Milton Keynes

Every election cycle we have data for, most recent first.

8 cycles in our data

37.9% all-time seats elected below the quota (75 of 198)

18.7% all-time seats unfairly awarded (37 of 198 across 8 cycles)

Cycles

Council composition as of 2026

60 councillors, by party. One square per seat. Source: opencouncildata annual snapshot — reflects the council at the end of 2026 (after that year's elections, by-elections and defections). Hover any seat for the party.

Most recent election (2026)

In 2026, 60 seats were up across 21 wards. The table below shows what each party actually won — alongside what they would have won if the 60 seats had been shared in proportion to votes received (how, with caveats). The Δ column is the actual seat count minus the proportional seat count — positive numbers are parties First-Past-the-Post over-represented; negative are parties it under-represented.

Party	Votes	Vote %	Seats won	% of seats	Proportional seats	Proportional %	Δ
Reform UK	58,450	24.4%	9	15.0%	15	25.0%	-6
Labour Party	53,181	22.2%	19	31.7%	14	23.3%	+5
Conservative Party	48,966	20.5%	12	20.0%	12	20.0%	0
Liberal Democrats	44,293	18.5%	20	33.3%	11	18.3%	+9
Green Party	32,886	13.8%	0	0.0%	8	13.3%	-8
Independent	1,198	0.5%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0
Workers Party of Britain	67	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0
Heritage Party	38	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0
Total	239,079	100.0%	60	100.0%	60	100.0%	0

Vote share vs seats won

The top bar is each party's share of votes cast in this council. Below, one square per seat, coloured by the party that won it — first the actual First-Past-the-Post result, then what a proportional method would have produced from the same vote totals. Divergence between the bar and the actual grid is the indictment of the method.

Vote share

Actual seats

Proportional seats

Full ward-by-ward results for 2026 →

Composition history

One row per opencouncildata annual snapshot — the council at the end of each year (after that year's elections, by-elections and defections). Newest first; hover any seat for the party.

2026

2024

2023

2022

2021

2020

2019

2018

2017

2016

Ward by ward

Each row is a ward, each column a cycle. Each cell shows the top-of-poll candidate's party (swatch) and their share of valid ballots. Wards are matched by name across cycles — boundary reviews can mean a ward of the same name is a slightly different area in a later cycle.

Ward	2016	2018	2019	2021	2022	2023	2024	2026
Bletchley East	54%	48%	46%	43%	52%	57%	55%
Bletchley Park	40%	46%	37%	51%	46%	41%	46%
Bletchley Park and Fenny Stratford								33%
Bletchley South								36%
Bletchley West	45%	49%	39%	48%	49%	44%	49%	36%
Bradwell	50%	48%	54%	52%	58%	57%	54%	42%
Broughton	46%	41%	49%	43%	51%	59%	46%
Broughton and Moulsoe								49%
Campbell Park and Old Woughton	42%	37%	37%
Campbell Park and Old Wroughton				43%	45%	48%	37%
Campbell Park and Willen								39%
Central Milton Keynes	53%	53%	50%	52%	54%	55%	54%	37%
Danesborough								46%
Danesborough and Walton	63%	61%	53%	58%	50%	41%	47%
Furzton								31%
Great Linford								33%
Hanslope								49%
Loughton and Shenley	52%	47%	42%	49%	52%	48%	45%
Monkston	48%	52%	57%	53%	58%	52%	44%
New Bradwell								38%
Newport Pagnell								50%
Newport Pagnell North and Hanslope	48%	59%	49%	57%	47%	45%	48%
Newport Pagnell South	54%	50%	54%	42%	50%	46%	46%
Olney	58%	64%	58%	60%	40%	45%	53%
Olney and Rural								44%
Ouzel Valley								38%
Shenley Brook End	35%	36%	34%	42%	46%	39%	43%
Stantonbury	42%	47%	41%	46%	46%	51%	49%
Stony Stratford	43%	52%	41%	44%	53%	46%	51%	40%
Tattenhoe	47%	47%	52%	52%	44%	46%	49%	45%
Walton								32%
Watling								29%
Wolverton	59%	54%	49%	52%	60%	62%	57%	39%
Woughton and Fishermead	66%	63%	60%	66%	70%	65%	64%	39%