Maidenhead (UK Parliament constituency)

Maidenhead is a county constituency in Berkshire which returns one Member of Parliament MP to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the first past the post voting system.

Boundaries

The constituency is based around the town of Maidenhead in Berkshire, and the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead. It borders Reading East, Henley, Wycombe, Beaconsfield, Windsor, Bracknell, and Wokingham.

Members of Parliament

The constituency has had one Member of Parliament since its creation in 1997.

• Constituency created (1997)
• 1997 – present: Theresa May, Conservative

Elections

Confirmed candidates for the next UK general election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Tony Hill
	Conservative	Theresa May
	Labour	Pat McDonald
	UKIP	Kenneth Wright

General Election 2005: Maidenhead

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Theresa May	23,312	50.8	+5.8
	Liberal Democrats	Kathy Newbound	17,081	37.3	−0.1
	Labour	Janet Pritchard	4,144	9.0	−6.2
	BNP	Tim Rait	704	1.5	+1.5
	UKIP	Douglas Lewis	609	1.3	−0.4
Majority			6,231	13.6	+6.0
Turnout			45,850	71.7	+9.7
	Conservative hold		Swing	+3.0

General Election 2001: Maidenhead

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Theresa May	19,506	45.0	-4.8
	Liberal Democrats	Kathy Newbound	16,222	37.4	+11.2
	Labour	John O'Farrell	6,577	15.2	-2.9
	UKIP	Dennis Cooper	741	1.7	+1.2
	Monster Raving Loony	Lord Lloyd of Loonyshire Clarke	272	0.6	N/A
Majority			3,284	7.6
Turnout			43,318	62.0	-13.6
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1997: Maidenhead

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Theresa May	25,344	49.8
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew Ketteringham	13,363	26.3
	Labour	Denise Robson	9,205	18.1
	Referendum	C. Taverner	1,638	3.2
	Liberal	D. Munkley	896	1.8
	UKIP	N. Spiers	277	0.5
	Glow Bowling Party	K. Ardley	166	0.3
Majority			11,981
Turnout				75.6

See also

• List of Parliamentary constituencies in Berkshire