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It became a unitary council in April 2020. The Conservatives have 152 seats, the Liberal Democrats have 17, the Independents have 12 seats, Labour have nine, and the Green Party has one. There is also one for the Bucks Residents’ Association – Cllr Andy Huxley. Many of these councillors represent a particular area, be it Grendon Underwood, Aston Clinton and Bierton, Chiltern Villages, Chess Valley, Tylers Green and Loudwater, Stoke Poges and Wexham, Chalfont St Giles, and so on. Some also sit on town and parish councils such as Great Missenden, West Wycombe, Bledlow-cum-Saunderton, Beaconsfield, Little Marlow, and Denham, and so it goes.
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High Wycombe councillors agree part of Abbey Way should be renamed in memory of pioneer Dame Frances Dove
Abbey Way Part of a busy High Wycombe road should be renamed in honour of a pioneer who did “amazing” things in the town, councillors agreed. High Wycombe’s representatives were unanimous in their praise for renaming a section of Abbey Way, between the traffic lights and Marlow Hill, either Dame Frances Dove Way or Frances Dove Way. Cllr Lesley Clarke OBE came up with the plan with local historian Willie Reid to celebrate the 125th anniversary of Dame Frances Dove and the founding of Wycombe Abbey School, which is accessed along that section of the road.
RENEWED calls to see a historic river brought back to the surface in Wycombe town centre have prompted top politicians to say they too share that ambition, but that funding is key.
Buckinghamshire Council leader Cllr Martin Tett and cabinet member for town centre regeneration Cllr Steve Bowles backed reopening the River Wye during a recent debate – but added there are first cost and logistical factors to be considered. The issue was prompted by Cllr Ron Gaffney during a council meeting, who asked if the budget included funding to reopen the important chalk stream. Bringing the river back to the surface after it was buried under concrete in the town centre years ago has been a huge topic of discussion for years.