Milton Keynes City Council elections

Milton Keynes City Council is the local authority and unitary authority for the City of Milton Keynes, a borough in Buckinghamshire, England.

Council composition

Below is the full seat composition in Milton Keynes after each local election. The normal election pattern is that one-third of seats are re-elected every year except that there is no election every fourth year. In 1976, 1996, 2002 and 2014, the whole council was elected after boundary changes. In 1991, ward boundaries were changed but the number of seats remained the same. In 2026, the number of seats will increase to 60 and all seats will be contested.

	Administration in charge of council after election.
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Milton Keynes City Council
Milton Keynes Council

Year	Seats	Con	Lab	LD	UKIP	Independent	Others	-	-
Year	Total	Contested	Majority				Others
1998	51	17	26	4	27	19	style="text-align:right	1	style="text-align:right
1999	51	17	26	4	27	19	style="text-align:right	1
2000	51	17	26	8	22	20	style="text-align:right	1
2002	51	51	26	8	16	27	0	0
2003	51	17	26	7	16	27	0	1
2004	51	17	26	7	16	27	0	1
2006	51	17	26	13	15	23	0	0
2007	51	17	26	15	13	22	0	1
2008	51	17	26	20	10	21	0	0
2010	51	17	26	17	9	24	0	1
2011	51	17	26	21	9	18	0	3
2012	51	17	26	20	16	15	0	0
2014	57	57	29	18	25	13	1	0
2015	57	19	29	22	23	12	0	0
2016	57	20	29	22	22	13	0	0
2018	57	20	29	24	21	12	0	0
2019	57	19	29	19	23	15	0	0
2021	57	19	29	24	19	13	0	1
2022	57	19	29	22	20	14	style="text-align:right	1

Milton Keynes Borough Council
Milton Keynes District Council

Year	Seats	Con	Lab	Lib	Independent	Others	-	-
Year	Total	Contested	Majority			Others
1973	40	40	21	8	27	0	5

'''Milton Keynes within Buckinghamshire County Council'''

By ward

2002 to 2012

The composition of Milton Keynes Council following each election was as follows.

	2002	2003	2004	2006	2007	2008	2010	2011	2012
Bletchley & Fenny Stratford	Lab 3	Lab 3	Lab 3	Lab 2/Con 1	Con 2/Lab 1	Con 3	Con 3	Con 3	Con 2/Lab 1
Bradwell	Lib 3	Lib 3	Lib 3	Lib 3	Lib 3	Lib 3	Lib 3	Lib 3	Lib 2/Lab 1
Campbell Park	Lib 3	Lib 3	Lib 3	Lib 3	Lib 3	Lib 3	Lib 3	Lib 3	Lib 2/Lab 1
Danesborough	Con 1	Con 1	Con 1	Con 1	Con 1	Con 1	Con 1	Con 1	Con 1
Denbigh	Lab 2	Lab 2	Lab 2	Lab 2	Lab 2	Lab 2	Lab 2	Lab 2	Lab 2
Eaton Manor	Lab 2	Lab 2	Lab 2	Lab 2	Lab 2	Lab 2	Lab 2	Lab 2	Lab 2
Emerson Valley	Lib 3	Lib 3	Lib 3	Lib 3	Lib 3	Lib 2/Con 1	Lib 2/Con 1	Con 2/Lib 1	Con 2/Lib 1
Furzton	Lib 2	Lib 2	Lib 2	Lib 2	Lib 2	Lib 2	Lib 2	Lib 2	Lib 2
Hanslope	Con 1	Con 1	Con 1	Con 1	Con 1	Con 1	Con 1	Con 1	Con 1
Linford North	Lib 2	Lib 2	Lib 2	Lib 1/Con 1	Lib 1/Con 1	Lib 1/Con 1	Lib 2	Lib 2	Lib 2
Linford South	Lib 2	Lib 2	Lib 2	Lib 1/Con 1	Lib 1/Con 1	Lib 1/Con 1	Lib 2	Lib 1/Con 1	Lib 1/Con 1
Loughton Park	Con 3	Con 3	Con 3	Con 3	Con 3	Con 3	Con 3	Con 3	Con 3
Middleton	Lib 2	Lib 2	Lib 2	Lib 2	Lib 1/Con 1	Lib 1/Con 1	Lib 1/Con 1	Lib 1/Con 1	Con 2
Newport Pagnell North	Lib 2	Lib 2	Lib 2	Lib 2	Lib 2	Lib 2	Lib 2	Lib 2	Lib 2
Newport Pagnell South	Lib 2	Lib 2	Lib 2	Lib 2	Lib 2	Lib 2	Lib 2	Lib 2	Lib 2
Olney	Lib 2	Lib 2	Lib 2	Lib 1/Con 1	Lib 1/Con 1	Con 2	Con 2	Con 2	Con 2
Sherington	Lib 1	Lib 1	Lib 1	Lib 1	Lib 1	Lib 1	Lib 1	Con 1	Con 1
Stantonbury	Lab 2	Lab 2	Lab 2	Lab 2	Lab 2	Lab 1/Con 1	Lab 1/Con 1	Lab 1/Con 1	Lab 2
Stony Stratford	Con 3	Con 3	Con 3	Con 3	Con 3	Con 3	Con 3	Con 3	Con 3
Walton Park	Lib 3	Lib 3	Lib 3	Lib 2/Con 1	Lib 2/Con 1	Lib 2/Con 1	Lib 3	Lib 2/Con 1	Con 2/Lib 1
Whaddon	Lab 2	Lab 2	Lab 2	Lab 2	Lab 2	Lab 2	Lab 2	Lab 2	Lab 2
Wolverton	Lab 3	Lab 3	Lab 3	Lab 3	Lab 3	Lab 2/Lib 1	Lab 2/Lib 1	Lab 2/Lib 1	Lab 3
Woughton	Lab 2	Lab 2	Lab 2	Lab 2	Lab 2	Lab 2	Lab 2	Lab 2	Lab 2

2014 to present

In 2014, the boundaries were revised so that there were 57 seats and each ward had three seats each . Elections were held for all seats in that year, before returning to the one-third model for subsequent years.

	2014	2015	2016	2018	2019	2021	2022	2023	2024
Bletchley East	Lab 2/UKIP 1	Lab 3	Lab 3	Lab 3	Lab 3	Lab 3	Lab 3	Lab 3	Lab 3
Bletchley Park	Lab 2/Con 1	Lab 2/Con 1	Lab 2/Con 1	Con 2/Lab 1	Con 2/Lab 1	Con 3	Con 2/Lab 1	Lab 2/Con 1	Lab 3
Bletchley West	Lab 3	Lab 2/Con 1	Lab 2/Con 1	Lab 2/Con 1	Lab 3	Lab 2/Con 1	Lab 2/Con 1	Lab 2/Con 1	Lab 3
Bradwell	Lab 2/Lib 1	Lib 2/Lab 1	Lib 3	Lib 3	Lib 3	Lib 3	Lib 3	Lib 3	Lib 3
Broughton	Con 2/Lib 1	Con 2/Lib 1	Con 2/Lib 1	Con 2/Lib 1	Lib 2/Con 1	Lib 3	Lib 3	Lib 3	Lib 3
Campbell Park & Old Woughton	Lib 2/Con 1	Lib 2/Con 1	Lib 2/Con 1	Con 2/Lib 1	Lib 2/Con 1	Con 2/Lib 1	Lib 2/Con 1	Lib 2/Con 1	Lib 3
Central Milton Keynes	Lab 3	Lab 3	Lab 3	Lab 3	Lab 3	Lab 3	Lab 3	Lab 3	Lab 3
Danesborough & Walton	Con 3	Con 3	Con 3	Con 3	Con 3	Con 3	Con 3	Con 2/Lab 1	Con 2/Lab 1
Loughton & Shenley	Lab 2/Con 1	Lab 2/Con 1	Lab 2/Con 1	Con 2/Lab 1	Con 2/Lab 1	Con 2/Lab 1	Lab 2/Con 1	Lab 3	Lab 3
Monkston	Lib 3	Lib 2/Con 1	Lib 2/Con 1	Lib 2/Con 1	Lib 3	Lib 3	Lib 3	Lib 3	Lib 3
Newport Pagnell North & Hanslope	Con 3	Con 3	Con 3	Con 3	Con 3	Con 3	Con 3	Con 3	Con 3
Newport Pagnell South	Lib 3	Lib 3	Lib 3	Lib 3	Lib 3	Lib 2/Con 1	Lib 2/Con 1	Lib 2/Con 1	Lib 2/Con 1
Olney	Con 3	Con 3	Con 3	Con 3	Con 3	Con 3	Con 3	Con 2/Lab 1	Con 2/Lab 1
Shenley Brook End	Lib 3	Lib 2/Con 1	Lib 2/Con 1	Lib 2/Con 1	Lib 2/Con 1	Con 2/Lib 1	Con 2/Lib 1	Lib 2/Con 1	Lib 3
Stantonbury	Lab 3	Lab 2/Con 1	Lab 2/Con 1	Lab 2/Con 1	Lab 2/Con 1	Con 2/Lab 1	Con 2/Lab 1	Lab 2/Con 1	Lab 3
Stony Stratford	Lab 2/Con 1	Lab 2/Con 1	Lab 2/Con 1	Lab 2/Con 1	Lab 3	Lab 2/Con 1	Lab 2/Con 1	Lab 2/Con 1	Lab 2/Con 1
Tattenhoe	Con 3	Con 3	Con 3	Con 2/Lab 1	Con 2/Lab 1	Con 2/Lab 1	Con 3	Con 3	Con 3
Wolverton	Lab 3	Lab 3	Lab 3	Lab 3	Lab 3	Lab 3	Lab 3	Lab 3	Lab 3
Woughton & Fishermead	Lab 3	Lab 3	Lab 3	Lab 3	Lab 3	Lab 3	Lab 3	Lab 3	Lab 3

Frequency

One third of the council is elected each year for 3 years, followed by one year without election, unless there is a substantial boundary change. Following an electoral review, changes to wards and an increase in the number of seats, 57 councillors were elected for all 19 wards from May 2014 onwards. After the previous reorganisation in 2002, 51 councillors were elected from 23 wards.

Wards

1973

The first elections to the newly created Milton Keynes Borough Council took place on 7 June 1973.
There were 40 seats up for election spread over 16 Wards. All councillors were elected for three years.

1976

In November 1975, the Boundary Commission proposed new ward boundaries.

Bletchley Central
Danesborough
Denbigh
Eaton
Loughton
Newport Rural
Newport Urban
Newton
Petsoe Manor
Pineham
Sherington
Stantonbury
Stony Stratford
Watling
Whaddon
Wolverton

1996 to 2000

Between 1996 and 2000, there were 51 seats up for election. Boundary changes were made before the 2002 election but this did not affect the number of seats up for election.

2002 to 2012

From 2002 until the 2014 local elections, there were 23 wards in the Borough, which were represented by 51 councillors. The councillors corresponded to the wards in the following way:

There were 8 wards that represented by 3 councillors:
* Bletchley & Fenny Stratford
* Bradwell
* Campbell Park
* Emerson Valley
* Loughton Park
* Stony Stratford
* Walton Park
* Wolverton
There were 12 wards that represented by 2 councillors:
* Denbigh
* Eaton Manor
* Furzton
* Linford North
* Linford South
* Middleton
* Newport Pagnell North
* Newport Pagnell South
* Olney
* Stantonbury
* Whaddon
* Woughton
There were 3 wards that represented by 1 councillor:
* Danesborough
* Hanslope Park
* Sherington

2014 onwards

Following an electoral review and with effect from the 2014 Milton Keynes Council election in May 2014, there were 57 Councillors representing 19 wards, each with having 3 councillors.
These wards are as follows:

By-elections

2022-2026

Changes with when seat was last contested on 2 May 2024.
''Changes with when seat was last contested on 2 May 2024.''