2025 Buckinghamshire Council election

2025 Buckinghamshire Council election

1 May 2025

97 seats to Buckinghamshire Council
49 seats needed for a majority
Turnout36%
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Martin Tett Susan Morgan
Party Conservative Liberal Democrats Independent
Leader's seat Little Chalfont & Amersham Aylesbury North
Last election 113 seats, 47.5% 15 seats, 20.2% 6 seats, 5.3%
Seats before 105 13 16
Seats won 48 27 11
Seat change 57 14 5
Percentage 31.4% 26.4% 8.8%

  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Leader Gregory Smith
Party Labour Reform UK Green
Leader's seat Bernwood
Last election 4 seats, 14.2% 0 seats, 0.1% 1 seat, 8.1%
Seats before 6 1 1
Seats won 4 3 2
Seat change 2 2 1
Percentage 9.6% 19.7% 3.2%

  Seventh party Eighth party
 
Leader Julia Wassell
Party Wycombe Independents Ind. Network
Leader's seat Totteridge & Bowerdean West Wycombe
Last election 6 seats, 2.3% 2 seats, 0.6%
Seats before 2 2
Seats won 2 0
Seat change 2
Percentage 0.8% n/a


Council composition after the election

Leader before election

Martin Tett
Conservative

Leader after election

Steven Broadbent
Conservative
No overall control

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.