Photo: David Hillas · CC BY-SA 2.0No party holds a majority on Three Rivers District Council
Maple Cross is run by Three Rivers District Council and Hertfordshire County Council. No party holds a majority on either Three Rivers District Council or Hertfordshire County Council. Its MP is Mr Gagan Mohindra (Conservative), member for South West Hertfordshire.
£2,351
Band D, a year, the middle band every council sets its tax from.
Where it goes →How Maple Cross’s politics has changed since 2021
No majority on Three Rivers District Council
No party holds a majority on Three Rivers District Council. The Liberal Democrats, the largest group, hold 18 of its 39 seats as elected, 2 short of the 20 needed. The Conservatives hold 16, the Greens 3 and Labour 2. Who’s in charge ↓
Hertfordshire changed hands in 2025
Hertfordshire County Council, which runs schools, social care and roads, went from a Conservative majority (45 of 78 seats in 2021) to no overall control at the May 2025 election: the Liberal Democrats won 31 of 78 seats. Hertfordshire ↓
The 2026 vote
Across Maple Cross’s wards, the Liberal Democrats took 37.1%, the Conservatives took 31.8% and Reform UK took 19% of votes in May 2026. In 2024, the Liberal Democrats had 55.2%. How Maple Cross has voted ↓
Council tax
A Band D bill in Maple Cross is £2,351 for 2026–27; Three Rivers District Council keeps 9% of it. The council area’s Band D has risen 58% in ten years, against England’s 56%. Council money ↓
Written from the data on this page: Democracy Club results since May 2021, the UK Parliament Members API and MHCLG council tax.
No party has a majority on either council
Seats by party as elected. A party needs 20 of Three Rivers’s 39 or 40 of Hertfordshire’s 78 seats to run the council alone.
- Liberal Democrat18
- Conservative16
- Green3
- Labour2
Latest election: May 2026.
- Liberal Democrat31+7
- Conservative23−22
- Reform UK13+13
- Green5+4
- Labour5−2
- Independent1no change
Change against the council before the 1 May 2025 election.
Seats are counted from election results: each ward’s most recent winners until its seats are filled. Councillors who have since changed party or resigned aren’t reflected, and which parties lead the council, and who is leader, comes from the council itself.
Results: Democracy Club (CC BY 4.0), elections since May 2021; seats per ward from its EveryElection.
Two tiers of council, no parish tier
Maple Cross has two tiers of council: the county runs the big services, the district the local ones.
Bins and recycling, planning, housing, environmental health, leisure, and collecting council tax.
Website ↗Schools, social care, roads and transport, libraries and waste disposal.
Website ↗Who to ask
From GOV.UK’s “Understand how your council works”: in two-tier areas the district or borough runs local services and the county the big ones.
All of Maple Cross is unparished: there is no parish or town council, so the council runs local matters itself and no parish precept is added to the bill.
Councils from ONS lookups (wards and councils May 2026, parishes 2025), names and websites from GOV.UK’s local council finder; parish councils from MHCLG’s 2026–27 list of precepting parishes.
From the council to Westminster
Every elected tier that speaks for Maple Cross, from the most recent elections.
- 1Three Rivers District Council1 ward · 3 councillorsLouise PriceHarry DaviesRaj Khiroya
- 2Hertfordshire County Council1 division · 1 councillorLouise Price
- 3Police and crime commissionerHertfordshire Constabulary · elected May 2024Jonathan Ash-Edwards
- 4House of CommonsSouth West Hertfordshire
Party colours are neutral on purpose: they tell parties apart and aren’t the parties’ own. Tap an MP’s name for their contact page on parliament.uk.
3 councillors for 1 ward
Wards with at least 2% of the town’s residents, or half their own inside it. Each shows who won its most recent elections, newest first, until its seats are filled.
- Louise PriceLiberal Democrat · May 2026
- Harry DaviesLiberal Democrat · May 2024
- Raj KhiroyaLiberal Democrat · May 2023
Show as a table, with Hertfordshire County Council’s 1 division (1 councillor)
| Ward | Seats | Elected | When |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chorleywood South & Maple Cross33% in Maple Cross · 2,580 residents3 seats · May 2026, May 2024, May 2023 | 3 | Louise PriceHarry DaviesRaj Khiroya | May 2026, May 2024, May 2023 |
Hertfordshire County Council: county divisions
| Division | Seats | Elected | When |
|---|---|---|---|
| Three Rivers Rural ED9% in Maple Cross · 2,580 residents1 seat · May 2025 | 1 | Louise Price | May 2025 |
Councillors can resign, change party or sit as independents between elections; a by-election winner replaces someone not named here. Three Rivers District Council’s website lists who sits now.
Results from Democracy Club’s candidates database (CC BY 4.0; elections since May 2021) and ward seats from its EveryElection, matched to ONS wards (May 2026) and county divisions (May 2025).
The Liberal Democrats have led every council vote since 2021
Share of all votes cast for candidates in Maple Cross’s wards at each scheduled council election since 2021. A gap is a year with no election here.
Seats won at each election
Show as a table
| Party | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green | 5.9% | 7.5% | 5.6% | 8.6% | 9.6% |
| Labour | 4% | 6.8% | 8.3% | 7.8% | 2.5% |
| Liberal Democrat | 58.3% | 53.4% | 57.5% | 55.2% | 37.1% |
| Conservative | 31.9% | 32.3% | 28.5% | 28.4% | 31.8% |
| Reform UK | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 19% |
In 2026, the Liberal Democrats won 1 of the 1 seats up in Maple Cross’s wards.
Results: Democracy Club (CC BY 4.0). Where a ward elects several councillors at once, each voter has that many votes; all of them count here.
Three Rivers council election, May 2026
Results in the wards that make up Maple Cross, as declared. Percentages are of votes cast for candidates in each ward; where a ward elects several councillors, each voter has that many votes.
1 ward voted. Three Rivers elects a third of its councillors at a time, so a third of the seats were up.
No election is scheduled yet for Maple Cross’s wards in Democracy Club’s list. Councils publish a notice of election about five weeks before polling day.
Who can I vote for? ↗2,693 votes for candidates
Candidates and results: Democracy Club (CC BY 4.0), from councils’ declared results; polling dates from Democracy Club’s EveryElection.
Maple Cross is in South West Hertfordshire constituency
The constituency’s MP and the 4 July 2024 general election, the whole constituency’s result (it reaches beyond Maple Cross).
48,254 votes for candidates · majority 4,456
Conservative, MP since 12 December 2019.
turnout in July 2024: 48,254 votes from 71,737 registered voters. England: 60%.
Majority 4,456 of 48,254 votes (9.2%): the 170th-narrowest of 543 in England.
MPs and results: UK Parliament Members API (Open Parliament Licence v3.0); constituencies from ONS (2024 boundaries). Percentages are of valid votes; turnout is votes cast over the electorate.
Maple Cross’s Band D council tax is £2,351 a year
Where a Band D bill goes, what it has cost over the years, and what the councils plan to spend per resident.
Three Rivers District Council keeps £212.53 of a Band D bill (9%); the rest goes to Hertfordshire County Council and the Hertfordshire police and crime commissioner.
Band D since 1993
Three Rivers’s Band D bill has risen 58% in ten years, from £1,537.21 in 2016–17, against England’s average (56%). It was £571.50 in 1993–94.
Your bill by band
A Band D home in the unparished part of Three Rivers, 2026–27, before discounts. The Valuation Office Agency’s band search gives any home’s band.
Hertfordshire’s councils
Average Band D in each council area, 2026–27, parish precepts included. Bars start at £2,200.
Council budgets per resident, 2026–27
Show as a table, with Hertfordshire
| Three Rivers + Hertfordshire | Maple Cross’s councils | Hertfordshire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adult social care | £475 | £476 | £487 |
| Children’s social care | £219 | £219 | £290 |
| Roads and transport | £81 | £68 | £41 |
| Housing (not council homes’ rents) | £34 | £31 | £61 |
| Bins, street cleaning, environment | £116 | £107 | £119 |
| Libraries, leisure, culture | £42 | £39 | £44 |
| Planning and development | £24 | £17 | £26 |
| Public health | £54 | £54 | £78 |
| Running the council | £35 | £65 | £59 |
| Other | £1 | £7 | £19 |
| Total, schools apart | £1,123 | £1,124 | £1,234 |
Net budgeted service spending, MHCLG Revenue Account budget 2026–27, per resident (ONS mid-2025 estimates). Both tiers added: Three Rivers per its residents plus Hertfordshire per the county’s. Schools are left out: academies are paid for directly by government, so council school budgets depend on how many schools have converted. Hertfordshire and England: all their councils together. Police, fire and transport authorities aren’t included.
Band D: MHCLG Band D council tax 2026–27 (each authority’s own figure, excluding parish precepts) and Council Tax statistics for town and parish councils 2026–27; since 1993–94, MHCLG’s area averages including parishes.
Having a say in how Maple Cross is run
It takes about five minutes online; the deadline is 12 working days before a poll.
gov.uk ↗Type a postcode to write to each of its councillors and its MP.
WriteToThem ↗GOV.UK sends the report to the council that looks after the road.
gov.uk ↗Council and committee meetings are open to the public, with agendas and minutes online.
threerivers.gov.uk ↗Anyone can comment while an application is open for consultation.
threerivers.gov.uk ↗The rules, nomination papers and guidance for council candidates.
Electoral Commission ↗Questions about how Maple Cross is run
Which council runs Maple Cross?
The county council runs schools, social care and roads; the district runs bins, planning and housing.
Does Maple Cross have a town council?
No. Maple Cross is unparished, so there is no town or parish council and no parish precept.
Who is the MP for Maple Cross?
Mr Gagan Mohindra (Conservative) is the MP for South West Hertfordshire, which covers Maple Cross.
How many councillors does Maple Cross have?
3 ward councillors represent Maple Cross’s 1 ward, and 1 county councillors its county divisions.
When are the next elections in Maple Cross?
No election is scheduled yet in Democracy Club’s list for Maple Cross’s wards. The next UK general election must be held by August 2029.
How much is council tax in Maple Cross?
Band D council tax in Maple Cross is £2,351 for 2026–27. Your bill depends on your home’s band, from A (6/9 of Band D) to H (18/9).
Who controls Three Rivers District Council?
No party has a majority. As elected, Liberal Democrat 18 · Conservative 16 · Green 3 · Labour 2 of 39 seats; a majority needs 20. The council’s website lists who leads it now.
Who controls Hertfordshire County Council?
As elected, Liberal Democrat 31 · Conservative 23 · Reform UK 13 · Green 5 · Labour 5 · Independent 1 of 78 seats; a majority needs 40.
Who won the 2026 council election in Maple Cross?
In Maple Cross’s wards on 7 May 2026, Liberal Democrat 1 of the 1 seats up. The Liberal Democrats had the largest share of votes, 37.1%.
Sources: ONS ward, county division, parish, constituency lookups (Census 2021 output areas; Open Government Licence v3.0) · GOV.UK local council finder · Democracy Club candidates (CC BY 4.0) and EveryElection · UK Parliament Members API (Open Parliament Licence v3.0) · MHCLG Band D council tax, parish precepts and Revenue Account budgets 2026–27 (OGL v3.0) · ONS mid-2025 population estimates. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0.
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