Buckinghamshire County Council is the upper-tier local authority for the non-metropolitan county of Buckinghamshire, in England, the United Kingdom. Its area of control does not include Milton Keynes, which is a unitary authority. It currently consists of 57 councillors, and is controlled by the Conservative Party, which has 46 councillors, versus 11 Liberal Democrats. It has been controlled by the Conservatives since the reorganisation of local government in 1973.
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