Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead

Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead
Unitary authority, Borough, Royal borough
Shown within Berkshire
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Constituent country	England
Region	South East England
Ceremonial county	Berkshire
Status	Unitary authority
Incorporated	1 April 1974
Admin HQ	Maidenhead
Government
• Type	Unitary authority
• Body	Windsor and Maidenhead Borough Council
• Leadership	Leader & Cabinet (Conservative)
• MPs	Adam Afriyie, Theresa May
Area
• Total	76.61 sq mi (198.43 km2)
• Rank	146th (of 296)
Population  (2022)
• Total	154,738
• Rank	138th (of 296)
• Density	2,000/sq mi (780/km2)
• Ethnicity	90.2% White 5.4% S.Asian 1.2% Black 1.7% Mixed Race 1.4% Chinese or Other
Time zone	UTC0 (GMT)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+1 (BST)
ONS code	00ME (ONS) E06000040 (GSS)
OS grid reference	SU926750
Website	www.rbwm.gov.uk

The Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead is a Royal Borough of Berkshire, in South East England. 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. It inherited royal borough status from Windsor, the site of Windsor Castle.

The local authority is Windsor and Maidenhead Borough Council . It became a unitary authority on 1 April 1998 with the abolition of Berkshire County Council. It is the only Royal Borough outside Greater London.

Towns and villages

The Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead contains the following towns and villages

Ascot Bray Clewer Cookham Datchet Eton

Eton Wick Horton Maidenhead North Ascot (part) Old Windsor South Ascot

Sunningdale Sunninghill Waltham St. Lawrence White Waltham Windsor Wraysbury

Politics

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.

Local government

Main article: Windsor and Maidenhead local elections

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:

Party in control	Years
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:

Ward	Party	Councillor(s)
Ascot and Cheapside	Conservative	David Hilton, Duncan McBride
Belmont	Conservative	Sinead Archer, 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	Mixed	George Bathurst (Con), Catherine Bursnall (UKIP), Sue Evans (Con)
Clewer East	Mixed	Tom Bursnall (UKIP), Eileen Quick (Con)
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	Charles Hollingsworth (Con), Kathy Newbound (LD), Simon Werner (LD)
Sunningdale	Conservative	Christine Bateson, Sayonara Luxton
Sunninghill and South Ascot	Conservative	Peter Comber, John Story, Lynda Yong

Since the election, Councillors Tom and Catherine Bursnall have switched allegance from the Conservative party to the UK Independence Party.

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.

Education

Main article: List of schools in Windsor and Maidenhead

Unlike the rest of Berkshire, the Windsor and Maidenhead LEA uses the three-tier system.

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.