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. 97 members were elected, down from 147.
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. 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.
Background
At the 2021 election, the Conservatives won a majority of seats. The 2025 election was held under new ward boundaries.
Previous council composition
Changes
- May 2022: Cameron Branston (Conservative) resigns â by-election held June 2022
- June 2022: Sue Lewin (Liberal Democrats) gains by-election from Conservatives
- December 2022: Andrea Baughan and Steve Guy (Wycombe Independents) join Labour
- June 2023: Paul Bass (Conservative) resigns â by-election held July 2023
- July 2023: Jaspal Singh Chhokar (Conservative) wins by-election
- September 2023: Warren Whyte (Conservative) resigns â by-election held November 2023; Nabeela Rana (Wycombe Independents) joins Conservatives
- November 2023: Anja Schaefer (Liberal Democrats) gains by-election from Conservatives; Ron Gaffney (Conservative) dies â by-election held February 2024; David Anthony (Conservative) resigns â by-election held February 2024
- February 2024: Steven Roy (Conservative) and David Moore (Conservative) win by-elections
- July 2024: Matt Knight (Wycombe Independents) leaves party to sit as an independent
- November 2024: Diana Blamires (Conservatives) leaves party to sit as an independent;
- December 2024: Jonathan Rush (Conservative) dies â seat left vacant until 2025 election; Jonathan Waters (Conservative) joins Liberal Democrats
- January 2025: Alan Turner (Conservative) leaves party to sit as an independent
- February 2025: Mary Baldwin, Anders Christensen, Sarah James, Steven Lambert, and Adam Poland-Goodyer (Liberal Democrats) leave party to sit as independents; Andrew Wood (Conservative) leaves party to sit as an independent; Paul Irwin (Conservative) joins Reform UK
- Luisa Sullivan (Conservative) leaves party to sit as an independent
Summary
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Ward results
Abbey
Amersham & Chesham Bois
Aston Clinton and Weston Turville
Aylesbury East
Aylesbury North
Aylesbury North West
Aylesbury South East
Aylesbury South West
Aylesbury West
Beaconsfield
Berryfields, Buckingham Park & Watermead
Bierton, Kingsbrook and Wing
Booker and Cressex
Buckingham
Burnham
Castlefield & Oakridge
Chalfont St Giles & Little Chalfont
Chalfont St Peter
Chesham North
Chesham South
Chiltern Villages
Disraeli
Downley
Farnhams & Stoke Poges
Flackwell Heath & The Wooburns
Gerrards Cross & Denham
Grendon Underwood & The Claydons
Haddenham & Stone
Hazlemere
Horwood
Iver
Ivinghoe
Long Crendon
Marlow
Marsh & Micklefield
Newton Longville
Penn, Tylers Green & Loudwater
Princes Risborough
Quainton
Ridgeway East
Ridgeway West
Sands
Terriers & Amersham Hill
The Missendens
Totteridge & Bowerdean
Waddesdon
Wendover, Halton & Stoke Mandeville
West Wycombe & Lane End
Winslow
References
See also