Buckinghamshire Council elections

This article is about elections to the unitary authority established in 2020. For elections to the county council which existed from 1973 to 2020, see Buckinghamshire County 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]

Council elections

Year	Con	LD	Wycombe Ind.	Lab	Ind. Network	Ref. UK	Grn	Ind	Council control after election
2021	113	15	6	4	2	0	1	6		Conservative
2025 [a]	48	27	2	4	0	3	2	11		No overall control

Results maps

• 
  2021 results map
• 
  2025 results map

By-elections

2021-2025

Bernwood By-Election 30 June 2022 ^[7]

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 ^[8]

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 ^[9]

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

Farnham Common and Burnham Beeches By-Election 22 February 2024 ^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Moore	860	51.8	+0.9
	Liberal Democrats	Carol Linton	689	41.5	+9.8
	Labour	Alexa Collins	111	6.7	−7.1
Majority			171	10.3
Turnout			1,660
	Conservative hold		Swing

Hazlemere By-Election 22 February 2024 ^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Steven Roy	687	36.5	−5.6
	Independent	Leigh Casey	654	34.8	+34.8
	Liberal Democrats	Mark Titterington	426	22.7	+13.1
	Labour	Adam Dale	113	6.0	−3.2
Majority			33	1.8
Turnout			1,880
	Conservative hold		Swing

Notes

1. Boundary changes reduced the number of seats by 50. ^[6]

References

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.
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. "The Buckinghamshire (Electoral Changes) Order 2023". gov.uk . 13 November 2023. Retrieved 26 April 2025.
7. "Local Elections Archive Project — Bernwood Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 1 January 2024.
8. "Local Elections Archive Project — Denham Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 1 January 2024.
9. "Local Elections Archive Project — Buckingham East Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 1 January 2024.
10. "Local Elections Archive Project — Farnham Common and Burnham Beeches Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 29 October 2024.
11. "Local Elections Archive Project — Hazlemere Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 29 October 2024.