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Buckinghamshire: what’s happening where you live

What the council itself has published on the five things it most shapes for a household: homes, getting about, the bill, the local environment and schools. Each line is quoted from the council’s own document, with the link. This page says what was decided or proposed; it never says whether it was right.

This page is built from official registers only; the council’s own publications have not been read yet, and every line below says so where that leaves a gap.

Buckinghamshire Council: Unitary authority (unitary), England, South East. GOV.UK lists it as a unitary council. ONS code E06000060.

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The council’s own service pages as listed by GOV.UK’s Local Links Manager (Open Government Licence), refreshed weekly; the same list of everyday services, in the same order, for every council, in GOV.UK’s wording.

Housing

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Transport

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Council tax

Band D set by Buckinghamshire for 2026–27: £2,037.50 of a £2,526.58 total bill in the area. MHCLG, Council Tax levels set by local authorities in England 2026 to 2027 (Open Government Licence).

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Environment

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Education

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Changes to schools in this area recorded by the Department for Education Updated automatically

Ash Hill Primary School (primary) — open, but proposed to close; reason recorded: for academy; proposed date 30 September 2026
Ash Hill Primary School (primary) — proposed to open; reason recorded: new provision; proposed date 1 October 2026

In the last twelve months: 5 opened (4 academy converter, 1 new provision), 7 closed (5 academy converter, 1 closure, 1 result of amalgamation/merger)

Burford School (primary) — closed; reason recorded: academy converter, 31 March 2026
Lane End Primary School (primary) — closed; reason recorded: academy converter, 31 August 2026
Little Marlow CofE School (primary) — closed; reason recorded: closure, 31 August 2026
Marlow Church of England Infant School (primary) — closed; reason recorded: academy converter, 30 April 2026
Marsh School (primary) — closed; reason recorded: academy converter, 31 August 2026
Marsh School (primary) — closed; reason recorded: result of amalgamation/merger, 1 September 2026
Spinfield School (primary) — closed; reason recorded: academy converter, 31 March 2026
Burford School (primary) — open; reason recorded: academy converter, 1 April 2026
Marlow Church of England Infant School (primary) — open; reason recorded: academy converter, 1 May 2026
Red Balloon Aylesbury — open; reason recorded: new provision, 21 August 2026
Spinfield School (primary) — open; reason recorded: academy converter, 1 April 2026
The Orchard Way Academy (primary) — open; reason recorded: academy converter, 1 September 2026

Get Information about Schools, DfE’s register of every school in England, refreshed daily (Open Government Licence). The register’s own reason is shown: most closures and openings are a school becoming an academy, which changes who runs it, not whether it is there.

What the council plans to spend, 2026–27

The budget for each service, as Buckinghamshire reported it to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. The same headings, in the same order, for every council in England.

Buckinghamshire: budget by service, 2026 to 2027
Service	Budget
Education services	£542.7 million
Highways and transport services	£39.7 million
Children's social care	£158.8 million
Adult social care	£272.0 million
Public health	£28.9 million
Housing services (general fund only)	£14.9 million
Cultural and related services	£6.6 million
Environmental and regulatory services	£51.3 million
Planning and development services	£13.3 million
Police services	none budgeted
Fire and rescue services	none budgeted
Central services	£21.5 million
Other services	none budgeted
Total service expenditure	£1,149.6 million

Net current expenditure: net of sales, fees and charges; spending funded by the NHS, such as through the Better Care Fund, is excluded.A minus figure means the service’s income is budgeted to be more than its spending. “None budgeted” usually means another body runs that service here. Source: Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, Revenue Account Budget 2026 to 2027, individual local authority data (part 1), updated 11 June 2026 (Open Government Licence).

Buckinghamshire in numbers

Official statistics for the whole council area. Each figure is the latest published, with the period it covers.

Total population: 578,772 people 30 June 2024 · Office for National StatisticsMid-year estimate of the total number of people
Median age: 42 years 30 June 2024 · Office for National StatisticsMedian age of people
Gross disposable household income per head: £34,111 2024 · Office for National StatisticsAverage income per person (£) after taxes and direct benefits
Gross median weekly pay: £712 30 April 2025 · Office for National StatisticsGross median weekly pay based on where people live (£)
Children in relative poverty after housing costs: 17.5% April 2024 to March 2025 · Department for Work and PensionsPercentage of children aged under 16 living in relative low income families After Housing Costs (AHC)
Claimant Count: 3.1% 2025 · Office for National StatisticsPercentage of people aged 16 to 64 who are claiming unemployment-related benefits
Average house price: £479,736 July 2026 · HM Land RegistryAverage monthly price of a property (£)
Housing affordability ratio (residence-based): 10.5 affordability ratio 1 April 2025 · Office for National StatisticsRatio of median house price to median gross annual residence-based earnings
Female healthy life expectancy: 66.9 years 2022 to 2024 · Office for National StatisticsAverage years expected to be lived in good health for females born in the given year
Male healthy life expectancy: 65.3 years 2022 to 2024 · Office for National StatisticsAverage years expected to be lived in good health for males born in the given year
Greenhouse gas emissions: 5.0 tCO2e per capita 2024 · Department for Energy Security and Net ZeroGreenhouse gas emissions (tCO2e) per capita
Gigabit capable broadband: 82.0% 1 January 2026 · OfcomPercentage of premises that have coverage from a gigabit-capable service (download speeds of 1,000 Mbps or more)
Public electric vehicle chargers: 141.3 per 100,000 population 1 July 2026 · Department for Transport, sourced from ZapmapPublicly available electric vehicle chargers at all speeds per 100,000 people
Active businesses: 32,885 number of enterprises 2024 · Office for National StatisticsBusinesses with turnover or employment in current year

Gathered by the Office for National Statistics in Explore Local Statistics (Open Government Licence), refreshed daily. Some figures aren’t published for every nation, so the list can be shorter outside England.

Who runs the council

97 seats in 2026. Run by: Conservatives, with a majority. Open Council Data (public domain).

Councillors by party: Conservative and Unionist 50, Liberal Democrats 26, Independent / Other 12, Labour Party 3, Reform UK 2, Green Party (E&W) 2, East Wycombe Independent Party 2.

Next scheduled council election: 3 May 2029.

All 97 councillors, by ward

Lesley Clarke (Conservative and Unionist) — Abbey
Mahboob Hussain (Conservative and Unionist) — Abbey
Dominic Pinkney (Liberal Democrats) — Amersham & Chesham Bois
Kelly Thornton (Liberal Democrats) — Amersham & Chesham Bois
Mark Roberts (Liberal Democrats) — Amersham & Chesham Bois
Michael Collins (Conservative and Unionist) — Aston Clinton & Weston Turville
Steve Bowles (Conservative and Unionist) — Aston Clinton & Weston Turville
Andy Huxley (Conservative and Unionist) — Aylesbury East
Mark Winn (Conservative and Unionist) — Aylesbury East
Raj Khan (Liberal Democrats) — Aylesbury North
Susan Morgan (Liberal Democrats) — Aylesbury North
Gurinder Wadhwa (Liberal Democrats) — Aylesbury North West
Tuffail Hussain (Liberal Democrats) — Aylesbury North West
Sherrilyn Bateman (Liberal Democrats) — Aylesbury South East
Tim Dixon (Liberal Democrats) — Aylesbury South East
Niknam Hussain (Liberal Democrats) — Aylesbury South West
Waheed Raja (Liberal Democrats) — Aylesbury South West
Alan Sherwell (Liberal Democrats) — Aylesbury West
Nidhi Mehta (Liberal Democrats) — Aylesbury West
Christine Adali (Liberal Democrats) — Beaconsfield
Jackson NG (Conservative and Unionist) — Beaconsfield
Cameron Anderson (Reform UK) — Berryfields, Buckingham Park & Watermead
Chirag Chotai (Liberal Democrats) — Berryfields, Buckingham Park & Watermead
Julie Ward (Conservative and Unionist) — Bierton, Kingsbrook & Wing
Kathryn Gibbon (Conservative and Unionist) — Bierton, Kingsbrook & Wing
Arman Alam (Conservative and Unionist) — Booker & Cressex
Adekunle Osibogun (Conservative and Unionist) — Buckingham
Anja Schaefer (Liberal Democrats) — Buckingham
Robin Stuchbury (Independent / Other) — Buckingham
Cole Caesar (Reform UK) — Burnham
Kirsten Ashman (Conservative and Unionist) — Burnham
Paul Kelly (Conservative and Unionist) — Burnham
Majid Hussain (Labour Party) — Castlefield & Oakridge
Mohammed Ayub (Conservative and Unionist) — Castlefield & Oakridge
Carl Jackson (Conservative and Unionist) — Chalfont St Giles & Little Chalfont
Martin Tett (Conservative and Unionist) — Chalfont St Giles & Little Chalfont
Simon Rouse (Conservative and Unionist) — Chalfont St Giles & Little Chalfont
Isobel Darby (Conservative and Unionist) — Chalfont St Peter
Karen Dickson (Independent / Other) — Chalfont St Peter
Frances Kneller (Liberal Democrats) — Chesham North
Justine Fulford (Liberal Democrats) — Chesham North
Mohammad Fayyaz (Liberal Democrats) — Chesham North
Alan Bacon (Liberal Democrats) — Chesham South
Parveiz Aslam (Liberal Democrats) — Chesham South
Mark Turner (Independent / Other) — Chiltern Villages
Mahboob Hussain (Conservative and Unionist) — Disraeli
Hazel Arthur-Hewitt (Labour Party) — Downley
David Moore (Conservative and Unionist) — Farnhams & Stoke Poges
Dev Dhillon (Conservative and Unionist) — Farnhams & Stoke Poges
Thomas Hogg (Conservative and Unionist) — Farnhams & Stoke Poges
Larisa Townsend (Independent / Other) — Flackwell Heath & The Wooburns
Penny Drayton (Independent / Other) — Flackwell Heath & The Wooburns
Stuart Wilson (Independent / Other) — Flackwell Heath & The Wooburns
Jaspal Chhokar (Conservative and Unionist) — Gerrards Cross & Denham
Michael Bracken (Conservative and Unionist) — Gerrards Cross & Denham
Thomas Broom (Conservative and Unionist) — Gerrards Cross & Denham
Frank Mahon (Conservative and Unionist) — Grendon Underwood & The Claydons
Patrick Fealey (Conservative and Unionist) — Grendon Underwood & The Claydons
Gregory Smith (Green Party (E&W)) — Haddenham & Stone
Maru Mormina (Green Party (E&W)) — Haddenham & Stone
Catherine Oliver (Conservative and Unionist) — Hazlemere
Ed Gemmell (Independent / Other) — Hazlemere
John Chilver (Conservative and Unionist) — Horwood
Paul Griffin (Independent / Other) — Iver
Wendy Matthews (Conservative and Unionist) — Iver
Chris Poll (Conservative and Unionist) — Ivinghoe
Peter Brazier (Conservative and Unionist) — Ivinghoe
Clive Harriss (Conservative and Unionist) — Long Crendon
Alex Collingwood (Conservative and Unionist) — Marlow
Anna Crabtree (Liberal Democrats) — Marlow
Carol Heap (Conservative and Unionist) — Marlow
Khalil Ahmed (Independent / Other) — Marsh & Micklefield
Trevor Snaith (Independent / Other) — Marsh & Micklefield
Caroline Cornell (Conservative and Unionist) — Newton Longville
Jilly Jordan (Conservative and Unionist) — Newton Longville
Jonathan Waters (Liberal Democrats) — Penn, Tylers Green & Loudwater
Michael West (Liberal Democrats) — Penn, Tylers Green & Loudwater
Gary Hall (Conservative and Unionist) — Princes Risborough
Matthew Walsh (Conservative and Unionist) — Princes Risborough
Phil Gomm (Conservative and Unionist) — Quainton
David Carroll (Conservative and Unionist) — Ridgeway East
Steven Broadbent (Conservative and Unionist) — Ridgeway East
Robert Carington (Conservative and Unionist) — Ridgeway West
Shade Adoh (Conservative and Unionist) — Ridgeway West
Darren Hayday (Independent / Other) — Sands
Chris Chilton (Labour Party) — Terriers & Amersham Hill
Sarfaraz Raja (Conservative and Unionist) — Terriers & Amersham Hill
Heather Wallace (Conservative and Unionist) — The Missendens
Matthew Hind (Liberal Democrats) — The Missendens
Peter Martin (Conservative and Unionist) — The Missendens
Imran Hussain (East Wycombe Independent Party) — Totteridge & Bowerdean
Julia Wassell (East Wycombe Independent Party) — Totteridge & Bowerdean
Ashley Waite (Conservative and Unionist) — Waddesdon
Dean Field (Conservative and Unionist) — Wendover, Halton & Stoke Mandeville
Peter Strachan (Conservative and Unionist) — Wendover, Halton & Stoke Mandeville
Orsolya Hayday (Independent / Other) — West Wycombe & Lane End
Llew Monger (Liberal Democrats) — Winslow

Each councillor’s register of interests is on the council’s own website; we have not yet located the page. Councillors from Open Council Data as recorded after the May 2026 elections; a by-election since then may have changed one seat. Attendance and allowances are not shown.

This council’s meeting papers are not yet read automatically, so decisions and motions are not listed here; they are on the council’s website.

Write to your councillors → WriteToThem (mySociety) finds them from your postcode; nothing is sent through this site.

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