Buckinghamshire County Council elections

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Buckinghamshire County Council in England was elected every four years from 1973 until 2020. [1]

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Political control

From 1973 until its merger into Buckinghamshire Council in 2020, political control of the council was consistently held by the Conservative party: [2]

YearControl
1973 Conservative
1977 Conservative
1981 Conservative
1985 Conservative
1989 Conservative
1993 Conservative
1997 Conservative
2001 Conservative
2005 Conservative
2009 Conservative
2013 Conservative
2017 Conservative

In the 1993 elections, it was the only county council to have elected a majority of Conservative councillors, while the party lost majorities on strongholds such as Essex, Kent and Lincolnshire.

Council elections

County result maps

By-election results

1997-2001

Long Crendon & Brill by-election 1 October 1998
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative David Graves1,23257.4+8.8
Liberal Democrats Eileen Young50523.5+23.5
Labour Ian Chapman41019.1−10.2
Majority72733.9
Turnout 2,14733.4
Conservative hold Swing
Wendover By-Election 6 May 1999
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Marion Clayton1,21155.8+4.0
Liberal Democrats Robert Hammond95844.2+10.3
Majority25311.6
Turnout 2,16939.0
Conservative hold Swing
Marsh and Micklefield By-Election 15 June 2000
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Caroline Martnes57961.3+15.9
Conservative Frank Downes26628.2−1.2
Liberal Democrats Matthew Brown9910.5−14.7
Majority31333.1
Turnout 94417.6
Labour hold Swing

2001-2005

Gerrards Cross By-Election 19 August 2004 [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Peter Hardy93377.1+13.9
Liberal Democrats Peter Chapman27722.9−2.7
Majority65654.2
Turnout 1,21022.2
Conservative hold Swing
Buckingham South By-Election 18 November 2004 [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Hedley Cadd1,09851.1+7.6
Labour Robin Stuchbury55926.0−2.6
Liberal Democrats Ian Metherell49122.8−5.1
Majority53925.1
Turnout 2,14819.4
Conservative hold Swing

2005-2009

Rymead, Tylers Green & Loudwater By-Election 20 April 2006 [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Peter Cartwright1,27761.0+13.6
Liberal Democrats Trevor Snaith59628.5−2.1
Labour Clare Martens22110.5−11.5
Majority68132.5
Turnout 2,09420.5
Conservative hold Swing
Stoke Poges and Farnham Common By-Election 29 March 2007 [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Trevor Egleton87557.3−4.8
Independent William Foulds28318.5+18.5
Liberal Democrats Ingrid Greenhow28018.3−1.8
Labour Lindsey Gillan895.8−11.9
Majority59238.8
Turnout 1,52723.8
Conservative hold Swing

2009-2013

Amersham By-Election 17 September 2009 [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Steven Adams1,84046.6−3.7
Liberal Democrats Davida Allen1,76844.8+0.0
UKIP Christopher Cooke1403.5+3.5
Labour Lynda Greenhill1062.7−2.2
Green Phil Folly952.4+2.4
Majority721.8
Turnout 3,94930.6
Conservative hold Swing

2017-2020

Beaconsfield By-Election 2 November 2017 [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Anita Cranmer1,29881.3+11.2
Liberal Democrats Mark Skoyles29918.7+2.4
Majority99962.6
Turnout 1,597
Conservative hold Swing
Aylesbury North-West By-Election 29 November 2018 [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Anders Christensen65439.3+9.5
Conservative Ashley Waite50730.5+6.0
Labour Liz Hind42625.6+2.9
Green Mark Wheeler774.6+1.3
Majority1478.8
Turnout 1,664
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Totteridge and Bowerdean By-Election 9 February 2019 [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Israr Rashid97840.8+15.5
East Wycombe IndependentsMatt Knight66827.8−12.1
Liberal Democrats Ben Holkham50821.2+6.4
Conservative Richard Peters24510.2−9.8
Majority31012.9
Turnout 2,399
Labour gain from East Wycombe Independents Swing

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