Buckinghamshire Council

Buckinghamshire Council is the local authority for the non-metropolitan county of Buckinghamshire in England. It is a unitary authority, performing both county and district-level functions. It was created on 1 April 2020, replacing the previous Buckinghamshire County Council and the councils of the four abolished districts of Aylesbury Vale, Chiltern, South Bucks, and Wycombe. The non-metropolitan county is smaller than the ceremonial county, which additionally includes Milton Keynes.

Buckinghamshire Council
Council logo
Type
Type
Unitary authority
History
Founded1 April 2020
Preceded byBuckinghamshire County Council
Leadership
Patricia Birchley,
Conservative
since 17 May 2023
Martin Tett,
Conservative
since 1 April 2020
Rachael Shimmin
since July 2019
Structure
Seats147
Political groups
Administration (111)
  Conservative (111)
Alliance Grouping (20)
  Liberal Democrat (17)
  Wycombe Independent (3)
Impact Alliance (15)
  Labour (6)
  Independent (6)
  Independent Network (2)
  Green (1)
Other (1)
  Independent (1)
Elections
First past the post
Last election
6 May 2021
Next election
1 May 2025
Meeting place
The Gateway, Gatehouse Road, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, HP19 8FF
Website
www.buckinghamshire.gov.uk

The county council had been established in 1889. The county was reformed in 1974, when it ceded Slough, Eton and nearby villages to Berkshire. In 1997 the borough of Milton Keynes was removed from the non-metropolitan county to become its own unitary authority.

The modern council has been under Conservative majority control since its creation, as had been the predecessor county council between the reforms of 1974 and its abolition in 2020.

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