Aylesbury Vale District Council was the council for the non-metropolitan district of Aylesbury Vale in Buckinghamshire, England, which existed as a local government area from 1974 to 2020. The council was elected every four years from 1973 until 2015, with the last by-election for a vacant council position held on 7 March 2019. At the time of its abolition, the council had 59 councillors, elected from 33 wards.
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: (Put "Aylesbury Vale" in search box to see specific results.)
Party in controlYears 19731976 19761979 19791991 19911995 19951999 19992003 20032020
Leadership Following the Local Government Act 2000, political leadership was provided by the leader of the council. The leaders from 2001 until the council's abolition in 2020 were: Councillor Party From To John Cartwright 9 May 2001 11 Sep 2013 Neil Blake 11 Sep 2013 28 Jun 2018 Angela Macpherson 18 Jul 2018 31 Mar 2020
Council elections Summary of the council composition after each council election, click on the year for full details of each election.
YearConLDUKIPLabIndLibInd ConResidentsGrnNotes 1973 11 0 0 12 31 0 0 0 0 1976 29 2 0 9 16 0 1 1 0 New ward boundarieslegislation.gov.uk - The District of Aylesbury Vale (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1975. Retrieved on 19 November 2015. 1979 33 1 0 8 14 0 1 1 0 1983 34 5 0 4 14 0 1 0 0 1987 34 14 0 2 8 0 0 0 0 1991 28 21 0 1 7 1 0 0 0 District boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the samelegislation.gov.uk - The Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire and Cambridgeshire (County Boundaries) Order 1991. Retrieved on 5 November 2015.legislation.gov.uk - The Buckinghamshire, Hertfordshire, Northamptonshire and Oxfordshire (County Boundaries) Order 1991. Retrieved on 5 November 2015. 1995 12 33 0 5 8 0 0 0 0 1999 24 26 0 1 7 0 0 0 0 2003 30 25 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 New ward boundaries increased the number of seats by 1legislation.gov.uk - The District of Aylesbury Vale (Electoral Changes) Order 2002. Retrieved on 4 October 2015. 2007 37 21 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 Some new ward boundarieslegislation.gov.uk - The Aylesbury Vale (Parish Electoral Arrangements and Electoral Changes) Order 2007. Retrieved on 3 November 2015.legislation.gov.uk - The Aylesbury Vale (Parish Electoral Arrangements and Electoral Changes) (Amendment) Order 2009. Retrieved on 3 November 2015. 2011 37 16 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 2015 43 9 4 2 1 0 0 0 0 New ward boundarieslegislation.gov.uk - The Aylesbury Vale (Electoral Changes) Order 2014. Retrieved on 3 November 2015. Current 38 12 0 2 1 0 2 3 1 Final composition after by-elections and defections/resignations
District result maps
By-election results By-elections occur when seats become vacant between council elections. Below is a summary of recent by-elections; full by-election results can be found by clicking on the by-election name.
By-election Date Incumbent party Winning partyNewton Longville12 June 1997 Stone11 September 1997 Bedgrove27 November 1997 Meadowcroft27 November 1997 Haddenham2 April 1998 Gatehouse25 June 1998 Mandeville16 July 1998 Oakley1 October 1998 Luffield Abbey26 November 1998 Wing4 May 2000 Mandeville26 October 2000 Bedgrove13 December 2001 Meadowcroft27 June 2002 Quarrendon6 November 2003 Winslow25 March 2004 Buckingham South18 November 2004 Stewkley2 February 2006 Gatehouse27 July 2006 Aylesbury Central11 February 2010 Luffield Abbey11 February 2010 Oakfield by-election3 October 2013 Gatehouse by-election11 December 2014 Southcourt by-election11 December 2014 Grendon Underwood and Brill by-election23 December 2015 Elmhurst by-election6 April 2017 Wendover and Halton by-election4 May 2017 Riverside by-election17 August 2017 Southcourt by-election17 August 2017 Central and Walton by-election22 March 2018 Quainton by-election3 May 2018 Haddenham and Stone by-election7 March 2019
1995-1999
1999-2003
2003-2007
2007-2011
2011-2015
2015-2020
References
External links Aylesbury Vale Council