Buckinghamshire.
Conservative and Unionist Party-controlled unitary. £583m net revenue. 49 wards across 6 parliamentary constituencies.
29 Jun 2026
Conservative and Unionist Party chamber, 3-party MP geography.
Buckinghamshire is a unitary controlled by Conservative and Unionist Party (113 of 147 seats). Net revenue is £583m for 2025-26. It covers 49 wards spanning 6 parliamentary constituencies. The MP geography crosses 3 parties — a heterogeneous setup.
Who sits in the chamber.
Conservative and Unionist Party 77% · last contested 6 May 2021
Councillors — the people.
| Councillor | Ward | Elected | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arman Alam | Con | Abbey | 2021 |
| Lesley Mary Clarke | Con | Abbey | 2021 |
| Mahboob Bhatti | Con | Abbey | 2021 |
| David William King | Con | Amersham Chesham Bois | 2021 |
| Graham Harris | Con | Amersham Chesham Bois | 2021 |
| Liz Walsh | Con | Amersham Chesham Bois | 2021 |
| Bill Chapple | Con | Aston Clinton Bierton | 2021 |
| Julie Elizabeth Ward | Con | Aston Clinton Bierton | 2021 |
| Mike Collins | Con | Aston Clinton Bierton | 2021 |
| Mark Edward Winn | Con | Aylesbury East | 2021 |
| Richard Peter John Gaster | Con | Aylesbury East | 2021 |
| Tom Hunter-Watts | LD | Aylesbury East | 2021 |
Where revenue comes from.
This is a high-council-tax unitary authoritie: 78% of revenue from council tax, above the cohort median (59%).
Source · MHCLG — Final LGFS 2025-26 Core Spending Power table · derived (CT exact; grants/rates split from SFA baseline)
Band-D bill.
| Council slice | £1,941 |
| County / upper-tier | £0 |
| Police | £283 |
| Fire & rescue | £84 |
| GLA precept | £0 |
| Parish average | £93 |
| Total Band-D | £2,402 |
Parish precepts apply on top, vary by parish
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How does Buckinghamshire split its revenue across services, compared with peer unitary authoritie-class councils? Each row is one of the ten standard service buckets. The vertical line at the centre is the cohort median share; the coloured square is where this council sits. Squares to the right of centre mean a bigger share of revenue than the median peer; to the left, a smaller share.
The subtitle on each row (“X% of net spend”) is what share of this council’s revenue goes to that service. The rank (“15 of 61”) is where this council sits within the cohort, sorted by that share descending. The delta (“+26% vs median”) is a relative reading: the council allocates 26% more of its revenue to that service than the median peer would. A small absolute difference can still be a big relative one.
Higher share doesn’t mean waste — it can reflect demographic need (more older residents), rurality, or a policy choice (e.g. keeping a service in-house). Lower share doesn’t mean efficiency — some councils move costs to fees, ringfenced accounts, or grants. £-per-head would be sharper than share-of-revenue; LAD population is pending ingest. Comparisons are within the same council type only.
Every invoice over £500, published under the Local Government Transparency Code. Best-effort, not statutory — counts and totals net negatives (refunds/reversals).
Top by total — last 180 days
| Supplier | Paid | Share | Pmts |
|---|---|---|---|
| BALFOUR BEATTY LIVING PLACES | £11.20m | 3.6% | 3 |
| GALLIFORD TRY INFRASTRUCTURE LTD | £8.13m | 2.7% | 8 |
| REDACTED | £7.79m | 2.5% | 4,279 |
| MORGAN SINDALL CONSTRUCTION LTD | £7.75m | 2.5% | 7 |
| BT GLOBAL SERVICES | £7.59m | 2.5% | 19 |
| O'HARA BROTHERS SURFACING LTD | £6.67m | 2.2% | 26 |
| VEOLIA ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES | £6.44m | 2.1% | 19 |
| BUCKINGHAMSHIRE HEALTHCARE NHS TRUS | £5.43m | 1.8% | 41 |
| THE PERTEMPS GROUP OF COMPANIES | £4.87m | 1.6% | 3,126 |
| ATKINSREALIS UK LTD | £3.84m | 1.3% | 142 |
By service area · top supplier
| Service | Top supplier | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Corporate And Central | BALFOUR BEATTY LIVING PLACES | £11.20m |
| Adult Social Care | BUCKINGHAMSHIRE HEALTHCARE NHS TRUS | £3.44m |
| Education | REDACTED | £3.10m |
| Childrens Services | MORGAN SINDALL CONSTRUCTION LTD | £2.11m |
| Planning And Economic | GALLIFORD TRY INFRASTRUCTURE LTD | £1.87m |
Buckinghamshire’s territory crosses 6 Westminster constituencies, with 3 MP parties represented. The middle column shows how much of the council each seat carries.
| Constituency | Wards | % of council | Current MP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chesham and Amersham | 10 | 20% | Sarah Green | LD |
| Aylesbury | 9 | 18% | Laura Kyrke-Smith | Lab |
| Mid Buckinghamshire | 9 | 18% | Greg Smith | Con |
| Wycombe | 9 | 18% | Emma Reynolds | Lab |
| Beaconsfield | 8 | 16% | Joy Morrissey | Con |
| Buckingham and Bletchley | 4 | 8% | Callum Anderson | Lab |
This council holds 3 Lab, 2 Con and 1 LD MPs. That’s an unusually heterogeneous geography for a Conservative and Unionist Party-controlled unitary — most weeks one MP is asking the council for something and another is praising it.
Sources, methods & last update
DCLEAPIL v1.0 (historic)
Core Spending Power table · 2025-26
vs 62 other unitary authorities
Police, Fire, Parish on top
64,966 payments · 2 Jan 2026 – 30 Apr 2026
2023 boundaries
Pending ingest at LAD level