Buckinghamshire County Council in England was elected every four years from 1973 until 2020. [1]
From 1973 until its merger into Buckinghamshire Council in 2020, political control of the council was consistently held by the Conservative party: [2]
Party in control | Years | |
---|---|---|
Conservative | 1973–2020 | |
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.
The leaders of the council from 2001 until its abolition in 2020 were: [3]
Councillor | Party | From | To | |
---|---|---|---|---|
David Shakespeare | Conservative | 28 Jun 2001 | 26 May 2011 | |
Martin Tett | Conservative | 26 May 2011 | 31 Mar 2020 |
Martin Tett subsequently became first leader of the replacement Buckinghamshire Council in 2020.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | David Graves | 1,232 | 57.4 | +8.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | Eileen Young | 505 | 23.5 | +23.5 | |
Labour | Ian Chapman | 410 | 19.1 | -10.2 | |
Majority | 727 | 33.9 | |||
Turnout | 2,147 | 33.4 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Marion Clayton | 1,211 | 55.8 | +4.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | Robert Hammond | 958 | 44.2 | +10.3 | |
Majority | 253 | 11.6 | |||
Turnout | 2,169 | 39.0 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Caroline Martnes | 579 | 61.3 | +15.9 | |
Conservative | Frank Downes | 266 | 28.2 | -1.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Matthew Brown | 99 | 10.5 | -14.7 | |
Majority | 313 | 33.1 | |||
Turnout | 944 | 17.6 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Peter Hardy | 933 | 77.1 | +13.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | Peter Chapman | 277 | 22.9 | -2.7 | |
Majority | 656 | 54.2 | |||
Turnout | 1,210 | 22.2 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Hedley Cadd | 1,098 | 51.1 | +7.6 | |
Labour | Robin Stuchbury | 559 | 26.0 | -2.6 | |
Liberal Democrats | Ian Metherell | 491 | 22.8 | -5.1 | |
Majority | 539 | 25.1 | |||
Turnout | 2,148 | 19.4 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Peter Cartwright | 1,277 | 61.0 | +13.6 | |
Liberal Democrats | Trevor Snaith | 596 | 28.5 | -2.1 | |
Labour | Clare Martens | 221 | 10.5 | -11.5 | |
Majority | 681 | 32.5 | |||
Turnout | 2,094 | 20.5 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Trevor Egleton | 875 | 57.3 | -4.8 | |
Independent | William Foulds | 283 | 18.5 | +18.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | Ingrid Greenhow | 280 | 18.3 | -1.8 | |
Labour | Lindsey Gillan | 89 | 5.8 | -11.9 | |
Majority | 592 | 38.8 | |||
Turnout | 1,527 | 23.8 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Steven Adams | 1,840 | 46.6 | -3.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | Davida Allen | 1,768 | 44.8 | +0.0 | |
UKIP | Christopher Cooke | 140 | 3.5 | +3.5 | |
Labour | Lynda Greenhill | 106 | 2.7 | -2.2 | |
Green | Phil Folly | 95 | 2.4 | +2.4 | |
Majority | 72 | 1.8 | |||
Turnout | 3,949 | 30.6 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Anita Cranmer | 1,298 | 81.3 | +11.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Mark Skoyles | 299 | 18.7 | +2.4 | |
Majority | 999 | 62.6 | |||
Turnout | 1,597 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Anders Christensen | 654 | 39.3 | +9.5 | |
Conservative | Ashley Waite | 507 | 30.5 | +6.0 | |
Labour | Liz Hind | 426 | 25.6 | +2.9 | |
Green | Mark Wheeler | 77 | 4.6 | +1.3 | |
Majority | 147 | 8.8 | |||
Turnout | 1,664 | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Israr Rashid | 978 | 40.8 | +15.5 | |
East Wycombe Independents | Matt Knight | 668 | 27.8 | -12.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Ben Holkham | 508 | 21.2 | +6.4 | |
Conservative | Richard Peters | 245 | 10.2 | -9.8 | |
Majority | 310 | 12.9 | |||
Turnout | 2,399 | ||||
Labour gain from East Wycombe Independents | Swing | ||||
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