Milton Keynes Council elections
Milton Keynes is a unitary authority in Buckinghamshire, England. Until 1 April 1997 it was a non-metropolitan district.
Political control
Since the first election to the council in 1973 political control of the council has been held by the following parties:[1][2]
Non-metropolitan district
Party in control | Years | |
---|---|---|
Labour | 1973-1976 | |
Conservative | 1976-1982 | |
No overall control | 1982-1991 | |
Labour | 1991-1992 | |
No overall control | 1992-1997 |
Unitary authority
Party in control | Years | |
---|---|---|
Labour | 1996-2000 | |
No overall control | 2000-20002 | |
Liberal Democrats | 2002-2006 | |
No overall control | 2006–present |
Council elections
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 a 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 | |||||||
- 1.^ In 1976, 1996, 2002 and 2014, the whole council was elected after boundary changes.[3][4][5][6][7]
In 1991 borough boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same.[8][9]
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
2014 | 2015 | 2016 | |
Bletchley East | Lab 2/UKIP 1 | Lab 3 | Lab 3 |
Bletchley Park | Lab 2/Con 1 | Lab 2/Con 1 | Lab 2/Con 1 |
Bletchley West | Lab 3 | Lab 2/Con 1 | Lab 2/Con 1 |
Bradwell | Lab 2/Lib 1 | Lib 2/Lab 1 | Lib 3 |
Broughton | Con 2/Lib 1 | Con 2/Lib 1 | Con 2/Lib 1 |
Campbell Park & Old Woughton | Lib 2/Con 1 | Lib 2/Con 1 | Lib 2/Con 1 |
Central Milton Keynes | Lab 3 | Lab 3 | Lab 3 |
Danesborough & Walton | Con 3 | Con 3 | Con 3 |
Loughton & Shenley | Lab 2/Con 1 | Lab 2/Con 1 | Lab 2/Con 1 |
Monkston | Lib 3 | Lib 2/Con 1 | Lib 2/Con 1 |
Newport Pagnell North & Hanslope | Con 3 | Con 3 | Con 3 |
Newport Pagnell South | Lib 3 | Lib 3 | Lib 3 |
Olney | Con 3 | Con 3 | Con 3 |
Shenley Brook End | Lib 3 | Lib 2/Con 1 | Lib 2/Con 1 |
Stantonbury | Lab 3 | Lab 2/Con 1 | Lab 2/Con 1 |
Stony Stratford | Lab 2/Con 1 | Lab 2/Con 1 | Lab 2/Con 1 |
Tattenhoe | Con 3 | Con 3 | Con 3 |
Wolverton | Lab 3 | Lab 3 | Lab 3 |
Woughton & Fishermead | Lab 3 | Lab 3 | Lab 3 |
Borough result maps
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2006 results map
By-election results
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Roy Millar | 457 | 40.7 | +14.8 | |
Labour | David Driver | 353 | 31.4 | -19.4 | |
Liberal Democrat | 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 Democrat | 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 Democrat | 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 Democrat | Rosemary Snell | 128 | 3.7 | 0.9 | |
Majority | 501 | 8.8 | |||
Turnout | 3,395 | 31.97 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
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 (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.[12] After the previous reorganisation in 2002, 51 councillors were elected from 23 wards.[13]
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 councilors were elected for three years
- Bletchley Central
- Danesborough
- Denbigh
- Eaton
- Loughton
- Newport Rural
- Newport Urban
- Newton
- Petsoe Manor
- Pineham
- Sherington
- Stantonbury
- Stony Stratford
- Watling
- Whaddon
- Wolverton
1976 to 1996
To Come
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:
- 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:
2014 onwards
Following an electoral review and with effect from the Milton Keynes Council election, 2014 in May 2014, there were 57 Councillors representing 19 wards, each with having 3 councillors.[14]
These wards are as follows:[15][16]
- Bletchley East
- Bletchley Park
- Bletchley West
- Bradwell
- Broughton
- Campbell Park & Old Woughton
- Central Milton Keynes
- Danesborough & Walton
- Loughton & Shenley
- Monkston
- Newport Pagnell North & Hanslope
- Newport Pagnell South
- Olney
- Shenley Brook End
- Stantonbury
- Stony Stratford
- Tattenhoe
- Wolverton
- Woughton & Fishermead
References
- ↑ "Council compositions". The Elections Centre. Retrieved 3 May 2016.
- ↑ "Milton Keynes". BBC News Online. Retrieved 6 May 2011.
- ↑ "Milton Keynes". BBC News Online. Retrieved 12 March 2011.
- ↑ legislation.gov.uk - The Borough of Milton Keynes (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1976. Retrieved on 19 November 2015.
- ↑ legislation.gov.uk - The Borough of Milton Keynes (Electoral Changes) Order 2001. Retrieved on 4 October 2015.
- ↑ legislation.gov.uk - The Borough of Milton Keynes (Electoral Changes) (Amendment) Order 2002. Retrieved on 4 October 2015.
- ↑ legislation.gov.uk - The Milton Keynes (Electoral Changes) Order 2014. Retrieved on 3 November 2015.
- ↑ legislation.gov.uk - The Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire and Cambridgeshire (County Boundaries) Order 1991. Retrieved on 5 November 2015.
- ↑ legislation.gov.uk - The Buckinghamshire, Hertfordshire, Northamptonshire and Oxfordshire (County Boundaries) Order 1991. Retrieved on 5 November 2015.
- ↑ Babaee, Alicia (29 June 2007). "Labour by-election triumph". MK News. Retrieved 12 March 2011.
- ↑ http://www.milton-keynes.gov.uk/your-council-and-elections/elections-and-register-to-vote/elections/past-elections
- ↑ "Electoral Review of Milton Keynes" (PDF). Local Government Boundary Commission of England. Retrieved 24 May 2014.
- ↑ "Parishes What Parish/Ward am I in?". Milton Keynes Council. Retrieved 24 April 2014.
- ↑ http://www.milton-keynes.gov.uk/your-council-and-elections/elections-and-register-to-vote/new-electoral-arrangements-for-milton-keynes
- ↑ http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2014/22/contents/made
- ↑ http://www.lgbce.org.uk/__data/assets/pdf_file/0017/14057/milton-keynes-final-recommendations-final-2013-06-17-1.pdf