Milton Keynes City Council have announced there will be changes to the electoral map ahead of next year’s local elections.

New electoral wards will be introduced for the May 2026 local elections following an independent review of Milton Keynes City Council’s electoral map and two consultations by The Local Government Boundary Commission (LGBC). Milton Keynes’ boundaries were last reviewed and redrawn in 2014.

The LGBC is the national body that draws boundaries for English elections. As population changes over time, the Commission routinely reviews an area’s boundaries to ensure councillors represent about the same number of electors.

The Commission’s final recommendations for changes published as part of the review proposed that the number of city councillors should be increased from 57 to 60, and the number of wards be increased from 19 to 21.

Under the new proposals there will be 19 three-councillor wards, 1 two-councillor ward (New Bradwell), and 1 single-councillor ward (Hanslope).

Further information can be found on the review page of the LGBC’s website, including an interactive map.

The changes become law once Parliament has approved them ahead of the May 2026 local elections, when all Milton Keynes City Councillors will be up for election.

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