2017 Buckinghamshire County Council election

The 2017 Buckinghamshire County Council election took place on 4 May 2017 as part of the 2017 local elections in the United Kingdom. All 49 councillors were elected from electoral divisions which returned one county councillor each by first-past-the-post voting for a four-year term of office, due to expire in 2021.

2017 Buckinghamshire County Council election
4 May 2017
All 49 seats to Buckinghamshire County Council
25 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party
 
Party Conservative Liberal Democrats
Seats before 36 5
Seats won 41 4
Seat change 5 1
Popular vote 72,070 25,276
Percentage 53.13% 18.63%
  Third party Fourth party
 
Party Independent Labour
Seats before 1 1
Seats won 3 1
Seat change 2
Popular vote 6,852 18,469
Percentage 5.05% 13.61%
Map showing the results of the 2017 Buckinghamshire County Council elections.
Council control before election

Conservative

 Council control after election

Conservative

The Conservative Party retained an overall control on the council, winning 41 of the 49 seats on the council. Of the remaining 9 councillors, there were four Liberal Democrats, three Independents and one Labour. UKIP lost all six of their seats.

This was the last Buckinghamshire County Council election.

Due to the replacement of Buckinghamshire County Council by Buckinghamshire Council in 2020, the successor election to this election is the 2021 Buckinghamshire Council election.

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