Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead
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| Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead | |
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| Geography | |
| Status: | Unitary, Royal Borough |
| Region: | South East England |
| Ceremonial County: | Berkshire |
| Area: - Total |
Ranked 167th 198.43 km2 (76.61 sq mi) |
| Admin. HQ: | Maidenhead |
| Chief Executive Officer: | Ian Threnholm |
| ONS code: | 00ME |
| Demographics | |
| Population: - Total (2010 est.) - Density |
Ranked 128th 146,100 743 / km² |
| Ethnicity:[1] | 90.2% White 5.4% S.Asian 1.2% Black 1.7% Mixed Race 1.4% Chinese or Other |
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| The Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead http://www.rbwm.gov.uk/ |
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| Leadership: | Leader & Cabinet |
| Executive: | Conservative |
| MPs: | Adam Afriyie, Theresa May |
The Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead is a Royal Borough of Berkshire, in South East England. It became a unitary authority on 1 April 1998.
It is home to Windsor Castle, Eton College, Legoland and Ascot Racecourse.
The borough was formed on 1 April 1974 as a non-metropolitan district of Berkshire, under the Local Government Act 1972, from parts of the former administrative counties of Berkshire and Buckinghamshire. From Berkshire came the boroughs of Maidenhead and Windsor, and the rural districts of Cookham and Windsor, and from Buckinghamshire came the Eton urban district, and the parishes of Datchet, Horton and Wraysbury from the rural district of Eton.[2] It inherited royal borough status from Windsor, the site of Windsor Castle.
During 2009 the Royal Borough's Youth Cabinet, along with other local authorities within Berkshire agreed to set up a new Local Authority within Berkshire, responsible for Youth Rights and Youth Services. The 'Berkshire County Youth Council' has developed to now include Slough Borough Council.
It gained unitary authority status in 1998 with the abolition of Berkshire County Council.[3]
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[edit] Towns and villages
The Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead contains the following towns and villages
[edit] Politics
[edit] Westminster
The Royal Borough is represented at Westminster by two Members of Parliament of the Conservative Party: Adam Afriyie (Windsor) and Theresa May (Maidenhead). The UK Parliamentary constituency of Maidenhead has been held by the Conservative Party since its creation in 1997, while the UK Parliamentary constituency of Windsor has been held by the Conservative Party since its creation in 1874. The two seats are considered to be safe Conservative seats.
[edit] Local government
The Royal Borough is currently under a Conservative administration. Elections for councillors to the Royal Borough take place every four years; the last took place in 2011.
The political control of the Royal Borough is as follows:[4][5]
| Party in control | Years |
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| Conservative | 1973 - 1991 |
| No overall control | 1991 - 1995 |
| Liberal Democrats | 1995 - 1997 |
| No overall control | 1997 - 2003 |
| Liberal Democrats | 2003 - 2007 |
| Conservative | 2007 - present |
The 23 wards of the Royal Borough are represented by 57 councillors as follows:[6]
| Ward | Party | Councillor(s) |
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| Ascot and Cheapside | Conservative | David Hilton, Duncan McBride |
| Belmont | Conservative | Sinead Abbott, Phil Love, Marion Mills |
| Bisham and Cookham | Conservative | Richard Kellaway, Michael Saunders, John Stretton |
| Boyn Hill | Conservative | Christian Harris, Paul Lion, Claire Stretton |
| Bray | Conservative | David Burbage, David Coppinger, Leo Walters |
| Castle Without | Conservative | George Bathurst, Catherine Bursnall, Sue Evans |
| Clewer East | Conservative | Tom Bursnall, Eileen Quick |
| Clewer North | West Windsor Residents’ Association | Cynthia Endacott, John Fido, John Penfold |
| Clewer South | Conservative | James Evans, Simon Meadowcroft |
| Cox Green | Conservative | Paul Brimacombe, Clive Bullock, Alan Mellins |
| Datchet | Conservative | Jesse Grey, Gary Muir |
| Eton and Castle | Liberal Democrats | George Fussey |
| Eton Wick | Conservative | Peter Lawless |
| Furze Platt | Conservative | Mohammed Ilyas, Hari Sharma, Derek Sharp |
| Horton and Wraysbury | Conservative | John Lenton, Colin Rayner |
| Hurley and Walthams | Conservative | Carwyn Cox, David Evans, Maureen Hunt |
| Maidenhead Riverside | Conservative | Simon Dudley, Andrew Jenner, Adam Smith |
| Oldfield | Conservative | Geoffrey Hill, Asghar Majeed, Derek Wilson |
| Old Windsor | Old Windsor Residents’ Association | Malcolm Beer, Lynne Jones |
| Park | Conservative | Natasha Airey, Phillip Bicknell |
| Pinkneys Green | Mixed | Wilson Hendry (Con), Charles Hollingsworth (Con), Kathy Newbound (LD) |
| Sunningdale | Conservative | Christine Bateson, Sayonara Luxton |
| Sunninghill and South Ascot | Conservative | Peter Comber, John Story, Lynda Yong |
[edit] Parish and town councils
There are 14 parish councils and 1 town council in the borough. They are: Bisham, Bray, Cookham, Cox Green, Datchet, Eton (town), Horton, Hurley, Old Windsor, Shottesbrooke, Sunningdale, Sunninghill and Ascot, Waltham St Lawrence, White Waltham, Wraysbury.
The towns of Maidenhead and Windsor are unparished.
[edit] Twin towns
The Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead is twinned with the following Towns:
Neuilly-sur-Seine, France - established 1955 with Royal Borough of New Windsor.- Saint-Cloud, France - established 1957 with Maidenhead.
Bad Godesberg, Germany - established 1960 with Maidenhead.- Goslar, Germany - established 1969 with Royal Borough of New Windsor.
Frascati, Italy - established 1972 with Maidenhead.
Kortrijk, Belgium - established 1981 with Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead.
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