2019 Windsor and Maidenhead Borough Council election

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2019 Windsor and Maidenhead Borough Council election
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  2015 2 May 2019 (2019-05-02) 2023  

All 41 seats to Windsor and Maidenhead Borough Council
21 seats needed for a majority
Turnout38.1%
 First partySecond partyThird party
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Party Conservative Liberal Democrats Residents
Last election54 seats, 58.9%1 seat, 18.8%2 seats, 2.0%
Seats won2395
Seat changeDecrease2.svg 31Increase2.svg 8Increase2.svg 3
Popular vote35,99921,2535,760
Percentage42.8%25.3%6.9%
SwingDecrease2.svg 16.1%Increase2.svg 6.5%Increase2.svg 4.9%

 Fourth partyFifth partySixth party
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Party Borough First Independent Flood Prevention
Last electionN/A0 seats, 3.7%0 seats, 0.4%
Seats won301
Seat changeIncrease2.svg 3Steady2.svgIncrease2.svg 1
Popular vote10,1601,119998
Percentage12.1%1.3%1.2%
SwingN/ADecrease2.svg 2.4%Increase2.svg 0.8%

Council control before election


Conservative

Council control after election


Conservative

The 2019 Windsor and Maidenhead Borough Council election took place on Thursday 2 May 2019. That was the same day as other United Kingdom local elections in order to elect members of Windsor and Maidenhead Council in Berkshire, England. The whole council was up for election.

Contents

Before the election, the composition of the council was:

Background

The Independent Local Government Boundary Commission for England carried out an electoral review of the Royal Borough with the view to change our electoral arrangements from May 2019. The Commission announced the number of councillors was to reduce and also looked into the number of wards, their names and boundaries. [1] This reduced the number of councillors from 57 to 41. [2]

Before the election, the composition of the council was:

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After the election, the composition of the council became:

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Summary

Election result

2019 Windsor and Maidenhead Borough Council election
PartyCandidatesSeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Conservative 4123N/AN/ADecrease2.svg 3154.842.835,999–16.1
  Liberal Democrats 369N/AN/AIncrease2.svg 821.425.321,253+6.5
  Residents 55N/AN/AIncrease2.svg 311.96.95,760+4.9
  Borough First 193N/AN/AIncrease2.svg 37.112.110,160N/A
  Independent 20N/AN/ASteady2.svg2.41.31,119–2.4
  Flood Prevention 11N/AN/AIncrease2.svg 12.41.2998+0.8
  Labour 400N/AN/ASteady2.svg0.09.17,666–0.9
  Green 40N/AN/ASteady2.svg0.01.1918–0.9
  UKIP 10N/AN/ASteady2.svg0.00.2152–3.8

Ward results

Ascot and Sunninghill
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative David Hilton 1,446 55.5
Conservative Julian Sharpe 1,372 52.6
Conservative John Story 1,355 52.0
Liberal Democrats Tamasin Barnbrook59422.8
Independent Adam Jezard54921.1
Liberal Democrats Aaron Chahal48618.6
Liberal Democrats Jonathan Pope45017.3
Labour Spike Humphrey37214.3
Labour Ian Steers32112.3
Labour Margery Thorogood2288.7
Turnout 2,60631.61
Belmont
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Simon Bond 959 43.4
Liberal Democrats John Baldwin 838 37.9
Borough First Richard Hemmings64929.4
Conservative Philip Love62728.4
Conservative Marion Mills58926.6
Labour Patricia Lattimer26512.0
Labour Ian Smith2169.8
Turnout 2,21143.1
Bisham & Cookham
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Mandy Brar 1,321 56.1
Conservative Gerry Clark 963 40.9
Liberal Democrats Mark Howard95240.5
Conservative Bill Perry88537.6
Green Chris Moss27211.6
Labour Alexander McKendrick1064.5
Labour Geoff Cutting542.3
Turnout 2,35345.42
Boyn Hill
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Stuart Caroll 1,076 50.0
Conservative Gurpreet Bhangra 981 45.6
Liberal Democrats Adam Bermange48322.4
Liberal Democrats Oliver Baldwin47322.0
Borough First Andrew Hill43020.0
Borough First Nasreen Brittain35316.4
Labour Marios Alexandrou22210.3
Labour Graham Lee1486.9
Turnout 2,15343.23
Bray
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative David Coppinger 1,039 54.9
Conservative Leo Walters 991 52.4
Borough First Lee Page57330.3
Liberal Democrats Sheila Adams36819.5
Liberal Democrats Robert Acker22511.9
Labour Peter Targett1528.0
Labour Andrew Foakes1497.9
Turnout 1,89233.85
Clewer and Dedworth East
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Borough First Helen Price 762 42.4
West Windsor Residents Association Carole da Costa 725 40.3
Conservative Phillip Bicknell64535.9
Conservative Michael Airey64035.6
Liberal Democrats Mark Wilson21612.0
Labour Laura Binnie21011.7
Labour Daniel Wall18210.1
Turnout 1,79834.09
Clewer and Dedworth West
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
West Windsor Residents Association Wiisdom Da Costa 1,067 51.2
West Windsor Residents Association Jon Davey 941 45.2
Conservative Ed Wilson88542.5
Conservative Malcolm Alexander81139.0
Labour Deborah Foster1647.9
Labour Joe Young1507.2
Turnout 2,08238.38
Clewer East
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Amy Tisi 814 43.3
Liberal Democrats Karen Davies 794 42.3
Conservative Natasha Airey75340.1
Conservative Dee Quick73639.2
Green Fintan McKeown24513.0
Labour Patrick Green1548.2
Labour Stephen McGowan1216.4
Turnout 1,87837.02
Cox Green
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Phil Hasler 1,223 52.1
Conservative Ross McWilliams 1,219 52.0
Liberal Democrats Bruce Adams60825.9
Liberal Democrats Bill Black53622.8
Borough First David Marks50621.6
Labour Robert Horner1747.4
Labour Colin Greenfield1436.1
Turnout 2,34642.23
Datchet, Horton and Wraysbury
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative David Cannon 1,117 46.4
Flood Prevention Ewan Larcome 998 41.4
Conservative Gary Muir 903 37.5
Borough First Margaret Lenton75131.2
Conservative Rushi Millns74530.9
Borough First David Buckley63326.3
Liberal Democrats Linda O'Flynn28812.0
Labour Jennifer Ward27111.3
Labour Mark Olney26611.0
Liberal Democrats Tim O'Flynn26511.0
Liberal Democrats Gareth Jones2189.1
Labour Peter Ward2068.6
Turnout 2,40830.60
Eton and Castle
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Samantha Rayner 1,457 50.2
Conservative John Bowden 1,319 45.5
Conservative Shamsul Shelim 1,065 36.7
Liberal Democrats George Fussey81828.2
Liberal Democrats Devon Davies73825.4
Liberal Democrats Julian Tisi64522.2
Borough First Keith Owen60921.0
Labour Peter Shearman39813.7
Labour Riccardo Ludovici37212.8
Labour Angus Cameron37012.8
Turnout 2,90034.87
Furze Platt
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Catherine del Campo 1,177 47.2
Liberal Democrats Joshua Reynolds 1,019 40.9
Conservative Derek Sharp63225.4
Independent Hari Sharma57022.9
Conservative Mohammed Ilyas54321.8
Borough First Tom Easten40616.3
Labour Louise Clarke1566.3
UKIP Edmund Holliday1526.1
Labour Clive Lattimer1024.1
Turnout 2,49244.23
Hurley and Walthams
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Maurine Hunt 1,033 64.0
Conservative Andrew Johnson 822 50.9
Liberal Democrats John Iles32520.1
Liberal Democrats Jenny Werner29718.4
Borough First Hasrat Ali27316.9
Labour Patrick McDonald17210.7
Labour Jessica Pocock1096.7
Turnout 1,61534.08
Oldfield
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Borough First Geoff Hill 738 44.2
Borough First Helen Taylor 671 40.2
Conservative Derek Wilson57334.4
Conservative Joel Wheeler50730.4
Liberal Democrats Anna Bermange22313.4
Labour Tony Baker20012.0
Liberal Democrats George Shaw18511.1
Labour Rory Nosworthy16810.1
Turnout 1,66833.92
Old Windsor
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
OWRA Lynne Jones 1,619 73.8
OWRA Neil Knowles 1,408 64.2
Conservative Arlene Carson54424.8
Conservative Amit Verma35216.0
Labour Roy Reeves1647.5
Labour Yvonne Olney1597.2
Turnout 2,19439.73
Pinkneys Green
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Simon Werner 1,507 57.1
Liberal Democrats Clive Baskerville 1,326 50.3
Conservative Marius Gilmore79930.3
Conservative Richard Pope69326.3
Borough First Charles Hollingsworth49118.6
Labour Jane Collisson1315.0
Labour Nigel Smith903.4
Turnout 2,63847.89
Riverside
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Simon Dudley 851 37.2
Conservative Chris Targowski 777 34.0
Borough First Claire Stretton67829.6
Borough First Mick Jarvis60026.2
Liberal Democrats Rob Castell47620.8
Liberal Democrats Kashmir Singh45019.7
Green Craig McDermott2159.4
Labour Sharon Bunce1828.0
Labour David Knowles-Leak1687.3
Turnout 2,28741.43
St Mary's
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Donna Stimpson 624 41.3
Conservative Gurch Singh 604 39.9
Liberal Democrats Helen Craggs38025.1
Liberal Democrats Andrew Hickley27418.1
Borough First Richard Wawman23315.4
Borough First Derek Philip-Xu23215.3
Labour Thomas Baker19713.0
Green John Barron18612.3
Labour Jacob Cotterill16811.1
Turnout 1,51232.65
Sunningdale and Cheapside
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Christine Bateson 946 58.2
Conservative Sayonara Luxton 857 52.7
Borough First Valerie Pike57235.2
Liberal Democrats Sonya Lippold28317.4
Liberal Democrats Mariano Julia24214.9
Labour Alison Carpenter865.3
Turnout 1,62635.36

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