Maidenhead is a market town in the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead in the county of Berkshire,England,on the southwestern bank of the River Thames. In the 2021 Census,it had an estimated population of 70,374 and forms part of the border with southern Buckinghamshire. The town is situated 27 miles (43 km) west of Charing Cross,London and 13 miles (21 km) east-northeast of the county town of Reading. The town differs from the Parliamentary constituency of Maidenhead,which includes a number of outer suburbs and villages,including villages which form part of the Borough of Wokingham such as Twyford,Charvil,Remenham,Ruscombe and Wargrave.
The Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead is a unitary authority area with royal borough status in Berkshire,England. The borough is named after its two largest towns of Maidenhead and Windsor. The borough also includes the towns of Ascot and Eton,plus numerous villages and surrounding rural areas. It is home to Windsor Castle,Eton College,Legoland Windsor and Ascot Racecourse. It is one of only four boroughs in England entitled to be prefixed royal,and the only one of them which is not a London borough.
Wokingham is a constituency of the Parliament of the United Kingdom,located in the English county of Berkshire. From its creation in 1950 until 2024,it was represented solely by Conservatives,most notably,John Redwood,who held his position from 1987 until 2024 when he stepped down after the dissolution of parliament.
Maidenhead is a constituency in Berkshire represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom by Joshua Reynolds,a Liberal Democrat,since 2024. Following its creation at the 1997 general election,the seat was held for twenty-seven years by Conservative Member of Parliament Theresa May,who served as Home Secretary from 2010 to 2016 and as Prime Minister from 2016 to 2019.
Windsor (/ˈwɪnzə/) is a constituency of the House of Commons in the UK Parliament represented since 2024 by Jack Rankin of the Conservative Party. It was re-created for the 1997 general election after it was abolished following the 1970 general election and replaced by the Windsor and Maidenhead constituency.
Bracknell is a constituency in Berkshire represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2024 by Peter Swallow,from the Labour Party. It was created for the 1997 general election,largely replacing the abolished county constituency of East Berkshire.
Windsor and Maidenhead was a county constituency in the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead in Berkshire. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
The Barking by-election was held on 9 June 1994,following the death of Labour Party Member of Parliament for Barking Jo Richardson. Richardson had represented the seat since the February 1974 general election,following Tom Driberg.
The 2003 Windsor and Maidenhead Borough Council election took place on 1 May 2003 to elect members of Windsor and Maidenhead Unitary Council in Berkshire,England. The whole council was up for election with boundary changes since the last election in 2000 reducing the number of seats by 1. The Liberal Democrats gained overall control of the council from no overall control.
The 2007 Windsor and Maidenhead Borough Council election took place on 3 May 2007 to elect members of Windsor and Maidenhead Unitary Council in Berkshire,England. The whole council was up for election and the Conservative Party gained overall control of the council from the Liberal Democrats.
Windsor and Maidenhead Borough Council is the local authority for the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead,a local government district in Berkshire,England. Since 1998,the council has been a unitary authority,being a district council which also performs the functions of a county council.
The 2015 Windsor and Maidenhead Borough Council election took place on 7 May 2015 to elect all members of the council of the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead in England. This was on the same day as other local elections and coincided with the 2015 United Kingdom general election.
Tania Wyn Mathias is a British ophthalmologist and Conservative Party politician. She served as the Member of Parliament for Twickenham from May 2015 to June 2017.
William James Quince is a British Conservative Party politician and former lawyer who served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Colchester from 2015 to 2024. Quince was also Minister of State for Health and Secondary Care from September 2022 to November 2023.
This is a summary of the electoral history of Theresa May,who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Leader of the Conservative Party from 2016 to 2019. She was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Maidenhead from 1997 to 2024.
Damien James Egan is a British Labour politician serving as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Bristol North East,previously Kingswood,since 2024. He was previously the Mayor of Lewisham in Greater London from 2018 to 2024.
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.
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. 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.
Jack Michael Rankin is a British Conservative Party politician who has been Member of Parliament (MP) for Windsor since 2024. Before being elected,he worked as an energy markets professional,having a career background in commodity trading and corporate finance. He was a councillor for Windsor and Maidenhead Borough Council between 2015 and 2019.
The Borough First Independents (tBfI) is a locally based political party in the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead in Berkshire,England. Founded in 2018,the party currently forms the administration of Windsor and Maidenhead Borough Council in coalition with the Liberal Democrats and the Old Windsor Residents Association.
