It became a unitary council in April 2020. The Conservatives have 152 seats, the Liberal Democrats have 17, the Independents have 12 seats, Labour have nine, and the Green Party has one. There is also one for the Bucks Residents’ Association – Cllr Andy Huxley. Many of these councillors represent a particular area, be it Grendon Underwood, Aston Clinton and Bierton, Chiltern Villages, Chess Valley, Tylers Green and Loudwater, Stoke Poges and Wexham, Chalfont St Giles, and so on. Some also sit on town and parish councils such as Great Missenden, West Wycombe, Bledlow-cum-Saunderton, Beaconsfield, Little Marlow, and Denham, and so it goes.
Political groups
Alan Hill and Matt Knight from the Wycombe Independents A long-standing Tory councillor and former mayor has defected to the Wycombe Independents. High Wycombe's Alan Hill was first elected at a by-election in 1989 and has served the town as a district and county councillor before joining the new Buckinghamshire Council. The Abbey Ward councillor, who was the chairman of Wycombe District Council back in 2009, has decided to leave the Conservatives just months before the local elections, saying he just wants to "work hard for my town". Cllr Matt Knight, who leads the Wycombe Independents, said: “It is a pleasure to welcome Alan to our team. He is such an experienced and dedicated councillor with an impressive record of service to High Wycombe."
The minutes from that meeting only became available this week. In them, Cllr Graham repeated the contents of a letter circulated among Trustees, where he demanded the mayor step down and the deputy mayor take his place. This was largely due to Cllr Hussain wearing his mayoral chain on several occasions without permission. One occasion saw the mayor appear in a film in which local man Carlos Layne alleged he was the target of “racism” by the Assets Recovery Agency (ARA) 15 years ago. At the time Cllr Hussain denied knowledge of what the recording would be used for. While Cllr Tony Green felt this was a “serious matter”, Thames Valley Police (TVP) later said Cllr Hussain's appearance in the film 'had not brought the relationship between the Trustees and the police into disrepute'.