South Bucks District Council elections

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South Bucks District Council was elected every four years from 1973 until 2020. [1]

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Political control

From the first election to the council in 1973 until its merger into Buckinghamshire Council in 2020, political control of the council was held by the following parties: [2]

Party in controlYears
Conservative 19731995
No overall control 19951999
Conservative 19992020

Leadership

The leaders of the council from 1999 until its abolition in 2020 were: [3]

CouncillorPartyFromTo
Trevor Egleton [4] Conservative 25 May 19994 May 2003
Peter Hardy Conservative 20 May 200322 May 2007
Adrian Busby [5] Conservative 22 May 200710 May 2015
Ralph Bagge [6] Conservative 26 May 201526 Sep 2017
Nick Naylor Conservative 19 Oct 201731 Mar 2020

Council elections

Council composition

Year Conservative Liberal Democrats Beaconsfield IEA Independent Council control
after election
2003 33106Conservative
2007 36220Conservative
2011 38110Conservative
2015 27001Conservative

District result maps

By-election results

2003-2007

Burnham Lent Rise By-Election 19 August 2004 [18]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Linda Hazell33570.1+22.4
Liberal Democrats Christopher Tucker14329.9+6.0
Majority19240.2
Turnout 478
Conservative hold Swing
Beaconsfield North By-Election 5 May 2005 [19]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Simon Nicholls1,30654.6-3.7
Independent John Meredith79433.2+33.2
Labour Stephen Lathrope29412.3-0.5
Majority51221.4
Turnout 2,394
Conservative hold Swing
Burnham Church By-Election 5 May 2005 [20]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Capel1,25458.7+9.1
Liberal Democrats Stephen Lathrope88141.3+13.3
Majority37317.5
Turnout 2,135
Conservative hold Swing
Beaconsfield South By-Election 14 July 2005 [21]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Jacquetta Lowen-Cooper34777.1+22.2
Liberal Democrats Paul Henry10322.9-8.9
Majority24454.2
Turnout 450
Conservative hold Swing

2007-2011

Burnham Church By-Election 26 August 2010 [22]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Paul Kelly45956.3-11.5
UKIP Peter Price27633.9+33.9
Liberal Democrats David Linsdall809.8-22.4
Majority18322.5
Turnout 815
Conservative hold Swing

2011-2015

Iver Heath By-Election 14 June 2012 [23]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Luisa Sullivan40461.0-5.6
UKIP Adam Pamment19629.6+29.6
Liberal Democrats Peter Chapman629.4-24.0
Majority20831.4
Turnout 662
Conservative hold Swing
Iver Village and Richings Park By-Election 12 December 2013 [24]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Paul Griffin42246.9-6.0
UKIP Ken Wight37741.9+41.9
Liberal Democrats Peter Chapman10111.2-35.9
Majority455.0
Turnout 900
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing

2015-2020

Farnham and Hedgerley By-Election 5 May 2016 [25]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Claire Lewis96262.5-15.6
UKIP Delphine Gray-Fisk33922.0+0.1
Green Ryan Sains23915.5+15.5
Majority62340.5
Turnout 1,540
Conservative hold Swing
Burnham Lent Rise and Taplow By-Election 5 October 2017 [26]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Matt Bezzant69965.9+23.6
Labour Alexa Collins16615.6-0.4
Liberal Democrats Carol Linton13612.8+12.8
Green Zoe Hatch605.7-7.7
Majority53350.2
Turnout 1,061
Conservative hold Swing
Beaconsfield North By-Election 2 November 2017 [27]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Damian Saunders44176.4-9.7
Liberal Democrats Paul Henry13623.6+23.6
Majority30552.9
Turnout 577
Conservative hold Swing

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