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Map showing the results of the 2022 Three Rivers District Council election. Liberal Democrats in amber, Conservatives in blue, Labour in red, Greens in green. | |||||||||||||||||
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An election toThree Rivers District Council took place on 5 May 2022. 14 of the 39 seats were up for election.[1] The election took place alongsideother local elections across the United Kingdom.


The seats up for election in 2022 were those last contested in the2018 election, when theLiberal Democrats won eight seats, theConservatives won four seats, andLabour won one seat.[2] The Gade Valley ward elected two councillors in 2022 instead of one, due to the resignation of Independent (elected as a Liberal Democrat)[3] councillor Alex Michaels in March 2022.[4]
Following the elections of May 2022, Three Rivers District Council is controlled by theLiberal Democrats, who hold 23 of the 39 seats.[5]
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 toHertfordshire County Council instead in the fourth year.[6] The election took place byfirst-past-the-post voting, with wards represented by three councillors, with one elected in each election year to serve a four-year term.
| After 2021 election[7] | Before 2022 election[5] | After 2022 election[5] | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |||||||
| 2022 Three Rivers District Council election | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | This election | Full council | This election | |||||||
| Seats | Net | Seats % | Other | Total | Total % | Votes | Votes % | +/− | ||
| Liberal Democrats | 8 | 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 | 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 | ||
Candidates seeking re-election are marked with an asterisk (*).
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Sara Bedford* | 1,070 | 57.3 | ||
| Conservative | Andrew O'Brien | 435 | 23.3 | ||
| Labour | James Farrington | 238 | 12.7 | ||
| Green | Michael Rayment | 124 | 6.6 | ||
| Majority | 635 | 34.0 | |||
| Turnout | 1,867 | 32.2 | |||
| Liberal Democratshold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Rue Grewal | 870 | 49.9 | ||
| Labour | William Waite | 410 | 23.5 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Christopher Rice | 312 | 17.9 | ||
| Green | Kelsey Trevett | 84 | 4.8 | New | |
| UK Voice | Kajalbala Usadadiya | 66 | 3.8 | New | |
| Majority | 460 | 26.4 | |||
| Turnout | 1,742 | 28.5 | |||
| Conservativehold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Philip Hearn | 1,112 | 55.5 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Louise Price | 649 | 32.4 | ||
| Green | Peter Loader | 131 | 6.5 | New | |
| Labour | Margaret Gallagher | 110 | 5.5 | ||
| Majority | 463 | 23.1 | |||
| Turnout | 2,002 | 28.9 | |||
| Conservativehold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Martin Trevett* | 1,251 | 53.4 | ||
| Conservative | Zenab Hearn | 755 | 32.3 | ||
| Green | Roger Stafford | 176 | 7.5 | ||
| Labour | Iain Roden | 159 | 6.8 | ||
| Majority | 496 | 21.2 | |||
| Turnout | 2,341 | 34.4 | |||
| Liberal Democratshold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green | Chris Mitchell | 1,128 | 45.7 | New | |
| Liberal Democrats | Margaret Hofman* | 1,057 | 42.8 | ||
| Conservative | Sam Benson | 215 | 8.7 | ||
| Labour | Jeni Swift Gillett | 69 | 2.8 | ||
| Majority | 71 | 2.9 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 2,469 | 42.9 | |||
| Greengain fromLiberal Democrats | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Steve Drury* | 1,316 | 64.3 | ||
| Conservative | Rupert Barnes | 381 | 18.6 | ||
| Green | Andrew Gallagher | 220 | 10.7 | ||
| Labour | John Grillo | 131 | 6.4 | ||
| Majority | 935 | 45.7 | |||
| Turnout | 2,048 | 35.8 | |||
| Liberal Democratshold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Khalid Hussain | 772 | 51.0 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Jon Tankard* | 763 | 50.4 | ||
| Conservative | Vicky Edwards | 349 | 23.0 | ||
| Conservative | Hitesh Tailor | 282 | 18.6 | ||
| Labour | Bruce Prochnik | 278 | 18.3 | ||
| Labour | Maureen Sedlacek | 243 | 16.0 | ||
| Green | Emma Brading | 172 | 11.4 | ||
| Majority | 414 | 27.3 | |||
| Turnout | 1,515 | 30.0 | |||
| Liberal Democratshold | Swing | ||||
| Liberal Democratshold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Kevin Raeburn | 1,042 | 57.2 | ||
| Conservative | Pankaj Bagul | 396 | 21.7 | ||
| Labour | Marie-Louise Nolan | 293 | 16.1 | ||
| Green | Bruce Perry | 92 | 5.0 | New | |
| Majority | 646 | 35.4 | |||
| Turnout | 1,823 | 26.7 | |||
| Liberal Democratshold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Abbas Merali | 1,120 | 68.4 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Laura Thompson | 286 | 17.5 | ||
| Labour | Mashkoor Khan | 130 | 7.9 | ||
| Green | Dominic Pennicott | 101 | 6.2 | New | |
| Majority | 834 | 50.9 | |||
| Turnout | 1,637 | 29.7 | |||
| Conservativehold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Anne Winter | 1,103 | 58.3 | ||
| Labour | Clare Leahy | 357 | 18.9 | ||
| Conservative | Mary Sangster | 355 | 18.8 | ||
| Green | Mary Chabrel | 77 | 4.1 | ||
| Majority | 746 | 39.4 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 1,892 | 31.2 | |||
| Liberal Democratshold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Sarah Nelmes* | 906 | 51.4 | ||
| Conservative | Mike Sims | 593 | 33.7 | ||
| Labour | Martin Waldron | 162 | 9.2 | ||
| Green | Deesha Chandra | 100 | 5.7 | ||
| Majority | 313 | 17.8 | |||
| Turnout | 1,761 | 29.9 | |||
| Liberal Democratshold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Andrea Fraser | 1,062 | 47.2 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Tom Smith | 729 | 32.4 | ||
| Labour | Janet Cullen | 251 | 11.2 | ||
| Green | Dmitri Macmillen | 209 | 9.3 | ||
| Majority | 333 | 14.8 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 2,251 | 34.3 | |||
| Conservativehold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Stephen King* | 826 | 61.3 | ||
| Conservative | Christopher Alley | 375 | 27.8 | ||
| Green | Chris Lawrence | 76 | 5.6 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Rhys Southall | 70 | 5.2 | ||
| Majority | 451 | 33.5 | |||
| Turnout | 1,347 | 23.4 | |||
| Labourhold | Swing | ||||