Council by-election · Thursday, 24 September 2026

Milton Keynes: New Bradwell ward

5 candidates. Same page for each, in ballot-paper order.

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1. Tracey Bailey
Labour Party

2. Julian Vernon Camies
Reform UK

3. Martin Kenneth Clarke
Liberal Democrats

4. Gabriel Ferreira da Costa
Conservative and Unionist Party

5. Alan Francis
Green Party

At the election of Thursday, 7 May 2026, this seat was won by 142 votes (2.7% of votes cast); turnout was 37.6%. Past results describe the past; each election is a new contest.

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Your local councillor

Councillors sit on the council that runs services where you live. They set the council's budget and council tax, and decide local planning applications. Here, for Milton Keynes: New Bradwell ward.

What this office decides

Planning. Whether new homes, extensions and developments get permission.
Waste and streets. Bins, recycling, street cleaning, fly-tipping.
Council tax. The level you pay, within limits set nationally.
Social care. In county and unitary councils, care for older and disabled people.
Parks and libraries. Opening, funding, closing.
Council housing. Repairs, allocations and, in many areas, homelessness.

What it does not

NHS policy and waiting times. Parliament and the NHS.
Income tax and benefits. Parliament.
Immigration. Parliament.
Policing policy. The Home Office and your Police and Crime Commissioner or mayor.
Schools' curriculum. Government and, for academies, their trusts.

Candidates often campaign on things their office cannot change. That is not dishonest in itself — an MP can press a council, a councillor can lobby government — but it is worth knowing which is which. Summarised from the Local Government Association and UK Parliament descriptions of each role.

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1Tracey Bailey

Labour Party

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Democracy Club profile Party site

In their own words

Following the sad passing of Cllr Shanika Mahendran, I have been selected as the Labour Party candidate for the New Bradwell Ward in the by election which will take place on Thursday 24th September.

As an introduction, I have spent most of my life in Milton Keynes, growing up nearby in Great Linford. I’ve recently taken early retirement but spent most of my working life at Cranfield University. I’ve been a governor at two primary schools, and I have previously served as a City Councillor, working with Shanika and Stephen Brown, who holds the other seat in the ward.

I’m currently getting to know the area better. I’ve already been out delivering leaflets which you may have seen, and I will be starting to knock on doors and introduce myself in person in the next few days.

I’ve already got experience of helping people with issues such as road safety, fly tipping, and surface water flooding, and will be keen to find out what matters to people in this area.

I’ve heard that anti-social behaviour and theft from cars is an issue in some places, so I’ve spoken to Chris Curtis MP to see if we can arrange a meeting with Thames Valley Police to see how councillors can assist neighbourhood officers in investigating and addressing these problems.

Statement to voters supplied by the candidate to Democracy Club, retrieved 2026-09-19. Reproduced unedited.

Stood before

Milton Keynes council, Danesborough ward, May 2026 (Labour Party) — not elected
Milton Keynes council, Danesborough Walton ward, May 2023 (Labour Party) — elected

Previous candidacies from Democracy Club. A record of standing, not a judgement.

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Published positions on the nine topics

Nothing published that we could source, yet. A councillor sits on the council that sets council tax and decides planning, housing repairs and allocations, social care, bins, parking, libraries and, in most areas, school admissions. It cannot change national tax, benefits or NHS policy.

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1Tracey Bailey

Labour Party

2Julian Vernon Camies

Reform UK

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In their own words

I have lived in Milton Keynes for nearly 40 years. I understand the issues affecting residents. An engineer by trade, now retired, Im standing to represent you, root out waste and fund services important to you. New Bradwell needs Reform UK and together we can make the necessary changes.

Statement to voters supplied by the candidate to Democracy Club, retrieved 2026-09-19. Reproduced unedited.

Stood before

Milton Keynes council, New Bradwell ward, May 2026 (Reform UK) — not elected

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Published positions on the nine topics

Candidate statements and leaflets are published as written; we check they are real, not that they are true. Switch between summaries and exact quotations with the control above the list.

Money and cost of living

What this candidate says

Candidate's own words · Julian Vernon Camies (candidate), via Democracy Club · Statement to voters: Julian Vernon Camies

Their position

Im standing to represent you, root out waste and fund services important to you.

What that means

Says he is standing to root out waste and fund services important to residents.

Retrieved 2026-09-19.