Windsor and Maidenhead Borough Council elections

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]

Council elections

Non-metropolitan district elections

1973 Windsor and Maidenhead Borough Council election
1976 Windsor and Maidenhead Borough Council election
1979 Windsor and Maidenhead Borough Council election
1983 Windsor and Maidenhead Borough Council election (New ward boundaries)^[2]
1987 Windsor and Maidenhead Borough Council election
1991 Windsor and Maidenhead Borough Council election (Borough boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same)^[3]
1995 Windsor and Maidenhead Borough Council election

Unitary authority elections

1997 Windsor and Maidenhead Borough Council election
2000 Windsor and Maidenhead Borough Council election
2003 Windsor and Maidenhead Borough Council election (New ward boundaries reduced the number of seats by 1)^[4]^[5]^[6]
2007 Windsor and Maidenhead Borough Council election
2011 Windsor and Maidenhead Borough Council election
2015 Windsor and Maidenhead Borough Council election
2019 Windsor and Maidenhead Borough Council election (New Ward Boundaries and significant reduction in number of seats)^[1]
2023 Windsor and Maidenhead Borough Council election

Borough result maps

2007 results map
2023 results map

By-election results

1997–2000

Trinity By-Election 18 September 1997
Party		Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	682	51.6	−1.5
	Conservative	502	38.0	+5.0
	Labour	103	7.8	−3.1
	Independent	25	1.9	+1.9
	Independent	10	0.8	+0.8
Majority		180	13.6
Turnout		1,322	30.0
	Liberal Democrats hold	Swing

Oldfield By-Election 21 May 1998
Party		Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	737	46.7	+1.8
	Labour	539	34.2	−0.6
	Liberal Democrats	301	19.1	−1.2
Majority		198	12.5
Turnout		1,577	26.4
	Conservative hold	Swing

Park By-Election 4 June 1998
Party		Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	887	52.3	−4.6
	Conservative	724	42.6	+7.7
	Labour	88	5.2	−3.1
Majority		163	9.7
Turnout		1,699	34.0
	Liberal Democrats hold	Swing

Eton Wick By-Election 26 November 1998
Party		Votes	%	±%
	Labour	507	51.5	+15.3
	Conservative	347	35.3	−1.2
	Liberal Democrats	95	9.7	−18.2
	Independent	35	3.6	+3.6
Majority		160	16.2
Turnout		984	50.8
	Labour gain from Conservative	Swing

Sunninghill By-Election 25 March 1999
Party		Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	821	51.2	−4.8
	Liberal Democrats	783	48.8	+18.3
Majority		38	2.4
Turnout		1,604	27.5
	Conservative hold	Swing

2000–2010

Sunninghill By-Election 6 December 2001^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Hilton	752	51.1	−7.0
	Liberal Democrats	Enid Cross	660	44.8	+2.9
	Labour	Kevin Cochrane	60	4.1	+4.1
Majority			92	6.3
Turnout			1,472
	Conservative hold		Swing

Clewer North By-Election 3 October 2002^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Eileen Penfold	599	69.9	+9.9
	Labour	Andrew Foakes	258	30.1	+10.7
Majority			341	39.8
Turnout			857	18.1
	Independent hold		Swing

Clewer North By-Election 31 October 2003^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	John Penfold	544	42.2	+16.5
	Conservative	Peter Smith	325	25.2	+13.0
	Liberal Democrats	Helen Salmon	298	23.1	+15.8
	Labour	Andrew Foakes	121	9.4	+2.4
Majority			219	17.0
Turnout			1,288	22.5
	Independent hold		Swing

Horton and Wraysbury By-Election 16 June 2005^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Colin Rayner	595	54.4	+16.9
	Independent	Ewan Larcombe	499	45.6	−11.9
Majority			96	8.8
Turnout			1,094
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing

Eton Wick By-Election 22 September 2005^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Stephen Smith	405	48.9	+11.8
	Labour	Marie Wilson	250	30.1	−32.8
	Independent	Peter Lawless	115	13.9	+13.9
	Liberal Democrats	Moray Barclay	59	7.1	+7.1
Majority			155	18.8
Turnout			829	49.0
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Sunninghill & South Ascot By-Election 6 April 2006^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Story	1,039	60.5	+12.2
	Liberal Democrats	Enid Cross	679	39.5	+2.6
Majority			360	21.0
Turnout			1,718	38.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

Datchet By-Election 4 October 2007^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Gary Muir	799	63.8	−8.6
	Liberal Democrats	Tim O'Flynn	352	28.1	+12.0
	Independent	Ewan Larcombe	102	8.1	+8.1
Majority			447	35.7
Turnout			1,253	35.8
	Conservative hold		Swing

2011–2015

Park By-Election 6 January 2011^[8]^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Natahsha Lavender	637	64.4	+2.2
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Fagence	156	15.8	−18.0
	Labour	Laura Binnie	149	15.1	+11.0
	Independent	Derek Prime	47	4.8	+4.8
Majority			481	48.6
Turnout			989	27
	Conservative hold		Swing

Eton and Castle By-Election 11 August 2011^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	George Fussey	208	47.4	+19.6
	Conservative	Adam Demeter	182	41.5	−23.7
	Labour	George Davidson	32	7.3	+0.3
	UKIP	John-Paul Rye	17	3.9	N/A
Majority			26	5.9
Turnout			439	27.9	−28.6
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing	21.7

Pinkneys Green By-Election 25 October 2012^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Simon Werner	839	43.2	+0.2
	Conservative	Catherine Hollingsworth	831	42.8	−3.3
	UKIP	George Chamberlaine	152	7.8	+7.8
	Labour	Patrick McDonald	121	6.2	−4.7
Majority			8	0.4
Turnout			1,943
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Clewer North By-Election 24 July 2014^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Wisdom da Costa	878	57.7	+57.7
	Conservative	John Collins	486	31.9	−4.6
	Labour	Peter Shearman	158	10.4	−3.0
Majority			392	25.8
Turnout			1,522
	Independent hold		Swing

Cox Green By-Election 11 December 2014^[12]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ross McWilliams	738	50.7	−2.2
	Liberal Democrats	Gareth Jones	315	21.6	−10.9
	UKIP	Lance Carter	278	19.1	+19.1
	Labour	Robert Horner	124	8.5	−1.1
Majority			423	29.1
Turnout			1,455
	Conservative hold		Swing

2015–2019

Maidenhead Riverside By-Election 10 March 2016^[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Judith Diment	916	53.4	+4.5
	Liberal Democrats	Saghir Ahmed	397	23.2	+7.7
	Independent	Jeff Lloyd	162	9.5	+9.5
	Labour	Nigel Smith	144	8.4	−4.3
	UKIP	George Chamberlaine	95	5.5	−5.8
Majority			519	30.3
Turnout			1,714
	Conservative hold		Swing

Sunninghill and South Ascot By-Election 23 June 2016^[14]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Julian Sharpe	1,443	57.2	+15.1
	Labour	Spike Humphrey	601	23.8	+13.2
	Liberal Democrats	Tamasin Barnbrook	264	10.5	−2.5
	UKIP	Nicole Fowler	214	8.5	−1.8
Majority			842	33.4
Turnout			2,522
	Conservative hold		Swing

Clewer North By-Election 4 May 2017^[15]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Wisdom da Costa	805	35.5	+1.5
	Conservative	Lars Swann	784	34.6	−11.9
	Liberal Democrats	Amy Tisi	405	17.9	+17.9
	Labour	Michael Boyle	273	12.0	−7.5
Majority			21	0.9
Turnout			2,267
	Independent gain from Conservative		Swing

Datchet By-Election 22 November 2018^[16]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Cannon	525	56.0	−3.0
	Flood Prevention	Ewan Larcombe	223	23.8	+23.8
	Labour	Deborah Foster	121	12.9	−8.5
	Liberal Democrats	Tim O'Flynn	48	5.1	−14.5
	Green	Christopher Moss	21	2.2	+2.2
Majority			302	0.9
Turnout			938
	Conservative hold		Swing

2019–2023

Riverside By-Election 30 October 2019^[17]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Gregory Jones	794	41.1	+5.7
	Liberal Democrats	Kashmir Singh	566	29.3	+9.5
	Borough First	Claire Stretton	428	22.1	−6.1
	Labour	Sharon Bunce	70	3.6	−4.0
	Green	Craig McDermott	60	3.1	−5.9
	Women's Equality	Deborah Mason	16	0.8	+0.8
Majority			228	11.8
Turnout			1,934
	Conservative hold		Swing

2023–2027

Ascot and Sunninghill By-Election 17 October 2024^[18]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Sally Coneron	1,264	58.5
	Liberal Democrats	George Jezard	703	32.6
	Borough First	Matt Newman	118	5.5
	Labour	Nigel Hayward	74	3.4
Majority			561	26.0
Turnout			2,159
	Conservative hold		Swing

References

^ ^a ^b "The Windsor and Maidenhead (Electoral Changes) Order 2018", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, SI 2018/1272, retrieved 5 May 2023
^ The Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1980
^ legislation.gov.uk - The Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Hampshire, Oxfordshire and Surrey (County Boundaries) Order 1991. Retrieved on 5 November 2015.
^ legislation.gov.uk - The Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead (Electoral Changes) Order 2002. Retrieved on 4 October 2015.
^ "Local elections". * BBC News Online. Retrieved 26 November 2010.
^ "Councillors". The Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead. Retrieved 24 March 2010.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h "Borough By-Election Results". The Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead. Retrieved 24 March 2010.
^ "'Grim day' for Lib Dems in Windsor by-election". Maidenhead Advertiser. 7 January 2011. Retrieved 7 January 2011.
^ "New councillor for Park ward". The Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead. Retrieved 7 January 2011.
^ "Local Elections Archive Project — Pinkneys Green Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 21 February 2024.
^ "Local Elections Archive Project — Clewer North Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 21 February 2024.
^ "Local Elections Archive Project — Cox Green Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 21 February 2024.
^ "Local Elections Archive Project — Maidenhead Riverside Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 21 February 2024.
^ "Local Elections Archive Project — Sunninghill and South Ascot Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 21 February 2024.
^ "Local Elections Archive Project — Clewer North Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 21 February 2024.
^ "Local Elections Archive Project — Datchet Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 21 February 2024.
^ "Local Elections Archive Project — Riverside Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 21 February 2024.
^ "Local Elections Archive Project — Ascot and Sunninghill Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 21 February 2024.

External links

[2018order-1] "The Windsor and Maidenhead (Electoral Changes) Order 2018", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, SI 2018/1272, retrieved 5 May 2023

[2] The Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1980

[3] slation.gov.uk - The Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Hampshire, Oxfordshire and Surrey (County Boundaries) Order 1991. Retrieved on 5 November 2015.

[4] slation.gov.uk - The Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead (Electoral Changes) Order 2002. Retrieved on 4 October 2015.

[from-5] "Local elections". * BBC News Online. Retrieved 26 November 2010.

[councillors-6] "Councillors". The Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead. Retrieved 24 March 2010.

[borough-7] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h "Borough By-Election Results". The Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead. Retrieved 24 March 2010.

[grim-8] "'Grim day' for Lib Dems in Windsor by-election". Maidenhead Advertiser. 7 January 2011. Retrieved 7 January 2011.

[park-9] "New councillor for Park ward". The Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead. Retrieved 7 January 2011.

[10] "Local Elections Archive Project — Pinkneys Green Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 21 February 2024.

[11] "Local Elections Archive Project — Clewer North Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 21 February 2024.

[12] "Local Elections Archive Project — Cox Green Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 21 February 2024.

[13] "Local Elections Archive Project — Maidenhead Riverside Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 21 February 2024.

[14] "Local Elections Archive Project — Sunninghill and South Ascot Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 21 February 2024.

[15] "Local Elections Archive Project — Clewer North Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 21 February 2024.

[16] "Local Elections Archive Project — Datchet Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 21 February 2024.

[17] "Local Elections Archive Project — Riverside Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 21 February 2024.

[18] "Local Elections Archive Project — Ascot and Sunninghill Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 21 February 2024.

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