2024 Milton Keynes City Council election

2024 Milton Keynes City Council election

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19 out of 57 seats to Milton Keynes City Council 29 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	30.3%
Majority party Minority party Third party   Leader Peter Marland Robin Bradburn David Hopkins Party Labour Liberal Democrats Conservative Leader's seat Wolverton Bradwell Danesborough & Walton Seats before 27 16 14 Seats won 9 6 4 Seats after 30 18 9 Seat change 3 2 5 Percentage 38.3% [1] 19.0% 32.4% Swing 4.3 2.8 9.6
Winner of each seat at the 2024 Milton Keynes City Council election
Leader before election Peter Marland Labour No overall control Leader after election Peter Marland Labour

The 2024 Milton Keynes City Council elections were held on Thursday 2 May 2024, ^[2] alongside the other local elections in the United Kingdom that were held on the same day. One-third of the 57 members of Milton Keynes City Council in Buckinghamshire were up for election. ^[3]

Prior to the election, the council was under no overall control, being run by a Labour and Liberal Democrat coalition, led by Peter Marland of the Labour Party. The election saw Labour win an overall majority of the seats on the council for the first time since the 1999 elections. ^[4]

Background

Milton Keynes was created as a unitary authority in 1997. ^[5] Labour controlled the council from its creation until 2000, with the Liberal Democrats winning the council from no overall control in 2002. ^[6] The Liberal Democrats lost their majority in 2006, and no party has formed a majority since.

The Conservatives became the largest party on the council in 2011, ^[7] but were overtaken by Labour in 2014. ^[8] The Conservatives were again the largest group in 2018, ^[9] with Labour overtaking them in 2019. ^[10] The Conservatives formed the largest group from 2021 to 2023; in that election, Labour gained 5 seats to become the largest group on the council, the Conservatives lost 6, and the Liberal Democrats gained 1. Labour and the Liberal Democrats formed a majority coalition following the election. ^[11]

The seats up for election in 2024 were last contested in 2021; because of the delay of all local elections due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the seats are up for election after 3 years rather than the usual 4. In that election, the Conservatives won 11 seats (up 6) with 42.0% of the vote, Labour won 7 (down 4) with 34.0%, and the Liberal Democrats won 3 (down 2) with 16.2%.

Previous council composition

After 2023 election			Before 2024 election [12]			After 2024 election [13]
Party		Seats	Party		Seats	Party		Seats
	Labour	25		Labour	27		Labour	30
	Liberal Democrats	15		Liberal Democrats	16		Liberal Democrats	18
	Conservative	17		Conservative	14		Conservative	9

Changes 2023–2024:

• June 2023: Joe Hearnshaw and James Lancaster join Labour from Conservatives ^{[14] [15]}
• August 2023: Scot Balazs (Conservative) resigns; by-election held September 2023 ^[16]
• September 2023: Tony Oyakhire (Liberal Democrats) wins by-election from Conservatives ^[17]
• January 2024: Brigid McBride (Labour) resigns; by-election held February 2024 ^[18]
• February 2024: Leo Montague (Labour) wins by-election ^[19]

Election results

2024 Milton Keynes City Council election
Party		This election			Full council			This election
		Seats	Net	Seats %	Other	Total	Total %	Votes	Votes %	+/−
	Labour	9	3	47.4	21	30	50.8	23,608	38.3	+0.1
	Liberal Democrats	6	2	31.6	12	18	30.5	11,721	19.0	-2.6
	Conservative	4	5	21.1	5	9	15.8	19,962	32.4	-0.3
	Green	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	4,900	7.9	+2.3
	Independent	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	577	0.9	New
	Reform UK	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	422	0.7	-0.8
	Heritage	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	64	0.1	±0.0

Ward Results

source: ^[20]

An asterisk indicates an incumbent.

Bletchley East

Bletchley East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Ed Hume*	1,614	54.6	−2.2
	Conservative	James Marlow	604	20.4	−5.0
	Independent	Ron Haine	316	10.7	N/A
	Green	Axel Hans Segebrecht	228	7.7	+2.1
	Liberal Democrats	Sean Douglas McCabe	166	5.6	−1.2
Rejected ballots			27	0.9
Turnout			2955	22.79
Registered electors			12,968
	Labour Co-op hold		Swing

Bletchley Park

Bletchley Park

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ayesha Khanom	1,532	45.4	+3.9
	Conservative	Mo Imran*	1171	34.7	−4.8
	Green	Michael John Sheppard	337	10.0	+1.8
	Liberal Democrats	Timothy Iain Gomm	297	8.8	+2.1
Rejected ballots			36	1.1
Turnout			3373	30.40
Registered electors			11,094
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Bletchley West

Bletchley West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Hannah O`Neill	1,492	48.4	+4.4
	Conservative	Adam Rolfe*	1,129	36.7	−0.9
	Green	Marcello Bianco	232	7.5	+1.3
	Liberal Democrats	Benjamin John Edwards	195	6.3	−0.5
Rejected ballots			32	1.0
Turnout			3080	30.41
Registered electors			10,129
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Bradwell

Bradwell

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Marie Bradburn*	1,532	53.5	−3.8
	Labour	Mustapha Zamaan	709	24.7	−1.5
	Conservative	Krishna Panthula	392	13.7	−1.8
	Green	Lucy Rebecca Bjorck	213	7.4	N/A
Rejected ballots			19	0.7
Turnout			2865	30.07
Registered electors			9,527
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Broughton

Broughton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Uroy Clarke*	1,652	45.7	−13.1
	Conservative	Rishi Sharda	938	25.9	+2.9
	Labour	George Baldock	767	21.2	+5.4
	Green	James Richard Hadfield	174	4.8	N/A
	Heritage	Alfred Saint-Clair	64	1.8	−0.6
Rejected ballots			22	0.6
Turnout			3617	26.78
Registered electors			13,506
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Campbell Park & Old Woughton

Campbell Park & Old Woughton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Graham Eaton	1,263	36.8	−11.2
	Conservative	Charlotte Hall*	1,107	32.2	+3.0
	Labour	Matt Curtis	835	24.3	+6.9
	Green	Carol Barac	209	6.1	+0.6
Rejected ballots			21	0.6
Turnout			3435	34.68
Registered electors			9,905
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Central Milton Keynes

Central Milton Keynes

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Martin Ronald Petchey	1,383	53.5	+7.5
	Conservative	Brian Thomas Hingley	664	25.7	+0.6
	Liberal Democrats	Russell Frederick Houchin	293	11.3	−2.5
	Green	Joe French	224	8.7	−2.1
Rejected ballots			23	0.9
Turnout			2587	23.67
Registered electors			10,930
	Labour hold		Swing

Danesborough & Walton

Danesborough & Walton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Victoria Hopkins*	1,990	46.8	+9.9
	Labour	Rukhsana Malik	1525	35.9	−5.2
	Green	Peter William Skelton	423	10.0	−0.4
	Liberal Democrats	Edis Bevan	272	6.4	−0.7
Rejected ballots			38	0.9
Turnout			4248	33.34
Registered electors			12,743
	Conservative hold		Swing

Loughton & Shenley

Loughton & Shenley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mandy Legg	1,457	44.6	−3.9
	Conservative	Rajeev Sharma	1214	37.2	−1.4
	Liberal Democrats	Garrath Green	251	7.7	±0.0
	Green	Timothy Lee	174	5.3	+0.1
	Independent	Ray Brady	152	4.7	N/A
Rejected ballots			17	0.5
Turnout			3265	32.74
Registered electors			9,972
	Labour hold		Swing

Monkston

Monkston

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Duncan Banks	1,118	43.8	−7.8
	Labour	Monica Stella Dowling	623	24.4	+5.3
	Conservative	Devin Hindry	500	19.6	−2.6
	Green	Vanessa Skelton	185	7.2	+0.1
	Independent	Taimyr Pouaty	109	4.3	N/A
Rejected ballots			20	0.8
Turnout			2555	27.82
Registered electors			9,184
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Newport Pagnell North & Hanslope

Newport Pagnell North & Hanslope

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Chris Wardle*	1,672	47.9	+3.4
	Liberal Democrats	Scott Humphries	796	22.8	−9.0
	Labour	Carol Wood	776	22.2	+2.0
	Green	Jason Scott Down	220	6.3	N/A
Rejected ballots			27	0.8
Turnout			3491	34.58
Registered electors			10,096
	Conservative hold		Swing

Newport Pagnell South

Newport Pagnell South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Tony Oyakhire*	1,263	45.9	−0.2
	Conservative	Jamie Lee Rossiter	685	24.9	−9.4
	Labour	Saskia Soden	621	22.6	+6.7
	Green	Conner Hughes	162	5.9	N/A
Rejected ballots			21	0.8
Turnout			2752	31.16
Registered electors			8,833
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Olney

Olney

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Keith McLean*	2,234	52.5	+8.7
	Labour	Dan Rowland	1505	35.4	−9.4
	Green	Catherine Jean Rose	387	9.1	+3.5
	Liberal Democrats	Rebecca Ann Cave	110	2.6	−0.5
Rejected ballots			20	0.5
Turnout			4256	42.43
Registered electors			10,030
	Conservative hold		Swing

Shenley Brook End

Shenley Brook End

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Saleena Raja	1,379	42.9	+4.2
	Conservative	Ketan Kadakia	1013	31.5	−7.1
	Labour	Mike Kasibo	611	19.0	+1.7
	Green	Dominic John Malcolm Taylor	185	5.8	+0.4
Rejected ballots			24	0.7
Turnout			3212	34.07
Registered electors			9,428
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Stantonbury

Stantonbury

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Victoria Bamisile	1,652	49.2	−1.1
	Conservative	Amanda Marlow	706	21.0	−11.0
	Reform UK	Sean Porter	422	12.6	N/A
	Green	Gary Nicholas Lloyd	304	9.0	+0.1
	Liberal Democrats	Greg Duffield	255	7.6	−0.5
Rejected ballots			21	0.6
Turnout			3360	30.30
Registered electors			11,090
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Stony Stratford

Stony Stratford

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Joe Hearnshaw*	2,077	50.5	+4.3
	Conservative	Denise Brunning	1389	33.8	−3.0
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Michael Greenwood	323	7.9	−2.1
	Green	Joan Christine Hughes	293	7.1	+0.2
Rejected ballots			30	0.7
Turnout			4112	33.09
Registered electors			12,428
	Labour hold		Swing

Tattenhoe

Tattenhoe

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Manish Verma*	1,566	48.6	+2.9
	Labour	Christian Durugo	1260	39.1	−1.5
	Green	Geoffrey Travis Waggott	218	6.8	−0.2
	Liberal Democrats	Dominic Dyer	157	4.9	+0.2
Rejected ballots			18	0.6
Turnout			3219	35.06
Registered electors			9,182
	Conservative hold		Swing

Wolverton

Wolverton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ansar Hussain*	1,748	56.9	−5.3
	Conservative	Edith Bald	541	17.6	−1.8
	Green	Alan Herbert Francis	515	16.8	+5.0
	Liberal Democrats	Rachel Chanalaris	251	8.2	+1.6
Rejected ballots			18	0.6
Turnout			3073	28.31
Registered electors			10,855
	Labour hold		Swing

Woughton & Fishermead

Woughton & Fishermead

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Donna Juli Fuller*	1,421	63.2	−2.1
	Conservative	David George Caraivan	447	19.9	+1.9
	Green	Tony Coughlan	217	9.7	+1.8
	Liberal Democrats	Caroline Picking	148	6.6	−2.2
Rejected ballots			15	0.7
Turnout			2248	19.20
Registered electors			11,710
	Labour hold		Swing

Changes 2024-2026

By-elections

Bradwell

Bradwell by-election: 14 November 2024

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Kerrie Bradburn	1,129	56.1	+2.3
	Labour	Christian Durugo	329	16.3	–8.6
	Reform UK	Chrissy Dingsdale	228	11.3	N/A
	Conservative	Krishna Panthula	226	11.2	–2.6
	Green	Alan Francis	101	5.0	–2.5
Majority			800	39.8	+11.0
Turnout			2,013	20.5	–9.6
Registered electors			9,813
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	5.5

Broughton

Broughton by-election: 14 November 2024

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Clare Tevlin	1,169	51.5	+5.8
	Conservative	Risha Sharda	541	23.8	–2.1
	Labour	Ellis Archer	360	15.9	–5.3
	Green	Gary Lloyd	138	6.1	+1.3
	Heritage	Alfred Saint-Clair	61	2.7	+0.9
Majority			628	27.7	+7.9
Turnout			2,274	16.0	–10.8
Registered electors			14,254
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	4.0

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