Council profile

Milton Keynes

Data through 26 October 2026

Unitary authority · South East · 60 seats in 21 wards · A third of seats elected in three years out of four · Next election 6 May 2027

Milton Keynes Council is run by a Liberal Democrats / Labour coalition. The council has 60 councillors in 21 wards. Seats by party: Lib Dem 20, Labour 19, Conservative 11, Reform 9, Other 1. The next election is on 6 May 2027.

Seats by party

Liberal Democrats / Labour Coalition
60 seats - 31 for a majority
9
19
11
20
1
Reform 9Labour 19Conservative 11Lib Dem 20Other 1
Seat changes since the 7 May 2026 election Other +1 Conservative −1
Vote share at the 7 May 2026 election (60 seats, all wards)
ShareSeats won
Reform23.2%9
Labour21.8%19
Conservative20.8%12
Lib Dem18.3%20
Green14.4%0
Other1.5%0

2026 election results for Milton Keynes, ward by ward

Next election
6 May 2027
19 of 60 seats up, elected by thirds
Largest party
Lib Dem 20
11 short of the 31 needed for a majority
Closest result
Labour won the last seat by 4 votes over another Labour candidate, 7 May 2026
Latest by-election
Labour hold, 24 September 2026 (7 since 2021)
Constituencies
2024Now
Voted Leave in 2016
51%
GB 52%

Who holds each ward

Bletchley Park & Fenny StratfordBletchley SouthBletchley WestBradwellBroughton & MoulsoeCampbell Park & WillenCentral Milton KeynesDanesboroughFurztonGreat LinfordHanslopeNew BradwellNewport PagnellOlney & RuralOuzel ValleyStony StratfordTattenhoeWaltonWatlingWolvertonWoughton & Fishermead
LabourConservativeLib DemReformIndependent

Coloured by the party holding most of the ward's seats today; where seats are split evenly, by the party with the higher share at the last election.

Councillors and last results

Select a ward for its full results, candidates and last by-election.

Ward and councillorsLast election
Bletchley Park & Fenny Stratford
Brad Connors, Sarah Tomlin, Ray Blackman
7 May 2026
Reform 31.6% lead 3.9 pts
Bletchley South
Ed Hume, Jordan Cattell, Steve Swain
7 May 2026
Labour 33.9% lead 0.7 pts
Bletchley West
Millie Rook, Finlay Hughes, Melvyn Rook
7 May 2026
Reform 33.3% lead 4.4 pts
Bradwell
Robert Exon, Kerrie Bradburn, Marie Bradburn
7 May 2026
Lib Dem 39.6% lead 14.2 pts
Broughton & Moulsoe
Wing Tsang, Nana Ofori-Atta, Sam Crooks
7 May 2026
Lib Dem 43.9% lead 25.6 pts
Campbell Park & Willen
Graham Eaton, Emily Ho, Paul Trendall
7 May 2026
Lib Dem 35.9% lead 17.3 pts
Central Milton Keynes
Elina Apse, Jordan Coventry, Darron Kendrick
7 May 2026
Labour 34.2% lead 14.5 pts
Danesborough
David Hopkins, Victoria Hopkins, Johnny Luk
7 May 2026
Conservative 39.6% lead 14.4 pts
Furzton
Shawna Barnes, Peter Cannon, Saleena Raja
7 May 2026
Lib Dem 28.9% lead 3.0 pts
Great Linford
Naseem Khan, George Thomas, Martin Petchey
7 May 2026
Labour 29.3% lead 5.2 pts
Hanslope
Alison Andrew
7 May 2026
Conservative 48.5% lead 24.7 pts
New Bradwell
Stephen Brown, Tracey Bailey
7 May 2026
Labour 34.6% lead 8.2 pts
Newport Pagnell
Jane Carr, Tony Oyakhire, Andy Carr
7 May 2026
Lib Dem 44.4% lead 21.9 pts
Olney & Rural
Peter Geary, Keith McLean, David Tyler
7 May 2026
Conservative 39.7% lead 16.5 pts
Ouzel Valley
Macsene Isles-Ahite, Jenni Ferrans, Uroy Clarke
7 May 2026
Lib Dem 34.2% lead 11.9 pts
Stony Stratford
Joe Hearnshaw, Jennifer Wilson-Marklew, Tabitha Brown
7 May 2026
Labour 34.9% lead 12.2 pts
Tattenhoe
Krish Pillai, Manish Verma, Shazna Muzammil
7 May 2026
Conservative 40.8% lead 20.4 pts
Walton
Adrian Burton, Ben Adewale, Duncan Banks
7 May 2026
Lib Dem 30.1% lead 2.0 pts
Watling
Kunal Puri, Leo Montague, Amanda Marlow
7 May 2026
Conservative 27.7% lead 1.2 pts
Wolverton
Ansar Hussain, Lauren Townsend, Victoria Bamisile
7 May 2026
Labour 34.5% lead 3.8 pts
Woughton & Fishermead
Amber McQuillan, Peter Bakare, Donna Fuller
7 May 2026
Labour 31.9% lead 11.2 pts

Seats up on 6 May 2027

19 of 60 seats are up. Seats held now, by party:

Lib Dem 7 Labour 6 Reform 3 Conservative 3
WardCouncillor whose term ends
Bletchley Park & Fenny StratfordRay Blackman Reform
Bletchley SouthSteve Swain Reform
Bletchley WestMillie Rook Reform
BradwellRobert Exon Lib Dem
Broughton & MoulsoeNana Ofori-Atta Lib Dem
Campbell Park & WillenEmily Ho Lib Dem
Central Milton KeynesDarron Kendrick Labour
DanesboroughJohnny Luk Conservative
FurztonShawna Barnes Lib Dem
Great LinfordNaseem Khan Labour
Newport PagnellTony Oyakhire Lib Dem
Olney & RuralDavid Tyler Conservative
Ouzel ValleyMacsene Isles-Ahite Lib Dem
Stony StratfordJoe Hearnshaw Labour
TattenhoeKrish Pillai Conservative
WaltonBen Adewale Lib Dem
WatlingLeo Montague Labour
WolvertonVictoria Bamisile Labour
Woughton & FishermeadAmber McQuillan Labour

Term end dates from Open Council Data.

Every council by-election since 2021

7 by-elections since July 2021, 1 of them gains.

DateWardResultWinner's share
24 September 2026New BradwellLabour hold54.2%
14 November 2024BradwellLib Dem hold56.0%
14 November 2024BroughtonLib Dem hold52.0%
12 September 2024Bletchley EastLabour hold
22 February 2024Loughton & ShenleyLabour hold
29 September 2023Newport Pagnell SouthLib Dem gain from Conservative
17 July 2022WoughtonLabour hold

Parliamentary constituencies

ConstituencyShare of council2024 winnerProjected now
Milton Keynes Central43%LabourLabour 36%
Milton Keynes North36%LabourLabour 34%
Buckingham and Bletchley20%LabourConservative 33%

Share of the council: the proportion of its census neighbourhoods (2021 LSOAs) in each seat. The projection is PollCheck's demographic model at current polling, not a forecast.

Who lives in Milton Keynes

287,062 residents in 113,114 households

Voted Leave in 2016
51% 1 below GB
Degree or higher
36% 2 above GB
No qualifications
16% 2 below GB
Own their home
55% 6 below GB
Rent from a council or housing association
18% 1 above GB
Rent privately
21% 1 above GB
Aged 15 to 34
32% 1 above GB
Aged 65 and over
17% 5 below GB

GB figure. 2021 Census (Scotland: 2022): age as a share of residents aged 15 and over, qualifications of residents aged 16 and over, housing as a share of households. Leave: 2016 EU referendum, Electoral Commission results by counting area.

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Closest on the measures above: the 2016 Leave vote, age, qualifications and housing. Maps show which party holds each ward.

Sources and method

Seat totals and control: PollCheck council control tracker. Councillors: Open Council Data (CC BY-SA 4.0). Election results: Democracy Club (CC BY 4.0), with some vote counts from DCLEAPIL, Leman (2025) (CC BY-SA 4.0), and corrections checked against councils' official declarations. Ward boundaries: Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Census: Office for National Statistics and National Records of Scotland.

Councillor lists and DCLEAPIL-derived vote counts on this page are available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

In wards electing more than one councillor, a party's share counts only its leading candidate (the Rallings and Thrasher method). Independents count individually. The lead is the gap between the top two parties' shares.