Buckinghamshire Council unitary and parish elections Thursday 1 May 2025

You will be able to vote for candidates to fill:

• all parish council seats (if contested)
• all of Buckinghamshire Council's 97 seats in each of the 49 wards

• View the Electoral boundaries online map.
• View the unitary ward maps. (PDF, 132MB)

If you have any questions about the elections, contact electoral services.

• Notice of Election Agents (DOC, 84KB)
• Parish Notice of Uncontested Election (DOC, 207KB)
• Parish Notice of Uncontested Election (no nominations received) (DOC, 10KB)
• Statement of Persons Nominated - Unitary (PDF, 1MB)
• Statement of Persons Nominated - Parish (PDF, 804KB)
• Situation of Polling Stations - Unitary (PDF, 379KB)
• Situation of Polling Stations - Parish (PDF, 268KB)
• View the Notice of Election of Unitary Councillors (DOC, 22KB)
• View the Notice of Election of Parish Councillors (DOC, 31KB)

Poll cards have been sent to everyone who has registered to vote. You do not need a poll card to vote, but it makes voting quicker if you take it with you to your polling station.

• Polling station finder

We will send out postal votes around;

• 11 April for postal vote applications received before 24 March
• 17 April for postal vote applications received after 24 March

The deadline to apply for a postal vote is 5pm on 14 April.

If you think you will be away around these dates, we recommend applying for a proxy vote.

Postal votes are sent first class, but we cannot guarantee delivery dates as it depends on the postal service.

There were 2 online briefings to explain the 1 May election process. You can view the slides from the Candidate and Agent briefing presentation here.

Candidates may request for a copy of the electoral register for the area they are standing for election in, by completing the forms below and sending them to Electoral Services:

• Electoral register request form
• Postal and proxy voters request form
• Appointment of Polling Agent Form (DOC, 30.1KB)
• Appointment of Count Agent Form (DOC, 30KB)

The counting of votes for Buckinghamshire Council will take place on Friday 2 May 2025 and for parishes on Saturday 3 May. Results will be published here as they are declared.

The spending limit is £960 plus 8p for each local government elector in the ward.

Spend limits are lower for joint candidates. View details for how spend limits are calculated on the Electoral Commission guidance.

You can view the parish and unitary area electorate here:

• Parish areas electorate XLS, 31KB
• Unitary ward electorate XLS, 16KB

After the election you must submit a 'return' of election spending and donations received.

The Electoral Commission has recently provided new spending returns which are available below:

• nil return for candidates who incur no spending and receive no donations. This is to be submitted instead of the normal return (below), but the candidate and agent declarations must also be submitted with it.
• Spending return forms for local government elections
• Spending return for parish elections

Actual expenses are not reimbursed.

You must send us details of your spending and donations, and a declaration that the return is complete and correct. Email these to the Returning Officer at [email protected] by 6 June (for unitary candidates) and 29 May (for parish candidates).

Even if there are no expenses, you need to send a ‘nil’ return. You can send scanned copies to [email protected]

You can view guidance on the Electoral Commission website.

For further help or clarification on election expenses rules, email the Electoral Commission: [email protected]