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 646 | 35.4 | 1.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,823 | 26.7 | 4.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | 0.8 | |

### Moor Park and Eastbury

Moor Park and Eastbury :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Abbas Merali | 1,120 | 68.4 | 8.7 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Laura Thompson | 286 | 17.5 | 4.3 |
| | Labour | Mashkoor Khan | 130 | 7.9 | 1.7 |
| | Green | Dominic Pennicott | 101 | 6.2 | New |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 834 | 50.9 | 13.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,637 | 29.7 | 1.3 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | 6.5 | |

### Oxhey Hall and Hayling

Oxhey Hall and Hayling :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Anne Winter | 1,103 | 58.3 | 14.0 |
| | Labour | Clare Leahy | 357 | 18.9 | 5.1 |
| | Conservative | Mary Sangster | 355 | 18.8 | 6.9 |
| | Green | Mary Chabrel | 77 | 4.1 | 1.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 746 | 39.4 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,892 | 31.2 | 2.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | 9.5 | |

### Penn and Mill End

Penn and Mill End :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Sarah Nelmes* | 906 | 51.4 | 3.0 |
| | Conservative | Mike Sims | 593 | 33.7 | 1.2 |
| | Labour | Martin Waldron | 162 | 9.2 | 1.3 |
| | Green | Deesha Chandra | 100 | 5.7 | 0.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 313 | 17.8 | 4.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,761 | 29.9 | 3.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | 2.1 | |

### Rickmansworth Town

Rickmansworth Town :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Andrea Fraser | 1,062 | 47.2 | 10.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Tom Smith | 729 | 32.4 | 18.5 |
| | Labour | Janet Cullen | 251 | 11.2 | 1.4 |
| | Green | Dmitri Macmillen | 209 | 9.3 | 7.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 333 | 14.8 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,251 | 34.3 | 8.2 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | 14.6 | |

### South Oxhey

South Oxhey :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Stephen King* | 826 | 61.3 | 1.2 |
| | Conservative | Christopher Alley | 375 | 27.8 | 7.1 |
| | Green | Chris Lawrence | 76 | 5.6 | 3.9 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Rhys Southall | 70 | 5.2 | 0.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 451 | 33.5 | 8.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,347 | 23.4 | 2.1 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | 4.2 | |