Milton Keynes Central.
Labour Party MP Emily Darlington holds the seat on 42.3% of the vote.
3 Jun 2026
A consistent party-line voter with no rebel votes, Darlington has been most visible recently in local campaigning rather than parliamentary dissent. She has pushed hard on child online safety -- surveying schools and parents, engaging technology companies, and backing legislation to keep pornography away from children -- and has used that platform to speak openly about her own experience of online harassment. Her news coverage is broadly positive, with recent stories highlighting falling hospital waiting lists in Milton Keynes and her work securing SEND school funding alongside local council partners.
In Parliament, Darlington votes with Labour on every recorded division -- a 100% party-line record across 467 votes -- and participates at 91%, well above the Commons average. Her stance profile flags strong alignment with workers' rights and progressive taxation, and she sits at the more sceptical end of her party on Lords scrutiny and parliamentary oversight. Where she deviates from her party's average, the gaps are modest: she votes more consistently than most Labour MPs for local government powers and welfare reform, and slightly less so on assisted dying safeguards and end-of-life autonomy measures. Her speeches cluster around economy and jobs, defence, crime, and social care -- a broad portfolio rather than a narrow specialism.
Her seat on the Science, Innovation and Technology Committee aligns with her online safety focus and may shape future parliamentary activity. Local news coverage is high-volume but largely neutral in tone, with crime and transport generating the most articles in the past 90 days. Speech data covers 215 contributions since July 2024, giving a reasonable picture of her priorities, though no data is available on individual debate interventions before that point.
Ward-level direction-of-travel: who controls what, who flipped recently, who holds the line.
| Ward | Latest winner | Votes | Council | Last cycle |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Broughton | Uroy Clarke | 1,652 | Milton Keynes Lab | May 2024 |
| Campbell Park Old Woughton | Graham Eaton | 1,263 | Milton Keynes Lab | May 2024 |
| Central Milton Keynes | Martin Ronald Petchey | 1,383 | Milton Keynes Lab | May 2024 |
| Danesborough Walton | Victoria Hopkins | 1,990 | Milton Keynes Lab | May 2024 |
| Loughton Shenley | Mandy Legg | 1,457 | Milton Keynes Lab | May 2024 |
| Monkston | Duncan Banks | 1,118 | Milton Keynes Lab | May 2024 |
| Shenley Brook End | Saleena Raja | 1,379 | Milton Keynes Lab | May 2024 |
| Woughton Fishermead | Donna Juli Fuller | 1,421 | Milton Keynes Lab | May 2024 |
Source · Democracy Club · DCLEAPIL v1.0 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
The seat’s population is concentrated in Milton Keynes (109,794), with Rural & dispersed (14,090) as the second pole. Total population across named built-up areas: 129,273.
Source · ONS Built-Up Areas · Census 2021
| Settlement | Pop. | Class |
|---|---|---|
| Milton Keynes | 109,794 | city |
| Rural & dispersed | 14,090 | town |
| Woburn Sands | 3,673 | village |
| Bow Brickhill | 1,716 | village |
Headline indicators.
| Indicator | Local | National | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Employment rate | 66.4% | 57.1% | +16% |
| Owner-occupied | 54.2% | 63.1% | -14% |
| Private rented | 24.7% | 20.0% | +23% |
| Social rented | 21.0% | 16.8% | +25% |
Ethnicity.
Source · Census 2021
Population by age & sexCensus 2021 · 18 bands · click to expand
Source · Census 2021 (ONS) · % of usual residents; tick marks the median seat per band
Income tax contribution.
| Total income tax | £463m |
| Taxpayers | 68,000 |
| Median per taxpayer | £3,100 |
| Mean per taxpayer | £6,840 |
Source · HMRC SPI · ±8% confidence
Where the money flows back in.
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Headline rate.
By category.
Source · data.police.uk · 3-month rate per 1,000 pop
2024 — full result.
| Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Emily DarlingtonWON | Lab | 20,209 | 42.3 |
| Johnny Luk | Con | 12,918 | 27.1 |
| David Reilly | Ref | 6,245 | 13.1 |
| James Cox | LD | 4,931 | 10.3 |
| Frances Bonney | Grn | 3,226 | 6.8 |
| Alfred Saint-Clair | Ind | 200 | 0.4 |
Turnout 47,729
Prior contests.
Created on the 2023 boundary review. 2024 General Election was the first contest on these boundaries.
Sources, methods & last update
2023 boundary review
DCLEAPIL v1.0 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Census 2021
National avg over 575 seats
±8% confidence
LSOA-aggregated · rolling 12mo