2023 Windsor and Maidenhead Borough Council election

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2023 Windsor and Maidenhead Borough Council election
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  2019 4 May 2023 (2023-05-04)2027 

All 41 seats to Windsor and Maidenhead Borough Council
21 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond partyThird party
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LeaderSimon WernerAndrew Johnson (defeated)
Party Liberal Democrats Conservative Borough First
Last election9 seats, 25.3%23 seats, 42.8%3 seats, 12.1%
Seats before10 [a] 223
Seats after2277
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Party Residents Flood Prevention Independent
Last election5 seats, 6.9%1 seat, 1.2%1 seat, 1.3%
Seats before411
Seats after4 [b] 10
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2023 Windsor and Maidenhead Borough Council election.svg
Result and the vote share of the top candidate in each ward

Leader before election

Andrew Johnson
Conservative

Leader after election

Simon Werner
Liberal Democrats

The 2023 Windsor and Maidenhead Borough Council election took place on 4 May 2023 to elect members of Windsor and Maidenhead Borough Council in Berkshire, England. [1] This was on the same day as other local elections. The election saw the Liberal Democrats win a majority of the seats on the council, which had previously been under Conservative control.

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Overview

Windsor and Maidenhead Borough Council had been under Conservative majority control since 2007. The Conservative leader of the council was Andrew Johnson, who had been leader since 2019. Prior to the election, there were six registered political parties represented on the council (two of which were Residents' Associations) and one independent councillor. The Old Windsor Residents' Association, The Borough First Independents, and the one independent councillor had all formed a political group called the "Local Independents", led by Lynne Jones. [2] There was one vacancy on the council immediately before the election, where a Liberal Democrat councillor for Belmont ward had resigned in March 2023. [3]

The election saw the Liberal Democrats win 22 of the 41 seats on the council, up from 10 before the election, giving them an overall majority. The Conservatives saw their number of seats fall from 22 to 7. [4] One of the Conservatives to lose their seat was the leader of the council, Andrew Johnson. [5]

The Liberal Democrat leader, Simon Werner, was formally appointed leader of the council at the subsequent annual council meeting on 23 May 2023. [6] The Conservatives appointed Maureen Hunt to be their new leader in opposition. [7]

Before the election, the composition of the council was:

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CONLDIND

After the election, the composition of the council became:

22127
LDOTHCON

Summary

Election result

2023 Windsor and Maidenhead Borough Council election
PartyCandidatesSeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Liberal Democrats 3222130Increase2.svg1353.744.639,208+19.3
  Conservative 417016Decrease2.svg 1617.129.425,857-13.4
  Borough First 10740Increase2.svg417.110.08,832-2.1
  Residents 4401Decrease2.svg 19.84.74,180-2.2
  Flood Prevention 1100Steady2.svg2.41.21,0990.0
  Labour 26000Steady2.svg0.06.05,295-3.1
  Green 6000Steady2.svg0.01.91,642+0.9
  Independent 5001Decrease2.svg 10.01.01,767-1.3
  Reform UK 1000Steady2.svg0.00.1123New

Ward results

The Statement of Persons Nominated, which details the candidates standing in each ward, was released by Windsor and Maidenhead Borough Council following the close of nominations on 5 April 2023.

Ascot and Sunninghill

Ascot & Sunninghill (3 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Julian Sharpe* 1,257 48.6 −4.0
Conservative John Story* 1,254 48.5 −3.5
Conservative Asghar Majeed 993 38.4 −17.1
Liberal Democrats Lilly Evans97937.9+15.1
Liberal Democrats Jonathan Pope94036.4+19.1
Liberal Democrats Sanjay Karia87733.9+15.3
Labour John Gripton47218.3+4.0
Green Rosemary Magill42316.4N/A
Majority
Turnout 2,59930.35
Registered electors
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Belmont

Belmont (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Simon Bond* 1,641 71.0 +27.6
Liberal Democrats Sian Martin 1,585 68.6 +30.7
Conservative Mohammed Ilyas50221.7−6.7
Conservative William Scawn49421.4−5.2
Labour Patricia Lattimer24510.6−1.4
Majority
Turnout 2,32542.90
Registered electors
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Bisham and Cookham

Bisham & Cookham (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Mandy Brar* 2,101 81.1 +25.0
Liberal Democrats Mark Howard 1,887 72.8 +32.3
Conservative Gerry Clark*52620.3−20.6
Conservative Tom Weiss37514.5−23.1
Labour Georgina Grouse943.6−0.9
Labour Mel Stack652.5+0.2
Majority
Turnout 2,59849.77
Registered electors
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing

Boyn Hill

Boyn Hill (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Adam Bermange 1,466 64.7 +42.3
Liberal Democrats George Shaw 1,383 61.0 +39.0
Conservative Gurpreet Bhangra*63628.1−17.5
Conservative Anuj Khanna58025.6−24.4
Labour Marios Alexandrou1958.6−1.7
Labour Pat McDonald1657.3+0.4
Majority
Turnout 2,27544.26
Registered electors
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing

Bray

Bray (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Borough First Suzanne Cross 907 45.9 +15.6
Conservative Leo Walters* 746 37.7 −14.7
Borough First Glynis Crane72636.7N/A
Conservative Derek Wilson69135.0−19.9
Liberal Democrats Bruce Adams31716.0−3.5
Liberal Democrats Timothy Martin26213.3+1.4
Labour Robert White1758.9+0.9
Majority
Turnout 1,98135.47
Registered electors
Borough First gain from Conservative Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Clewer and Dedworth East

Clewer & Dedworth East (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Borough First Helen Price* 1,160 69.3 +26.9
Borough First Alison Carpenter 945 56.4 N/A
Conservative Phillip Bicknell37122.1−13.8
Conservative Hashim Bhatti28617.1−18.5
Labour David Sanders24714.7+3.0
Independent Richard Margison16910.1N/A
Majority
Turnout 1,67631.26
Registered electors
Borough First hold Swing
Borough First gain from Residents Swing

Clewer and Dedworth West

Clewer & Dedworth West (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
WWRA Wisdom da Costa* 778 39.8 −11.4
WWRA Carole da Costa* 759 38.8 −6.4
Independent Edward Wilson64933.2−9.3
Independent Malcolm Alexander42421.7−17.3
Independent Jon Davey*41821.4−23.8
Conservative Ian Haggart29915.3−27.2
Conservative Lars Swann24412.5−26.5
Labour Deborah Foster21210.8+2.9
Majority
Turnout 1,96035.95
Registered electors
WWRA hold Swing
WWRA hold Swing

Clewer East

Clewer East (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Karen Davies* 1,469 77.0 +34.7
Liberal Democrats Amy Tisi* 1,468 76.9 +33.6
Conservative Nicola Pryer40221.1−19.0
Conservative Kaumil Shah33617.6−21.6
Majority
Turnout 1,91437.84
Registered electors
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Cox Green

Cox Green (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Chris Moriarty 1,677 69.4 +43.5
Liberal Democrats Gary Reeves 1,597 66.1 +43.3
Conservative Phil Haseler*67828.1−24.0
Conservative Sunil Sharma45218.7−33.3
Labour Robert Horner1295.3−2.1
Labour John Lupton853.5−2.6
Green Simon Beer843.5N/A
Majority
Turnout 2,42144.11
Registered electors
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing

Datchet, Horton and Wraysbury

Datchet, Horton & Wraysbury (3 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Flood Prevention Ewan Larcombe* 1,099 45.4 +4.0
Borough First David Buckley 1,071 44.2 +13.0
Borough First Jodie Grove 953 39.3 +13.0
Conservative Margaret Lenton74830.9−15.5
Conservative Patrick Barr63826.3−11.2
Conservative Amit Verma58924.3−6.6
Labour Peter Ward39416.3+7.7
Labour Jenny Ward28911.9+0.6
Green Zsofia Macho27811.5N/A
Liberal Democrats Dan Boresjo24110.0−2.0
Liberal Democrats Joshua Trood1958.1−2.9
Majority
Turnout 2,43530.92
Registered electors
Flood Prevention hold Swing
Borough First gain from Conservative Swing
Borough First gain from Conservative Swing

Eton and Castle

Eton and Castle (3 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Julian Tisi 1,701 54.6 +32.4
Liberal Democrats Devon Davies 1,686 54.2 +28.8
Liberal Democrats Mark Wilson 1,667 53.5 +25.3
Conservative Samantha Rayner*90229.0−21.2
Conservative Penelope Banham86927.9−17.6
Conservative Shamsul Shelim*67021.5−15.2
Green Michael Boyle41613.3N/A
Green Liam Harrison3109.9N/A
Labour Rick Ludovici2859.1−3.7
Labour Murtaza Khan2297.3−6.4
Majority
Turnout 3,12436.94
Registered electors
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing

Furze Platt

Furze Platt (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Catherine Del Campo* 1,582 67.1 +19.9
Liberal Democrats Joshua Reynolds* 1,457 61.8 +20.9
Conservative Hari Sharma57724.5+1.6
Conservative Josh Wallace53422.7+0.9
Labour George Blair1707.2+0.9
Labour Clive Lattimer1416.0+1.9
Independent Tom Easten1074.5N/A
Majority
Turnout 2,36241.90
Registered electors
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Hurley and Walthams

Hurley & Walthams (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats George Blundell 782 48.2 +28.1
Conservative Maureen Hunt* 765 47.2 −16.8
Liberal Democrats Rob Castell66441.0+22.6
Conservative Andrew Johnson*64339.7−11.2
Green Craig McDermott1318.1N/A
Labour Sally Lupton945.8−4.9
Labour Tim Langley724.4−2.3
Majority
Turnout 1,62834.06
Registered electors
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Oldfield

Oldfield (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Borough First Helen Taylor* 1,015 53.0 +12.8
Borough First Geoffrey Hill* 992 51.8 +7.6
Conservative Seema Goyal73138.2+3.8
Conservative Jade Jones54328.4−2.0
Labour Louise Fairlie30716.0+4.0
Majority
Turnout 1,92436.21
Registered electors
Borough First hold Swing
Borough First hold Swing

Old Windsor

Old Windsor (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
OWRA Lynne Jones* 1,419 79.1 +5.3
OWRA Neil Knowles* 1,224 68.2 +4.0
Conservative Peter Auger27415.3−9.5
Labour Roy Reeves25414.2+6.7
Conservative Colin Blackwell25013.9−2.1
Majority
Turnout 1,79532.08
Registered electors
OWRA hold Swing
OWRA hold Swing

Pinkneys Green

Pinkneys Green (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Clive Baskerville* 1,832 76.5 +26.2
Liberal Democrats Simon Werner* 1,819 76.0 +18.9
Conservative Martyn Cook35514.8−15.5
Conservative Bern Guly31012.9−13.4
Labour Jane Collisson1767.4+2.4
Labour Joseph Freeman1626.8+3.4
Majority
Turnout 2,40543.62
Registered electors
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Riverside

Riverside (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Kashmir Singh 1,622 63.0 +43.3
Liberal Democrats Richard Coe 1,527 59.3 +38.5
Conservative Sohaib Khan77630.1−7.1
Conservative Toni Tucker62224.1−9.9
Labour Nigel Smith1786.9−1.1
Reform UK Jake Collingwood1234.8N/A
Majority
Turnout 2,58245.81
Registered electors
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing

St Mary's

St Mary's (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Jack Douglas 1,199 65.9 +40.8
Liberal Democrats Gurch Singh* 1,123 61.7 +21.8
Conservative Donna Stimson*47626.2−15.1
Conservative Hillary Su38721.3−18.6
Labour Keith Nicholas29015.9+2.9
Majority
Turnout 1,83135.10
Registered electors
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing

Gurch Singh had been elected as a Conservative in 2019 but had defected to the Liberal Democrats in 2020. [8]

Sunningdale and Cheapside

Sunningdale & Cheapside (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Sayonara Luxton* 736 44.9 −7.8
Conservative Genevieve Gosling 698 42.5 −15.7
Borough First Valerie Pike57435.0−0.2
Borough First Matt Newman48929.8N/A
Liberal Democrats Carolyn Fallon24414.9−2.5
Liberal Democrats Mariano Julia21813.3−1.6
Labour Nigel Hayward17010.4+5.1
Majority
Turnout 1,64135.09
Registered electors
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

By-elections

Ascot & Sunninghill, 17 October 2024

Ascot & Sunninghill
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Sally Coneron 1,264 58.5 +18.4
Liberal Democrats George Jezard70332.5+1.3
Borough First Matt Newman1185.5New
Labour Nigel Hayward743.4–11.6
Majority 56126.0
Turnout 215924.8
Conservative hold Swing +8.6

References

  1. Includes one vacant seat in Belmont ward formerly held by Liberal Democrat councillor John Baldwin until his resignation in March 2023.
  2. Both before and after the election there were two Residents' Associations with two councillors each: Old Windsor (2 councillors) and West Windsor (2 councillors).
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  2. "Your councillors". Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead. Retrieved 4 May 2023.
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  4. "Borough elections 2023". Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead. Retrieved 5 May 2023.
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  6. Oricchio, Elisa (25 May 2023). "New Royal Borough leader and cabinet confirmed at meeting". Maidenhead Advertiser. Retrieved 31 May 2023.
  7. Preston, James (18 May 2023). "New Conservative leader says 'time to rebuild' in Windsor and Maidenhead". Maidenhead Advertiser. Retrieved 31 May 2023.
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