Windsor and Maidenhead Borough Council elections

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Windsor and Maidenhead Borough Council is the local authority for the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead, which is a unitary authority in Berkshire, England. Until 1 April 1998 it was a non-metropolitan district. Elections are held every four years. Since the last boundary changes in 2019 there have been 41 councillors elected from 19 wards. [1]

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Council elections

Composition of the council [2]
Year Conservative Liberal Democrats [a] Labour Borough First Independents
& Others		Council control
after election
Local government reorganisation; council established (59 seats)
1973 5303–3Conservative
1976 5510–3Conservative
1979 5521–1Conservative
New ward boundaries (58 seats)
1983 4860–4Conservative
1987 4290–7Conservative
1991 26250–7No overall control
1995 17322–7Liberal Democrats
Windsor and Maidenhead becomes a unitary authority
1997 22290–7No overall control
2000 29211–7No overall control
New ward boundaries (57 seats)
2003 15341–7Liberal Democrats
2007 36160–5Conservative
2011 5110–5Conservative
2015 5410–2Conservative
New ward boundaries (41 seats)
2019 239036 [b] Conservative
2023 722075 [c] Liberal Democrats

Non-metropolitan district elections

Unitary authority elections

Borough result maps

By-election results

1997–2000

Trinity By-Election 18 September 1997
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats 68251.6−1.5
Conservative 50238.0+5.0
Labour 1037.8−3.1
Independent 251.9+1.9
Independent 100.8+0.8
Majority 18013.6
Turnout 1,32230.0
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Oldfield By-Election 21 May 1998
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative 73746.7+1.8
Labour 53934.2−0.6
Liberal Democrats 30119.1−1.2
Majority 19812.5
Turnout 1,57726.4
Conservative hold Swing
Park By-Election 4 June 1998
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats 88752.3−4.6
Conservative 72442.6+7.7
Labour 885.2−3.1
Majority 1639.7
Turnout 1,69934.0
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Eton Wick By-Election 26 November 1998
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour 50751.5+15.3
Conservative 34735.3−1.2
Liberal Democrats 959.7−18.2
Independent 353.6+3.6
Majority 16016.2
Turnout 98450.8
Labour gain from Conservative Swing
Sunninghill By-Election 25 March 1999
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative 82151.2−4.8
Liberal Democrats 78348.8+18.3
Majority 382.4
Turnout 1,60427.5
Conservative hold Swing

2000–2010

Sunninghill By-Election 6 December 2001 [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative David Hilton75251.1−7.0
Liberal Democrats Enid Cross66044.8+2.9
Labour Kevin Cochrane604.1+4.1
Majority 926.3
Turnout 1,472
Conservative hold Swing
Clewer North By-Election 3 October 2002 [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Eileen Penfold59969.9+9.9
Labour Andrew Foakes25830.1+10.7
Majority 34139.8
Turnout 85718.1
Independent hold Swing
Clewer North By-Election 31 October 2003 [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent John Penfold54442.2+16.5
Conservative Peter Smith32525.2+13.0
Liberal Democrats Helen Salmon29823.1+15.8
Labour Andrew Foakes1219.4+2.4
Majority 21917.0
Turnout 1,28822.5
Independent hold Swing
Horton and Wraysbury By-Election 16 June 2005 [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Colin Rayner59554.4+16.9
Independent Ewan Larcombe49945.6−11.9
Majority 968.8
Turnout 1,094
Conservative gain from Independent Swing
Eton Wick By-Election 22 September 2005 [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Stephen Smith40548.9+11.8
Labour Marie Wilson25030.1−32.8
Independent Peter Lawless11513.9+13.9
Liberal Democrats Moray Barclay597.1+7.1
Majority 15518.8
Turnout 82949.0
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
Sunninghill & South Ascot By-Election 6 April 2006 [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Story1,03960.5+12.2
Liberal Democrats Enid Cross67939.5+2.6
Majority 36021.0
Turnout 1,71838.0
Conservative hold Swing
Datchet By-Election 4 October 2007 [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Gary Muir79963.8−8.6
Liberal Democrats Tim O'Flynn35228.1+12.0
Independent Ewan Larcombe1028.1+8.1
Majority 44735.7
Turnout 1,25335.8
Conservative hold Swing

2011–2015

Park By-Election 6 January 2011 [9] [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Natahsha Lavender63764.4+2.2
Liberal Democrats Richard Fagence15615.8−18.0
Labour Laura Binnie14915.1+11.0
Independent Derek Prime474.8+4.8
Majority 48148.6
Turnout 98927
Conservative hold Swing
Eton and Castle By-Election 11 August 2011 [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats George Fussey20847.4+19.6
Conservative Adam Demeter18241.5−23.7
Labour George Davidson327.3+0.3
UKIP John-Paul Rye173.9N/A
Majority 265.9
Turnout 43927.9−28.6
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing 21.7
Pinkneys Green By-Election 25 October 2012 [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Simon Werner83943.2+0.2
Conservative Catherine Hollingsworth83142.8−3.3
UKIP George Chamberlaine1527.8+7.8
Labour Patrick McDonald1216.2−4.7
Majority 80.4
Turnout 1,943
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing
Clewer North By-Election 24 July 2014 [12]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Wisdom da Costa87857.7+57.7
Conservative John Collins48631.9−4.6
Labour Peter Shearman15810.4−3.0
Majority 39225.8
Turnout 1,522
Independent hold Swing
Cox Green By-Election 11 December 2014 [13]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Ross McWilliams73850.7−2.2
Liberal Democrats Gareth Jones31521.6−10.9
UKIP Lance Carter27819.1+19.1
Labour Robert Horner1248.5−1.1
Majority 42329.1
Turnout 1,455
Conservative hold Swing

2015–2019

Maidenhead Riverside By-Election 10 March 2016 [14]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Judith Diment 91653.4+4.5
Liberal Democrats Saghir Ahmed39723.2+7.7
Independent Jeff Lloyd1629.5+9.5
Labour Nigel Smith1448.4−4.3
UKIP George Chamberlaine955.5−5.8
Majority 51930.3
Turnout 1,714
Conservative hold Swing
Sunninghill and South Ascot By-Election 23 June 2016 [15]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Julian Sharpe1,44357.2+15.1
Labour Spike Humphrey60123.8+13.2
Liberal Democrats Tamasin Barnbrook26410.5−2.5
UKIP Nicole Fowler2148.5−1.8
Majority 84233.4
Turnout 2,522
Conservative hold Swing
Clewer North By-Election 4 May 2017 [16]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Wisdom da Costa80535.5+1.5
Conservative Lars Swann78434.6−11.9
Liberal Democrats Amy Tisi40517.9+17.9
Labour Michael Boyle27312.0−7.5
Majority 210.9
Turnout 2,267
Independent gain from Conservative Swing
Datchet By-Election 22 November 2018 [17]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative David Cannon52556.0−3.0
Flood Prevention Ewan Larcombe22323.8+23.8
Labour Deborah Foster12112.9−8.5
Liberal Democrats Tim O'Flynn485.1−14.5
Green Christopher Moss212.2+2.2
Majority 3020.9
Turnout 938
Conservative hold Swing

2019–2023

Riverside By-Election 30 October 2019 [18]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Gregory Jones79441.1+5.7
Liberal Democrats Kashmir Singh56629.3+9.5
Borough First Claire Stretton42822.1−6.1
Labour Sharon Bunce703.6−4.0
Green Craig McDermott603.1−5.9
Women's Equality Deborah Mason160.8+0.8
Majority 22811.8
Turnout 1,934
Conservative hold Swing

2023–2027

Ascot and Sunninghill By-Election 17 October 2024 [19]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Sally Coneron1,26458.5
Liberal Democrats George Jezard70332.6
Borough First Matt Newman1185.5
Labour Nigel Hayward743.4
Majority 56126.0
Turnout 2,159
Conservative hold Swing

Notes

  1. ↑ Includes totals for the predecessors of the Liberal Democrats, the Liberal Party and SDP (both of which participated in the Alliance).
  2. ↑ 5 Residents, 1 Flood Prevention
  3. ↑ 4 Residents, 1 Flood Prevention

References

  1. 1 2 "The Windsor and Maidenhead (Electoral Changes) Order 2018", legislation.gov.uk , The National Archives, SI 2018/1272, retrieved 5 May 2023
  2. ↑ "Composition calculator". Colin Rallings & Michael Thrasher . The Elections Centre, Plymouth University . Retrieved 14 May 2025.
  3. ↑ The Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1980
  4. ↑ legislation.gov.uk - The Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Hampshire, Oxfordshire and Surrey (County Boundaries) Order 1991. Retrieved on 5 November 2015.
  5. ↑ legislation.gov.uk - The Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead (Electoral Changes) Order 2002. Retrieved on 4 October 2015.
  6. ↑ "Local elections". * BBC News Online . Retrieved 26 November 2010.
  7. ↑ "Councillors". The Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead. Retrieved 24 March 2010.
  8. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "Borough By-Election Results". The Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead. Retrieved 24 March 2010.
  9. ↑ "'Grim day' for Lib Dems in Windsor by-election". Maidenhead Advertiser . 7 January 2011. Retrieved 7 January 2011.
  10. ↑ "New councillor for Park ward". The Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead . Retrieved 7 January 2011.
  11. ↑ "Local Elections Archive Project — Pinkneys Green Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 21 February 2024.
  12. ↑ "Local Elections Archive Project — Clewer North Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 21 February 2024.
  13. ↑ "Local Elections Archive Project — Cox Green Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 21 February 2024.
  14. ↑ "Local Elections Archive Project — Maidenhead Riverside Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 21 February 2024.
  15. ↑ "Local Elections Archive Project — Sunninghill and South Ascot Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 21 February 2024.
  16. ↑ "Local Elections Archive Project — Clewer North Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 21 February 2024.
  17. ↑ "Local Elections Archive Project — Datchet Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 21 February 2024.
  18. ↑ "Local Elections Archive Project — Riverside Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 21 February 2024.
  19. ↑ "Local Elections Archive Project — Ascot and Sunninghill Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 21 February 2024.
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