2023 Milton Keynes Council election

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

2023 Milton Keynes City Council election
4 May 2023 (2023-05-04)
20 out of 57 seats to Milton Keynes City Council
29 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
  Blank Blank Blank
Leader David Hopkins Pete Marland Robin Bradburn
Party Conservative Labour Liberal Democrats
Last election 22 seats, 35.0% 20 seats, 36.5% 14 seats, 21.2%
Seats before 22 19 14
Leader before election

Pete Marland
Labour
No overall control

 Leader after election

TBD

The council remained under no overall control but with a Lib–Lab pact reportedly possible.[2]

Summary

Election results
Results[3]
Party Seats Change Seats overall
Labour Party 12 Increase 5 25
Conservative Party 2 Decrease 6 17
Liberal Democrats 6 Increase 1 15

Detailed results
2023 Milton Keynes City Council election
Party This election Full council This election
Seats Net Seats % Other Total Total % Votes Votes % +/−
  Conservative
  Labour
  Liberal Democrats
  Green
  Reform UK
  Heritage
  Women's Equality

Candidates

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

Bletchley East
Bletchley East
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative James Marlow
Green Axel Segebecht
Labour Co-op Emily Darlington*
Liberal Democrats Sean McCabe
Reform UK Jane Duckworth

Bletchley Park
Bletchley Park
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Nabeel Nazir*
Green Michael Shepperd
Labour Co-op Waqas Ahmad
Liberal Democrats Timothy Gomm
Reform UK Mark Rossouw

Bletchley West
Bletchley West
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Ade Adeliyi
Green Joe French
Labour Co-op Lauren Townsend*
Liberal Democrats Benjamin Edwards
Reform UK Ray Brady

Bradwell
Bradwell
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Krishna Panthula
Labour Hilary Saunders
Liberal Democrats Robin Bradburn*

Broughton
Boughton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Dev Ahuja
Heritage Alfred Saint-Clair
Labour Ayesha Khanom
Liberal Democrats Kerrie Bradburn*

Campbell Park & Old Woughton
Campbell Park & Old Woughton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative John Hearnshaw
Green Carol Barac
Labour David Baume
Liberal Democrats Paul Trendall*

Central Milton Keynes
Central Milton Keynes (2 seats due to by-election)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Toby Poyner
Conservative Cindy Taylor
Green Simon Green
Labour Darron Kendrick
Labour Martin Petchey
Liberal Democrats Duncan Banks
Liberal Democrats Russell Houchin

Danesborough & Walton
Danesborough & Walton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Marlese Levermore
Green Peter Skelton
Labour Tracey Bailey
Liberal Democrats Rebecca Cave
Reform UK Chris Northcott

Loughton & Shenley
Loughton & Shenley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Rajeev Sharma
Green Vanessa Skelton
Labour Brigid McBride
Liberal Democrats Garrath Green

Monkston
Monkston
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Jaime Tamagnini
Green Ammar Noorwali
Labour Monica Dowling
Liberal Democrats Ben Adewale

Newport Pagnell North & Hanslope
Newport Pagnell North & Hanslope
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Alison Andrew
Labour Carol Wood
Liberal Democrats Scott Humphries
Women's Equality Jane Whild

Newport Pagnell South

[5]

Newport Pagnell South
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative James Darling 1098 34.3 +1.0
Labour Veronica Belcher 510 15.9 -0.3
Liberal Democrats Jane Carr* 1475 46.1 -4.4
Reform UK Lynn Cocksedge 120 3.7 N/A

Olney
Olney
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative David Hosking
Green Dominic Taylor
Labour Debbie Whitworth
Liberal Democrats Dominic Dyer
Reform UK Nigel Birrell

Shenley Brook End
Shenley Brook End
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Saleea Raja*
Green Daniel Barthaud
Labour Christian Durugo
Liberal Democrats Sophie Bell

Stantonbury
Stantonbury
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Greg Pius 1117 32.0 -6.2
Green Gary Lloyd 312 8.9 +0.5
Labour Stephen Brown 1756 50.3 +4.1
Liberal Democrats Greg Duffield 283 8.1 +0.9
Majority 639 18.3
Turnout 3489 31.5
Swing

Stony Stratford
Stony Stratford
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Godwin Michael
Green Joan Hughes
Labour Akash Nayee
Liberal Democrats Richard Greenwood

Tattenhoe
Tattenhoe
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative James Lancaster*
Green Lucy Bjorck
Labour Co-op Rukhsana Malik
Liberal Democrats Steven Walden
Reform UK Dan Matthews

Wolverton
Wolverton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Edith Bald
Green Alan Francis
Labour Co-op Peter Marland*
Liberal Democrats Tony Oyakhire

Woughton & Fishermead
Woughton & Fishermead
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Tatiana Vassilakis
Green Tony Coughlan
Labour Sue Smith
Liberal Democrats Caroline Picking

References
  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. 2023-05-05. Retrieved 2023-05-07.
  3. "Milton Keynes result - Local Elections 2023". BBC News. Retrieved 2023-05-07.
  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
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