South Bucks District Council was elected every four years from 1973 until 2020.
[1] From the first election to the council in 1973 until its merger into Buckinghamshire Council in 2020, political control of the council was held by the following parties:[2][3] The role of chair of the council was largely ceremonial.
Until 2001, political leadership was provided by the chair of the policy committee, sometimes informally known as the leader of the council.
In 2001 the policy committee was replaced with a leader and cabinet model of governance, with the last chair of the policy committee becoming the first formally appointed leader of the council.
[4] The leaders from 1999 until the council's abolition in 2020 were: