Elections to Three Rivers Council were held on 1 May 2003. One third of the council was up for election and the Liberal Democrat party stayed in overall control of the council.
After the election, the composition of the council was:
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | 10 | +1 | 62.5 | 50.0 | 7,651 | +2.9% | |||
| Conservative | 3 | -1 | 18.8 | 36.0 | 5,518 | -4.8% | |||
| Labour | 3 | 0 | 18.8 | 14.0 | 2,148 | +2.0% | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Matthew Bedford | 696 | 60.4 | 0.0 | |
| Conservative | Ronald Leveridge | 266 | 23.1 | −3.1 | |
| Labour | John Sutton | 191 | 16.6 | +3.2 | |
| Majority | 430 | 37.3 | +3.1 | ||
| Turnout | 1,153 | 32.7 | −7.6 | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Alice Spellen | 279 | 61.3 | ||
| Conservative | Fiona Denman | 114 | 25.1 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Gabriel Aitman | 62 | 13.6 | ||
| Majority | 165 | 36.2 | |||
| Turnout | 455 | 19.9 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Richard Laval | 502 | 66.1 | +21.4 | |
| Conservative | David Benetar | 162 | 21.3 | −12.8 | |
| Labour | Stephen Cox | 96 | 12.6 | −8.6 | |
| Majority | 340 | 44.8 | +34.2 | ||
| Turnout | 760 | 31.5 | −12.2 | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Pamela Hames | 707 | 53.7 | +19.0 | |
| Conservative | Teresa Paddington | 610 | 46.3 | −19.0 | |
| Majority | 97 | 7.4 | |||
| Turnout | 1,317 | 34.5 | −1.9 | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Christopher Brearley | 975 | 50.5 | −7.3 | |
| Conservative | Christopher Haywood | 859 | 44.5 | +13.6 | |
| Labour | Fiona Goble | 95 | 4.9 | −6.4 | |
| Majority | 116 | 6.0 | −20.9 | ||
| Turnout | 1,929 | 48.9 | +0.1 | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Leighton Dann | 790 | 59.8 | −1.1 | |
| Conservative | Graham Denman | 369 | 27.9 | +2.6 | |
| Labour | David Wynne-Jones | 163 | 12.3 | −1.5 | |
| Majority | 421 | 31.9 | −3.7 | ||
| Turnout | 1,322 | 32.7 | −2.7 | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Christopher Lloyd | 683 | 73.0 | +9.1 | |
| Conservative | Mary Sangster | 156 | 16.7 | −0.4 | |
| Labour | Vivian Rhodie | 96 | 10.3 | −8.7 | |
| Majority | 527 | 56.3 | +11.4 | ||
| Turnout | 935 | 37.2 | −1.3 | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Philip Brading | 505 | 67.2 | +3.8 | |
| Conservative | Juliet Pendlebury | 139 | 18.5 | −4.5 | |
| Labour | Beverley Hazell | 107 | 14.2 | +0.6 | |
| Majority | 366 | 48.7 | +8.3 | ||
| Turnout | 751 | 29.4 | −4.1 | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Phillip Redshaw | 254 | 53.0 | ||
| Conservative | Lynda Lewis | 171 | 35.7 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Anneliese Waugh | 54 | 11.3 | ||
| Majority | 83 | 17.3 | |||
| Turnout | 479 | 20.6 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Paul Goggins | 575 | 60.0 | −4.5 | |
| Labour | Colin Douglas | 204 | 21.3 | +1.4 | |
| Conservative | Clarence Sciville | 179 | 18.7 | +3.1 | |
| Majority | 371 | 38.7 | −5.9 | ||
| Turnout | 958 | 28.4 | −4.1 | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Stephen Giles-Medhurst | 629 | 68.1 | +4.8 | |
| Conservative | Walter Tuck | 172 | 18.6 | −2.4 | |
| Labour | Peter Arthur | 123 | 13.3 | −2.3 | |
| Majority | 457 | 49.5 | +7.2 | ||
| Turnout | 924 | 25.8 | −2.8 | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Ann Shaw | 712 | 60.4 | +5.6 | |
| Conservative | John Marsh | 320 | 27.2 | −3.5 | |
| Labour | Graham Dale | 146 | 12.4 | −2.1 | |
| Majority | 392 | 33.2 | +9.1 | ||
| Turnout | 1,178 | 30.9 | −2.2 | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Andrew Pendlebury | 960 | 76.2 | +5.4 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Jeremy Asquith | 300 | 23.8 | −5.4 | |
| Majority | 660 | 52.4 | +10.8 | ||
| Turnout | 1,260 | 31.4 | −1.2 | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | David Spellen | 302 | 54.3 | −8.8 | |
| Conservative | Ralph Sangster | 169 | 30.4 | +6.4 | |
| Liberal Democrats | David Lowes | 85 | 15.3 | +2.3 | |
| Majority | 133 | 23.9 | −15.2 | ||
| Turnout | 556 | 18.8 | −2.8 | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Roy Clements | 424 | 56.8 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Linden Sharpe | 230 | 30.8 | ||
| Labour | Sheila Bull | 92 | 12.3 | ||
| Majority | 194 | 26.0 | |||
| Turnout | 746 | 31.7 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Anthony Barton | 448 | 75.4 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Richard Killick | 146 | 24.6 | ||
| Majority | 302 | 50.8 | |||
| Turnout | 594 | 40.9 | |||
