Maple Cross and Mill End is a ward

Wards of the United Kingdom

A ward in the United Kingdom is an electoral district at sub-national level represented by one or more councillors. It is the primary unit of British administrative and electoral geography .-England:...

 in Three Rivers

Three Rivers (district)

Three Rivers is a local government district in Hertfordshire in the East of England. Its council 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...

, in England

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, the United Kingdom

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. It is located in the far south-west Hertfordshire, in the East of England

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 region

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. The ward includes the eponymous villages of Maple Cross

Maple Cross

Maple Cross is a village in Hertfordshire, England with a large proportion of the housing being either council owned or previously council owned. The area is served by junction 17 of the M25 motorway, which makes up one of the boundaries of the village...

 and Mill End

Mill End

Mill End is a small hamlet in the parish of Hambleden in the south of Buckinghamshire, England, on the main A4155 road between Henley-on-Thames and Marlow. It is on the River Thames. Mill End consists of about 30-50 houses, some on the river bank and others on the northern side of the main road....

, lying between Chorleywood West to the north; Penn, Rickmansworth

Rickmansworth

Rickmansworth is a town in the Three Rivers district of Hertfordshire, England, 4¼ miles west of Watford.The town has a population of around 15,000 people and lies on the Grand Union Canal and the River Colne, at the northern end of the Colne Valley regional park.Rickmansworth is a small town in...

, and Harefield

Harefield

Harefield is a village in the London Borough of Hillingdon in northwest London, England. It is situated on top of a hill, northwest of Charing Cross, near the Greater London boundary with Buckinghamshire to the west and Hertfordshire to the north...

 to the east; and Chalfont St. Giles and Chalfont Common

Chalfont Common

Chalfont Common is a hamlet in Buckinghamshire, England. It is located in the Chiltern Hills, to the north of Chalfont St Peter....

 to the west.

As one of the more populous wards in the district, with an electorate of 3,931, the ward elects three members to 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...

. It is represented by three Liberal Democrat

Liberal Democrats

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 councillors (Richard Struck, Ann Shaw, Peter Wakeling). For elections to Hertfordshire County Council

Hertfordshire County Council

Hertfordshire County Council is the upper-tier local authority for the non-metropolitan county of Hertfordshire, in England, the United Kingdom. It currently consists of 77 councillors, and is controlled by the Conservative Party, which has 55 councillors, 17 Liberal Democrats, versus 3 Labour...

, Maple Cross and Mill End is part of the Rickmansworth

Rickmansworth

Rickmansworth is a town in the Three Rivers district of Hertfordshire, England, 4¼ miles west of Watford.The town has a population of around 15,000 people and lies on the Grand Union Canal and the River Colne, at the northern end of the Colne Valley regional park.Rickmansworth is a small town in...

 constituency, represented by the Conservative Barbara Lamb. For elections to the House of Commons

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, it is in the South West Hertfordshire

South West Hertfordshire

South West Hertfordshire is a county constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament by the first past the post system of election.-Boundaries:...

 constituency, represented by David Gauke

David Gauke

David Michael Gauke British Conservative Party politician. He is the Member of Parliament for South West Hertfordshire and current Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury.-Early life:...

, also of the Conservatives.