2025 Buckinghamshire Council election

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2025 Buckinghamshire Council election

 2021 1 May 2025 2029 

97 seats to Buckinghamshire Council
49 seats needed for a majority
Turnout36%
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Martin Tett Susan Morgan
Party Conservative Liberal Democrats Independent
Leader's seat Little Chalfont & Amersham Aylesbury North
Last election 113 seats, 47.5% 15 seats, 20.2% 6 seats, 5.3%
Seats before 105 13 16
Seats won 48 27 11
Seat change Decrease 57 Increase 14 Decrease 5
Percentage 31.4% 26.4% 8.8%

  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Leader Gregory Smith
Party Labour Reform UK Green
Leader's seat Bernwood
Last election 4 seats, 14.2% 0 seats, 0.1% 1 seat, 8.1%
Seats before 6 1 1
Seats won 4 3 2
Seat change Decrease 2 Increase 2 Increase 1
Percentage 9.6% 19.7% 3.2%

  Seventh party Eighth party
 
Leader Julia Wassell
Party Wycombe Independents Ind. Network
Leader's seat Totteridge & Bowerdean West Wycombe
Last election 6 seats, 2.3% 2 seats, 0.6%
Seats before 2 2
Seats won 2 0
Seat change Steady Decrease 2
Percentage 0.8% n/a


Council composition after the election

Leader before election

Martin Tett
Conservative

Leader after election

Steven Broadbent
Conservative
No overall control

The 2025 Buckinghamshire Council election was held on 1 May 2025 (the same day as other local elections) to elect members to Buckinghamshire Council in Buckinghamshire, England.[1] 97 members were elected, down from 147.[2]

Prior to the election, the council was under Conservative majority control, led by Martin Tett. Following the election, the council went under no overall control, with the Conservatives falling one seat short of a majority. This was the first election in the history of Buckinghamshire Council or its predecessor Buckinghamshire County Council at which the Conservative Party did not win a majority of councillor seats.[3] After the election, Martin Tett resigned as leader, and a Conservative minority administration formed to run the council. The new Conservative group leader, Steven Broadbent, was formally confirmed as leader of the council at the subsequent annual council meeting on 21 May 2025.[4]

At the 2021 election, the Conservatives won a majority of seats.[5] The 2025 election was held under new ward boundaries.[6]

Previous council composition

!Party Seats
After
2021 election
Before
2025 election[7]
Conservative 113 105
Liberal Democrats 15 13
Labour 4 6
Wycombe Independents 6 2
Ind. Network 2 2
Green 1 1
Reform UK 0 1
Independent 6 16
Vacant 0 1

Changes

  • May 2022: Cameron Branston (Conservative) resigns – by-election held June 2022[8]
  • June 2022: Sue Lewin (Liberal Democrats) gains by-election from Conservatives[9]
  • December 2022: Andrea Baughan and Steve Guy (Wycombe Independents) join Labour[10][11]
  • June 2023: Paul Bass (Conservative) resigns – by-election held July 2023[12]
  • July 2023: Jaspal Singh Chhokar (Conservative) wins by-election[13]
  • September 2023: Warren Whyte (Conservative) resigns – by-election held November 2023;[14] Nabeela Rana (Wycombe Independents) joins Conservatives[15]
  • November 2023: Anja Schaefer (Liberal Democrats) gains by-election from Conservatives;[16] Ron Gaffney (Conservative) dies – by-election held February 2024;[17] David Anthony (Conservative) resigns – by-election held February 2024
  • February 2024: Steven Roy (Conservative) and David Moore (Conservative) win by-elections[18][19]
  • July 2024: Matt Knight (Wycombe Independents) leaves party to sit as an independent[20]
  • November 2024: Diana Blamires (Conservatives) leaves party to sit as an independent;[21]
  • December 2024: Jonathan Rush (Conservative) dies – seat left vacant until 2025 election;[22] Jonathan Waters (Conservative) joins Liberal Democrats[23]
  • January 2025: Alan Turner (Conservative) leaves party to sit as an independent[24]
  • February 2025: Mary Baldwin, Anders Christensen, Sarah James, Steven Lambert, and Adam Poland-Goodyer (Liberal Democrats) leave party to sit as independents;[25] Andrew Wood (Conservative) leaves party to sit as an independent;[26] Paul Irwin (Conservative) joins Reform UK[27]
  • Luisa Sullivan (Conservative) leaves party to sit as an independent

Summary

2025 Buckinghamshire Council election
Party Candidates Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Conservative 97 48 N/A N/A N/A 49.5 31.4 96,929 -16.1
  Liberal Democrats 95 27 N/A N/A N/A 27.8 26.4 81,482 +6.2
  Independent 37 11 N/A N/A N/A 11.3 8.8 27,175 +3.5
  Labour 79 4 N/A N/A N/A 4.1 9.6 29,593 -4.6
  Reform UK 92 3 N/A N/A N/A 3.1 19.7 60,652 +19.6
  Green 33 2 N/A N/A N/A 2.1 3.2 9,796 -4.9
  Wycombe Independent 2 2 N/A N/A N/A 2.1 0.8 2,326 -1.5
  SDP 3 0 N/A N/A N/A 0 0.1 273 +0.1
  TUSC 1 0 N/A N/A N/A 0 <0.1 40 ±0.0
  Heritage 1 0 N/A N/A N/A 0 <0.1 27 ±0.0

Ward results

References

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