Buckinghamshire Council local election results 2025: South Bucks

The voters have spoken and the results are in for the Buckinghamshire Council elections 2025.

On a constituency-wide level, the Conservatives lost a long-held majority at Buckinghamshire Council and fell one seat short of the 49 needed.

The following results show how voting unfolded across the county’s southern wards covered by the Maidenhead Advertiser and Slough & South Bucks Express.

Burnham

Conservative councillors Paul Kelly and Kirsten Ashman have been elected to represent the new Burnham ward, having both represented the former Cliveden ward.

Reform UK claimed the third spot up for grabs through the newly elected Councillor Cole Caesar.

Cllr Caesar stood as an independent candidate in the Beaconsfield MP general election race last year. That race was won by Conservative MP Joy Morrissey.

Result:

Paul James Kelly – Conservative – 1289 - Elected

Kirsten Ashman – Conservative – 1120 - Elected

Cole Caesar – Reform UK – 1078 - Elected

Santokh Singh Chhokar – Conservative - 952

Carole Doel - Reform UK - 945

Michele Le Tissier - Reform UK - 929

Carol Lesley Linton - Liberal Democrats - 760

Mark Ian Boden - Liberal Democrats - 653

Roxanna Pasha - Liberal Democrats - 544

Avinash Shinde - Labour Party - 479

Alexa Anne Collins - Labour Party - 444

Carter Ellen - Labour Party – 370

Voter turnout: 28 per cent

Farnhams & Stoke Poges

Three Conservative councillors have been elected to serve the new Farnhams & Stoke Poges ward, all having served as councillors in the area previously.

These are: Cllrs Dev Dhillon and David Moore, formerly of Farnham Common & Burnham Beeches ward; and Cllr Thomas Hogg, formerly of Stoke Poges & Wexham ward.  

Result:

Dev Dhillon – Conservative – 1628 – Elected

David William Moore – Conservative – 1622 - Elected

Thomas Neil Hogg – Conservative – 1482 - Elected

Karen Perez - Reform UK - 916

Val Ackrill - Reform UK - 899

Ben White - Reform UK - 846

Andrew Cowen - Liberal Democrats - 622

Susan Pearson - Liberal Democrats - 613

Jeff Herschel - Liberal Democrats - 557

Charlie Davies - Labour Party - 287

Randeep Singh Sidhu - Labour Party - 262

Samuel James Lane - Labour Party – 253

Voter turnout: 30 per cent

Iver

Voters in Iver were given choice of voting for two councillors in this year’s election, having had three to pick in the last local election.

Conservative councillor Wendy Matthews retained her seat, as did Independent councillor Paul Griffin. Cllr Griffin’s fellow independent Luisa Sullivan, however, missed out.

Result:

Wendy Allison Matthews – Conservative – 743 - Elected

Paul James Griffin – Independent – 721 - Elected

Prerna Lau Bhardwaj – Conservative - 579

Luisa Katherine Sullivan – Independent - 544

Alison Elizabeth Mueller - Reform UK - 515

Richard Stuttard - Reform UK - 507

Julie Cook – Liberal Democrats - 383

Nadeem Siddiqui - Labour Party - 249

Erin Lyon - Labour Party - 230

Martin Bol Deng Aleu - Liberal Democrats – 161

Voter turnout: 28 per cent

Flackwell Heath and The Wooburns

Bourne End was dropped from the title of the new Flackwell Heath and The Wooburns ward, but two of the old The Wooburns, Bourne End & Hedsor ward representatives have been re-elected.  

Three independents will now represent the ward: Cllr Penny Drayton, Cllr Stuart Wilson and newly elected Cllr Larisa Townsend.

Result:

Penny Drayton – Independent – 2523 – Elected

Larisa Townsend – Independent – 2456 – Elected

Stuart Wilson – Independent – 2442 – Elected

Kirsty Griffiths – Conservative - 987

Steven James Barrett – Conservative - 888

Carole Mary Earle - Reform UK - 866

Darryl Earle - Reform UK - 828

Anna Robinson – Conservative - 795

William Ireland - Reform UK - 713

Christopher Nigel Tolmie - Liberal Democrats - 271

James Lawson - Labour Party - 265

Christine Leech - Labour Party - 227

Andy Sedgwick - Labour Party – 198

Voter turnout: 35 per cent

Marlow

Two Conservatives have been re-elected to represent Marlow in Cllr Alex Collingwood and Cllr Carol Heap.

Though the Liberal Democrats have a lot to celebrate here with newly elected councillor Anna Crabtree topping the ballot with a more than 200 vote lead over her closest Tory rival.

Result:

Anna Victoria Crabtree - Liberal Democrats - 1937 - Elected

Alex Collingwood – Conservative – 1733 - Elected

Carol Heap – Conservative – 1593 - Elected

Jocelyn Towns – Conservative - 1533

James Robert Currie - Liberal Democrats - 1357

Mark Andrew Skoyles – Independent - 1275

Ivan Sheiham - Liberal Democrats - 1167

John Ansell - Reform UK - 934

Terry Bowman - Reform UK - 863

Tobias Da Costa - Reform UK - 768

Colin John Beckley - Green Party - 479

Andy Ford - Labour Party - 377

Alessandra Barrow - Labour Party - 300

Josh Pert - Labour Party – 196

Voter turnout: 38 per cent

More information on Buckinghamshire Council's election results can be found on the council's website.