2021 Buckinghamshire Council election

The 2020 Buckinghamshire Council election is due to take place during 2021, alongside nationwide local elections. The election was originally due to take place in May 2020, but was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[1]

2021 Buckinghamshire Council election

6 May 2021
199 seats on the Buckinghamshire Council 100 seats needed for a majority
Party Conservative Liberal Democrats Independent Current seats 161 18 10 Seats needed 82   Party Labour Green Current seats 10 1 Seats needed 90 99
Incumbent council control Majority administration Conservative

A total of 147 councillors will be elected, with the 49 wards electing 3 councillors each.[2]

Background

Due to the postponement of the 2020 local elections until 2021, it was announced on 18 March 2020 that all of the current shadow authority members would become councillors and the shadow executive members would form the cabinet.[3] They will stay in post until the inaugural election takes place in May 2021.[4]

References

1. "Local elections postponed for a year over coronavirus". BBC News. 13 March 2020. Retrieved 7 April 2020.
2. "The Buckinghamshire (Structural Changes) Order 2019". www.legislation.gov.uk. Retrieved 7 April 2020.
3. "Coronavirus cancels local elections until 2021 - This is what is going to happen with the new unitary council". Bucks Free Press. 20 March 2020. Retrieved 7 April 2020.
4. "New council outlines political arrangements following postponement of elections". Buckinghamshire Council Shadow Authority. 18 March 2020. Retrieved 7 April 2020.