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2025 Buckinghamshire Council election

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.

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.

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

Seats
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

May 2022: Cameron Branston (Conservative) resigns – 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 – by-election held July 2023
July 2023: Jaspal Singh Chhokar (Conservative) wins by-election
September 2023: Warren Whyte (Conservative) resigns – 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 – by-election held February 2024; David Anthony (Conservative) resigns – 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 – 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

2025 Buckinghamshire Council election
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

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	1,021	43.3
	Conservative	659	28.0
	Labour	580	24.6
	Labour	561	23.8
	Reform UK	390	16.9
	Independent	340	14.4
	Liberal Democrats	281	11.9
	Independent	275	11.7
	Liberal Democrats	258	10.9

2,357	26

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	2,996	48.2
	Liberal Democrats	2,924	47.0
	Liberal Democrats	2,906	46.7
	Conservative	2,335	37.5
	Conservative	1,936	31.1
	Conservative	1,910	30.7
	Reform UK	914	14.7
	Reform UK	839	13.5
	Reform UK	773	12.4
	Labour	359	5.8
	Independent	271	4.4

6,219	45

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	914	35.6
	Conservative	910	35.5
	Reform UK	794	30.9
	Reform UK	709	27.6
	Liberal Democrats	449	17.5
	Liberal Democrats	410	16.0
	Labour	341	13.3
	Green	261	10.2
	Labour	196	7.6

2,566	35

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	1,189	35.5
	Conservative	989	29.5
	Liberal Democrats	985	29.4
	Liberal Democrats	893	26.6
	Reform UK	815	24.3
	Reform UK	671	20.0
	Labour	296	8.8
	Labour	267	8.0
	Green	214	6.4

3,352	35

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	1,108	41.2
	Liberal Democrats	1,094	40.7
	Reform UK	507	18.8
	Reform UK	437	16.2
	Labour	412	15.3
	Labour	376	14.0
	Conservative	358	13.3
	Conservative	331	12.3
	Green	226	8.4
	Independent	43	1.6
	TUSC	40	1.5

2,691	29

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	1,051	49.1
	Liberal Democrats	900	42.1
	Reform UK	525	24.5
	Conservative	377	17.6
	Labour	286	13.4
	Conservative	282	13.2
	Green	220	10.3

2,140	26

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	944	29.7
	Liberal Democrats	903	28.4
	Reform UK	774	24.4
	Reform UK	718	22.6
	Conservative	661	20.8
	Conservative	657	20.7
	Labour	563	17.7
	Labour	477	15.0
	Green	232	7.3

3,176	35

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	1,042	40.2
	Liberal Democrats	982	37.9
	Reform UK	557	21.5
	Reform UK	498	19.2
	Labour	413	15.9
	Labour	411	15.9
	Conservative	346	13.4
	Conservative	285	11.0
	Green	243	9.4

2,590	31

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	809	26.7
	Liberal Democrats	808	26.7
	Independent	697	23.0
	Independent	656	21.7
	Reform UK	587	19.4
	Reform UK	529	17.5
	Conservative	372	12.3
	Labour	358	11.8
	Conservative	353	11.7
	Labour	279	9.2
	Reform UK	172	5.7
	Green	141	4.7

3,028	33

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	1,266	39.4
	Liberal Democrats	1,016	31.6
	Conservative	858	26.7
	Liberal Democrats	851	26.5
	Independent	793	24.7
	Reform UK	494	15.4
	Reform UK	490	15.2
	Green	139	4.3
	Labour	100	3.1
	Labour	92	2.9

3,217	35

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Reform UK	748	27.7
	Liberal Democrats	724	26.8
	Reform UK	723	26.8
	Conservative	692	25.6
	Liberal Democrats	594	22.0
	Conservative	568	21.0
	Labour	388	14.4
	Labour	383	14.2
	Green	212	7.8
	Independent	74	2.7

2,701	29

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	830	28.1
	Reform UK	642	21.8
	Reform UK	580	19.7
	Conservative	517	17.5
	Independent	466	15.8
	Labour	455	15.4
	Independent	436	14.8
	Labour	430	14.6
	Liberal Democrats	417	14.1
	Green	322	10.9
	Liberal Democrats	285	9.7

2,950	35

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	475	34.5
	Reform UK	385	28.0
	Labour	354	25.7
	Liberal Democrats	162	11.8

1,376	31

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	2,252	45.4
	Liberal Democrats	1,255	25.3
	Conservative	1,226	24.7
	Labour	1,217	24.5
	Conservative	1,199	24.2
	Reform UK	1,175	23.7
	Labour	1,115	22.5
	Conservative	1,070	21.6
	Reform UK	996	20.1
	Liberal Democrats	946	19.1
	Reform UK	890	17.9
	Liberal Democrats	826	16.7

4,960	36

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	1,289	37.9
	Conservative	1,120	32.9
	Reform UK	1,078	31.7
	Conservative	952	28.0
	Reform UK	945	27.8
	Reform UK	929	27.3
	Liberal Democrats	760	22.3
	Liberal Democrats	653	19.2
	Liberal Democrats	544	16.0
	Labour	479	14.1
	Labour	444	13.0
	Labour	370	10.9

3,405	28

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	1,419	50.5
	Conservative	1,313	46.7
	Labour	1,128	40.1
	Conservative	906	32.2
	Reform UK	172	6.1
	Reform UK	135	4.8
	Liberal Democrats	130	4.6
	Liberal Democrats	129	4.6

2,812	36

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	2,269	44.2
	Conservative	2,173	42.3
	Conservative	2,141	41.7
	Liberal Democrats	2,050	39.9
	Liberal Democrats	1,947	37.9
	Liberal Democrats	1,636	31.8
	Reform UK	749	14.6
	Reform UK	642	12.5
	Reform UK	636	12.4
	Green	336	6.5
	Labour	166	3.2

5,137	42

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	1,208	32.0
	Independent	995	26.4
	Conservative	957	25.4
	Liberal Democrats	912	24.2
	Independent	886	23.5
	Liberal Democrats	789	20.9
	Reform UK	715	19.0
	Reform UK	637	16.9
	Labour	102	2.7
	Heritage	27	0.7

3,770	40

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	2,501	50.1
	Liberal Democrats	2,440	48.9
	Liberal Democrats	2,265	45.4
	Conservative	1,476	29.6
	Conservative	1,235	24.7
	Conservative	1,215	24.3
	Reform UK	930	18.6
	Reform UK	853	17.1
	Reform UK	841	16.8
	Labour	379	7.6

4,992	41

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	1,886	48.2
	Liberal Democrats	1,848	47.2
	Conservative	1,102	28.1
	Conservative	963	24.6
	Reform UK	555	14.2
	Reform UK	544	13.9
	Green	307	7.8
	Green	171	4.4
	Labour	123	3.1
	Labour	102	2.6

3,916	42

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	810	47.8
	Conservative	422	24.9
	Reform UK	221	13.0
	Liberal Democrats	160	9.4
	Labour	83	4.9

1,696	37

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	642	42.3
	Labour	589	38.8
	Reform UK	180	11.8
	Liberal Democrats	108	7.1

1,519	36

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	577	38.1
	Conservative	559	36.9
	Reform UK	236	15.6
	Liberal Democrats	142	9.4

1,514	33

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	1,628	46.6
	Conservative	1,622	46.4
	Conservative	1,482	42.4
	Reform UK	916	26.2
	Reform UK	899	25.7
	Reform UK	846	24.2
	Liberal Democrats	622	17.8
	Liberal Democrats	613	17.5
	Liberal Democrats	557	15.9
	Labour	287	8.2
	Labour	262	7.5
	Labour	253	7.2

3,494	30

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	2,523	54.6
	Independent	2,456	53.2
	Independent	2,442	52.9
	Conservative	987	21.4
	Conservative	888	19.2
	Reform UK	866	18.7
	Reform UK	828	17.9
	Conservative	795	17.2
	Reform UK	713	15.4
	Liberal Democrats	271	5.9
	Labour	265	5.7
	Labour	227	4.9
	Labour	198	4.3

4,620	35

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	1,861	40.8
	Conservative	1,704	37.4
	Conservative	1,700	37.3
	Reform UK	1,133	24.9
	Reform UK	1,124	24.7
	Independent	1,122	24.6
	Reform UK	991	21.7
	Liberal Democrats	757	16.6
	Liberal Democrats	752	16.5
	Liberal Democrats	595	13.1
	Green	406	8.9
	Labour	274	6.0
	Labour	268	5.9

4,559	33

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	1,372	45.1
	Conservative	1,067	35.1
	Reform UK	956	31.4
	Liberal Democrats	584	19.2
	Liberal Democrats	511	16.8
	Green	457	15.0
	Labour	246	8.1
	Labour	197	6.5

3,043	36

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Green	1,539	45.5
	Green	979	28.9
	Conservative	818	24.2
	Conservative	806	23.8
	Reform UK	679	20.1
	Reform UK	604	17.8
	Liberal Democrats	416	12.3
	Liberal Democrats	344	10.2
	Labour	266	7.9
	SDP	85	2.5

3,385	39

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent (Climate)	Ed Gemmell*	1,334	48.7
	Conservative	923	33.7
	Reform UK	681	24.8
	Conservative	680	24.8
	Liberal Democrats	546	19.9
	Reform UK	543	19.8
	Liberal Democrats	372	13.6

2,741	36

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	514	34.6
	Reform UK	469	31.6
	Labour	211	14.2
	Liberal Democrats	188	12.7
	Green	102	6.9

1,484	38

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	743	30.0
	Independent	721	29.1
	Conservative	579	23.4
	Independent	544	22.0
	Reform UK	515	20.8
	Reform UK	507	20.5
	Liberal Democrats	383	15.5
	Labour	249	10.1
	Labour	230	9.3
	Liberal Democrats	161	6.5

2,474	28

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	1,105	34.3
	Conservative	1,081	33.6
	Labour	735	22.8
	Labour	679	21.1
	Reform UK	635	19.7
	Reform UK	630	19.6
	Green	372	11.5
	Green	369	11.5
	Liberal Democrats	332	10.3
	Liberal Democrats	226	7.0

3,221	36

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	591	36.6
	Green	456	28.3
	Reform UK	284	17.6
	Liberal Democrats	216	13.4
	Labour	66	4.1

1,613	37

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	1,937	37.6
	Conservative	1,733	33.7
	Conservative	1,593	30.9
	Conservative	1,533	29.8
	Liberal Democrats	1,357	26.3
	Independent	1,275	24.8
	Liberal Democrats	1,167	22.7
	Reform UK	934	18.1
	Reform UK	863	16.8
	Reform UK	768	14.9
	Green	479	9.3
	Labour	377	7.3
	Labour	300	5.8
	Labour	196	3.8

5,150	38

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	733	37.9
	Independent	639	33.0
	Liberal Democrats	628	32.5
	Liberal Democrats	622	32.1
	Labour	276	14.3
	Conservative	269	13.9
	Labour	247	12.8
	Conservative	232	12.0

1,935	23

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	886	35.2
	Conservative	843	33.5
	Reform UK	691	27.4
	Reform UK	668	26.5
	Liberal Democrats	571	22.7
	Liberal Democrats	505	20.1
	Labour	354	14.1
	Labour	221	8.8
	Green	180	7.1

2,518	33

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	1,495	41.4
	Liberal Democrats	1,416	39.2
	Conservative	1,115	30.9
	Conservative	1,050	29.1
	Reform UK	784	21.7
	Reform UK	743	20.6
	Labour	223	6.2
	Labour	207	5.7

3,608	36

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	1,208	35.8
	Conservative	1,173	34.8
	Liberal Democrats	1,031	30.6
	Liberal Democrats	848	25.2
	Independent	543	16.1
	Reform UK	529	15.7
	Reform UK	524	15.5
	Independent	325	9.6
	Independent	195	5.8
	Labour	178	5.3

3,370	40

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	757	41.8
	Liberal Democrats	610	33.7
	Reform UK	272	15.0
	Labour	102	5.6
	Green	70	3.9

1,811	46

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	1,488	46.9
	Conservative	1,415	44.6
	Reform UK	775	24.4
	Reform UK	644	20.3
	Liberal Democrats	621	19.6
	Liberal Democrats	485	15.3
	Green	291	9.2
	Labour	240	7.6
	SDP	154	4.9

3,170	37

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	1,202	40.6
	Conservative	1,071	36.1
	Reform UK	759	25.6
	Reform UK	569	19.2
	Independent	502	16.9
	Liberal Democrats	484	16.3
	Liberal Democrats	419	14.1
	Green	252	8.5
	Independent	232	7.8
	Labour	171	5.8

2,964	34

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	671	42.6
	Conservative	517	32.8
	Reform UK	193	12.3
	Labour	132	8.4
	Liberal Democrats	61	3.9

1,574	33

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	612	25.9
	Labour	591	25.0
	Labour	588	24.9
	Conservative	571	24.2
	Independent	468	19.8
	Independent	464	19.7
	Reform UK	321	13.6
	Reform UK	309	13.1
	Liberal Democrats	247	10.5
	Liberal Democrats	195	8.3
	Green	124	5.3

2,360	30

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	1,748	33.8
	Conservative	1,642	31.7
	Liberal Democrats	1,633	31.6
	Conservative	1,541	29.8
	Liberal Democrats	1,380	26.7
	Liberal Democrats	1,294	25.0
	Reform UK	1,133	21.9
	Reform UK	1,106	21.4
	Reform UK	941	18.2
	Independent	689	13.3
	Independent	647	12.5
	Independent	598	11.6
	Green	345	6.7
	Labour	177	3.4

5,175	40

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Wycombe Independents	1,179	42.4
	Wycombe Independents	1,147	41.3
	Liberal Democrats	767	27.6
	Liberal Democrats	662	23.8
	Reform UK	394	14.2
	Labour	303	10.9
	Reform UK	298	10.7
	Labour	245	8.8
	Conservative	154	5.5
	Conservative	130	4.7
	SDP	34	1.2

2,779	34

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	778	44.4
	Reform UK	475	27.1
	Liberal Democrats	212	12.1
	Labour	173	9.9
	Green	114	6.5

1,752	37

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	1,050	36.2
	Conservative	993	34.3
	Liberal Democrats	961	33.1
	Conservative	754	26.0
	Reform UK	648	22.4
	Reform UK	561	19.4
	Green	280	9.7
	Labour	200	6.9
	Green	162	5.6

2,899	34

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	811	52.5
	Conservative	291	18.8
	Reform UK	285	18.4
	Labour	82	5.3
	Liberal Democrats	76	4.9

1,545	35

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	583	32.4
	Independent	499	27.7
	Reform UK	316	17.5
	Labour	184	10.2
	Conservative	163	9.1
	Green	56	3.1

1,801	43

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