Maidenhead (UK Parliament constituency)

Maidenhead
County constituency
for the House of Commons
Boundary of Maidenhead in Berkshire.
Location of Berkshire within England.
County	Berkshire
Electorate	74,028 (December 2010)
Current constituency
Created	1997 (1997)
Member of Parliament	Theresa May (Conservative)
Number of members	One
Created from	Windsor & Maidenhead, and Wokingham
Overlaps
European Parliament constituency	South East England

Maidenhead is a county constituency in Berkshire which returns one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the first past the post voting system. The current MP is Theresa May of the Conservative Party, first elected at the 1997 general election.

Boundaries

The constituency was created in 1997 from parts of the seats of Windsor and Maidenhead & Wokingham. It is based on the town of Maidenhead in Berkshire, and the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead. It borders the constituencies of Reading East, Henley, Wycombe, Beaconsfield, Windsor, Bracknell & Wokingham.

Members of Parliament

The constituency has been represented since its creation by Theresa May, the Home Secretary.

Election		Member	Party
	1997	Rt Hon Theresa May	Conservative

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

General Election 2010: Maidenhead
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Theresa May	31,937	59.5	+7.6
	Liberal Democrat	Tony Hill	15,168	28.2	-8.0
	Labour	Pat McDonald	3,795	7.1	-2.1
	UKIP	Kenneth Wright	1,243	2.3	+0.9
	BNP	Tim Rait	825	1.5	+0.1
	Green	Peter Forbes	482	0.9	N/A
	Freedom and Responsibility	Peter Prior	270	0.5	N/A
Majority			16,769	31.2
Turnout			53,720	73.7	+3.4
	Conservative hold		Swing	+7.8
Source BBC

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2005: Maidenhead
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Theresa May	23,312	50.8	+5.8
	Liberal Democrat	Kathy Newbound	17,081	37.3	−0.1
	Labour	Janet Pritchard	4,144	9.0	−6.2
	BNP	Tim Rait	704	1.5	N/A
	UKIP	Douglas Lewis	609	1.3	−0.4
Majority			6,231	13.6	+6.0
Turnout			45,850	71.7	+9.7
	Conservative hold		Swing	+3.0

General Election 2001: Maidenhead
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Theresa May	19,506	45.0	-4.8
	Liberal Democrat	Kathy Newbound	16,222	37.4	+11.2
	Labour	John O'Farrell	6,577	15.2	-2.9
	UKIP	Denis Cooper	741	1.7	+1.2
	Monster Raving Loony	Lord Lloyd of Loonyshire Clarke	272	0.6	N/A
Majority			3,284	7.6
Turnout			43,318	62.0	-13.6
	Conservative hold		Swing

Elections in the 1990s

General Election 1997: Maidenhead
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Theresa May	25,344	49.8
	Liberal Democrat	Andrew Ketteringham	13,363	26.3
	Labour	Denise Robson	9,205	18.1
	Referendum Party	C. Taverner	1,638	3.2
	Liberal	D. Munkley	896	1.8
	UKIP	N. Spiers	277	0.5
	Glow Bowling Party	K. Ardley	166	0.3
Majority			11,981
Turnout				75.6

See also

• List of Parliamentary constituencies in Berkshire