2006 Three Rivers District Council election

Elections to Three Rivers Council were held on 4 May 2006. One third of the council was up for election and the Liberal Democrat party stayed in overall control of the council.

After the election, the composition of the council was:

• Liberal Democrat 30
• Conservative 11
• Labour 7

Election result

Three Rivers Local Election Result 2006

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Liberal Democrats	11	1	0	+1	68.8	46.4	10,274	+0.6%
	Conservative	4	0	1	-1	25.0	44.2	9,792	+1.3%
	Labour	1	0	0	0	6.1	8.1	1,794	-3.2%
	UKIP	0	0	0	0	0	0.5	104	+0.5%
	English Democrat	0	0	0	0	0	0.5	101	+0.5%
	Green	0	0	0	0	0	0.3	72	+0.3%
	New Party	0	0	0	0	0	0.1	13	+0.1%

Ward results

Abbots Langley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Sara Bedford	846	56.9	−3.3
	Conservative	Andrew Woodard	511	34.4	+7.7
	Labour	Jeannie Mehta	130	8.7	−4.4
Majority			335	22.5	−11.0
Turnout			1,487	43.6	+2.2
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Bedmond and Primrose Hill

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Joy Mann	600	58.9	−7.2
	Conservative	Simon Fancourt	260	25.5	+4.2
	Labour	Stephen Cox	86	8.4	−4.2
	UKIP	Richard Evans	73	7.2	+7.2
Majority			340	33.4	−11.4
Turnout			1,019	42.6	+11.1
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Carpenders Park

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Mary Connolly	976	53.3	−6.0
	Conservative	Craig Lewell	725	39.6	+6.1
	Labour	Sarah Linhart	130	7.1	−0.1
Majority			251	13.7	−12.1
Turnout			1,831	48.7	−2.6
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Chorleywood East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Leonard Spencer	991	78.7	+4.4
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Colin	228	18.1	−7.6
	Labour	David Williams	41	3.3	+3.3
Majority			763	60.6	+12.0
Turnout			1,260	41.3	−4.8
	Conservative hold		Swing

Chorleywood West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Martin Trevett	1,221	53.2	+3.8
	Conservative	Richard Booth	888	38.7	−6.0
	Green	Tina Kamei	72	3.1	+3.1
	Labour	Fiona Goble	69	3.0	+3.0
	UKIP	Andrew Shanks	31	1.4	+1.4
	New Party	Joanne Dooley	13	0.6	+0.6
Majority			333	14.5	+9.8
Turnout			2,294	57.2	−4.1
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Croxley Green

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Roger Seabourne	1,087	56.5	+2.0
	Conservative	Mark Englefield	709	36.9	+2.7
	Labour	David Wynne-Jones	128	6.7	−4.6
Majority			378	19.6	−0.7
Turnout			1,924	48.1	+3.1
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Croxley Green North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	David Drury	581	52.3	−20.7
	Conservative	Paula Hiscocks	448	40.3	+23.6
	Labour	Stephen King	82	7.4	−2.9
Majority			133	12.0	−44.3
Turnout			1,111	44.5	+7.3
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Croxley Green South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Brian White	732	67.2	0.0
	Conservative	Graham Denman	269	24.7	+6.2
	Labour	Maureen Sedlacek	88	8.1	−6.1
Majority			463	44.5	−4.2
Turnout			1,089	43.0	+13.6
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Langlebury

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	William Peutherer	820	65.4	+2.9
	Conservative	Margaret Lambert	293	23.4	+1.0
	Labour	Jacqueline Williams	140	11.2	−3.9
Majority			527	42.0	+1.9
Turnout			1,253	37.6	−0.9
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Leavesden

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Katherine Turner	831	65.2	+5.9
	Conservative	Walter Tuck	328	25.7	−4.4
	Labour	Peter Arthur	116	9.1	−1.6
Majority			503	39.5	+10.3
Turnout			1,275	33.9	−0.1
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Maple Cross and Mill End

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Struck	736	56.6	−8.1
	Conservative	Kerry Christlow	454	34.9	−0.4
	Labour	Joanne Cox	111	8.5	+8.5
Majority			282	21.7	−7.7
Turnout			1,301	35.6	−1.7
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Moor Park and Eastbury

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Kemal Butt	1,379	77.7	+3.1
	Liberal Democrats	Jeremy Asquith	293	16.5	−8.9
	Labour	Jayshree Radia	102	5.7	+5.7
Majority			1,086	61.2	+12.0
Turnout			1,774	43.7	+0.3
	Conservative hold		Swing

Northwick

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Francis Durham	321	39.3	−4.1
	Liberal Democrats	David Lowes	315	38.6	+12.1
	Conservative	Ralph Sangster	181	22.2	−7.9
Majority			6	0.7	−12.6
Turnout			817	27.7	+0.2
	Labour hold		Swing

Penn

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Leslie Mead	550	56.0
	Conservative	Robin Noakes	264	26.9
	English Democrat	Nicholas Capp	101	10.3
	Labour	Bruce Prochnik	68	6.9
Majority			286	29.1
Turnout			983	42.4	+0.6
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Rickmansworth

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mark Weedon	1,041	76.4	+14.2
	Liberal Democrats	Anthony Humphreys	209	15.3	−10.7
	Labour	Karen McIntosh	112	8.2	−3.7
Majority			832	61.1	+24.9
Turnout			1,362	44.1	+2.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

Rickmansworth West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Barbara Lamb	1,051	76.8	+16.9
	Liberal Democrats	Jill Swainson	249	18.2	−17.4
	Labour	Paul Williams	69	5.0	+0.5
Majority			802	58.6	+34.3
Turnout			1,369	50.1	−1.3
	Conservative hold		Swing

References

• 2006 Three Rivers election result
• Ward results