Windsor and Maidenhead (UK Parliament constituency)

Windsor and Maidenhead
Former county constituency for the House of Commons
Boundary of Windsor and Maidenhead in Berkshire for the 1992 general election
Location of Berkshire within England
County	Berkshire
Major settlements	Windsor and Maidenhead
1974 (1974)–1997
Seats	One
Created from	Windsor
Replaced by	Windsor and Maidenhead

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 constituency was created at the February 1974 general election and abolished at the 1997 general election, when it was replaced by the new separate constituencies of Windsor and Maidenhead.

It was a safe Conservative seat throughout its existence.

History

The constituency was formed in 1983 to replace the existing seat of Windsor, with no changes to its composition.

For the 1983 general election, the boundaries were adjusted to reflect the changes to local authorities under the Local Government Act 1972.

In order to effect an increase in Berkshire's representation from 7 to 8 MPs in accordance with the Fourth Periodic Review of Westminster Constituencies, the Windsor and Maidenhead constituency was abolished in 1997 and the two separate constituencies of Maidenhead and Windsor were created.

Boundaries and boundary changes

1974–1983

• The Royal Borough of New Windsor;
• The Municipal Borough of Maidenhead; and
• The Rural Districts of Cookham and Windsor. ^[1]

1983–1997

• The Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead wards of Belmont, Bisham and Cookham, Boyn Hill, Bray, Castle, Clewer North, Clewer South, Cox Green, Eton North and South, Eton West, Furze Platt, Hurley, Oldfield, Park, Pinkneys Green, St Mary's, and Trinity. ^[2]

The constituency gained the small town comprising the former Urban District of Eton which had been transferred from Buckinghamshire to the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead in Berkshire by the Local Government Act and was previously part of the abolished Borough Constituency of Eton and Slough. The area comprising the former Rural District of Windsor, including Old Windsor and Sunninghill, was transferred to the new constituency of East Berkshire.

On abolition, the majority of the electorate, including Maidenhead, Bisham and Cookham was transferred to the new Maidenhead constituency, with Windsor, Eton and Bray added to the re-established Windsor constituency.

Members of Parliament

Election		Member [3]	Party
	Feb 1974	Sir Alan Glyn	Conservative
	1992	Michael Trend	Conservative
	1997	constituency abolished: see Windsor & Maidenhead

Elections

Elections in the 1990s

General election 1992: Windsor and Maidenhead ^{[4] [5]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Michael Trend	35,075	55.5	−1.3
	Liberal Democrats	Jeremy R.G. Hyde	22,147	35.1	+8.1
	Labour	Catherine Attlee	4,975	7.9	−3.3
	Green	Robert N. Williams	510	0.8	−0.4
	Monster Raving Loony	D.N. Askwith	236	0.4	New
	Independent	Edith Bigg	110	0.2	New
	Natural Law	Mike R.S. Grenville	108	0.2	New
Majority			12,928	20.4	−9.4
Turnout			63,161	81.6	+6.2
	Conservative hold		Swing	−4.7

Elections in the 1980s

General election 1987: Windsor and Maidenhead ^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Alan Glyn	33,980	56.84
	Liberal	Stanley Jackson	16,144	27.01
	Labour	Hilary de Lyon	6,678	11.17
	Ind. Conservative	William Board	1,938	3.24
	Green	Peter Gordon	711	1.19	New
	Blancmange Throwers	Pamela Stephenson	328	0.55	New
Majority			17,836	29.83
Turnout			59,779	75.37
	Conservative hold		Swing

General election 1983: Windsor and Maidenhead ^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Alan Glyn	32,191	58.23
	Liberal	Paul Winner	13,988	25.30
	Labour	Valerie Price	6,383	11.55
	Ind. Conservative	WO Board	1,842	3.33	New
	National Front	GFC Gillmore	511	0.92
	Independent	PB Illesley	300	0.54	New
	Wessex Regionalist	Colin Bex	68	0.12
Majority			18,203	32.93
Turnout			55,283	70.32
	Conservative hold		Swing

Elections in the 1970s

General election 1979: Windsor and Maidenhead

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Alan Glyn	38,451	59.66
	Labour	VI Price	13,321	20.67
	Liberal	J Farrand	11,496	17.84
	National Front	P Crowley	930	1.44
	Wessex Regionalist	Colin Bex	251	0.39	New
Majority			25,130	38.99
Turnout			64,449	75.43
	Conservative hold		Swing

General election October 1974: Windsor and Maidenhead

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Alan Glyn	28,013	48.97
	Labour	Michael Golder	15,172	26.52
	Liberal	GH Kahan	14,022	24.51
Majority			12,841	22.45
Turnout			57,207	71.78
	Conservative hold		Swing

General election February 1974: Windsor and Maidenhead

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Alan Glyn	31,022	48.85	−10.00
	Liberal	GH Kahan	16,027	25.24	+13.67
	Labour	Michael Golder	15,413	24.27	−5.31
	Ind. Conservative	DP Funnell	1,041	1.64	New
Majority			14,995	23.61	−5.67
Turnout			63,503	80.43
	Conservative win (new seat)

Notes and references

1. S., Craig, Fred W. (1972). Boundaries of parliamentary constituencies 1885-1972;. Chichester: Political Reference Publications. ISBN   0900178094. OCLC   539011.
2. "The Parliamentary Constituencies (England) Order 1983". www.legislation.gov.uk. Retrieved 3 February 2019.
3. Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "W" (part 4)
4. "Election Data 1992". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
5. "Politics Resources". Election 1992. Politics Resources. 9 April 1992. Retrieved 6 December 2010.
6. "Election Data 1987". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
7. "Election Data 1983". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 28 June 2017.