Three Rivers Council election, 2004

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
*Liberal Democrat 29
*Conservative 12
*Labour 7

Election result

Election Summary Party
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
seats = 10
gain = 2
loss = 0
net = +2
seats % = 58.8
votes % = 45.8
votes = 10,275
plus/minus = -4.2%Election Summary Party
party = Conservative Party (UK)
seats = 4
gain = 0
loss = 2
net = -2
seats % = 23.5
votes % = 42.9
votes = 9,631
plus/minus = +6.9%Election Summary Party
party = Labour Party (UK)
seats = 3
gain = 0
loss = 0
net = 0
seats % = 17.6
votes % = 11.3
votes = 2,539
plus/minus = -2.7%

Ward results

Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = David Major
votes = 876
percentage = 60.2
change = -0.2Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Ronald Leveridge
votes = 389
percentage = 26.7
change = +3.6Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Jeannie Metha
votes = 190
percentage = 13.1
change = -3.5Election box majority
votes = 487
percentage = 33.5
change = -3.8Election box turnout
votes = 1,455
percentage = 41.4
change = +8.7Election box hold with party link
winner = Liberal Democrats (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = David Lake
votes = 253
percentage = 39.5
change = -21.8Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Lynda Lewis
votes = 214
percentage = 33.4
change = +8.3Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Laurence McDermott
votes = 173
percentage = 27.0
change = +13.4Election box majority
votes = 39
percentage = 6.1
change = -30.1Election box turnout
votes = 640
percentage = 28.8
change = +8.9Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Geoffrey Dunne
votes = 1,154
percentage = 59.3
change = +5.6Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Nigel Stewart
votes = 652
percentage = 33.5
change = -12.8Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Doreen Johnstone
votes = 141
percentage = 7.2
change = +7.2Election box majority
votes = 502
percentage = 25.8
change = +18.4Election box turnout
votes = 1,947
percentage = 51.3
change = +16.8Election box gain with party link
winner = Liberal Democrats (UK)
loser = Conservative Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Christopher Haywood
votes = 1,058
percentage = 74.3
change = +2.6Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Rodney Kipps
votes = 366
percentage = 25.7
change = -2.6Election box majority
votes = 692
percentage = 48.6
change = +5.2Election box turnout
votes = 1,424
percentage = 46.1
change = +11.5Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Harry Davies
votes = 1,197
percentage = 49.4
change = -1.1Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Mark Weedon
votes = 1,082
percentage = 44.7
change = +0.2Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Fiona Goble
votes = 142
percentage = 5.9
change = +1.0Election box majority
votes = 115
percentage = 4.7
change = -1.3Election box turnout
votes = 2,421
percentage = 61.3
change = +12.4Election box hold with party link
winner = Liberal Democrats (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Brian Norman
votes = 995
percentage = 54.5
change = -5.3Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Colette Hanson
votes = 625
percentage = 34.2
change = +6.3Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = David Wynne-Jones
votes = 206
percentage = 11.3
change = -1.0Election box majority
votes = 370
percentage = 20.3
change = -11.6Election box turnout
votes = 1,826
percentage = 45.0
change = +12.3Election box hold with party link
winner = Liberal Democrats (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Kerron Cross
votes = 395
percentage = 57.5
change = +4.5Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = David Benatar
votes = 158
percentage = 23.0
change = -12.7Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Gabriel Aitman
votes = 134
percentage = 19.5
change = +8.2Election box majority
votes = 237
percentage = 34.5
change = +17.2Election box turnout
votes = 687
percentage = 30.6
change = +10.0Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Christopher Whately-Smith
votes = 804
percentage = 62.5
change = +2.5Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Walter Tuck
votes = 288
percentage = 22.4
change = +3.7Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = John Sutton
votes = 194
percentage = 15.1
change = -6.2Election box majority
votes = 516
percentage = 40.1
change = +1.4Election box turnout
votes = 1,286
percentage = 38.5
change = +10.1Election box hold with party link
winner = Liberal Democrats (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Susan Bartrick
votes = 743
percentage = 59.3
change = -8.8Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Andrew Woodard
votes = 377
percentage = 30.1
change = +11.5Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Peter Arthur
votes = 134
percentage = 10.7
change = -2.6Election box majority
votes = 366
percentage = 29.2
change = -20.3Election box turnout
votes = 1,254
percentage = 34.0
change = +8.2Election box hold with party link
winner = Liberal Democrats (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Peter Wakeling
votes = 898
percentage = 64.7
change = +4.3Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = John Hayden
votes = 489
percentage = 35.3
change = +8.1Election box majority
votes = 409
percentage = 29.4
change = -3.8Election box turnout
votes = 1,387
percentage = 37.3
change = +6.4Election box hold with party link
winner = Liberal Democrats (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Amrit Mediratta
votes = 1,297
percentage = 74.6
change = -1.6Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Abudl Vayani
votes = 441
percentage = 25.4
change = +1.6Election box majority
votes = 856
percentage = 49.2
change = -3.2Election box turnout
votes = 1,738
percentage = 43.4
change = +12.0Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Leonard Tippen
votes = 341
percentage = 43.4
change = -10.9Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Graham Denman
votes = 236
percentage = 30.1
change = -0.3Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = David Lowes
votes = 208
percentage = 26.5
change = +11.2Election box majority
votes = 105
percentage = 13.3
change = -10.6Election box turnout
votes = 785
percentage = 27.5
change = +8.7Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Alison Scarth
votes = 462
percentage = 46.3
change = +15.5Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Teresa Paddington
votes = 430
percentage = 43.1
change = -13.7Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Sheila Bull
votes = 106
percentage = 10.6
change = -1.7Election box majority
votes = 32
percentage = 3.2
change = Election box turnout
votes = 998
percentage = 41.6
change = +9.9Election box gain with party link
winner = Liberal Democrats (UK)
loser = Conservative Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Sarah Nelmes
votes = 492
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Gladstone Providence
votes = 491
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = John Marsh
votes = 352
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Clifford Le Quelenec
votes = 327
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = David Warburton
votes = 112
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Stephen Cox
votes = 107
percentage =
change = Election box turnout
votes = 1,881
percentage = 41.8
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Liberal Democrats (UK)
swing = Election box hold with party link
winner = Liberal Democrats (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = David Sansom
votes = 812
percentage = 62.2
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Jeremy Asquith
votes = 339
percentage = 26.0
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Graham Dale
votes = 155
percentage = 11.9
change = Election box majority
votes = 473
percentage = 36.2
change =Election box turnout
votes = 1,306
percentage = 42.0
change = +4.5Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Russell Smith
votes = 845
percentage = 59.9
change = -6.2Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Leslie Mead
votes = 502
percentage = 35.6
change = +8.5Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Joanne Cox
votes = 63
percentage = 4.5
change = -2.3Election box majority
votes = 343
percentage = 24.3
change = -14.7Election box turnout
votes = 1,410
percentage = 51.4
change = +5.9Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing =

References

* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/bsp/hi/vote2004/locals/html/3775.stm 2004 Three Rivers election result]
* [http://www.bbc.co.uk/threecounties/election/2004/election_threerivers.shtml Local Elections: Three Rivers]
* [http://www.threerivers.gov.uk/default.aspx/Web/ElectionResult Ward results]

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