Park (electoral ward)

Park is an electoral ward in Windsor, Berkshire. It is represented by two councillors (Phillip Bicknell and Natasha Airey 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^[2] and is represented by Adam Afriyie of the Conservative Party.

On 1 December 2011, there weare 3,702 voters on the electoral roll for the ward.^[3]

Royal Borough representation

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

Past election results

Royal Borough election, 5 May 2011 ^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Phillip Bicknell	1076
	Conservative	Natasha Lavender	996
	Liberal Democrat	John Edwards	310
	Liberal Democrat	Julie Hartshorn	309
	Labour	Brent Curless	282
Total formal votes
Informal votes			9
Turnout				46.6

Royal Borough by-election, 6 January 2011 ^[5][6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Natasha Lavender	637
	Liberal Democrat	Richard Fagence	156
	Labour	Laura Binnie	149
	Independent	Derek Prime	47
Majority			481
Total formal votes			989
Informal votes
Turnout

Royal Borough election 2007 ^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Phillip Bicknell	1098
	Conservative	Richard Gard	1046
	Liberal Democrat	Michael Scott	596
	Liberal Democrat	Beverley Green	575
	Labour	Brent Curless	72
	Labour	Andrew Gittens	69
Total formal votes			3456
Informal votes			7
Turnout			1781[8]	49.28

Royal Borough election 2003 ^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrat	Michael Scott	854
	Liberal Democrat	Beverley Green	835
	Conservative	Anthony Cross	640
	Conservative	John Henson	634
	Labour	Brent Curless	77
	Labour	Annemarie Price	67
Total formal votes			3107
Informal votes			3
Turnout			1572[10]	37.34

References

1. Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead: Park Ward
2. The Parliamentary Constituencies (England) Order 2007
3. Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead: Park Ward
6. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on April 9, 2010. Retrieved March 24, 2010.
7. Declaration of Result of Poll for the Park ward of the Royal Borough of Windsor & Maidenhead
8. Borough Election Results - May 2007 - Turnout Figures Archived January 12, 2011, at the Wayback Machine.
9. Declaration of Result of Poll for the Park ward of the Royal Borough of Windsor & Maidenhead
10. Borough Election Results - May 2003 - Turnout Figures Archived June 11, 2011, at the Wayback Machine.