Three Rivers District Council

Three Rivers District Council

Three Rivers District Council is the local authority for the Three Rivers non-metropolitan district of England, the United Kingdom. Three Rivers is located in the south-west of Hertfordshire, in the East of England region. The Council itself is based in Rickmansworth, the largest settlement in the district.

The Council consists of 48 elected members, representing twenty electoral wards. Half of the wards elect two councillors each. Nine, denoted below, elect three councillors each. One (Sarratt) elects one.

The Council is currently controlled by the Liberal Democrats, who hold 31, or 65%, of the 48 seats. The Conservatives form the second-largest faction, with 12, or 25%, of the seats. Labour has lost a number of seats recently, falling to 4, or 8%, of the seats. The British National Party won its first seat on the District Council at the 2008 election, displacing a Labour councillor.

Composition

Council history

ee also

* Three Rivers local elections

External links

* [http://www.threerivers.gov.uk Three Rivers District Council official website]


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