Buckinghamshire County Council elections

Political control

Since 1973 political control of the council has been held by the following parties:^[1]

Party in control	Years
Conservative	1973 - present

Long Crendon & Brill by-election 1 October 1998
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Graves	1,232	57.4	+8.8
	Liberal Democrat	Eileen Young	505	23.5	+23.5
	Labour	Ian Chapman	410	19.1	-10.2
Majority			727	33.9
Turnout			2,147	33.4
	Conservative hold		Swing

Wendover By-Election 6 May 1999
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Marion Clayton	1,211	55.8	+4.0
	Liberal Democrat	Robert Hammond	958	44.2	+10.3
Majority			253	11.6
Turnout			2,169	39.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

Marsh and Micklefield By-Election 15 June 2000
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Caroline Martnes	579	61.3	+15.9
	Conservative	Frank Downes	266	28.2	-1.2
	Liberal Democrat	Matthew Brown	99	10.5	-14.7
Majority			313	33.1
Turnout			944	17.6
	Labour hold		Swing

Gerrards Cross By-Election 19 August 2004^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter Hardy	933	77.1	+13.9
	Liberal Democrat	Peter Chapman	277	22.9	-2.7
Majority			656	54.2
Turnout			1,210	22.2
	Conservative hold		Swing

Buckingham South By-Election 18 November 2004^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Hedley Cadd	1,098	51.1	+7.6
	Labour	Robin Stuchbury	559	26.0	-2.6
	Liberal Democrat	Ian Metherell	491	22.8	-5.1
Majority			539	25.1
Turnout			2,148	19.4
	Conservative hold		Swing

Rymead, Tylers Green & Loudwater By-Election 20 April 2006^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter Cartwright	1,277	61.0	+13.6
	Liberal Democrat	Trevor Snaith	596	28.5	-2.1
	Labour	Clare Martens	221	10.5	-11.5
Majority			681	32.5
Turnout			2,094	20.5
	Conservative hold		Swing

Stoke Poges and Farnham Common By-Election 29 March 2007^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Trevor Egleton	875	57.3	-4.8
	Independent	William Foulds	283	18.5	+18.5
	Liberal Democrat	Ingrid Greenhow	280	18.3	-1.8
	Labour	Lindsey Gillan	89	5.8	-11.9
Majority			592	38.8
Turnout			1,527	23.8
	Conservative hold		Swing

Amersham By-Election 17 September 2009^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Steven Adams	1,840	46.6	-3.7
	Liberal Democrat	Davida Allen	1,768	44.8	+0.0
	UKIP	Christopher Cooke	140	3.5	+3.5
	Labour	Lynda Greenhill	106	2.7	-2.2
	Green	Phil Folly	95	2.4	+2.4
Majority			72	1.8
Turnout			3,949	30.6
	Conservative hold		Swing

v t e Council elections in Buckinghamshire
Buckinghamshire County Council	1889 1892 1895 1898 1901 1904 1907 1910 1913 1919 1922 1925 1928 1931 1934 1937 1946 1949 1952 1955 1958 1961 1964 1967 1970 1973 1977 1981 1985 1989 1993 1997 2001 2005 2009 2013
Milton Keynes Council	1973 1976 1978 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016
Aylesbury Vale District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015
Chiltern District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015
South Bucks District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015
Wycombe District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015
See also: Wards Boundary changes