Milton Keynes City Council is the local authority for the City of Milton Keynes, a unitary authority in Buckinghamshire, England. Until 1 April 1997 it was a non-metropolitan district.
Since the first Milton Keynes Council elections in 1973 political control of the council has been held by the following parties:[1][2]
Non-metropolitan district
Party in control | Years | |
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Labour | 1973–1976 | |
Conservative | 1976–1982 | |
No overall control (Conservative minority administration) | 1982–1986 | |
No overall control (Labour minority administration) | 1986–1990 | |
Labour | 1990–1992 | |
No overall control (Labour minority administration) | 1992–1996 | |
Labour | 1996–1997 |
Unitary authority
Party in control | Years | |
---|---|---|
Labour | 1996–2000 | |
No overall control (Labour minority administration) | 2000–2002 | |
Liberal Democrats | 2002–2006 | |
No overall control (Liberal Democrats minority administration) | 2006–2011 | |
No overall control (Conservative minority administration) | 2011–2014 | |
No overall control (Labour minority administration) | 2014–Present |
The leaders of the council since 2000 have been:[3]
Councillor | Party | From | To | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Norman Miles | Labour | 23 May 2000 | 22 May 2002 | |
Isobel Wilson (called Isobel McCall after 2005) | Liberal Democrats | 22 May 2002 | 19 May 2009 | |
Sam Crooks | Liberal Democrats | 19 May 2009 | 25 May 2010 | |
Cec Tallack | Liberal Democrats | 25 May 2010 | 24 May 2011 | |
Andrew Geary | Conservative | 24 May 2011 | 11 Jun 2014 | |
Peter Marland | Labour | 11 Jun 2014 |
Year | Labour | Conservative | Liberal Democrats | Independent | UKIP | Total seats | Elected in year | Control | |||||
1973 | 27 | 8 | 0 | 5 | Did not stand | 40 | 40 | Labour win with a 7-seat majority. | |||||
19761 | 12 | 33 | 1 | 46 | 46 | Conservatives win with a 10-seat majority. | |||||||
1978 | 14 | 32 | 0 | 15 or 16 | Conservatives hold with a 9-seat majority. | ||||||||
1979 | 15 | 31 | Conservatives hold with an 8-seat majority. | ||||||||||
1980 | 19 | 26 | 1 | Conservatives hold with a 3-seat majority. | |||||||||
1982 | 17 | 22 | 6 | 1 | No overall control | ||||||||
1983 | 18 | 20 | 7 | ||||||||||
1984 | 17 or 18 | 20 or 17 | 7 or 9 | 1 or 2 | |||||||||
1986 | 19 | 12 | 13 | 2 | |||||||||
1987 | 18 | 11 | 14 | 3 | |||||||||
1988 | 13 | 13 | 2 | ||||||||||
1990 | 24 | 7 | Labour win with a 1-seat majority. | ||||||||||
1991 | 25 | 17 | 1 | Labour hold with a 2-seat majority. | |||||||||
1992 | 21 | 15 | 9 | No overall control | |||||||||
1994 | 19 | 14 | 11 | 2 | |||||||||
1995 | 21 | 12 | 10 | 3 | |||||||||
19961 | 30 | 2 | 18 | 1 | 51 | 51 | Labour win with a 7-seat majority. | ||||||
1998 | 27 | 4 | 19 | 17 | Labour hold with a 1-seat majority. | ||||||||
1999 | |||||||||||||
2000 | 22 | 8 | 20 | No overall control | |||||||||
20021 | 16 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 51 | Liberal Democrats win with a 1-seat majority. | |||||||
2003 | 7 | 1 | 17 | Liberal Democrats hold with a 1-seat majority. | |||||||||
2004 | |||||||||||||
2006 | 15 | 13 | 23 | 0 | No overall control | ||||||||
2007 | 13 | 15 | 22 | 1 | |||||||||
2008 | 10 | 20 | 21 | 0 | |||||||||
2010 | 9 | 17 | 24 | 1 | |||||||||
2011 | 21 | 18 | 3 | ||||||||||
2012 | 16 | 20 | 15 | 0 | |||||||||
20141 | 25 | 18 | 13 | 1 | 57 | 57 | |||||||
2015 | 23 | 22 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 19 | |||||||
2016 | 22 | 22 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 20 | |||||||
2018 | 21 | 24 | 12 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
2019 | 23 | 19 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 19 | |||||||
2021 | 23 | 20 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 19 | Labour and Liberal Democrat coalition |
In 1991 borough boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same.[9][10]
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 |
In 2014 the boundaries were revised so that there were 57 seats and each ward had three seats each [see below]. 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 | |
Bletchley East | Lab 2/UKIP 1 | 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 |
Bletchley West | Lab 3 | Lab 2/Con 1 | Lab 2/Con 1 | Lab 2/Con 1 | Lab 3 | Lab 2/Con 1 |
Bradwell | Lab 2/Lib 1 | Lib 2/Lab 1 | 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 |
Campbell Park & Old Woughton | Lib 2/Con 1 | Lib 2/Con 1 | Lib 2/Con 1 | Con 2/Lib 1 | Lib 2/Con 1 | Lib 1/Con 1/ Ind 1 |
Central Milton Keynes | 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 |
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 |
Monkston | Lib 3 | Lib 2/Con 1 | Lib 2/Con 1 | Lib 2/Con 1 | Lib 3 | Lib 3 |
Newport Pagnell North & Hanslope | 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 |
Olney | Con 3 | Con 3 | Con 3 | Con 3 | Con 3 | Con 3 |
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 |
Stantonbury | Lab 3 | Lab 2/Con 1 | Lab 2/Con 1 | Lab 2/Con 1 | Lab 2/Con 1 | Con 2/Lab 1 |
Stony Stratford | Lab 2/Con 1 | Lab 2/Con 1 | Lab 2/Con 1 | Lab 2/Con 1 | Lab 3 | Lab 2/Con 1 |
Tattenhoe | Con 3 | Con 3 | Con 3 | Con 2/Lab 1 | Con 2/Lab 1 | Con 2/Lab 1 |
Wolverton | 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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Roy Millar | 457 | 40.7 | +14.8 | |
Labour | David Driver | 353 | 31.4 | -19.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | Robert Exon | 253 | 22.5 | +7.3 | |
Green | Alan Francis | 61 | 5.4 | -2.7 | |
Majority | 104 | 9.3 | |||
Turnout | 1,124 | 16.0 | |||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Gladstone McKenzie | 1,066 | 50.0 | +5.5 | |
Conservative | Sam McLeod | 776 | 36.4 | -2.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | Vanessa McPake | 191 | 9.0 | -7.7 | |
UKIP | Darren Winter | 99 | 4.6 | +4.6 | |
Majority | 290 | 13.6 | |||
Turnout | 2,132 | 32.2 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Camilla Turnbull | 1,108 | 43.8 | +0.9 | |
Conservative | Donald Mcleod | 914 | 36.1 | -1.4 | |
England First | Anna Seymour | 221 | 8.7 | +8.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | Alfred Vella | 129 | 5.1 | -3.3 | |
UKIP | Michael Maylam | 109 | 4.3 | -3.4 | |
Independent | Samantha Browne | 49 | 1.9 | +1.9 | |
Majority | 194 | 7.7 | |||
Turnout | 2,530 | 39.0 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Mohammed Khan | 1356 | 33.9 | -2.7 | |
UKIP | James Peddle | 855 | 25.1 | +14.3 | |
Conservative | John Bailey | 779 | 22.9 | -12.3 | |
Green | Keith Allen | 277 | 8.1 | -4 | |
Liberal Democrats | Rosemary Snell | 128 | 3.7 | 0.9 | |
Majority | 501 | 8.8 | |||
Turnout | 3,395 | 31.97 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour Co-op | Emily Darlington | 1355 | 50.7 | ||
Conservative | Angela Kennedy | 1026 | 38.4 | ||
Green | Johanna Breen | 131 | 4.9 | ||
UKIP | Vince Peddle | 101 | 3.8 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Richard Greenwood | 50 | 1.9 | ||
Majority | 329 | 12.3 | |||
Turnout | 2672 | 23.12 | |||
Labour Co-op hold | Swing |
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 (when all seats are elected). 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.[14] After the previous reorganisation in 2002, 51 councillors were elected from 23 wards.[15]
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
In November 1975, the Boundary Commission proposed new ward boundaries.[16] (These wards are generally larger than the civil parishes that give them their names. Some parishes are divided between wards. For details, see the Boundary Commission report.)
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.
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:
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.[17]
These wards are as follows:[18]