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.
| 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. | |||||
| 1976 1 | 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 | |||||||||
| 1996 1 | 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 | |||||||||
| 2002 1 | 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 | |||||||||
| 2014 1 | 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. [6] [7]
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. [11] After the previous reorganisation in 2002, 51 councillors were elected from 23 wards. [12]
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. [13] (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. [14]
These wards are as follows: [15]
The City of Milton Keynes is a unitary authority area with both borough and city status, in Buckinghamshire. It is the northernmost district of the South East England Region. The borough abuts Bedfordshire, Northamptonshire and the remainder of Buckinghamshire.
Hanslope is a village and civil parish in the unitary authority area of the City of Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, England. The village is about 4 miles (6.4 km) west northwest of Newport Pagnell, about 4 miles (6.4 km) north of Stony Stratford and 8 miles (13 km) north of Central Milton Keynes. The northern parish boundary is part of the county boundary with Northamptonshire.
North East Milton Keynes was a county constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1992 to 2010. It elected one member of parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election.
Milton Keynes South West was a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1992 to 2010. It elected one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election.
Buckingham is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2019 by Greg Smith, a Conservative.
Newport Pagnell was a rural district in the administrative county of Buckinghamshire, England, from 1894 to 1974, covering an area in the north-east of the county.
New Bradwell is (mainly) an Edwardian era village, modern district and civil parish in north-west Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, England. Together with Wolverton, it was built primarily to house the workers on the Wolverton railway works.
Milton Keynes was a borough constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1983 until 1992.
Milton Keynes North is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since the 2019 United Kingdom general election by Ben Everitt, a Conservative.
Milton Keynes South is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since its 2010 creation by Iain Stewart, a Conservative.
The Milton Keynes redway system is an over 200 miles network of shared use paths for cyclists and pedestrians in Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, England. It is generally surfaced with red tarmac, and criss-crosses most of the city.
Sport in Milton Keynes covers a range of professional and amateur sport in the City of Milton Keynes unitary authority area. In 2019, Milton Keynes was officially designated as a European City of Sport for 2020. There are professional teams in football, in motorsport and in ice hockey. The National Badminton Centre, and the Marshall Milton Keynes Athletic Club train professional and amateur athletes. Most other sports feature at amateur level although there are semi-professional teams in rugby union and football among other sports. There is an international-standard karting track owned by Daytona Motorsport.
This history of Milton Keynes details its development from the earliest human settlements, through the plans for a 'new city' for 250,000 people in northern Southeast England, its subsequent urban design and development, to the present day. Milton Keynes is the largest settlement and only city in Buckinghamshire, founded in 1967. At the 2021 census, the population of its urban area was estimated to have exceeded 256,000.
MK Metro was a bus company operating in Milton Keynes from 1997 until 2010.
Milton Keynes City Council is the local authority of the City of Milton Keynes in Buckinghamshire, England. It is a unitary authority, having the powers of a non-metropolitan county and district council combined. It has both borough status and city status. The borough is divided into 19 wards, electing 57 councillors.
The Milton Keynes grid road system is a network of predominantly national speed limit, fully landscaped routes that form the top layer of the street hierarchy for both private and public transport in Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire. The system is unique in the United Kingdom for its innovative use of street hierarchy principles: the grid roads run in between districts rather than through them. This arrangement permits higher speed limits due to the absence of buildings close to the roads – although more recently some have been limited in part to 40 mph (64 km/h). The grid road system also serves an important purpose of discouraging through-traffic from travelling through neighborhoods and thus reduces traffic noise and pollution from pedestrian areas. Motor traffic is segregated from pedestrian and leisure cycling traffic, which uses the alternative Milton Keynes redway system. Almost all grid junctions are roundabouts, and the absence of traffic lights enables free and efficient movement of traffic.
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