Maidenhead is a market town in the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead in the county of Berkshire,England. It lies on the southwestern bank of the River Thames,which at this point forms the border with Buckinghamshire. In the 2021 Census,the Maidenhead built-up area had a population of 67,375. The town is 27 miles (43 km) west of Charing Cross,London and 13 miles (21 km) east-northeast of Reading.
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.
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.
Surrey Heath is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2024 by Al Pinkerton,a Liberal Democrat. The Home counties suburban constituency is in the London commuter belt,on the outskirts of Greater London. Surrey Heath is in the north west of Surrey and borders the counties of Berkshire and Hampshire.
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.
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.
Caroline Valerie Pidgeon,Baroness Pidgeon,,is a British politician. She served as the leader of the Liberal Democrats in the London Assembly from 2010 to 2024,and was a member of the London Assembly (AM) from 2008 to 2024. Pidgeon was a councillor on Southwark London Borough Council from 1998 to 2010 and has been a member of the House of Lords since 2024.
The Liberal Democrats are a liberal political party in the United Kingdom,founded in 1988. They are based at Liberal Democrat Headquarters,in Westminster,and the current leader of the party is Ed Davey. They are the third-largest party in the United Kingdom,with 72 members of Parliament (MPs) in the House of Commons. They have 77 members of the House of Lords,four members of the Scottish Parliament,one member in the Welsh Senedd,and more than 3,000 local council seats. The party holds a twice-per-year Liberal Democrat Conference,at which party policy is formulated. In contrast to its main opponents' rules,the Liberal Democrats grant all members attending its Conference the right to vote on party policy,under a one member,one vote system. The party also allows its members to vote online for its policies and in the election of a new leader.
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.
The 2006 Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 4 May 2006 to elect members of Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council in the West Midlands,England. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative Party stayed in overall control of the council.
The 2007 Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 4 May 2007 to elect members of Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council in the West Midlands,England. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative Party lost overall control of the council to no overall control.
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.
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.
Wera Benedicta Hobhouse is a British-German Liberal Democrat politician who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Bath since 2017.
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.
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.
Joshua Thomas Aderele Babarinde is a British Liberal Democrat politician and social entrepreneur who has been Member of Parliament (MP) for Eastbourne since 2024.
Clive Richard Jones is a British Liberal Democrat politician who has been Member of Parliament (MP) for Wokingham since 2024. Jones was a member of Wokingham Borough Council from 2016 to 2024 and served as the leader of the council in 2022–2023. Before entering politics,he worked in the toy-manufacturing industry.
