Three Rivers District

Three Rivers Three Rivers District
Non-metropolitan district
Three Rivers shown within Hertfordshire
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Constituent country	England
Region	East of England
Non-metropolitan county	Hertfordshire
Status	Non-metropolitan district
Admin HQ	Rickmansworth
Incorporated	1 April 1974
Government
• Type	Non-metropolitan district council
• Body	Three Rivers District Council
• Leadership	Leader & Cabinet (Liberal Democrat)
• MPs	David Gauke Anne Main Richard Harrington
Area
• Total	34.3 sq mi (88.8 km2)
• Rank	206th (of 296)
Population  (2022)
• Total	94,123
• Rank	257th (of 296)
• Density	2,700/sq mi (1,100/km2)
• Ethnicity	86.3% White 9.2% S.Asian 1.9% Black 2.3% Mixed Race 0.4% Arab or Other
Time zone	UTC0 (GMT)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+1 (BST)
ONS code	26UJ (ONS) E07000102 (GSS)
OS grid reference	TQ0591494481
Website	www.threerivers.gov.uk

Three Rivers is a local government district in Hertfordshire in the East of England. The local authority is Three Rivers District Council, which is based in Rickmansworth.

It was formed on 1 April 1974 by the merger of Rickmansworth Urban District and Chorleywood Urban District with part of Watford Rural District. The three rivers of the name are the Chess, Gade and Colne.

Politics

District council

Main article: Three Rivers District Council

Three Rivers is a non-metropolitan district that elects one-third of its councillors at any one time: three times every four years, with the fourth for elections to Hertfordshire County Council). In the 2014 elections, new ward boundaries came into effect and the council was reduced from 48 to 39 seats. All seats were contested at that election, though future elections will continue to be conducted by thirds. In 2014, the Liberal Democrats kept control, winning 23 seats. The council is notable as one where a British National Party member has served - a BNP councillor was elected in 2008, but had left the party by the time his seat came up for re-election and he was defeated.

As of December 2014, the composition of the council is:

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Party		Councillors
Liberal Democrats	23
Conservative	13
Labour	3
Total		39
Source: [1]

County council

For elections to Hertfordshire County Council, the district is divided into six divisions, three of which are held by the Conservatives, two by the Liberal Democrats, and one by Labour:

Seat	Councillor	Party
Abbots Langley	Sara Bedford style="width: 2px; background-color: #FAA61A;" data-sort-value="Liberal Democrats" |	Liberal Democrats
Chorleywood	Chris Hayward style="width: 2px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" |	Conservative
Croxley	Steve Drury style="width: 2px; background-color: #FAA61A;" data-sort-value="Liberal Democrats" |	Liberal Democrats
Oxhey Park	Frances Button style="width: 2px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" |	Conservative
Rickmansworth	Barbara Lamb style="width: 2px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" |	Conservative
South Oxhey	Joan King style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" |	Labour
Source: Hertfordshire County Council

Parliament

For parliamentary elections, the district is divided across three constituencies. Most of the district is within the South West Hertfordshire constituency, which is considered a safe Conservative seat and held by a Conservative MP (currently David Gauke) since its creation in 1950. The eastern parts of the constituency, to the north and south of Watford, are part of that borough's constituency, which is a three-way marginal currently held by Conservative Richard Harrington, having fluctuated between Labour and the Conservatives. Parts of two wards, north of the M25, are in the St Albans constituency, which is currently held by the Conservative Anne Main.

Seat	Wards	MP	Party
St Albans	Abbots Langley and Bedmond (part), Gade Valley (part)	Anne Main style="width: 2px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" |	Conservative
South West Hertfordshire	Carpenders Park (part), Chorleywood North and Sarratt, Chorleywood South and Maple Cross, Dickinsons, Durrants, Moor Park and Eastbury, Oxhey Hall and Hayling (part), Penn and Mill End, Rickmansworth Town, South Oxhey	David Gauke style="width: 2px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" |	Conservative
Watford	Abbots Langley and Bedmond (part), Carpenders Park (part), Gade Valley (part), Leavesden, Oxhey Hall and Hayling (part)	Richard Harrington style="width: 2px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" |	Conservative
Source: Boundary Commission for England

Wards

Three Rivers is composed of thirten wards, each electing three councillors:

Abbots Langley and Bedmond Carpenders Park Chorleywood North and Sarratt Chorleywood South and Maple Cross

Dickinsons Durrants Gade Valley

Leavesden Moor Park and Eastbury Oxhey Hall and Hayling

Penn and Mill End Rickmansworth Town South Oxhey

Transport

Train services in the district are provided by Chiltern Railways (CR), London Midland, London Overground and the Metropolitan line of the London Underground (LU).

London Underground stations:

• Chorleywood served by CR and LU
• Croxley LU only
• Moor Park LU only
• Rickmansworth CR and LU

The track and stations are owned by London Underground.

A special fare structure exists as the stations are outside the Greater London boundary although much of the district is within the north westerly bounds of the M25 motorway and the London commuter belt.

If the proposed Croxley Rail Link goes ahead, it would run through the district, providing two new Underground stations between Croxley and Watford Junction.

London Overground stations:

• Carpenders Park (London - Watford line)

London Midland stations:

• Kings Langley (Euston - Northampton line)

Chiltern Railways stations:

• Chorleywood
• Rickmansworth

Settlements

• Abbots Langley
• Chorleywood
• Loudwater, Hertfordshire
• Maple Cross
• Moor Park, Hertfordshire
• Rickmansworth
• Sarratt
• South Oxhey

External links

• Three Rivers District Council
• Map of the district