Milton Keynes City Council is the local authority and unitary authority for the City of Milton Keynes, a borough in Buckinghamshire, England.
Below is the full seat composition in Milton Keynes after each local election. The normal election pattern is that one-third of seats are re-elected every year except that there is (normally) no election every fourth year. In 1976, 1996, 2002 and 2014, the whole council was elected after boundary changes. In 1991, ward boundaries were changed but the number of seats remained the same. In 2026, the number of seats will increase to 60 and all seats will be contested.
Milton Keynes City Council (2023âÂÂPresent)
Milton Keynes Council (1997 â 2023)
Milton Keynes Borough Council (1974 â 1997)
Milton Keynes District Council (1973 â 1974)
Milton Keynes within Buckinghamshire County Council (1967 â 1973)
The composition of Milton Keynes Council following each election was as follows.
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.
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. After the previous reorganisation in 2002, 51 councillors were elected from 23 wards.
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. (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.
These wards are as follows:
Changes with when seat was last contested on 2 May 2024.
Changes with when seat was last contested on 2 May 2024.