Buckinghamshire County Council election, 2005

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Elections to Buckinghamshire County Council were held on 5 May 2005, alongside the 2005 UK General Election and other local elections in England and Northern Ireland. The entire council was up for election, with each successful candidate serving a four-year term of office, expiring in 2009.

Buckinghamshire County Council upper-tier local authority for the non-metropolitan county of Buckinghamshire, in England

Buckinghamshire County Council is the upper-tier local authority for the non-metropolitan county of Buckinghamshire, in England, the United Kingdom established in 1889 following the Local Government Act 1888. The county council's offices are in Aylesbury.

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The Conservative Party remained in overall control of the council, winning 44 out of 57 seats. 11 of the remaining seats were won by the Liberal Democrats, whilst the remaining 2 were won by Labour. [1]

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Result

Buckinghamshire County Council Election Result 2005
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Conservative 44+477.1949.67146,980
  Liberal Democrat 11+219.3032.8897,289
  Labour 2-33.5115.9147,072
 Aylesbury Residents Association000.872,587
  UKIP 000.411,200
  Green 000.26777

The overall turnout was 65.4% with a total of 295,905 valid votes cast. A total of 2,397 ballots were rejected.

Council Composition

After the election, the composition of the council was:

44112
ConservativesLiberal DemocratsL

L - Labour

Ward Results

All results by ward are listed below. The turnout numbers recorded is the valid voter turnout, not the total number of ballots cast including those that were spoiled. [2]

Abbey

Abbey (1 seat)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Lesley Clarke1,80450.1
Labour Carolyn Pudney99627.7
Liberal Democrat Stephen Guy80122.2
Majority80822.4
Turnout 3,60160.2
Conservative hold Swing

Alderbourne

Alderbourne (1 seat)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative William Lidgate2,33961.8
Liberal Democrat Edwina Mitchell1,44638.2
Majority89323.6
Turnout 3,78562.5
Conservative hold Swing

Amersham

Amersham (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative David Meacock3,77024.2
Conservative Pauline Wilkinson3,65123.4
Liberal Democrat Davida Allen3,56722.9
Liberal Democrat Patricia Pearce2,73917.6
Labour Lynda Greenhill9596.1
Labour David Tench9095.8
Majority840.5
Turnout 8,70766.0
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Aston Clinton

Aston Clinton (1 seat)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative William Chapple3,06264.1
Liberal Democrat Peter Vernon1,44030.2
Aylesbury Residents ActionAndrew Hill2735.7
Majority1,62233.9
Turnout 4,77568.6
Conservative hold Swing

Aylesbury East

Aylesbury East (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Liberal Democrat Chloe Willetts2,78921.4
Liberal Democrat Raj Khan2,48219.0
Conservative Andrew Huxley2,37718.2
Conservative Abdul Khaliq1,79113.7
Labour Richard Wells1,2249.4
Labour Mohammed Khaliel1,0848.3
Independent Patrick Martin6595.1
Aylesbury Residents ActionJulia Powell3232.5
Aylesbury Residents ActionElsie Davies3032.3
Majority1050.8
Turnout 13,03260.0
Liberal Democrat hold Swing
Liberal Democrat hold Swing

Aylesbury North

Aylesbury North (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Liberal Democrat Mary Baldwin 2,15922.2
Liberal Democrat Niknam Hussain1,66517.1
Conservative Jane Sale1,58716.3
Conservative Wajid Kiani1,26213.0
Labour Philip McGoldrick1,22512.6
Labour Sandra Moorcroft1,01910.5
Aylesbury Residents ActionSuzanna Copcutt4194.3
Aylesbury Residents ActionDavid Davies3793.9
Majority785.1
Turnout 9,71552.2
Liberal Democrat hold Swing
Liberal Democrat hold Swing

Aylesbury South

Aylesbury South (1 seat)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Liberal Democrat Denise Summers1,44639.0
Conservative Elisabeth Wilkins1,43538.7
Labour Henry Gardner73019.7
Aylesbury Residents ActionMargaret Martin1002.7
Majority110.3
Turnout 3,71161.1
Liberal Democrat hold Swing

Aylesbury South East

Aylesbury South East (1 seat)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Liberal Democrat Chester Jones2,33047.4
Conservative John Champion1,91739.0
Labour Adrian Mumford-Smith57011.6
Aylesbury Residents ActionDennis Price951.9
Majority4138.4
Turnout 4,91272.0
Liberal Democrat hold Swing

Aylesbury West

Aylesbury West (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Liberal Democrat Freda Roberts3,07421.1
Liberal Democrat Steve Kennell3,05021.0
Conservative Brian Foster2,28315.7
Conservative John Wiseman2,28315.7
Labour Neal Bonham1,75512.1
Labour Zard Khan1,47910.2
Aylesbury Residents ActionJulie Ludlow3332.3
Aylesbury Residents ActionMartin Hill2922.0
Majority7675.3
Turnout 14,54954.5
Liberal Democrat hold Swing
Liberal Democrat hold Swing

Beaconsfield

Beaconsfield (1 seat)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Margaret Dewar2,54665.1
Liberal Democrat Barbara Wainwright85621.9
Labour Stephen Lathrope51113.1
Majority1,69043.2
Turnout 3,91367.7
Conservative hold Swing

Bernwood

Bernwood (1 seat)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Michael Edmonds3,18959.0
Labour Joanna Dodsworth1,11320.6
Liberal Democrat Alan Sherwell1,10620.5
Majority2,07638.4
Turnout 5,40872.9
Conservative hold Swing

Booker, Cressex & Sands

Booker, Cressex & Sands (1 seat)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Alan Hill1,39739.0
Labour Nigel Vickery1,30336.4
Liberal Democrat Tuffail Hussain52914.8
UKIP Lynne Pearce3549.9
Majority942.6
Turnout 3,58358.2
Conservative hold Swing

Bowerdean, Micklefield & Totteridge

Bowerdean, Micklefield and Totteridge (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Julia Wassell2,55524.3
Labour Chaudhary Ditta2,00319.0
Conservative Kathleen Dix1,87417.8
Conservative Ian McEnnis1,75616.7
Liberal Democrat Frances Alexander1,18511.2
Liberal Democrat Ian Morton1,16311.0
Majority1291.2
Turnout 10,53653.9
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Buckingham North

Buckingham North (1 seat)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative David Polhill2,14150.7
Labour Robert Lehmann1,19428.3
Liberal Democrat Robert Lewis88421.0
Majority94722.4
Turnout 4,21963.0
Conservative hold Swing

Buckingham South

Buckingham South (1 seat)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Hedley Cadd2,37449.2
Labour Robin Stuchbury1,71835.6
Liberal Democrat Michael Cashman73815.3
Majority65613.6
Turnout 4,83068.0
Conservative hold Swing

Bulstrode

Bulstrode (1 seat)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Peter Hardy2,51365.2
Liberal Democrat Jane Hartley85022.0
Labour Phillip Oram49312.8
Majority1,66343.2
Turnout 3,85666.1
Conservative hold Swing

Burnham Beeches

Burnham Beeches (1 seat)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Linda Hazell2,23960.5
Liberal Democrat David Linsdall80221.7
Labour Mark Craddock65817.8
Majority1,43738.8
Turnout 3,69961.2
Conservative hold Swing

Chalfont St Peter

Chalfont St Peter (1 seat)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Bruce Allen2,51259.8
Liberal Democrat Richard Williams1,00624.0
Labour Malcolm Horne68216.2
Majority1,50635.8
Turnout 4,20062.8
Conservative hold Swing

Chesham East

Chesham East (1 seat)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Liberal Democrat Patricia Lindsley2,00344.4
Conservative Mohammed Bhatti1,63236.1
Labour Kathryn Drinkall53211.8
Green Nicholas Wilkins3487.7
Majority3718.3
Turnout 4,51565.4
Liberal Democrat hold Swing

Chesham North West

Chesham North West (1 seat)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Steven Adams1,36338.8
Liberal Democrat Michael Brand1,33338.0
Labour Peter Ward63218.0
Green Phillip Folly1845.2
Majority300.8
Turnout 3,51265.8
Conservative hold Swing

Chess Valley

Chess Valley (1 seat)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Hugh Wilson1,43942.2
Liberal Democrat Jane Bramwell1,22535.9
Labour David Cross49914.6
Green Kathleen Folly2457.2
Majority2146.3
Turnout 3,40864.5
Conservative hold Swing

Chiltern Ridges

Chiltern Ridges (1 seat)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Patricia Birchley2,39559.8
Liberal Democrat John Clutterbuck1,22230.5
Labour Barbara Hunter3899.7
Majority1,17329.3
Turnout 4,00672.1
Conservative hold Swing

Chiltern Valley

Chiltern Valley (1 seat)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Robert Woollard2,22157.0
Liberal Democrat Neil Timberlake81420.9
Labour Kathleen Draper68917.7
UKIP Brian Pearce1714.4
Majority1,40736.1
Turnout 3,89565.5
Conservative hold Swing

Downley, Disraeli, Oakridge & Castlefield

Downley, Disraeli, Oakridge & Castlefield (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Wendy Mallen2,99121.3
Conservative Zahir Mohammed2,52117.9
Liberal Democrat Pamela Brooks2,28216.2
Labour Sajid Ali2,26016.1
Labour Chaudry Shafique2,24716.0
Liberal Democrat William Doran1,74912.4
Majority2391.7
Turnout 14,05060.4
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Gerrards Cross & Denham North

Gerrards Cross & Denham North (1 seat)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Peter Roberts2,26063.6
Liberal Democrat Gillian Underwood81522.9
Labour John Hunter48113.5
Majority1,44540.7
Turnout 3,55662.8
Conservative hold Swing

Great Brickhill

Great Brickhill (1 seat)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Brenda Jennings2,76560.8
Liberal Democrat Llewellyn Monger1,78139.2
Majority98421.6
Turnout 4,54672.1
Conservative hold Swing

Great Missenden

Great Missenden (1 seat)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Michael Colston2,88258.8
Liberal Democrat Sebastian Berry2,01841.2
Majority86417.6
Turnout 4,90070.9
Conservative hold Swing

Greater Hughenden

Greater Hughenden (1 seat)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Richard Pushman3,12364.6
Liberal Democrat William Barnes1,71035.4
Majority1,41329.2
Turnout 4,83373.9
Conservative hold Swing

Grendon Underwood

Grendon Underwood (1 seat
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative John Cartwright2,74456.6
Liberal Democrat Ian Metherell2,10043.4
Majority64413.2
Turnout 4,84467.0
Conservative hold Swing

Haddenham

Haddenham (1 seat)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Margaret Aston2,49455.8
Liberal Democrat Eileen Young1,97844.2
Majority51611.6
Turnout 4,47270.0
Conservative hold Swing

Hazelmere

Hazelmere (1 seat)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative David Carroll3,47171.8
Labour Ian Bates1,36428.2
Majority2,10743.6
Turnout 4,83565.9
Conservative hold Swing

Icknield and Bledlow

Icknield and Bledlow (1 seat)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Paul Rogerson3,12465.7
Liberal Democrat Lee Harte1,09223.0
Labour Anne Edwards54111.4
Majority2,03242.7
Turnout 4,75771.6
Conservative hold Swing

Iver

Iver (1 seat)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Liberal Democrat Alex Oxley2,01152.6
Conservative Kathleen Webber1,81147.4
Majority2005.2
Turnout 3,82263.7
Liberal Democrat hold Swing

Ivinghoe

Ivinghoe (1 seat)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Liberal Democrat Avril Davies2,72253.0
Conservative Terence Jones2,41147.0
Majority3116.0
Turnout 5,13373.3
Liberal Democrat hold Swing

Marlow

Marlow (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Douglas Anson4,04023.9
Conservative Frank Sweatman3,53220.9
Liberal Democrat Maurice Oram3,11218.4
Liberal Democrat James Campbell2,96517.6
Labour Janet Pritchard1,3137.8
Labour Paul Mansell1,2417.4
UKIP Diana Davis6757.4
Majority4202.5
Turnout 16,87868.2
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Penn, Coleshill & Holmer Green

Penn, Coleshill & Holmer Green (1 seat)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Francis Robinson2,78259.7
Liberal Democrat Deborah Williams1,24626.8
Labour Michael Cole62913.5
Majority1,53632.9
Turnout 4,65769.0
Conservative hold Swing

Ryemead, Tylers Green & Loudwater

Ryemead, Tylers Green & Loudwater (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Elizabeth Lay2,90824.6
Conservative David Shakespeare2,78123.5
Liberal Democrat Ian Forbes1,87515.9
Liberal Democrat Trevor Snaith1,61213.6
Labour Clare Martens1,35011.4
Labour Peter Morris1,30311.0
Majority9067.6
Turnout 11,82960.7
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Stoke Poges & Farnham Common

Stoke Poges & Farnham Common (1 seat)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Rodney Royston2,60562.1
Liberal Democrat Eamonn Lyons84420.1
Labour Lindsey Gillan74317.7
Majority1,76142.0
Turnout 4,19266.0
Conservative hold Swing

Stokenchurch, Radnage & West Wycombe

Stokenchurch, Radnage &West Wycombe (1 seat)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Frank Downes2,36954.0
Liberal Democrat Rosemary Eames1,11425.4
Labour Samuel Trueman90220.6
Majority1,25528.6
Turnout 4,38563.4
Conservative hold Swing

Taplow, Dorney & Lent Rise

Taplow, Dorney & Lent Rise (1 sale)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Peter Smith2,01857.9
Liberal Democrat Christopher Tucker1,46942.1
Majority54915.8
Turnout 3,48761.2
Conservative hold Swing

Terriers & Amersham Hill

Terriers & Amersham Hill (1 seat)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Valerie Letheren1,78447.2
Labour Kiern Moran1,00426.6
Liberal Democrat Wendy Guy99126.2
Majority78020.6
Turnout 3,77961.7
Conservative hold Swing

Thames

Thames (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Michael Appleyard4,53928.7
Conservative David Watson4,05225.6
Liberal Democrat Brian Pollock2,84318.0
Liberal Democrat Jeff Herschel2,80817.7
Labour Michael Phelan1,59210.1
Majority1,2097.6
Turnout 15,83466.5
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

The Chalfonts & Seer Green

The Chalfonts & Seer Green (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Pamela Bacon5,51431.5
Conservative Martin Tett4,88227.9
Liberal Democrat Michael Meakin2,57814.7
Liberal Democrat Peter Nowell2,53514.5
Labour Sarah Hutchison1,0886.2
Labour Gearoid De Barra9225.3
Majority2,30413.2
Turnout 17,51967.2
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

The Risboroughs

The Risboroughs (1 seat)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Dennis Green2,27753.9
Liberal Democrat Nelson Bathurst1,23129.2
Labour William Dore71316.9
Majority1,04624.7
Turnout 4,22167.2
Conservative hold Swing

Wendover & Halton

Wendover & Halton (1 seat)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Marion Clayton1,98448.9
Liberal Democrat Christopher Peeler1,54738.1
Labour Robert Pile45811.3
Aylesbury Residents ActionDorothy Price701.7
Majority43710.8
Turnout 4,05967.1
Conservative hold Swing

Wing

Wing (1 seat)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Quintin Ings-Chambers2,32355.9
Liberal Democrat Mark Watson1,83244.1
Majority49111.8
Turnout 4,15571.3
Conservative hold Swing

Winslow

Winslow (1 seat)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative David Rowlands2,84162.2
Liberal Democrat Harold Newman1,72537.8
Majority1,11670.1
Turnout 4,56670.1
Conservative hold Swing

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