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Milton Keynes
English unitary authority and planned city in Buckinghamshire, piloting a central voting hub.
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Timeline for Milton Keynes
#2 12 Mar
Four Councils Run UK's First Flexible Voting Experiments
UK Local Elections 2026Background
Milton Keynes was selected as one of several pilots for England's flexible voting reforms, hosting the UK's first central voting hub at Midsummer Place shopping centre on 1 May 2026. The hub model consolidates multiple polling stations into a single accessible venue open throughout the day.
As a large unitary authority with dispersed settlements and new housing estates, Milton Keynes was seen as a practical test bed for the hub concept. Results from the pilot will inform whether central hubs are rolled out nationally at future elections.
How the World Sees Them
Rhun ap Iorwerth / Welsh Government (Plaid Cymru)
the outcomes it delivers
Michael Marra / Scottish Labour
Scots know what we are against. They can't tell you what we are for.
Andy Burnham / Labour Party
contest the next election with a manifesto commitment to change the electoral system so that everyone's vote counts and everyone's voice is heard
Reform UK
fully cooperate with the investigation
Steff Aquarone / Liberal Democrats (North Norfolk)
made to waste £600,000
Stephen Atkinson / Lancashire County Council (Reform UK)
the opportunity to challenge the July decision
Jim McMahon / Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
following updated legal advice
Democratic Unionist Party
goaded
Rupert Lowe / Restore Britain
Reform-sponsored media circus