2026 Three Rivers District Council election

2026 Three Rivers District Council election

7 May 2026 (2026-05-07)

13 out of 39 seats to Three Rivers District Council
20 seats needed for a majority
 
Leader Stephen Giles-Medhurst OBE Oliver Cooper Stephen Cox
Party Liberal Democrats Conservative Labour
Last election 21 seats, 42.3% 12 seats, 32.3% 3 seats, 13.3%
Current seats 19[1] 11 3

 
Leader Chris Mitchell Rue Grewal
Party Green Independent
Last election 3 seats, 12.1% Did not stand
Current seats 3 3

Incumbent Leader

Stephen Giles-Medhurst OBE
Liberal Democrats
No overall control[a]



The 2026 Three Rivers District Council election will be held on 7 May 2026, alongside the other local elections across the United Kingdom being held on the same day, to elect 13 of 39 members of Three Rivers District Council in Hertfordshire, England.[2]

Summary

Background

In 2024, the Liberal Democrats retained control of the council.[3][4]

Election result

2026 Three Rivers District Council election[1]
Party This election Full council This election
Seats Net Seats % Other Total Total % Votes Votes % +/−
  Liberal Democrats 13
  Conservative 7
  Labour 2
  Green 2
  Independent 2
  Reform UK 0

Incumbents

Ward Incumbent Councillor Party Re-standing
Abbots Langley & Bedmond Ian Campbell[b] Conservative
Carpenders Park Rue Grewal[c] Independent
Chorleywood North &
Sarratt
Philip Hearn Conservative
Chorleywood South &
Maple Cross
Louise Price[d] Liberal Democrats
Dickinsons Chris Mitchell Green
Durrants Steve Drury Liberal Democrats
Gade Valley Khalid Hussain Liberal Democrats
Leavesden Kevin Raeburn Liberal Democrats
Moor Park & Eastbury Abbas Merali Conservative
Oxhey Hall & Hayling Anne Winter Liberal Democrats
Penn & Mill End Sarah Nelmes Liberal Democrats
Rickmansworth Town Andrea Fraser Conservative
South Oxhey Stephen King Labour

Candidates

References

  1. ^ Liberal Democrats minority
  2. ^ Elected at the 2025 Abbots Langley & Bedmond by-election.
  3. ^ Originally elected as a Conservative, but subsequently left the party to sit as an Independent.
  4. ^ Elected at the 2023 Chorleywood South & Maple Cross by-election.
  1. ^ a b "Three Rivers Council Composition: Latest". opencouncildata.co.uk. Open Council Data UK. Archived from the original on 5 February 2026. Retrieved 5 February 2026.
  2. ^ "Council wants Three Rivers elections to go ahead as planned". www.threerivers.gov.uk. Retrieved 30 January 2026.
  3. ^ "Three Rivers result - Local Elections 2024". BBC News. Retrieved 30 January 2026.
  4. ^ "District Council Election Results 2 May 2024". www.threerivers.gov.uk. Retrieved 30 January 2026.