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Milton Keynes is a unitary authority in Buckinghamshire, England. Until 1 April 1997 it was a non-metropolitan district.
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Political control
Since the first election to the council in 1973 political control of the council has been held by the following parties:
Non-metropolitan district
Unitary authority
Council elections
1.^ In 1976, 1996, 2002 and 2014, the whole council was elected after boundary changes.In 1991 borough boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same.
2002 to 2012
The composition of Milton Keynes Council following each election was as follows.
Frequency
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.
1973
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 councilors were elected for three years
1976 to 1996
To Come
1996 to 2000
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.
2002 to 2012
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:
2014 onwards
Following an electoral review and with effect from the Milton Keynes Council election, 2014 in May 2014, there were 57 Councillors representing 19 wards, each with having 3 councillors.
These wards are as follows: