Buckinghamshire Council

Buckinghamshire Council
Council logo
Type
Type	Unitary authority
History
Founded	1 April 2020[a]
Preceded by	Buckinghamshire County Council
Leadership
Chair	Mimi Harker, Conservative since 15 May 2024[1]
Leader	Martin Tett, Conservative since 1 April 2020
Chief Executive	Rachael Shimmin since July 2019[2]
Structure
Seats	147
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
Voting system	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

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.

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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