Buckinghamshire County Council election, 2013

2 May 2013

All 49 seats to Buckinghamshire County Council 25 seats needed for a majority

	First party	Second party	Third party

Party	Conservative	UKIP	Liberal Democrat
Seats won	36	6	5
Seat change	11	6	7

Map showing the results of the 2013 Buckinghamshire County Council elections.

Council control before election

Conservative

Council control after election

Conservative

An election to Buckinghamshire County Council took place on 2 May 2013 as part of the United Kingdom local elections, 2013. 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. Following a boundary review, the size of the council was reduced from 57 to 49 members for this election. No elections were held in Milton Keynes, which is a unitary authority outside the area covered by the County Council. The council continues to be administered on the Leader and Cabinet model. The Conservative Party won a reduced majority on the council.

All locally registered electors (British, Irish, Commonwealth and European Union citizens) who were aged 18 or over on Thursday 2 May 2013 were entitled to vote in the local elections. Those who were temporarily away from their ordinary address (for example, away working, on holiday, in student accommodation or in hospital) were also entitled to vote in the local elections,^[1] although those who had moved abroad and registered as overseas electors cannot vote in the local elections. It is possible to register to vote at more than one address (such as a university student who had a term-time address and lives at home during holidays) at the discretion of the local Electoral Register Office, but it remains an offence to vote more than once in the same local government election.^[2]

Summary

Suffering the loss of 335 of 1451 councillors in simultaneous elections across England,^[3] the Conservative Party won 36 seats, and saw their majority on the council cut from 17 seats to 11. Meanwhile the main opposition group on the council altered from the Liberal Democrats to UKIP who won their highest percentage of the vote since their 1993 formation, at 27%.^[4] The Labour Party won its first seat here since the 2005 election, in Buckingham West. Seven of twelve Liberal Democrats lost their seats, to Conservative, UKIP and Labour candidates.^{[n 1]}^[5]^[6]^[7] An independent candidate won the West Wycombe electoral division that replaced Stokenchurch, Radnage & West Wycombe.^[8] The next election is scheduled for 4 May 2017.

Results

Buckinghamshire County Council election, 2013
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	36	2^{[n 2]}	11^{[n 3]}	-9	73.46%	41.0%
	UKIP	6	6	0	+6	12.24%	27.0%
	Liberal Democrat	5	0	7^{[n 4]}	-7	10.20%	14.9%
	Labour	1	1	0	+1	2.04%	11.5%
	Independent	1	1	0	+1	2.04%	3.8%
	Green	0	0	0	0	0%	1.7%

Results

An asterisk denotes and incumbent.

Aylesbury Vale (17 seats)

Aston Clinton and Bierton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Bill Chapple*	1,048	39.2	-23.6
	UKIP	Nigel Hayward	975	36.4	+18.6
	Liberal Democrat	Jonathan Gilpin	428	16.0	-3.5
	Labour	Martin Abel	224	8.4	N/A
Majority			73	2.7
Turnout			2,675
	Conservative hold		Swing

Aylesbury East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	UKIP	Phil Gomm	1,027	35.6	+14.6
	Conservative	Jenny Bloom	871	30.2	+0.8
	Liberal Democrat	Steve Patrick	594	20.6	-21.6
	Labour	Roy McNickle	363	12.6	+5.3
	TUSC	Helen Tucker	31	1.1	N/A
Majority			156	5.4
Turnout			2,886
	UKIP gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing

Aylesbury North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Raj Khan	820	33.6	-0.3
	UKIP	Roger Huntley	616	25.3	+3.3
	Labour Co-op	Mike Padmore	510	20.9	+12.1
	Conservative	Edward Sims	493	20.2	-10.3
Majority			204	8.4
Turnout			2,439
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Aylesbury North West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	UKIP	Andy Huxley	939	44.8	+22.8
	Liberal Democrat	Niknam Hussain*	543	25.9	-8.1
	Labour	Michael Bell	312	14.9	+6.1
	Conservative	Denise Summers	302	14.4	-16.1
Majority			396	18.9
Turnout			2,096
	UKIP gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing

Aylesbury South East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Brian Roberts*	994	39.9	-6.3
	UKIP	Heather Adams	697	28.0	+10.7
	Liberal Democrat	Mark Willis	363	14.6	-14.4
	Labour	David Caldwell	326	13.1	+5.6
	Green	Chris Peeler	112	4.5	N/A
Majority			297	11.9
Turnout			2,492
	Conservative hold		Swing

Aylesbury South West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	UKIP	Brian Adams	742	35.1	+22.6
	Liberal Democrat	Freda Roberts	689	32.6	-9.3
	Labour	Mark Bateman	405	19.1	+15.2
	Conservative	Sarah Sproat	237	11.2	-30.5
	TUSC	Steve Bell	42	2.0	N/A
Majority			53	2.5
Turnout			2,115
	UKIP gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing

Aylesbury West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Steven Lambert	921	41.6	-1.9
	UKIP	Barry Cooper	702	31.7	+11.1
	Conservative	Heather Wallace	333	15.0	-10.9
	Labour	Lynda Greenhill	258	11.7	+1.7
Majority			219	9.9
Turnout			2,214
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Bernwood
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Margaret Aston	1,197	44.0	-14.9
	UKIP	William Bate	591	21.7	+8.2
	Labour	Roderick Floud	428	15.7	+6.9
	Green	David Lyons	348	12.8	N/A
	Liberal Democrat	Bette Melling	155	5.7	-13.1
Majority			606	22.3
Turnout			2,719
	Conservative hold		Swing

Buckingham East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Warren Whyte	838	44.2	N/A
	UKIP	John Russell	520	27.5	N/A
	Labour	Patrick Collins	449	23.7	N/A
	Liberal Democrat	Richard Lloyd	87	4.6	N/A
Majority			318	16.8
Turnout			1,894
	Conservative gain from [[\|N/A]]		Swing

Buckingham West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Robin Stuchbury	927	40.0	N/A
	Conservative	Patrick Fealey	884	38.2	N/A
	UKIP	Sheila Sewell	385	16.6	N/A
	Liberal Democrat	Lucy Monger	119	5.1	N/A
Majority			43	1.9
Turnout			2,315
	Labour gain from [[\|N/A]]		Swing

Great Brickhill
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Janet Blake	1,406	50.4	-10.2
	UKIP	Ben Saunders	1,051	37.7	+23.7
	Liberal Democrat	Julian Newman	330	11.8	-13.5
Majority			355	12.7
Turnout			2,787
	Conservative hold		Swing

Grendon Underwood
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Angela MacPherson	1,089	41.9	-1.9
	UKIP	Dave Fowler	861	33.1	+6.8
	Labour	Joanna Dodsworth	259	10.0
	Liberal Democrat	Ian Metherell	202	7.8	-22.1
	Green	Clare Butler	189	7.3	N/A
Majority			228	8.8
Turnout			2,600
	Conservative hold		Swing

Ivinghoe
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Avril Davies*	1,032	38.1	-9.8
	Conservative	Chris Poll	947	35.0	-5.7
	UKIP	Nicholas Griffin	534	19.7	+8.3
	Labour	Robert Kempster	193	7.1	N/A
Majority			85	3.1
Turnout			2,706
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Stone and Waddesdon
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	UKIP	Paul Irwin	606	27.4	N/A
	Liberal Democrat	David Vick	576	26.1	N/A
	Conservative	Clive Harriss	569	25.7	N/A
	Independent	Mark Bale	460	20.8	N/A
Majority			30	1.4
Turnout			2,211
	UKIP gain from [[\|N/A]]		Swing

Wendover, Halton and Stoke Mandeville
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	UKIP	Chris Adams	1,085	36.3	+22.5
	Independent	Chris Richards	768	25.7	N/A
	Conservative	Steve Bowles	720	24.1	-30.6
	Labour	Philip McGoldrick	175	5.9	+0.9
	Green	Sue Hetherington	145	4.9	N/A
	Liberal Democrat	Peter Vernon	96	3.2	-23.2
Majority			317	10.6
Turnout			2,989
	UKIP gain from Conservative		Swing

Wing
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Netta Glover*	920	34.4	-6.7
	Independent	Peter Cooper	798	29.8	-2.2
	UKIP	John Jeffries	550	20.6	+9.3
	Liberal Democrat	Alan Sherwell	217	8.1	-7.4
	Labour	John Thwaites	191	7.1	N/A
Majority			122	4.6
Turnout			2,676
	Conservative hold		Swing

Winslow
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Chilver	953	37.1	-11.2
	Liberal Democrat	Llew Monger	841	32.7	-5.4
	UKIP	John Day	461	17.9	+4.3
	Labour	Jon Harvey	160	6.2	N/A
	Green	Mary Hunt	155	6.0	N/A
Majority			112	4.4
Turnout			2,570
	Conservative hold		Swing

Notes

↑ Many electoral division boundaries are approximate comparisons having seen boundary changes. Examples include West Wycombe, which was smaller and geographically included an enclaved electoral division which was excluded and was named: Stokenchurch, Radnage & West Wycombe
↑ Owing to reduction in number of county councillors following the Local Government Boundary Commission for England's lengthy consultation, the loss of 8 seats of the 2009-2013 sitting councillors (formed solely of Conservative and Liberal Democrat groups) should be noted. If taken proportionally, this spelt the loss of six Conservative councillors and two Liberal Democrats. Seats gained and lost approximations in this table only therefore are taken at their widest for both parties, in this case the changes, seen to lead to more gross losses and gains for the Conservative Party. Electoral divisions taken as gained are Aylesbury South East, Chesham North-West (since 2013: split between Chesham and Chess Valley)
↑ Saw party-proportional net loss of 6 on boundary changes.
↑ Saw party-proportional net loss of 2 on boundary changes.

References

↑ "The Representation of the People (Form of Canvass) (England and Wales) Regulations 2006, Schedule Part 1". Legislation.gov.uk. 13 October 2011. Retrieved 18 April 2012.
↑ "I have two homes. Can I register at both addresses?". The Electoral Commission. Retrieved 5 January 2011.
↑ BBC News Vote 2013. Retrieved 2013-05-05
↑ Buckinghamshire County Council 2013 results in summary table. Retrieved 2013-05-06
↑ Buckinghamshire County Council 2013 results by division. Retrieved 2013-05-06
↑ Buckinghamshire County Council 2009 results by division. Retrieved 2013-05-06
↑ Staffordshire County Council 2013 results by division. Retrieved 2013-05-06
↑ BBC News - Vote 2013 Retrieved 2013-05-06

Council elections in Buckinghamshire

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Milton Keynes Council	1973 1976 1978 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015

Aylesbury Vale District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015

Chiltern District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015

South Bucks District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015

Wycombe District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015

See also: Wards Boundary changes

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