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:

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 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 487 33.5 −3.8
Turnout 1,455 41.4 +8.7
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Ashridge
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 39 6.1 −30.1
Turnout 640 28.8 +8.9
Labour hold Swing
Carpenders Park
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 502 25.8 +18.4
Turnout 1,947 51.3 +16.8
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing
Chorleywood East
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Christopher Haywood 1,058 74.3 +2.6
Liberal Democrats Rodney Kipps 366 25.7 −2.6
Majority 692 48.6 +5.2
Turnout 1,424 46.1 +11.5
Conservative hold Swing
Chorleywood West
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 115 4.7 −1.3
Turnout 2,421 61.3 +12.4
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Croxley Green
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 370 20.3 −11.6
Turnout 1,826 45.0 +12.3
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Hayling
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 237 34.5 +17.2
Turnout 687 30.6 +10.0
Labour hold Swing
Langlebury
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 516 40.1 +1.4
Turnout 1,286 38.5 +10.1
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Leavesden
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 366 29.2 −20.3
Turnout 1,254 34.0 +8.2
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Maple Cross and Mill End
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Peter Wakeling 898 64.7 +4.3
Conservative John Hayden 489 35.3 +8.1
Majority 409 29.4 −3.8
Turnout 1,387 37.3 +6.4
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Moor Park and Eastbury
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Amrit Mediratta 1,297 74.6 −1.6
Liberal Democrats Abudl Vayani 441 25.4 +1.6
Majority 856 49.2 −3.2
Turnout 1,738 43.4 +12.0
Conservative hold Swing
Northwick
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 105 13.3 −10.6
Turnout 785 27.5 +8.7
Labour hold Swing
Oxhey Hall
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 32 3.2
Turnout 998 41.6 +9.9
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing
Penn (2)
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 1,881 41.8
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Rickmansworth
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative David Sansom 812 62.2
Liberal Democrats Jeremy Asquith 339 26.0
Labour Graham Dale 155 11.9
Majority 473 36.2
Turnout 1,306 42.0 +4.5
Conservative hold Swing
Rickmansworth West
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 343 24.3 −14.7
Turnout 1,410 51.4 +5.9
Conservative hold Swing

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