Buckinghamshire Council elections

Buckinghamshire Council was elected for the first time in 2021, with subsequent elections to be held every fourth year thereafter.^[1] A total of 147 councillors were elected, with the 49 wards electing 3 councillors each.^[2]

Background

The inaugural election was supposed to be in May 2020, but was postponed until May 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[3] For this reason, it was announced on 18 March 2020 that all of the current shadow authority members would become councillors and the shadow executive members would form the cabinet.^[4] The first election to the new authority was eventually held in May 2021.^[5]

Political control

The Conservative Party has held control of the council since its creation in 2020.

Party in control		Years
	Conservative	2020–present

Leadership

Councillor	Party		From	To
Martin Tett		Conservative	1 Apr 2020	present

Council elections

2021 Buckinghamshire Council election (inaugural election)

Council composition

Year	Con	LD	Wycombe Ind.	Lab	Ind. Network	Grn	Ind	Notes
Year								Notes
2021	113	15	6	4	2	1	6

Results maps

2021 results map

By-elections

2021-2025

Bernwood By-Election 30 June 2022^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Sue Lewin	1,158	38.7	+21.5
	Green	Richard Torpey	1,030	34.4	-3.9
	Conservative	David Hughes	723	24.1	-9.8
	Labour	Lindsey Poole	85	2.8	-7.7
Majority			128	4.3
Turnout			2,996
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Denham By-Election 27 July 2023^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jaspal Singh Chhokar	848	42.2	-5.7
	Liberal Democrats	Julie Cook	634	31.5	+31.5
	Independent	Barry Harding	404	20.1	-0.6
	Labour	Nadeem Siddiqui	125	6.2	-6.9
Majority			214	10.6
Turnout			2,011
	Conservative hold		Swing

Buckingham East By-Election 2 November 2023^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Anja Schaefer	690	39.8	+28.1
	Conservative	Jane Mordue	593	34.2	-9.6
	Labour	Fran Davies	371	21.4	+5.8
	Green	Michael Culverhouse	81	4.7	-6.4
Majority			97	5.6
Turnout			1,735
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

References

^ "The Buckinghamshire (Structural Changes) Order 2019 PART 4 Article 18". www.legislation.gov.uk. Retrieved 7 April 2020.
^ "The Buckinghamshire (Structural Changes) Order 2019 SCHEDULE". www.legislation.gov.uk. Retrieved 7 April 2020.
^ "Local elections postponed for a year over coronavirus". BBC News. 13 March 2020. Retrieved 7 April 2020.
^ "Coronavirus cancels local elections until 2021 - This is what is going to happen with the new unitary council". Bucks Free Press. 20 March 2020. Retrieved 7 April 2020.
^ "New council outlines political arrangements following postponement of elections". Buckinghamshire Council Shadow Authority. 18 March 2020. Archived from the original on 7 April 2020. Retrieved 7 April 2020.
^ "Local Elections Archive Project — Bernwood Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 1 January 2024.
^ "Local Elections Archive Project — Denham Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 1 January 2024.
^ "Local Elections Archive Project — Buckingham East Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 1 January 2024.

[1] "The Buckinghamshire (Structural Changes) Order 2019 PART 4 Article 18". www.legislation.gov.uk. Retrieved 7 April 2020.

[2] "The Buckinghamshire (Structural Changes) Order 2019 SCHEDULE". www.legislation.gov.uk. Retrieved 7 April 2020.

[3] "Local elections postponed for a year over coronavirus". BBC News. 13 March 2020. Retrieved 7 April 2020.

[BFPcvelection-4] "Coronavirus cancels local elections until 2021 - This is what is going to happen with the new unitary council". Bucks Free Press. 20 March 2020. Retrieved 7 April 2020.

[5] "New council outlines political arrangements following postponement of elections". Buckinghamshire Council Shadow Authority. 18 March 2020. Archived from the original on 7 April 2020. Retrieved 7 April 2020.

[6] "Local Elections Archive Project — Bernwood Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 1 January 2024.

[7] "Local Elections Archive Project — Denham Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 1 January 2024.

[8] "Local Elections Archive Project — Buckingham East Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 1 January 2024.

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v t e Council elections in Buckinghamshire
Buckinghamshire Council	2021
Buckinghamshire County Council	1889 1892 1895 1898 1901 1904 1907 1910 1913 1919 1922 1925 1928 1931 1934 1937 1946 1949 1952 1955 1958 1961 1964 1967 1970 1973 1977 1981 1985 1989 1993 1997 2001 2005 2009 2013 2017 Abolished
Milton Keynes Council	1973 1976 1978 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016 2018 2019 2021 2022 2023
Aylesbury Vale District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 Abolished
Chiltern District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 Abolished
South Bucks District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 Abolished
Wycombe District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 Abolished
See also: Wards Boundary changes

v t e Unitary authorities of England
Areas	Bath and North East Somerset Bedford Blackburn with Darwen Blackpool Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Bracknell Forest Brighton and Hove Bristol Buckinghamshire Central Bedfordshire Cheshire East Cheshire West and Chester Cornwall County Durham Cumberland Darlington Derby Dorset East Riding of Yorkshire Halton Hartlepool Herefordshire Isle of Wight Isles of Scilly Kingston upon Hull Leicester Luton Medway Middlesbrough Milton Keynes North East Lincolnshire North Lincolnshire North Northamptonshire North Somerset North Yorkshire Northumberland Nottingham Peterborough Plymouth Portsmouth Reading Redcar and Cleveland Rutland Shropshire Slough Somerset Southampton Southend-on-Sea South Gloucestershire Stockton-on-Tees Stoke-on-Trent Swindon Telford and Wrekin Thurrock Torbay Warrington West Berkshire Westmorland and Furness West Northamptonshire Wiltshire Windsor and Maidenhead Wokingham York
Councils	Bath and North East Somerset Bedford Blackburn with Darwen Blackpool Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Bracknell Forest Brighton and Hove Bristol Buckinghamshire Central Bedfordshire Cheshire East Cheshire West and Chester Cornwall County Durham Cumberland Darlington Derby Dorset East Riding of Yorkshire Halton Hartlepool Herefordshire Isle of Wight Isles of Scilly Kingston upon Hull Leicester Luton Medway Middlesbrough Milton Keynes North East Lincolnshire North Lincolnshire North Northamptonshire North Somerset North Yorkshire Northumberland Nottingham Peterborough Plymouth Portsmouth Reading Redcar and Cleveland Rutland Shropshire Slough Somerset Southampton Southend-on-Sea South Gloucestershire Stockton-on-Tees Stoke-on-Trent Swindon Telford and Wrekin Thurrock Torbay Warrington West Berkshire Westmorland and Furness West Northamptonshire Wiltshire Windsor and Maidenhead Wokingham York
Elections	Bath and North East Somerset Bedford Blackburn with Darwen Blackpool Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Bracknell Forest Brighton and Hove Bristol Buckinghamshire Central Bedfordshire Cheshire East Cheshire West and Chester Cornwall County Durham Cumberland Darlington Derby Dorset East Riding of Yorkshire Halton Hartlepool Herefordshire Isle of Wight Isles of Scilly Kingston upon Hull Leicester Luton Medway Middlesbrough Milton Keynes North East Lincolnshire North Lincolnshire North Northamptonshire North Somerset North Yorkshire Northumberland Nottingham Peterborough Plymouth Portsmouth Reading Redcar and Cleveland Rutland Shropshire Slough Somerset Southampton Southend-on-Sea South Gloucestershire Stockton-on-Tees Stoke-on-Trent Swindon Telford and Wrekin Thurrock Torbay Warrington West Berkshire Westmorland and Furness West Northamptonshire Wiltshire Windsor and Maidenhead Wokingham York