2023 Milton Keynes City Council election

The 2023 Milton Keynes City Council election took place on 4 May 2023 to elect members of Milton Keynes City Council in the ceremonial county of Buckinghamshire, England.[1] This was on the same day as other local elections across England.

2023 Milton Keynes City Council election

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20 out of 57 seats to Milton Keynes City Council
29 seats needed for a majority
Turnout30.9%
  First party Second party Third party
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Leader Peter Marland David Hopkins Robin Bradburn
Party Labour Conservative Liberal Democrats
Last election 20 seats, 36.5% 22 seats, 35.0% 14 seats, 21.2%
Seats before 19 22 14
Seats won 12 2 6
Seats after 25 17 15
Seat change Increase5 Decrease6 Increase1
Popular vote 24,224 20,761 13,735
Percentage 38.2% 32.7% 21.6%
Swing Increase1.7% Decrease2.3% Increase0.4%

Winner of each seat at the 2023 Milton Keynes Council election

Leader before election

Peter Marland
Labour
No overall control

Leader after election

Peter Marland
Labour
No overall control

At the election, the council remained under no overall control, with the Labour Party (who topped the poll for the second consecutive year) making significant gains at the expense of the Conservatives. The Labour and Liberal Democrat coalition which had been running the council prior to the election continued to form the council's leadership.[2][3]

Summary

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Election result

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2023 Milton Keynes City Council election
Party This election Full council This election
Seats Net Seats % Other Total Total % Votes Votes % +/−
  Labour 12   5 60.0 10 25 43.9 24,224 38.2 +1.7
  Conservative 2   6 10.0 15 17 29.8 20,761 32.7 –2.3
  Liberal Democrats 6   1 30.0 9 15 26.3 13,735 21.6 +0.4
  Green 0   0 0.0 0 0 0.0 3,579 5.6 +0.1
  Reform UK 0   0 0.0 0 0 0.0 941 1.5 New
  Women's Equality 0   0 0.0 0 0 0.0 128 0.2 –0.1
  Heritage 0   0 0.0 0 0 0.0 87 0.1 New

Ward results

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The Statement of Persons Nominated, which details the candidates standing in each ward, was released by Milton Keynes City Council following the close of nominations on 5 April 2023.[4]

Bletchley East

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Bletchley East
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Co-op Emily Darlington* 1,602 56.8 +4.8
Conservative James Marlow 716 25.4 –5.4
Liberal Democrats Sean McCabe 191 6.8 –2.1
Green Axel Segebecht 157 5.6 –2.7
Reform UK Jane Duckworth 154 5.5 N/A
Majority 886 31.4
Turnout 2,834 22.7 –2.9
Registered electors 12,471
Labour Co-op hold Swing  5.1

Bletchley Park

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Bletchley Park
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Co-op Waqas Ahmad 1,427 41.5 –4.0
Conservative Nabeel Nazir* 1,360 39.5 –4.1
Green Michael Shepperd 282 8.2 +3.1
Liberal Democrats Timothy Gomm 229 6.7 +1.0
Reform UK Mark Rossouw 141 4.1 N/A
Majority 67 2.0
Turnout 3,448 31.2 –3.3
Registered electors 11,074
Labour Co-op gain from Conservative Swing  0.1

Bletchley West

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Bletchley West
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Co-op Lauren Townsend* 1,412 44.0 –5.1
Conservative Ade Adeliyi 1,206 37.6 –0.4
Liberal Democrats Benjamin Edwards 217 6.8 +2.3
Green Joe French 198 6.2 +2.4
Reform UK Ray Brady 177 5.5 N/A
Majority 206 6.4
Turnout 3,219 31.4 –4.4
Registered electors 10,261
Labour Co-op hold Swing  2.4

Bradwell

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Bradwell
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Robin Bradburn* 1,652 57.3 –0.4
Labour Hilary Saunders 755 26.2 +1.4
Conservative Krishna Panthula 476 16.5 –1.0
Majority 897 31.1
Turnout 2,901 30.7 –1.6
Registered electors 9,450
Liberal Democrats hold Swing  0.9

Broughton

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Boughton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Kerrie Bradburn* 2,093 58.8 +7.7
Conservative Dev Ahuja 818 23.0 –9.9
Labour Ayesha Khanom 561 15.8 –0.2
Heritage Alfred Saint-Clair 87 2.4 N/A
Majority 1,275 35.8
Turnout 3,568 27.1 –3.2
Registered electors 13,162
Liberal Democrats hold Swing  8.8

Campbell Park & Old Woughton

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Campbell Park & Old Woughton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Paul Trendall* 1,695 48.0 +3.3
Conservative John Hearnshaw 1,031 29.2 –7.4
Labour David Baume 615 17.4 –1.3
Green Carol Barac 193 5.5 N/A
Majority 664 18.8
Turnout 3,548 35.9 –3.1
Registered electors 9,879
Liberal Democrats hold Swing  5.4

Central Milton Keynes

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Central Milton Keynes (2 seats due to by-election)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Darron Kendrick 1,201 51.1 –3.1
Labour Martin Petchey 1,080 46.0 –8.2
Conservative Toby Poyner 589 25.1 –0.5
Conservative Cindy Taylor 562 23.9 –1.7
Liberal Democrats Duncan Banks 349 14.9 –5.3
Liberal Democrats Russell Houchin 323 13.8 –6.4
Green Simon Green 254 10.8 N/A
Turnout 2,349 22.6 –2.5
Registered electors 10,395
Labour hold
Labour hold

Danesborough & Walton

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Danesborough & Walton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Tracey Bailey 1,617 41.1 +15.1
Conservative Marlese Levermore 1,452 36.9 –13.0
Green Peter Skelton 409 10.4 –2.4
Liberal Democrats Rebecca Cave 279 7.1 –4.2
Reform UK Chris Northcott 174 4.4 N/A
Majority 165 4.2
Turnout 3,940 33.6 +0.1
Registered electors 11,725
Labour gain from Conservative Swing  14.1

Loughton & Shenley

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Loughton & Shenley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Brigid McBride 1,652 48.5 –3.4
Conservative Rajeev Sharma 1,315 38.6 +0.8
Liberal Democrats Garrath Green 264 7.7 +2.1
Green Vanessa Skelton 178 5.2 +0.5
Majority 337 9.9
Turnout 3,430 34.6 –7.0
Registered electors 9,908
Labour gain from Conservative Swing  2.1

Monkston

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Monkston
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Ben Adewale 1,270 51.6 –6.4
Conservative Jaime Tamagnini 546 22.2 –0.2
Labour Monica Dowling 471 19.1 –0.5
Green Ammar Noorwali 174 7.1 N/A
Majority 724 29.4
Turnout 2,474 26.9 –2.3
Registered electors 9,183
Liberal Democrats hold Swing  3.1

Newport Pagnell North & Hanslope

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Newport Pagnell North & Hanslope
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Alison Andrew 1,628 44.5 –2.3
Liberal Democrats Scott Humphries 1,162 31.8 +13.3
Labour Carol Wood 737 20.2 –1.5
Women's Equality Jane Whild 128 3.5 –2.6
Majority 466 12.7
Turnout 3,673 37.1 +0.9
Registered electors 9,898
Conservative hold Swing  7.8

Newport Pagnell South

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Newport Pagnell South[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Jane Carr* 1,475 46.1 –4.4
Conservative James Darling 1,098 34.3 +1.0
Labour Veronica Belcher 510 15.9 –0.3
Reform UK Lynn Cocksedge 120 3.7 N/A
Majority 377 11.8
Turnout 3,216 36.3 +0.5
Registered electors 8,853
Liberal Democrats hold Swing  2.7

Olney

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Olney
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Debbie Whitworth 1,903 44.8 +26.2
Conservative David Hosking 1,857 43.8 +3.5
Green Dominic Taylor 236 5.6 –15.5
Liberal Democrats Dominic Dyer 131 3.1 N/A
Reform UK Nigel Birrell 117 2.8 N/A
Majority 46 1.0
Turnout 4,252 43.5 +1.7
Registered electors 9,776
Labour gain from Conservative Swing  11.4

Shenley Brook End

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Shenley Brook End
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Sophie Bell 1,184 38.7 –7.6
Conservative Saleea Raja* 1,180 38.6 +3.9
Labour Christian Durugo 529 17.3 –1.7
Green Daniel Barthaud 164 5.4 N/A
Majority 4 0.1
Turnout 3,068 32.4 –1.5
Registered electors 9,467
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing  5.8

Stantonbury

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Stantonbury
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Stephen Brown 1,756 50.3 +4.1
Conservative Greg Pius 1,117 32.0 −6.2
Green Gary Lloyd 312 8.9 +0.5
Liberal Democrats Greg Duffield 283 8.1 +0.9
Majority 639 18.3
Turnout 3,489 31.5 –4.4
Registered electors 11,073
Labour gain from Conservative Swing  5.2

Stony Stratford

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Stony Stratford
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Akash Nayee 1,872 46.2 –6.6
Conservative Godwin Michael 1,490 36.8 +1.9
Liberal Democrats Richard Greenwood 406 10.0 +3.4
Green Joan Hughes 281 6.9 +1.2
Majority 382 9.4
Turnout 4,069 34.1 –3.7
Registered electors 11,919
Labour hold Swing  4.3

Tattenhoe

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Tattenhoe
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative James Lancaster* 1,329 45.7 +2.0
Labour Co-op Rukhsana Malik 1,183 40.6 +3.6
Green Lucy Bjorck 204 7.0 –3.0
Liberal Democrats Steven Walden 137 4.7 –4.6
Reform UK Dan Matthews 58 2.0 N/A
Majority 146 5.1
Turnout 2,923 33.2 +2.0
Registered electors 8,816
Conservative hold Swing  0.8

Wolverton

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Wolverton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Co-op Peter Marland* 1,959 62.2 +2.5
Conservative Edith Bald 610 19.4 –3.3
Green Alan Francis 370 11.8 –0.6
Liberal Democrats Tony Oyakhire 209 6.6 +1.4
Majority 1,349 42.8
Turnout 3,167 29.3 –2.5
Registered electors 10,823
Labour Co-op hold Swing  2.9

Woughton & Fishermead

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Woughton & Fishermead
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Sue Smith 1,382 65.3 –4.6
Conservative Tatiana Vassilakis 381 18.0 –2.2
Liberal Democrats Caroline Picking 186 8.8 –1.1
Green Tony Coughlan 167 7.9 N/A
Majority 1,001 47.3
Turnout 2,126 18.5 –2.8
Registered electors 11,493
Labour hold Swing  1.2

By-elections

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Newport Pagnell South

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Newport Pagnell South: 21 September 2023
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Tony Oyakhire 1,088 43.5 +5.4
Labour Saskia Soden 684 27.4 +13.5
Conservative Ade Adeliyi 561 22.4 −19.8
Green Gary Lloyd 80 3.2 −2.5
Independent Lynn Cocksedge 53 2.1 N/A
Women's Equality Jane Whild 34 1.4 N/A
Majority 404 16.1 +12.0
Turnout 2,500 28.3 −10.9
Registered electors 8,851
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing  12.6

Loughton & Shenley

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Loughton & Shenley: 22 February 2024
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Leo Montague 1,136 46.0 −2.5
Conservative Rajeev Sharma 971 39.4 +0.8
Liberal Democrats Garrath Green 179 7.3 −0.4
Green Tim Lee 113 4.6 −0.6
Independent Ray Brady 61 2.5 N/A
Majority 165 6.6 −3.3
Turnout 2,467 25.1 −9.5
Registered electors 9,846
Labour hold Swing  1.7

References

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  1. ^ "Notice of Election" (PDF). Milton Keynes City Council. 27 March 2023. Retrieved 17 April 2023.
  2. ^ "Local elections 2023: Father and daughter elected as Milton Keynes alliance continues". BBC News. 5 May 2023. Retrieved 2023-05-07.
  3. ^ "No party majority means no change for Milton Keynes as 2023 election results announced". Milton Keynes Citizen. 5 May 2023. Retrieved 22 May 2023.
  4. ^ "Statement of Persons Nominated" (PDF). Milton Keynes City Council. 5 April 2023. Retrieved 17 April 2023.
  5. ^ https://www.milton-keynes.gov.uk/elections/26248/areas/newport-pagnell-south