2024 Milton Keynes City Council election
Local election in Milton Keynes, England
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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]
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2 May 2024
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19 out of 57 seats to Milton Keynes City Council 29 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Turnout | 30.3% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 Winner of each seat at the 2024 Milton Keynes City Council election | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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] | ||||||
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| 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 | ||||||||||
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| 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 | 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
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An asterisk indicates an incumbent.
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
| 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
| 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
| 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
| 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
| 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
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| 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
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| 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
| 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
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| 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
| 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
| 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
| 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
| 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
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Victoria Bamisile | 1,652 | 49.2 | −1.1 | |
| Conservative | Amanda Marlow | 706 | 21.0 | −11.0 | |
| Reform | 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
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Joe Hearnshaw* | 2,077 | 50.5 | +4.3 | |
| Conservative | Denise Brunning | 1,389 | 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
| 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
| 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
| 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
Affiliation changes
By-elections
Bradwell
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Liberal Democrats | Kerrie Bradburn | 1,129 | 56.1 | +2.3 | |
| Labour | Christian Durugo | 329 | 16.3 | –8.6 | |
| Reform | 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 |
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Broughton
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| 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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