South Bucks District Council elections explained

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

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 control		Years
	19731995
	19951999
	19992020

Leadership

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

Councillor	Party		From	To
Trevor Egleton^[4]		25 May 1999	4 May 2003
Peter Hardy		20 May 2003	22 May 2007
Adrian Busby^[5]		22 May 2007	10 May 2015
Ralph Bagge^[6]		26 May 2015	26 Sep 2017
Nick Naylor		19 Oct 2017	31 Mar 2020

Council elections

• 1973 Beaconsfield District Council election
• 1976 Beaconsfield District Council election
• 1979 Beaconsfield District Council election (District boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same)^[7]
• 1983 South Bucks District Council election (New ward boundaries & district boundary changes also took place)^{[8] [9]}
• 1987 South Bucks District Council election (District boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same)^[10]
• 1991 South Bucks District Council election (District boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same)^{[11] [12]}
• 1995 South Bucks District Council election (District boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same)^{[13] [14]}
• 1999 South Bucks District Council election
• 2003 South Bucks District Council election (New ward boundaries)^[15]
• 2007 South Bucks District Council election (Some new ward boundaries)^[16]
• 2011 South Bucks District Council election
• 2015 South Bucks District Council election (New ward boundaries)^[17]

Council composition

Year	Conservative	Liberal Democrats	Beaconsfield IEA	Independent	Council control after election
2003	33	1	0	6
2007	36	2	2	0
2011	38	1	1	0
2015	27	0	0	1

By-election results

2015-2020

Notes and References

1. Web site: Today is the day 5 councils become one - everything you need to know . Bucks Free Press . 7 April 2020 . en . 1 April 2020.
2. News: South Buckinghamshire . 2020-04-07 . BBC News Online.
3. Web site: Council minutes . Buckinghamshire Council . 5 June 2022.
4. News: Election result special . 5 June 2022 . Bucks Free Press . 2 May 2003.
5. News: South Bucks District Council leader Adrian Busby to step down . 5 June 2022 . Bucks Free Press . 25 February 2015.
6. News: South Bucks District Council to elect new leader following Cllr Ralph Bagge's resignation . 5 June 2022 . Bucks Free Press . 18 October 2017.
7. The Berkshire and Buckinghamshire (Areas) Order 1977
8. The District of South Bucks (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1980
9. The Greater London and Buckinghamshire (Areas) Order 1981
10. legislation.gov.uk - The Buckinghamshire (District Boundaries) Order 1987. Retrieved on 6 November 2015.
11. legislation.gov.uk - The Buckinghamshire (District Boundaries) Order 1990. Retrieved on 6 November 2015.
12. legislation.gov.uk - The Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Hampshire, Oxfordshire and Surrey (County Boundaries) Order 1991. Retrieved on 5 November 2015.
13. legislation.gov.uk - The Heathrow Airport (County and London Borough Boundaries) Order 1993. Retrieved on 5 November 2015.
14. legislation.gov.uk - The Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Surrey (County Boundaries) Order 1994. Retrieved on 5 November 2015.
15. legislation.gov.uk - The District of South Bucks (Electoral Changes) Order 2002. Retrieved on 4 October 2015.
16. legislation.gov.uk - The South Bucks (Parish Electoral Arrangements and Electoral Changes) Order 2007. Retrieved on 3 November 2015.
17. legislation.gov.uk - The South Bucks (Electoral Changes) Order 2015. Retrieved on 3 November 2015.