Buckinghamshire County Council

Buckinghamshire County Council
Whole council elected every four years
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Type
Type	Non-metropolitan county council of Buckinghamshire
History
Founded	1 April 1889 (1889-04-01)
Preceded by	Buckinghamshire Quarter Sessions
Leadership
Chairman	Zahir Mohammed, Conservative
Leader	Martin Tett, Conservative
Structure
Seats	49 councillors
Conservatives	36 / 49
UKIP	6 / 49
Lib Dems	5 / 49
Independent	1 / 49
Labour	1 / 49
Elections
Voting system	First past the post
Last election	2 May 2013
Next election	May 2017
Meeting place
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County Hall, Aylesbury
Website
www.buckscc.gov.uk

Buckinghamshire County Council is the upper-tier local authority for the non-metropolitan county of Buckinghamshire, in England, the United Kingdom established in 1889 following the Local Government Act 1888. The county council's offices are in Aylesbury.

The borders of the ceremonial county and county council have changed several times and no longer align, with the last reorganisation in 1997 when the Borough of Milton Keynes became a unitary authority.

The council consists of 49 councillors, and is controlled by the Conservative Party, which has 36 councillors. It has been controlled by the Conservatives since the reorganisation of local government in 1973. For the 2013 elections, the number of seats was reduced from 57 to 49 following the 2012 changes in division boundaries.

Composition

Main article: Buckinghamshire County Council election, 2013

Elections are held every four years, interspersed by three years of elections to the four district councils in the county.

Party		Councillors	Change
	Conservative	36	-6
	UKIP	6	+6
	Liberal Democrat	5	-2
	Independent	1	+1
	Labour	1	+1
Source: BBC News

Conservative councillors represent almost all of the county, both in terms of number of seats and geographic area. The one main area of exception is Aylesbury, which is predominantly represented by UKIP.

History

See also: Buckinghamshire County Council elections

Year	Control
1973		Conservative
1977		Conservative
1981		Conservative
1985		Conservative
1989		Conservative
1993		Conservative
1997		Conservative
2001		Conservative
2005		Conservative
2009		Conservative
2013		Conservative

External links

• Official website