Milton Keynes City Council is the local authority for the City of Milton Keynes, a unitary authority in Buckinghamshire, England. Until 1 April 1997 it was a non-metropolitan district. Political control Since the first Milton Keynes Council elections in 1973 political control of the council has been held by the following parties: Non-metropolitan district Unitary authority Leadership The leaders of the council since 2000 have been: 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. By ward 2002 to 2012 The composition of Milton Keynes Council following each election was as follows. 2014 to present In 2014 the boundaries were revised so that there were 57 seats and each ward had three seats each [see below]. Elections were held for all seats in that year, before returning to the one-third model for subsequent years. Borough result maps By-election results 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. 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 councillors were elected for three years 1976 In November 1975, the Boundary Commission proposed new ward boundaries. (These wards are generally larger than the civil parishes that give them their names. Some parishes are divided between wards. For details, see the Boundary Commission report.) Bletchley Central Danesborough Denbigh Eaton Loughton Newport Rural Newport Urban Newton Petsoe Manor Pineham Sherington Stantonbury Stony Stratford Watling Whaddon Wolverton 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: There were 8 wards that