Eton and Castle (ward)

Eton and Castle is an electoral ward of the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead. It was first used at the 2003 elections. The ward returns councillors to Windsor and Maidenhead Borough Council. It covers Eton, Berkshire and Windsor Castle. The ward was formed in 2003 from all of Eton North and South and parts of the Castle, Eton West and Old Windsor wards. It was subject to a boundary revision in 2019 which increased the number of councillors from one to three.

Eton and Castle
Electoral ward for the Windsor and Maidenhead Borough Council
Eton and Castle ward boundaries since 2019
District	Windsor and Maidenhead
County	Berkshire
Major settlements	Eton, Berkshire
Current electoral ward
Created	2003
Councillors	2003–2019: 1 2019–present: 3
Created from	Eton North and South, Castle, Eton West and Old Windsor
ONS code	00MENL
GSS code	E05002360 (2003–2019) E05012504 (since 2019)

Windsor and Maidenhead council elections since 2019

There was a revision of ward boundaries in Windsor and Maidenhead in 2019. The ward gained territory from Castle Without and Eton Wick and lost territory to Old Windsor.

2023 election

2023 Windsor and Maidenhead Borough Council election: Eton and Castle

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Julian Tisi	1,701	54.6	+32.4
	Liberal Democrats	Devon Davies	1,686	54.2	+28.8
	Liberal Democrats	Mark Wilson	1,667	53.5	+25.3
	Conservative	Samantha Rayner	902	29.0	−21.2
	Conservative	Penelope Banham	869	27.9	−17.6
	Conservative	Shamsul Shelim	670	21.5	−15.2
	Green	Michael Boyle	416	13.3	N/A
	Green	Liam Harrison	310	9.9	N/A
	Labour	Rick Ludovici	285	9.1	−3.7
	Labour	Murtaza Khan	229	7.3	−6.4
Majority
Turnout			3,124	36.94
Registered electors
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

2019 election

2019 Windsor and Maidenhead Borough Council election: Eton and Castle

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Samantha Rayner	1,457	50.2
	Conservative	John Bowden	1,319	45.5
	Conservative	Shamsul Shelim	1,065	36.7
	Liberal Democrats	George Fussey	818	28.2
	Liberal Democrats	Devon Davies	738	25.4
	Liberal Democrats	Julian Tisi	645	22.2
	Borough First	Keith Owen	609	21.0
	Labour	Peter Shearman	398	13.7
	Labour	Riccardo Ludovici	372	12.8
	Labour	Angus Cameron	370	12.8
Turnout			2,900	34.87
	Conservative win (new boundaries)
	Conservative win (new boundaries)
	Conservative win (new boundaries)

2003–2019 Windsor and Maidenhead council elections

Eton and Castle ward boundaries from 2003 to 2019

The ward was created in 2003 from all of Eton North and South and parts of the Castle, Eton West and Old Windsor wards.^[1]

2015 election

The election took place on 7 May 2015.

2015 Windsor and Maidenhead Borough Council election: Eton and Castle

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Malcolm Alexander	503
	Liberal Democrats	Virginia Fussey	460
Turnout				69.14
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing	21.6

2011 by-election

The by-election took place on 11 August 2011.^[2]

2011 Eton and Castle by-election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	George Fussey	208	47.4	+19.6
	Conservative	Adam Demeter	182	41.5	−23.7
	Labour	George Davidson	32	7.3	+0.3
	UKIP	John-Paul Rye	17	3.9	N/A
Majority			26	5.9
Turnout			439	27.9	−28.6
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing	21.7

2011 election

The election took place on 5 May 2011.^[3]

2011 Windsor and Maidenhead Council election: Eton and Castle

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Liam Maxwell	485	64.1	+11.5
	Liberal Democrats	George Fussey	207	27.3	−9.5
	Labour	George Davidson	52	6.9	−3.1
Majority			278	36.7	+20.9
Total formal votes			744	98.3	−1.1
Informal votes			13	1.7	+1.1
Turnout			757	52.6	+14.0
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

2007 election

The election took place on 3 May 2007.^[4][5]

2007 Windsor and Maidenhead Council election: Eton and Castle

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Liam Maxwell	283	52.6	+20.0
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Pratt	198	36.8	−19.2
	Labour	George Davidson	54	10.0	+2.6
Majority			85	15.8
Total formal votes			535	99.4	−0.2
Informal votes			3	0.6	+0.2
Turnout			538	38.6	+8.9
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

2003 election

The election took place on 1 May 2003.^[6][7]

2003 Windsor and Maidenhead Council election: Eton and Castle

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Pratt	309	56.0
	Conservative	Gwyn Collier	180	32.6
	Labour	Jennifer Ward	41	7.4
Majority			129	23.4
Total formal votes			530	99.6
Informal votes			2	0.4
Turnout			532	29.7
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)