Wycombe District Council elections

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Wycombe District Council in Buckinghamshire, England was elected every four years from 1973 until 2020. [1] Since the last boundary changes in 2003, 60 councillors were elected from 28 wards.

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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
Pam Priestley Conservative 17 May 199914 May 2001
Roger Colomb Conservative 14 May 200119 May 2003
Lesley Clarke Conservative 19 May 200324 May 2011
Alex Collingwood Conservative 24 May 201113 May 2013
Richard Scott Conservative 13 May 201326 May 2015
Katrina Wood Conservative 26 May 201531 Mar 2020

Council elections

Council composition

Year Conservative Labour Liberal Democrats UKIP East Wycombe Independents Independent Council control
after election
2003 4692003Conservative
2007 4954002Conservative
2011 4278102Conservative
2015 4761132Conservative

By-election results

1993-1999

Marsh & Micklefield By-Election 4 February 1993
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Ann Bennett68949.36
Liberal Democrats Ian Morton41729.87
Conservative Sue Heath29020.77
Majority27219.49
Turnout 139625
Labour hold Swing
Marsh & Micklefield By-Election 30 October 1997
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Kathleen Draper [9] 37548.6-12.5
Conservative 31943.3+29.8
Liberal Democrats 7710.0-15.4
Majority565.3
Turnout 771
Labour hold Swing
Lane End & Piddington By-Election 23 April 1998
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats 40846.2+9.7
Conservative 39044.1+11.7
Labour 869.7-21.4
Majority182.1
Turnout 884
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

1999-2003

Great Marlow By-Election 7 June 2001
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative 43455.9-0.7
Independent 34244.1+0.7
Majority9211.8
Turnout 776
Conservative hold Swing
Hambledon Valley By-Election 29 November 2001 [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Roger Emmett [11] 32649.9-20.5
Independent 20030.6+30.6
Labour 12719.4-10.2
Majority12619.3
Turnout 65334.0
Conservative hold Swing
Hazlemere West By-Election 11 July 2002 [12]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Bob Bate54278.0+11.7
Labour Trevor Snaith15322.0-11.7
Majority38956.0
Turnout 69529.1
Conservative hold Swing

2003-2007

Tylers Green and Loudwater By-Election 5 May 2005
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative David Bainton2,17254.1+5.4
Liberal Democrats Ian Forbes1,09227.2+5.6
Labour Ian Bates74818.6+7.9
Majority1,08026.9
Turnout 4,01262.8
Conservative hold Swing
The Wooburns By-Election 30 June 2005
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Simon Bazley40474.5+39.0
Independent Jonathan Ashman13825.5-18.5
Majority26649.0
Turnout 542
Conservative gain from Independent Swing
Chiltern Rise By-Election 17 November 2005
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Ian McEnnis35747.4+8.2
Liberal Democrats Neil Timberlake31642.0+10.9
Labour Ian Bates8010.6+10.6
Majority415.4
Turnout 75318.8
Conservative hold Swing
Greater Marlow By-Election 2 March 2006
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Helen Wilkinson-Makey49156.4+14.8
Liberal Democrats Ivor Coleman24428.0+28.0
Labour Janet Pritchard13515.5+15.5
Majority24728.4
Turnout 87022.4
Conservative gain from Independent Swing
Tylers Green & Loudwater By-Election 20 April 2006
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Katrina Wood88865.8+17.1
Liberal Democrats Ian Forbes38728.7+7.1
Labour Sadia Hussain755.6-5.1
Majority50137.1
Turnout 1,35021.6
Conservative hold Swing
Great Hughenden By-Election 9 November 2006
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Larry Haig1,04065.4+9.7
Liberal Democrats William Barnes54934.6+4.7
Majority49130.8
Turnout 1,58924.3
Conservative hold Swing

2007-2011

Marlow North and West By-Election 7 February 2008
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Richard Scott92861.1+3.6
Liberal Democrats Carol Cummins38225.1-8.4
Labour Paul Mansell20913.8+4.9
Majority54636.0
Turnout 1,51922.6
Conservative hold Swing
Totteridge By-Election 23 April 2009 [13]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Steve Guy73354.1+36.5
Conservative Tim Hewish40830.1-10.9
Labour Ian Bates21415.8-25.6
Majority32524.0
Turnout 1,35531.0
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour Swing
Totteridge By-Election 6 May 2010 [14]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Jen Joseph1,23444.5+26.9
Conservative Lakshan Wanigasooriya1,01736.6-4.4
Labour Ian Bates52418.9-22.5
Majority2177.8
Turnout 2,775
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing
Greater Marlow By-Election 15 July 2010 [15]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Dominic Barnes60952.9+17.1
Independent Mike Harris34830.2+30.2
Liberal Democrats Kavita Mohan19516.9+0.0
Majority26122.7
Turnout 1,152
Conservative hold Swing

2011-2015

Hazlemere South By-Election 24 November 2011 [16]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Alex Slater41237.7+19.0
UKIP Brian Mapletoft36533.4+33.4
Conservative Lawrence Wood22820.9-33.8
Labour Alan De'Ath888.1+8.1
Majority474.3
Turnout 1,093
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing
Disraeli By-Election 2 May 2013 [17]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Maz Hussain55340.0+3.3
Labour Mohammed Rafiq46633.7-9.9
UKIP Vijay Singh Srao23416.9+16.9
Liberal Democrats Andrew Stevens1299.3-10.4
Majority876.3
Turnout 1,382
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
Hambleden Valley By-Election 5 September 2013 [18]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Roger Metcalfe37970.3-9.8
UKIP Brian Mapletoft9718.0+18.0
Labour Julian Grigg6311.7+11.7
Majority28252.3
Turnout 539
Conservative hold Swing

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