Buckinghamshire Council election, 2001
Encyclopedia
The 2001 Buckinghamshire Council election took place on 7 June 2001 to elect members of Buckinghamshire
County Council
in England
. The whole council was up for election and the Conservative party
stayed in overall control of the council.
The election had been postponed from the 3 May to be held at the same time as the 2001 general election
. Several councillor
s stood down at the election including the chairman, Ken Ross, and a former Conservative group leader, Mark Greenburgh. The results saw the Conservative make two gains to hold 40 of the 54 seats.
Buckinghamshire
Buckinghamshire is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan home county in South East England. The county town is Aylesbury, the largest town in the ceremonial county is Milton Keynes and largest town in the non-metropolitan county is High Wycombe....
County Council
County council
A county council is the elected administrative body governing an area known as a county. This term has slightly different meanings in different countries.-United Kingdom:...
in England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
. The whole council was up for election and the Conservative party
Conservative Party (UK)
The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...
stayed in overall control of the council.
The election had been postponed from the 3 May to be held at the same time as the 2001 general election
United Kingdom general election, 2001
The United Kingdom general election, 2001 was held on Thursday 7 June 2001 to elect 659 members to the British House of Commons. It was dubbed "the quiet landslide" by the media, as the Labour Party was re-elected with another landslide result and only suffered a net loss of 6 seats...
. Several councillor
Councillor
A councillor or councilor is a member of a local government council, such as a city council.Often in the United States, the title is councilman or councilwoman.-United Kingdom:...
s stood down at the election including the chairman, Ken Ross, and a former Conservative group leader, Mark Greenburgh. The results saw the Conservative make two gains to hold 40 of the 54 seats.