# 2004 Three Rivers District Council election

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. Overall turnout was 42.1%.
After the election, the composition of the council was:
* Liberal Democrat 29
* Conservative 12
* Labour 7

## Election result

Three Rivers Local Election Result 2004 :
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
| Liberal Democrats | 10 | 2 | 0 | +2 | 58.8 | 45.8 | 10,275 | -4.2% |
| Conservative | 4 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 23.5 | 42.9 | 9,631 | +6.9% |
| Labour | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17.6 | 11.3 | 2,539 | -2.7% |

## Ward results

Abbots Langley :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | David Major | 876 | 60.2 | −0.2 |
| | Conservative | Ronald Leveridge | 389 | 26.7 | +3.6 |
| | Labour | Jeannie Metha | 190 | 13.1 | −3.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 487 | 33.5 | −3.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,455 | 41.4 | +8.7 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
Ashridge :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | David Lake | 253 | 39.5 | −21.8 |
| | Conservative | Lynda Lewis | 214 | 33.4 | +8.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Laurence McDermott | 173 | 27.0 | +13.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 39 | 6.1 | −30.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 640 | 28.8 | +8.9 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
Carpenders Park :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Geoffrey Dunne | 1,154 | 59.3 | +5.6 |
| | Conservative | Nigel Stewart | 652 | 33.5 | −12.8 |
| | Labour | Doreen Johnstone | 141 | 7.2 | +7.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 502 | 25.8 | +18.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,947 | 51.3 | +16.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | | |
Chorleywood East :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Christopher Haywood | 1,058 | 74.3 | +2.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Rodney Kipps | 366 | 25.7 | −2.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 692 | 48.6 | +5.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,424 | 46.1 | +11.5 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Chorleywood West :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Harry Davies | 1,197 | 49.4 | −1.1 |
| | Conservative | Mark Weedon | 1,082 | 44.7 | +0.2 |
| | Labour | Fiona Goble | 142 | 5.9 | +1.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 115 | 4.7 | −1.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,421 | 61.3 | +12.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
Croxley Green :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Brian Norman | 995 | 54.5 | −5.3 |
| | Conservative | Colette Hanson | 625 | 34.2 | +6.3 |
| | Labour | David Wynne-Jones | 206 | 11.3 | −1.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 370 | 20.3 | −11.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,826 | 45.0 | +12.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
Hayling :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Kerron Cross | 395 | 57.5 | +4.5 |
| | Conservative | David Benatar | 158 | 23.0 | −12.7 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Gabriel Aitman | 134 | 19.5 | +8.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 237 | 34.5 | +17.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 687 | 30.6 | +10.0 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
Langlebury :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Christopher Whately-Smith | 804 | 62.5 | +2.5 |
| | Conservative | Walter Tuck | 288 | 22.4 | +3.7 |
| | Labour | John Sutton | 194 | 15.1 | −6.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 516 | 40.1 | +1.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,286 | 38.5 | +10.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
Leavesden :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Susan Bartrick | 743 | 59.3 | −8.8 |
| | Conservative | Andrew Woodard | 377 | 30.1 | +11.5 |
| | Labour | Peter Arthur | 134 | 10.7 | −2.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 366 | 29.2 | −20.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,254 | 34.0 | +8.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
Maple Cross and Mill End :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Peter Wakeling | 898 | 64.7 | +4.3 |
| | Conservative | John Hayden | 489 | 35.3 | +8.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 409 | 29.4 | −3.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,387 | 37.3 | +6.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
Moor Park and Eastbury :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Amrit Mediratta | 1,297 | 74.6 | −1.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Abudl Vayani | 441 | 25.4 | +1.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 856 | 49.2 | −3.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,738 | 43.4 | +12.0 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Northwick :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Leonard Tippen | 341 | 43.4 | −10.9 |
| | Conservative | Graham Denman | 236 | 30.1 | −0.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats | David Lowes | 208 | 26.5 | +11.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 105 | 13.3 | −10.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 785 | 27.5 | +8.7 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
Oxhey Hall :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Alison Scarth | 462 | 46.3 | +15.5 |
| | Conservative | Teresa Paddington | 430 | 43.1 | −13.7 |
| | Labour | Sheila Bull | 106 | 10.6 | −1.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 32 | 3.2 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 998 | 41.6 | +9.9 |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | | |
Penn (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democrats | Sarah Nelmes | 492 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Gladstone Providence | 491 | |
| | Conservative | John Marsh | 352 | |
| | Conservative | Clifford Le Quelenec | 327 | |
| | Labour | David Warburton | 112 | |
| | Labour | Stephen Cox | 107 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,881 | 41.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | |
Rickmansworth :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | David Sansom | 812 | 62.2 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Jeremy Asquith | 339 | 26.0 | |
| | Labour | Graham Dale | 155 | 11.9 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 473 | 36.2 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,306 | 42.0 | +4.5 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Rickmansworth West :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Russell Smith | 845 | 59.9 | −6.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Leslie Mead | 502 | 35.6 | +8.5 |
| | Labour | Joanne Cox | 63 | 4.5 | −2.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 343 | 24.3 | −14.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,410 | 51.4 | +5.9 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |