Horton and Wraysbury

Horton and Wraysbury is an electoral ward represented by two councillors (John Lenton and Colin Rayner of the Conservative Party) in the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead.^[1] Nationally, the ward forms part of the UK Parliamentary constituency of Windsor and is represented by Adam Afriyie of the Conservative Party.

The ward comprises the Queen Mother Reservoir.

When the electoral register was updated following the 2011 annual canvass, there were 3,875 voters appearing on the roll for the ward.

Electorate

The number of registered voters (British, Irish, European Union and Commonwealth citizens aged 16 or over) appearing on the electoral roll published for the ward are as follows:

1 December 2009: 3,745 electors
1 December 2011: 3,875 electors^[2]

Polling stations

There are two polling stations within the ward - one inside the Village Hall in Wraysbury and the other in the Champney Hall in Horton.

Royal Borough representation

The two seats for the councillor representing the ward in the Royal Borough are determined by the Multi-member plurality system system (the two candidate who receive the plurality of the votes cast). Royal Borough elections are held every four years.

Past election results

Royal Borough election 2011 ^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Colin Rayner	1170
	Conservative	John Lenton	1033
	Independent	Ewan Larcombe	491
	Labour	Peter Ward	255
Total formal votes
Informal votes			11
Turnout				45.0	+1.0

Royal Borough election 2007 ^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Colin Rayner	1303
	Conservative	John Lenton	1201
	Independent	Ewan Larcombe	410
	Liberal Democrat	Matthew Jackson	92
	Liberal Democrat	Martin Pritchett	66
Total formal votes			1677	99.9
Informal votes			1	0.1
Turnout			1678^[5]	43.98

Royal Borough by-election 2005 ^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Colin Rayner	595
	Independent	Ewan Larcombe	499
Total formal votes			1094
Informal votes
Turnout

Royal Borough election 2003 ^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Donald Gregory	790
	Independent	Richard Bertram	722
	Conservative	Duncan Parker	516
	Conservative	David Martin	474
	Labour	Paul Rae	69
Total formal votes			1363	99.5
Informal votes			7	0.5
Turnout			1370^[8]	34.7

National representation

Main article: Windsor (UK Parliament constituency)

Between 1983 and 1997, the ward was part of the UK Parliamentary constituency of Windsor and Maidenhead which was continually held by the Conservative Party.

Since 1997, the ward has formed part of the UK Parliamentary constituency of Windsor.^[9] The seat has been held by Adam Afriyie of the Conservative Party since 2005.

References

Electoral wards of the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead

Conservative (19)	Castle Without Clewer South Eton Wick Horton and Wraysbury Park

Liberal Democrats (1)	Eton and Castle

Old Windsor Residents' Association (1)	Old Windsor

West Windsor Residents' Association (1)	Clewer North

Mixed (1)	Pinkneys Green

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