Revealed: The squeaky bum time local election seats in Milton Keynes

That is because elections in the borough are fought under a first past the post system, this year in 19 of the council’s 57 wards, which vary in terms of how many party supporters there are in each area. But elections still give politicians of all parties what former Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson famously called “squeaky bum time” – when political careers are on the line. With a big pinch of salt in hand, we have taken a look through the list of seats up for grabs and listed them from the squeakiest bum territories to those which should be the safest, to give voters an idea of where crosses on their ballot papers could have the biggest impact. Here is our run-down of the seats in Milton Keynes, from the squeakiest to the safest...