Buckinghamshire Conservatives

01/11/2026

A spooky change to planning rules this Halloween…

From yesterday, Labour's new national planning rules change how certain applications are decided.

Under this new system, more decisions will be made by planning officers rather than elected councillors sitting on planning committees.

Residents will still be able to comment on planning applications, but the process for councillors to refer applications to committee is changing. This has been one of the strongest tools in helping your concerns be heard and considered when decisions are made about developments on your doorstep.

The Labour government, propped up by their Lib Dem collaborators, are silencing the voices of residents and communities.

04/10/2026

The Labour government are forcing the good people of Buckinghamshire to accommodate 91,000 new homes with potentially devastating consequences and no infrastructure funding. The Lib Dems collaborate with them at every turn and would impose another 20,000 homes on top of the Labour target!

So imagine the anger from residents as they receive the latest central party propaganda from the Lib Dems.

Residents want and deserve better health services. The Lib Dems have chosen to weaponise that in what is a hollow campaign of virtue signalling. They don’t understand the issues, they don’t offer solutions, they just appear to be blaming the housing target of 91,000 new homes.

They didn’t just collaborate with Labour to impose that target and on many more issues. They advocate much higher targets that would significantly increase harm to communities right across the UK.

Their latest leaflet has even used conservative blue branding because their sallow orange is toxic. They are the limpets of politics hanging on the coat tails of this dreadful Labour government, preying on the concerns of voters, claiming other people’s success as their own, telling voters whatever they want to hear on the doorstep while they vote in a different and more harmful way in chambers across the nation. They have no shame!

Don’t believe their propaganda. Don’t accept the harm they will inflict on Buckinghamshire, its budgets and its services. They have no plan. They have no solutions. They just blame others and take no responsibility for their actions.

31/08/2026

Huge congratulations to Buckinghamshire Conservative MP Joy Morrissey MP on her appointment to the Shadow Cabinet!

It is a huge privilege to have been asked by Kemi Badenoch to join the Shadow Cabinet as Shadow Minister for Women and Equalities.

I am incredibly grateful for the opportunity to take on this role and to play my part in holding Labour to account on issues that matter to women, girls and families across the country.

As we prepare for the next Conservative government and our departure from the ECHR, it is vital that we have strong and coherent equality laws that work for the British people.

There is a lot of work to do, and I’m looking forward to getting started.

25/08/2026

📚 Beacon Villages Community Library is back!

Just over a week after the ram raid and fire at Ivinghoe Town Hall, the library has reopened next door at St Mary’s Church. A huge thank you to the brilliant library volunteers and Library team who worked so quickly to make this happen, and to Revd James Grainger-Smith and the Churchwarden for welcoming the library into St Mary’s.

Within minutes of opening, residents were coming through the doors and it was already feeling like business as usual! Do make sure you pop down, the hours will be Tuesday 2pm to 4pm, Friday 2pm to 4pm and Saturday 10am to 1pm.

20/08/2026

KINGSBROOKERS 👇👇👇

I have arranged a drop in session for residents with my Buckinghamshire Council colleague Cllr Kathy Gibbon and your neighbourhood team from TVP Aylesbury Vale.

We would love you to join us so, please come along to share any issues you want to discuss with us...or just to say hello 👋

If you can't make it, please let me know in the comments if you would be interested in future similar events 👇👇👇

20/08/2026

Students across Buckinghamshire collect their GCSE results

The wait is finally over for thousands of students across the county, as GCSE exam results are released today (Thursday 20 August).

Buckinghamshire Council congratulates students on their achievements and wishes them every success for their next steps into further education or training.

Students now have a variety of pathways open to them, including A-levels, T Levels, apprenticeships, vocational qualifications, further education courses and employment with training.

The council is reminding young people and their families that support is available for those who are uncertain about their next steps. Schools, colleges, careers advisers and local support services can provide guidance to help students make informed decisions about their future.

A range of support and advice for exam results is available via the Buckinghamshire Family Information Service:

Results Day – what next? GCSE and Level 2 VTQ results day 20 August: Not sure what to do next | Family Information Service
https://familyinfo.buckinghamshire.gov.uk/youth/post-16-education-and-training/

Carl Jackson, Buckinghamshire Council’s Cabinet Member for Education and Children’s Services, said:

“Well done to all those students who have worked hard and got the results they wanted. For those students who have not done as well as they hoped, there is plenty of support and advice available, so I encourage those students to speak to their school or college in the first instance, discuss their options with friends or family, and go online to make use of the Buckinghamshire Family Information Service.”

“Thank you to all the dedicated teachers, school leaders and support staff whose hard work, encouragement and commitment has helped young people achieve their potential and reach this important milestone.

“Completing your GCSEs is a huge achievement, and we wish all Buckinghamshire students well with their next steps.”

The different options available to you once you finish your GCSEs, A levels, T Levels, and VTQ.

18/08/2026

KEEPING ESKDALE AN AVENUE!!

As part of the £120 million that Buckinghamshire Council are investing in our highways network the pavements on Eskdale Avenue in Chesham are due to be resurfaced.

There is currently a consultation on options. The only option acceptable to local residents, highways cabinet member Thomas Broom and the Chesham Conservative group is that as many of the 15 trees on Eskdale Avenue as possible are retained!

The consultation has to take place because issues around accessibility were raised by a couple of residents with disabilities, hence the range of options. Officers and contractors, as usual, would like the easy but nuclear option of just removing the trees and resurfacing the pavement but that is NOT a good option.

The names of Councillor Steven Broadbent, Leader of the Council, Councillor Thomas Broom, Deputy Leader and Cabinet Member for Transport, and Councillor Adekunle Osibogun, Cabinet Member for Environment, Climate Change & Waste are all on the officer report. That does not mean they have approved the report as falsely claimed by opposition members, it simply means they are the relevant cabinet members that will look at the results of the consultation and propose a way forward for a full cabinet decision. NONE OF THEM HAVE SIGNED OFF ON ANYTHING OR BELIEVE THAT ALL 15 TREES SHOULD BE REMOVED FROM ESKDALE AVENUE SO DON'T BELIEVE THE RUBBISH BEING SPOUTED BY POLITICIANS TRYING TO TURN THIS INTO A POLITICAL FOOTBALL.

Two Lib Dem Chesham Cllrs are also named in the report "Councillors Parveiz Aslam MBE and Alan Bacon have been consulted, and have expressed their support via
email response at this stage."

So two Lib Dem Chesham councillors have approved this nonsense about the need to remove trees. As ward cllrs they had a member briefing about what was coming down the line. Why didn't they stop this? Why didn't they fight to have the option of No Trees Removed added? That is their job and it wouldn't have happened under the previous Conservative administration in Chesham.

They have let the community down and haven't done their job properly by representing what's best for Chesham and its residents. Half decent Cllrs would have worked with officers to make them understand the importance of Keeping Eskdale An Avenue and would never have allowed a report like this to come forward in the first place or had the option of removing 15 trees included at all. They clearly don't have any influence at county hall, aren't stopping damaging ideas being put forward or stopping nonsense like this appearing in consultation documents prepared by officers. THEY ARE QUOTED AS ACTIVELY SUPPORTING THE REMOVAL OF TREES ON ESKDALE AVENUE!!!

Residents are running a fantastic awareness campaign and it's good to see the Lorax having a summer break in Chesham. We need every resident to respond to the consultation and say KEEP ESKDALE AN AVENUE. That's what Conservative Councillors, cabinet members and colleagues at County Hall are doing. They need evidence from residents to hammer the message home!!

https://yourvoicebucks.citizenspace.com/roads-parking/eskdale-avenue-chesham-tree-consultation/

12/08/2026

Have your say!!

08/08/2026

A very engaging public meeting on the draft Local Plan was hosted by Cllr Carl Jackson, Cllr Simon Rouse and Cllr Martin Tett in the south of the county. There were residents present from all 6 villages in their ward - Chalfont St Giles, Little Chalfont, Seer Green Village, Jordans Village, Chenies and Coleshill.

It is important that local residents respond to the public consultation to support the Local Plan and how Bucks Council are dealing with an aggressive and inappropriate housing target of 91,000+ homes being imposed on our county by the Labour government. Lib Dem targets would increase that number by another 20,000.

To respond to the consultation, visit

If the address is correct or you selected a link, you can search for the information you need or look for it on the homepage.

03/08/2026

An epic session for Greg Smith MP today who worked with friends and Buckinghamshire colleagues to deliver his Reporting Back summer update to Calvert Green, Chandon, Twyford, Poundon, Marsh Gibbon, Worminghall and Princes Risborough. Well done Team Mid Buckinghamshire!!