# 2024 Three Rivers District Council election

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.

## Summary

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.

### Election result

2024 Three Rivers District Council :
| 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 | 7 | | 53.8 | 14 | 20 | 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

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 8 April 2024.

### Abbots Langley and Bedmond

Abbots Langley and Bedmond :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,604 | 33.1 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | | | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |

### Carpenders Park

Carpenders Park :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,809 | 34.7 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Chorleywood North and Sarratt

Chorleywood North and Sarratt :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,973 | 34.8 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Chorleywood South and Maple Cross

Chorleywood South and Maple Cross :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,901 | 33.1 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | | | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |

### Dickinsons

Dickinsons :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,108 | 42.1 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | | | |
| | Green gain from Liberal Democrats | Green gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | | |

### Durrants

Durrants :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,005 | 40.8 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | | | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |

### Gade Valley

Gade Valley :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,330 | 26.6 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | | | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |

### Leavesden

Leavesden :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,689 | 29.1 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | | | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |

### Moor Park and Eastbury

Moor Park and Eastbury :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,481 | 33.3 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Oxhey Hall and Hayling

Oxhey Hall and Hayling :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,831 | 34.4 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | | | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |

### Penn and Mill End

Penn and Mill End :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,487 | 28.9 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | | | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
This seat was previously held by Roger Seabourne, originally elected as a Liberal Democrat candidate, but changed affiliation to an Independent prior to the 2024 election. He is not re-standing.

### Rickmansworth Town

Rickmansworth Town :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,419 | 43.5 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### South Oxhey

South Oxhey :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,572 | 28.9 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | | | |
| | Labour hold | 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.
* A by-election was triggered by the resignation of Conservative councillor David Raw.
Rickmansworth Town by-election, 4 July 2024 :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,945 | 68.39 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 5,768 | | |
| | Conservative hold | 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 :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,471 | 29.54 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 4,979 | | |
| | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | | |