Chiltern District Council elections

Chiltern District Council in Buckinghamshire, England was elected every four years from 1973 until 2020.[1] Since the last boundary changes in 2003, 40 councillors were elected from 25 wards.[2]

Political control

From the first election to the council in 1973 until its merger into Buckinghamshire Council in 2020, political control of the council was held by the following parties:[3]

Party in control		Years
	Conservative	1973–1995
	No overall control	1995–1999
	Conservative	1999–2020

Leadership

The leaders of the council from 2001 until its abolition in 2020 were:[4]

Councillor		From	To
Don Phillips	Conservative	22 May 2001	5 May 2004
Tom Dodd	Conservative	5 May 2004	6 May 2007
John Warder	Conservative	22 May 2007	18 May 2010
Nick Rose	Conservative	18 May 2010	13 May 2014
Isobel Darby	Conservative	13 May 2014	31 Mar 2020

Council elections

1973 Chiltern District Council election
1976 Chiltern District Council election (New ward boundaries)[5]
1979 Chiltern District Council election
1983 Chiltern District Council election
1987 Chiltern District Council election (District boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same)[6]
1991 Chiltern District Council election (District boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same)[7][8]
1995 Chiltern District Council election
1999 Chiltern District Council election
2003 Chiltern District Council election (New ward boundaries reduced the number of seats by 10)[9][10][11]
2007 Chiltern District Council election (Some new ward boundaries)[12]
2011 Chiltern District Council election
2015 Chiltern District Council election

By-election results

1995-1999

Amersham on the Hill By-Election 12 September 1996
Party		Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	380	31.9
	Independent	344	28.9
	Conservative	313	26.7
	Labour	147	12.4
Majority		36	3.0
Turnout		1,189	30.4
	Liberal Democrats hold	Swing

Lowndes By-Election 10 September 1998
Party		Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	365	54.0	+5.4
	Conservative	278	41.2	+4.0
	Labour	32	4.7	-9.5
Majority		87	12.8
Turnout		675	43.3
	Liberal Democrats hold	Swing

1999-2003

Asheridge Vale By-Election 11 November 1999
Party		Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	218	45.1	-4.5
	Labour	132	27.3	+4.4
	Conservative	105	21.7	-6.1
	Green	28	5.8	+5.8
Majority		86	17.8
Turnout		483	36.0
	Liberal Democrats hold	Swing

Amersham on the Hill By-Election 30 March 2000
Party		Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	497	53.2	+6.7
	Conservative	324	34.7	-3.4
	Labour	72	7.7	-7.8
	Green	42	4.5	+4.5
Majority		173	18.5
Turnout		935	22.9
	Liberal Democrats hold	Swing

St. Mary's By-Election 13 July 2000
Party		Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	254	51.9	+0.1
	Conservative	150	30.7	-11.7
	Labour	65	13.3	+7.6
	Green	20	4.1	+4.1
Majority		104	21.2
Turnout		489	47.3
	Liberal Democrats hold	Swing

Townsend By-Election 7 June 2001
Party		Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	660	38.0	-11.7
	Conservative	606	34.9	+3.2
	Labour	326	18.8	+5.6
	Green	145	8.3	+2.9
Majority		54	3.1
Turnout		1,737
	Liberal Democrats hold	Swing

2003-2007

Prestwood & Heath End By-Election 4 May 2006[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Andrew Garnett	1,387	58.2	-4.0
	Liberal Democrats	Brenda Barker	998	41.8	+4.0
Majority			389	16.4
Turnout			2,385	46.6
	Conservative hold		Swing

Great Missenden By-Election 19 October 2006[14]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Robert Swayne	494	74.2	+9.8
	Liberal Democrats	Michelle Gausman	149	22.4	-13.2
	Labour	Sandra Moorcroft	23	3.5	+3.5
Majority			345	51.8
Turnout			666	36.4
	Conservative hold		Swing

2007-2011

Chalfont St Giles By-Election 25 September 2008[15]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Michael Stannard	927	68.1	+0.6
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Meakin	434	31.9	-0.6
Majority			493	36.2
Turnout			1,361	25.4
	Conservative hold		Swing

Amersham On The Hill By-Election 6 May 2010[16]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Nigel Shepherd	1,125	46.9	-3.0
	Liberal Democrats	Howard Maitland-Jones	1,073	44.7	-5.5
	Labour	Peter Josep	203	8.5	+8.5
Majority			52	2.2
Turnout			2,401	67.8
	Conservative hold		Swing

2015-2019

Penn & Coleshill By-Election 16 November 2017
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jonathan Walters	697	80.6	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Neil Williams	168	19.4	N/A
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

The Conservative candidate was previously elected unopposed.

References

"Today is the day 5 councils become one - everything you need to know". Bucks Free Press. 1 April 2020. Retrieved 7 April 2020.
"Councillors - contact information". Chiltern District Council. Archived from the original on 13 June 2011. Retrieved 8 February 2010.
"Chiltern". BBC News Online. Retrieved 8 February 2010.
"Council minutes". Buckinghamshire Council. Retrieved 6 June 2022.
legislation.gov.uk - The District of Chiltern (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1975. Retrieved on 19 November 2015.
legislation.gov.uk - The Buckinghamshire (District Boundaries) Order 1987. Retrieved on 6 November 2015.
legislation.gov.uk - The Buckinghamshire (District Boundaries) Order 1990. Retrieved on 6 November 2015.
legislation.gov.uk - The Buckinghamshire, Hertfordshire, Northamptonshire and Oxfordshire (County Boundaries) Order 1991. Retrieved on 5 November 2015.
"Chiltern". BBC Online. Retrieved 21 October 2008.
legislation.gov.uk - The District of Chiltern (Electoral Changes) Order 2002. Retrieved on 4 October 2015.
legislation.gov.uk - The District of Chiltern (Electoral Changes) (Amendment) Order 2004. Retrieved on 3 November 2015.
legislation.gov.uk - The Chiltern (Parish Electoral Arrangements and Electoral Changes) Order 2007. Retrieved on 3 November 2015.
"Greens build on election success". guardian.co.uk. 12 May 2006. Retrieved 8 February 2010.
"Mixed results for Tories in council byelections". guardian.co.uk. 20 October 2006. Retrieved 8 February 2010.
"Chalfont St Giles election result". Chiltern District Council. 26 September 2008. Archived from the original on 2 October 2008. Retrieved 21 October 2008.
"Tories win Amersham-on-Hill by-election". Buckinghamshire Examiner. 7 May 2010. Retrieved 20 May 2010.

By-election results Archived 2010-03-29 at the Wayback Machine

External links

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[1] "Today is the day 5 councils become one - everything you need to know". Bucks Free Press. 1 April 2020. Retrieved 7 April 2020.

[contact-2] "Councillors - contact information". Chiltern District Council. Archived from the original on 13 June 2011. Retrieved 8 February 2010.

[hold-3] "Chiltern". BBC News Online. Retrieved 8 February 2010.

[4] "Council minutes". Buckinghamshire Council. Retrieved 6 June 2022.

[5] slation.gov.uk - The District of Chiltern (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1975. Retrieved on 19 November 2015.

[6] slation.gov.uk - The Buckinghamshire (District Boundaries) Order 1987. Retrieved on 6 November 2015.

[7] slation.gov.uk - The Buckinghamshire (District Boundaries) Order 1990. Retrieved on 6 November 2015.

[8] slation.gov.uk - The Buckinghamshire, Hertfordshire, Northamptonshire and Oxfordshire (County Boundaries) Order 1991. Retrieved on 5 November 2015.

[chiltern-9] "Chiltern". BBC Online. Retrieved 21 October 2008.

[10] slation.gov.uk - The District of Chiltern (Electoral Changes) Order 2002. Retrieved on 4 October 2015.

[11] slation.gov.uk - The District of Chiltern (Electoral Changes) (Amendment) Order 2004. Retrieved on 3 November 2015.

[12] slation.gov.uk - The Chiltern (Parish Electoral Arrangements and Electoral Changes) Order 2007. Retrieved on 3 November 2015.

[greens-13] "Greens build on election success". guardian.co.uk. 12 May 2006. Retrieved 8 February 2010.

[mixed-14] "Mixed results for Tories in council byelections". guardian.co.uk. 20 October 2006. Retrieved 8 February 2010.

[chalfont-15] "Chalfont St Giles election result". Chiltern District Council. 26 September 2008. Archived from the original on 2 October 2008. Retrieved 21 October 2008.

[hill-16] "Tories win Amersham-on-Hill by-election". Buckinghamshire Examiner. 7 May 2010. Retrieved 20 May 2010.

Council elections in Buckinghamshire
Buckinghamshire Council	2021
Buckinghamshire County Council	1889 1892 1895 1898 1901 1904 1907 1910 1913 1919 1922 1925 1928 1931 1934 1937 1946 1949 1952 1955 1958 1961 1964 1967 1970 1973 1977 1981 1985 1989 1993 1997 2001 2005 2009 2013 2017 Abolished
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 2016 2018 2019 2021 2022 2023
Aylesbury Vale District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 Abolished
Chiltern District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 Abolished
South Bucks District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 Abolished
Wycombe District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 Abolished
See also: Wards Boundary changes

Chiltern District
Buckinghamshire Unitary Council elections County Council elections District Council elections Chesham and Amersham Constituency
Towns (component areas and hamlets)	Amersham Woodrow Chesham Asheridge Vale Botley Chesham Vale Chessmount Codmore Great Hivings Hilltop Loundes Lye Green Newtown Pednormead End Pond Park Townsend Waterside
Other civil parishes (component villages and hamlets)	Ashley Green Ashley Green Whelpley Hill Chalfont St Giles Bottrells Close Chalfont Grove Chalfont St Giles Jordans Stratton Chase Chalfont St Peter Austenwood Chalfont Common Layters Green Chartridge Asheridge Bellingdon Chartridge Hundridge Pednor Pednor Bottom Chenies Chesham Bois Cholesbury-cum-St Leonards Buckland Common Cholesbury Hawridge St Leonards Coleshill Great Missenden Ballinger Ballinger Bottom Ballinger Common Bryant's Bottom Frith-hill Great Missenden Heath End Hotley Bottom Hyde End Little Wood Corner Mobwell Prestwood South Heath Latimer and Ley Hill Latimer Ley Hill Orchard Leigh Tyler's Hill Little Chalfont Little Missenden Beamond End Holmer Green Hyde Heath Little Kingshill Little Missenden Mantles Green Mop End Spurlands End Penn Beacon Hill Forty Green Knotty Green Penn Penn Bottom Penn Street Winchmore Hill Seer Green The Lee Lee Clump Lee Common Lee Gate Hunt's Green Potter Row Swan Bottom The Lee
Former districts and boroughs	Amersham Rural District Chesham Urban District
Former constituencies	Buckinghamshire County Constituency Amersham Constituency
List of parliamentary constituencies in Buckinghamshire List of places in Buckinghamshire List of civil parishes in Buckinghamshire