Photo: Mary Sivyour · CC BY-SA 2.0No party holds a majority on Milton Keynes City Council
Emberton is run by Milton Keynes City Council, with Emberton parish council for local matters. No party holds a majority on Milton Keynes City Council. Its MP is Chris Curtis (Labour), member for Milton Keynes North.
£2,306
Band D, a year, the middle band every council sets its tax from.
Where it goes →How Emberton’s politics has changed since 2021
No majority on Milton Keynes City Council
The Liberal Democrats, the largest group, hold 20 of its 60 seats as elected, 11 short of the 31 needed. Labour holds 19, the Conservatives 12 and Reform UK 9. Who’s in charge ↓
Council tax
A Band D bill in Emberton is £2,306 for 2026–27; Milton Keynes City Council keeps 80% of it. The council area’s Band D has risen 58% in ten years, against England’s 56%. Council money ↓
Written from the data on this page: Democracy Club results since May 2021, the UK Parliament Members API and MHCLG council tax.
No party has a majority
Seats by party as elected. A party needs 31 of Milton Keynes’s 60 seats to run the council alone.
- Liberal Democrat20
- Labour19
- Conservative12
- Reform UK9
Latest election: May 2026.
Seats are counted from election results: each ward’s most recent winners until its seats are filled. Councillors who have since changed party or resigned aren’t reflected, and which parties lead the council, and who is leader, comes from the council itself.
Results: Democracy Club (CC BY 4.0), elections since May 2021; seats per ward from its EveryElection.
The councils that run Emberton
One council runs every main service here.
Local matters: allotments, play areas, halls, footpaths and benches; it is consulted on planning and adds a precept to the council tax bill. A town council is a parish council by another name.
100% of Emberton’s residents · Band D precept £70
Every main council service: schools, social care, roads, bins, planning, housing and libraries.
Website ↗Who to ask
From GOV.UK’s “Understand how your council works”: here one council runs every main service.
Councils from ONS lookups (wards and councils May 2026, parishes 2025), names and websites from GOV.UK’s local council finder; parish councils from MHCLG’s 2026–27 list of precepting parishes.
From the parish to Westminster
Every elected tier that speaks for Emberton, from the most recent elections.
- 1Town or parishParish tierEmberton parish council
- 2Milton Keynes City Council1 ward · 3 councillorsPeter James GearyKeith McLeanDavid Andrew John Tyler
- 3Police and crime commissionerThames Valley Police · elected May 2024Matthew Barber
- 4House of CommonsMilton Keynes North
Party colours are neutral on purpose: they tell parties apart and aren’t the parties’ own. Tap an MP’s name for their contact page on parliament.uk.
3 councillors for 1 ward
Wards with at least 2% of the town’s residents, or half their own inside it. Each shows who won its most recent elections, newest first, until its seats are filled.
- Peter James GearyConservative · May 2026
- Keith McLeanConservative · May 2026
- David Andrew John TylerConservative · May 2026
Show as a table
| Ward | Seats | Elected | When |
|---|---|---|---|
| Olney & Rural6% in Emberton · 716 residents3 seats · May 2026 | 3 | Peter James GearyKeith McLeanDavid Andrew John Tyler | May 2026 |
Councillors can resign, change party or sit as independents between elections; a by-election winner replaces someone not named here. Milton Keynes City Council’s website lists who sits now.
Results from Democracy Club’s candidates database (CC BY 4.0; elections since May 2021) and ward seats from its EveryElection, matched to ONS wards (May 2026) and county divisions (May 2025).
Milton Keynes council election, May 2026
Results in the wards that make up Emberton, as declared. Percentages are of votes cast for candidates in each ward; where a ward elects several councillors, each voter has that many votes.
1 ward voted. Every seat in the town’s wards was up.
No election is scheduled yet for Emberton’s wards in Democracy Club’s list. Councils publish a notice of election about five weeks before polling day.
Who can I vote for? ↗15,498 votes for candidates · 3 seats, so 3 votes each
Candidates and results: Democracy Club (CC BY 4.0), from councils’ declared results; polling dates from Democracy Club’s EveryElection.
Emberton is in Milton Keynes North constituency
The constituency’s MP and the 4 July 2024 general election, the whole constituency’s result (it reaches beyond Emberton).
45,977 votes for candidates · majority 5,430
Labour, MP since 4 July 2024.
turnout in July 2024: 45,977 votes from 70,709 registered voters. England: 60%.
Majority 5,430 of 45,977 votes (11.8%): the 231st-narrowest of 543 in England.
MPs and results: UK Parliament Members API (Open Parliament Licence v3.0); constituencies from ONS (2024 boundaries). Percentages are of valid votes; turnout is votes cast over the electorate.
Emberton’s Band D council tax is £2,306 a year
Where a Band D bill goes, what it has cost over the years, and what the councils plan to spend per resident.
Milton Keynes City Council keeps £1,847.53 of a Band D bill (80%); the rest goes to the Emberton parish council, the Thames Valley police and crime commissioner and the Buckinghamshire Fire and Rescue Authority.
Band D since 1993
Milton Keynes’s Band D bill has risen 58% in ten years, from £1,505.09 in 2016–17, against England’s average (56%). It was £580.50 in 1993–94.
Your bill by band
A Band D home in Emberton, 2026–27, before discounts. The Valuation Office Agency’s band search gives any home’s band.
Council budgets per resident, 2026–27
Show as a table, with Buckinghamshire
| Milton Keynes | Emberton’s councils | Buckinghamshire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adult social care | £427 | £452 | £487 |
| Children’s social care | £295 | £280 | £290 |
| Roads and transport | £5 | £46 | £41 |
| Housing (not council homes’ rents) | £81 | £45 | £61 |
| Bins, street cleaning, environment | £128 | £102 | £119 |
| Libraries, leisure, culture | £32 | £18 | £44 |
| Planning and development | £7 | £17 | £26 |
| Public health | £49 | £50 | £78 |
| Running the council | £49 | £41 | £59 |
| Other | £1 | £0 | £19 |
| Total, schools apart | £1,075 | £1,051 | £1,234 |
Net budgeted service spending, MHCLG Revenue Account budget 2026–27, per resident (ONS mid-2025 estimates). Schools are left out: academies are paid for directly by government, so council school budgets depend on how many schools have converted. Buckinghamshire and England: all their councils together. Police, fire and transport authorities aren’t included.
Band D: MHCLG Band D council tax 2026–27 (each authority’s own figure, excluding parish precepts) and Council Tax statistics for town and parish councils 2026–27; since 1993–94, MHCLG’s area averages including parishes.
Having a say in how Emberton is run
It takes about five minutes online; the deadline is 12 working days before a poll.
gov.uk ↗Type a postcode to write to each of its councillors and its MP.
WriteToThem ↗GOV.UK sends the report to the council that looks after the road.
gov.uk ↗Council and committee meetings are open to the public, with agendas and minutes online.
milton-keynes.gov.uk ↗Anyone can comment while an application is open for consultation.
milton-keynes.gov.uk ↗The rules, nomination papers and guidance for council candidates.
Electoral Commission ↗Questions about how Emberton is run
Which council runs Emberton?
Emberton is run by Milton Keynes City Council.
Does Emberton have a town council?
Yes: Emberton has its own parish-tier council (Emberton parish council; town councils are parish councils by another name), which adds £70 to a Band D bill in 2026–27.
Who is the MP for Emberton?
Chris Curtis (Labour) is the MP for Milton Keynes North, which covers Emberton.
How many councillors does Emberton have?
3 ward councillors represent Emberton’s 1 ward.
When are the next elections in Emberton?
No election is scheduled yet in Democracy Club’s list for Emberton’s wards. The next UK general election must be held by August 2029.
How much is council tax in Emberton?
Band D council tax in Emberton is £2,306 for 2026–27. Your bill depends on your home’s band, from A (6/9 of Band D) to H (18/9).
Who controls Milton Keynes City Council?
No party has a majority. As elected, Liberal Democrat 20 · Labour 19 · Conservative 12 · Reform UK 9 of 60 seats; a majority needs 31. The council’s website lists who leads it now.
Who won the 2026 council election in Emberton?
In Emberton’s wards on 7 May 2026, Conservative 3 of the 3 seats up. The Conservatives had the largest share of votes, 41.7%.
Sources: ONS ward, county division, parish, constituency lookups (Census 2021 output areas; Open Government Licence v3.0) · GOV.UK local council finder · Democracy Club candidates (CC BY 4.0) and EveryElection · UK Parliament Members API (Open Parliament Licence v3.0) · MHCLG Band D council tax, parish precepts and Revenue Account budgets 2026–27 (OGL v3.0) · ONS mid-2025 population estimates. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0.
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