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.[2] 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.[3] It is the only Royal Borough outside Greater London.
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Floods 1
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Towns and villages 2
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Politics 3
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Westminster 3.1
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Local government 3.2
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Parish and town councils 3.3
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Education 4
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Twin towns 5
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References 6
Floods
As with many other parts of the United Kingdom, the Borough was affected by the UK storms of January-February 2014.
Towns and villages
The Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead contains the following towns and villages
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
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 2015.
The political control of the Royal Borough is as follows:[4][5]
57 councillors represent the electorate of 23 wards.[6]
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
The Windsor and Maidenhead LEA provides a comprehensive system, with three-tier schools in Windsor, and two-tier system elsewhere.[7]
Twin towns
The Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead is twinned with the following Towns:
References
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^ Population estimates
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^ The English Non-metropolitan Districts (Definition) Order 1972. SO 1972/2039.
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^ The Berkshire (Structural Change) Order 1996. SI 1996/1879
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^ UK Politics | Local Elections 2000 | Windsor & Maidenhead Royal. BBC News. Retrieved on 17 July 2013.
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^ Election 2007 | Local Council Elections | Windsor & Maidenhead Royal council. BBC News (4 May 2007). Retrieved on 17 July 2013.
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^ "Councillors". The Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead. Retrieved 24 March 2010.
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^ "School system in Windsor to remain as three-tier". Windsor Advertiser. 5 July 2012.
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^ "British towns twinned with French towns". Archant Community Media Ltd. Retrieved 11 July 2013.
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