# 2008 Three Rivers District Council election

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. The Conservatives also gained a seat, strengthening their position against the Liberal Democrats, who remained stayed in overall control of Three Rivers.
The election was marked by the collapse of Labour support in South Oxhey, where Labour had been at their strongest. They lost one seat, Ashridge, to the far-right British National Party (BNP). Another seat, Northwick, was lost to the Conservatives. Labour's group leader, Kerron Cross, only narrowly retained his seat, with the BNP candidate coming second by 14 votes in a tight three-horse race.
After the election, the composition of the council was
* Liberal Democrat 31 (0)
* Conservative 12 (+1)
* Labour 4 (-2)
* British National Party 1 (+1)

## Election result

Three Rivers Local Election Result 2008 :
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
| Liberal Democrats | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 52.9 | 43.6 | 9,292 | -11.3% |
| Conservative | 5 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 29.4 | 47.1 | 10,035 | +11.4% |
| Labour | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 5.9 | 5.9 | 1,266 | -1.8% |
| BNP | 1 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 5.9 | 2.4 | 502 | +2.4% |
| English Democrat | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.7 | 152 | +0.7% |
| UKIP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.3 | 74 | -0.4% |

## Ward results

Abbots Langley :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | David Major | 904 | 65.0 | +4.8 |
| | Conservative | Andy Woodard | 387 | 27.8 | +1.1 |
| | Labour | Jeannie Mehta | 99 | 7.1 | −5.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 517 | 2.7 | +3.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,390 | 37.6 | −3.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | +1.9 | |
Ashridge :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | BNP | Padraic Dunning | 282 | 33.8 | +33.8 |
| | Conservative | Yessica Gould | 264 | 31.7 | −1.8 |
| | Labour | Nena Spellen | 244 | 29.3 | −10.3 |
| | UKIP | Andrew Shanks | 44 | 5.3 | +5.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 18 | 2.1 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 834 | 32.0 | +3.2 |
| | BNP gain from Labour | BNP gain from Labour | Swing | +22.0 | |
Carpenders Park :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Geoff Dunne | 985 | 56.4 | −2.9 |
| | Conservative | Craig Lewell | 663 | 38.0 | +4.5 |
| | Labour | Brendan O'Brien | 99 | 5.7 | −1.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 322 | 18.4 | −7.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1747 | 44.0 | −7.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | -3.7 | |
Chorleywood East :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Richard Booth | 1,015 | 81.7 | +7.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Barbara Green | 288 | 18.3 | −7.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 787 | 63.3 | +14.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,243 | 37.9 | −8.2 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | +7.4 | |
Chorleywood West :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Harry Davies | 1,238 | 52.5 | +3.0 |
| | Conservative | Bob Arthy | 1,059 | 44.9 | +0.2 |
| | Labour | Karen McIntosh | 62 | 2.6 | −3.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 179 | 7.6 | +2.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,359 | 55.7 | −5.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | +1.4 | |
Croxley Green :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Brian Norman | 833 | 51.0 | −3.4 |
| | Conservative | Mark Englefield | 647 | 39.6 | +5.4 |
| | English Democrat | Roger Holmes | 152 | 9.3 | +9.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 186 | 11.4 | −8.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,632 | 38.4 | −6.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | -4.4 | |
Hayling :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Kerron Cross | 234 | 32.3 | −25.2 |
| | BNP | Deidre Gates | 220 | 30.3 | +30.3 |
| | Conservative | Jacqueline Worrall | 186 | 25.7 | +2.7 |
| | Liberal Democrats | David Lowes | 55 | 7.6 | −11.9 |
| | UKIP | Richard Evans | 30 | 4.1 | +4.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 14 | 1.9 | −27.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 725 | 28.6 | −2.0 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | -13.9 | |
Langleybury :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Chris Whateley-Smith | 802 | 68.1 | +5.6 |
| | Conservative | Margaret Lambert | 256 | 21.8 | −0.6 |
| | Labour | Stephen Cox | 119 | 10.1 | −5.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 545 | 46.3 | +6.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,178 | 32.8 | −5.7 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | +3.1 | |
Leavesden :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Sue Bartrick | 807 | 72.0 | +12.7 |
| | Conservative | Christopher Hawes | 242 | 21.6 | −8.5 |
| | Labour | Colin Gray | 72 | 6.4 | −4.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 565 | 50.4 | +21.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,121 | 27.9 | −6.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | +10.6 | |
Maple Cross and Mill End :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Peter Wakeling | 774 | 62.4 | −2.3 |
| | Conservative | James McGowan | 466 | 37.6 | +2.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 308 | 24.8 | −4.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,240 | 30.9 | −6.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | -2.3 | |
Moor Park and Eastbury :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Amrit Mediratta | 1,206 | 76.6 | +2.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Gabriel Aitman | 368 | 23.4 | −2.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 838 | 53.2 | +4.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,574 | 35.7 | −7.7 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | +2.0 | |
Northwick :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Alistair Macdonald | 284 | 33.7 | +3.7 |
| | Labour | Ron Spellen | 282 | 33.5 | −9.9 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Alan Feldman | 276 | 32.8 | +6.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2 | 0.2 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 842 | 23.6 | −3.9 |
| | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | +6.8 | |
Oxhey Hall :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Alison Scarth | 593 | 60.8 | +14.5 |
| | Conservative | David Williams | 328 | 33.6 | −9.5 |
| | Labour | Leslie Beckett | 55 | 5.6 | −5.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 265 | 27.2 | +23.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 976 | 38.1 | −3.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | +12.0 | |
Penn :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democrats | Sarah Nelmes | 441 | 58.7 |
| | Conservative | Maximin Green | 310 | 41.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 131 | 17.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 751 | 29.9 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | |
Rickmansworth (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Paula Hiscocks | 957 | |
| | Conservative | David Sansom | 879 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Anthony Humphreys | 310 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Jill Swainson | 292 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,438 | 36.3 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
Rickmansworth West :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Russell Smith | 885 | 69.6 | +9.7 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Patricia Howell | 386 | 30.4 | −5.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 499 | 39.3 | +14.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,271 | 45.8 | −5.6 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | +7.5 | |

## Footnotes

* 1 2 Korn, Hayley (2 May 2008). "Labour loses to BNP in South Oxhey". Watford Observer. Retrieved 25 May 2008.