Windsor (UK Parliament constituency)

Windsor
County constituency
for the House of Commons
Boundary of Windsor in Berkshire.
Location of Berkshire within England.
County	Berkshire
Electorate	70,633 (December 2010)[1]
Current constituency
Created	1997 (1997)
Member of Parliament	Adam Afriyie (Conservative)
Number of members	One
Created from	Windsor & Maidenhead
1918 (1918)–1974 (1974)
Number of members	One
Type of constituency	County constituency
Replaced by	Windsor & Maidenhead
1424 (1424)–1918 (1918)
Number of members	Two until 1868, then one
Type of constituency	Borough constituency
Overlaps
European Parliament constituency	South East England

Windsor is a county constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. In its modern form, it elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first-past-the-post system of election.

Boundaries

The constituency covers the town of Windsor and various portions of the surrounding area, in Berkshire. It should be noted that from 1974 the local government county boundary changed to add to Berkshire part of the territory north of the Thames. The Eton and Slough areas thus became eligible to be joined with Windsor in a Berkshire county constituency.

Before 1868: The parliamentary borough of Windsor (sometimes known as New Windsor to distinguish it from the nearby settlement of Old Windsor) was based upon a town in the eastern part of the county of Berkshire in South East England, which grew up around Windsor Castle.

1868-1918: The boundaries of the parliamentary borough were extended by the Parliamentary Boundaries Act 1868 (31 & 32 Vict., c. 46). The north boundary of the constituency was on the River Thames, which was then the border between Buckinghamshire and Berkshire. In 1868-1885 the constituency was surrounded to the north by the Buckinghamshire seat. The rest of the borough was adjacent to the Berkshire county constituency. Between 1885-1918 the seat to the north of the Thames was the Wycombe division of Buckinghamshire and the other neighbouring constituency was the Wokingham division of Berkshire.

1918-1950: The parliamentary borough was abolished and replaced by a county division named after Windsor. The local government areas (as they existed in 1918) which comprised the constituency were the Municipal Boroughs of New Windsor, and Maidenhead, with the Rural Districts of Cookham, Easthampstead, Windsor and a part of Wokingham.

1950-1974: The constituency was reduced in size by the Representation of the People Act 1948, so it comprised the Municipal Boroughs of New Windsor and Maidenhead, with the Rural Districts of Cookham and Windsor. In 1974 much the same area (by then about to become part of the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead established that year), was included in a new constituency named Windsor and Maidenhead.

1997-2010: When the Windsor constituency was re-created it no longer linked the town of the same name with Maidenhead to the west, for parliamentary purposes. Instead the town of Windsor was joined with Eton and part of Slough north of the Thames. The Parliamentary Constituemcies (England) Order 1995 (SI 1995/1626) defined the constituency. It included, from the Borough of Bracknell Forest, the wards of Ascot, Cranbourne and St Mary's. The Borough of Slough contributed Foxborough ward. The remainder of the seat, in the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead, comprised the wards of Bray, Castle, Clewer North, Clewer South, Datchet, Eton North and South, Eton West, Horton and Wraysbury, Old Windsor, Park, Sunningdale and South Ascot, Sunninghill and Trinity.

In 1998 there was a small re-alignment of county boundaries in the north east corner of Berkshire. This transferred to Berks one polling district from Surrey (being a part of that local government county located in the historic county of Middlesex) and another from Buckinghamshire. Some constituency boundaries were re-defined by The Parliamentary Constituencies (England) (Miscellaneous Changes) Order 1998 (SI 1998/3152). The new Slough ward of Colnbrook and Poyle (since re-named Colnbrook with Poyle) was added to Windsor constituency. This change probably involved less than a thousand electors (as the third polling district in the new ward was taken from Foxborough ward, which was already in the constituency).

2010–present: Under The Parliamentary Constituencies (England) Order 2007 (SI 2007/1681), the constituency presently comprises:-

From the Borough of Bracknell Forest: Ascot, Binfield with Warfield, Warfield Harvest Rise, and Winkfield and Cranbourne wards.

From the Borough of Slough: Colnbrook with Poyle ward.

From the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead: Ascot and Cheapside, Castle Without, Clewer East, Clewer North, Clewer South, Datchet, Eton and Castle, Eton Wick, Horton and Wraysbury, Old Windsor, Park, Sunningdale, Sunninghill and South Ascot wards.

History

Windsor has had parliamentary representation for centuries, first sending a member in 1301, and continuously from 1424. It elected two Members of Parliament until 1868, when the constituency was reformed and its representation reduced to one MP. In 1974, the constituency was abolished and a similar one, Windsor and Maidenhead was created. However, in 1997 the constituency was recreated.

The pre-1832 franchise of the borough was held by inhabitants paying scot and lot (a local tax). On 2 May 1689 the House of Commons had decided that the electorate should be limited to the members of Windsor Corporation. This was disputed after the next election, in 1690, when the Mayor submitted two returns of different members. The House of Commons reversed the decision of the previous Parliament and confirmed the scot and lot franchise.

There were 278 electors in 1712. Namier and Brooke estimated that, in 1754-1790, there were about 300 electors. In 1832 a new property based franchise replaced the scot and lot qualification. Under the new system, there were 507 registered electors in 1832.

The early political history of the area was strongly influenced by the monarch and members of his or her family. Windsor Castle has been an important royal residence throughout the history of the constituency.

During part of the 18th century the Duke of Cumberland (son of King George II) and the Beauclerk family (descended from King Charles II) had political interests in the borough.

King George III became personally involved in the hotly contested 1780 general election. George encouraged local landowner Peniston Portlock Powney to stand by paying him £2,500 from the King's personal account. The King wished to defeat Admiral Keppel, one of the incumbent members. The monarch went so far as to canvass tradesmen who dealt with the royal household. After this royal interference in the election, Keppel only lost by 16 votes. Namier and Brooke suggest the Windsor electorate had an independent streak and were difficult to manage.

The borough representatives before the Reform Act 1832 included soldiers and people connected with the Royal Household, such as Sir Richard Hussey Vivian (MP 1826-1831) and Sir Herbert Taylor (MP 1820-1823). The constituency also returned politicians prominent in national politics, like the Duke of Wellington's elder brother the Earl of Mornington in the 1780s and 1790s or the future Prime Minister Edward Stanley (subsequently the Earl of Derby) in the early 1830s).

The Ramsbottom family filled one seat from 1806 until 1845. The borough had been loyal to the King's Pittite/Tory ministers in the late 18th and early 19th centuries, but became more favourable to the Whig interest after John Ramsbottom (MP 1810-1845) was elected.

By the 1860s the monarch had ceased to interfere in local affairs. The borough fell under the patronage of Colonel R. Richardson-Gardner. Richardson-Gardner was a local landowner, who caused some animosity when following the 1868 general election he evicted tenants who did not support him at the polls. This was the last Parliamentary election the Conservatives lost in Windsor.

Despite (or perhaps because of) his methods, Richardson-Gardner was elected to Parliament in 1874. Successive Conservative MPs, before the First World War, had considerable influence in the constituency; especially when they subscribed generously to local institutions such as a hospital.

The county division created in 1918 combined the town of Windsor, with territory to its west, south and east which had formerly been in the Wokingham division. The incumbent MP for Wokingham up to 1918, Ernest Gardner, was the first representative of the expanded Windsor constituency. The Conservative Party retained the seat continuously, until 1974 when a Windsor constituency temporarily disappeared from the House of Commons.

The re-created constituency, from 1997, has remained reliably Conservative. Despite some Liberal Democrat strength in local elections, particularly in the town of Windsor itself, affluent villages and small towns such as Ascot, Sunninghill and Sunningdale have continued to contribute to Conservative majorities.

Members of Parliament

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Burgesses in the English Parliament 1510-1707

As there were sometimes significant gaps between Parliaments held in this period, the dates of first assembly and dissolution are given. Where the name of the member has not yet been ascertained or (in the 16th century) is not recorded in a surviving document, the entry unknown is entered in the table.

The Roman numerals after some names are those used in The House of Commons 1509-1558 and The House of Commons 1558-1603 to distinguish a member from another politician of the same name.

Elected	Assembled	Dissolved	First Member	Second Member
1510	21 January 1510	23 February 1510	John Welles	William Pury
1512	4 February 1512	4 March 1514	John Welles	Thomas Rider
1515	5 February 1515	22 December 1515	John Welles	Thomas Rider
1523	15 April 1523	13 August 1523	unknown	unknown
1529	3 November 1529	14 April 1536	Thomas Warde	William Simonds
1536	8 June 1536	18 July 1536	unknown	unknown
1539	28 April 1539	24 July 1540	unknown	unknown
1542	16 January 1542	28 March 1544	Richard Warde	William Simonds
1545	23 November 1545	31 January 1547	Thomas Legh[2]	unknown
1547	4 November 1547	15 April 1552	Richard Warde	Edward Weldon [3]
By January 1552				Thomas Little
1553	1 March 1553	31 March 1553	Richard Warde	Richard Amyce
1553	5 October 1553	5 December 1553	Richard Warde	Thomas Good
1554	2 April 1554	3 May 1554	Richard Warde	Thomas Butler II
1554	12 November 1554	16 January 1555	Richard Warde	William Norreys
1555	21 October 1555	9 December 1555	Richard Warde	William Norreys
14 January 1558	20 January 1558	17 November 1558	William Hanley	William Norreys
5 January 1559	23 January 1559	8 May 1559	Thomas Weldon	Roger Amyce
1562 or 1563	11 January 1563	2 January 1567	Richard Gallys	John Gresham
1571	2 April 1571	29 May 1571	John Thomson	Humphrey Michell
12 April 1572	8 May 1572	19 April 1583	Edmund Dockwra	Richard Gallys [3]
1576				Humphrey Michell
16 November 1584	23 November 1584	14 September 1585	Henry Neville	John Croke III
28 September 1586	13 October 1586	23 March 1587	Henry Neville	George Woodward
10 October 1588	4 February 1589	29 March 1589	Henry Neville [4]	Edward Hake
26 October 1588			Edward Neville I
1593	18 February 1593	10 April 1593	Henry Neville	Edward Neville II
16 October 1597	24 October 1597	9 February 1598	Julius Caesar	John Norreys
1 October 1601	27 October 1601	19 December 1601	Julius Caesar	(Sir) John Norreys
1604	19 March 1604	9 February 1611	Samuel Backhouse	Thomas Durdent Sir Francis Howard
1614	5 April 1614	7 June 1614	Sir Charles Howard	Samuel Backhouse
1621	16 January 1621	8 February 1622	Sir Charles Howard	Sir Robert Bennet
1624	12 February 1624	27 March 1625	Edward Sayer	Thomas Woodward Sir William Hewitt
1625	17 May 1625	12 August 1625	William Russell	Humphrey Newbury
1626	6 February 1626	15 June 1626	William Russell	Humphrey Newbury
1628	17 March 1628	10 March 1629	William Beecher	Thomas Hewett
1640	13 April 1640	5 May 1640	Sir Arthur Ingram	Sir Richard Harrison
1640	3 November 1640	5 December 1648	Cornelius Holland	William Taylor Richard Winwood (1641)
	6 December 1648 a	20 April 1653 b
1653 c	4 July 1653	12 December 1653	unrepresented	unrepresented
1654 d	3 September 1654	22 January 1655	unrepresented	unrepresented
1656 e	17 September 1656	4 February 1658	unrepresented	unrepresented
1659	27 January 1659	22 April 1659	George Starkey	Christopher Whichcote
N/A f	7 May 1659	20 February 1660	unknown	unknown
	21 February 1660	16 March 1660
3 April 1660	25 April 1660	29 December 1660	Alexander Baker	Roger Palmer
9 April 1661	8 May 1661	24 January 1679	Sir Richard Braham [5]	Thomas Higgons
19 February 1677			Sir Francis Winnington
27 February 1679	6 March 1679	12 July 1679	Sir John Ernle	John Powney
5 April 1679			Richard Winwood	Samuel Starkey
29 August 1679	21 October 1680	18 January 1681	John Powney	John Carey
4 November 1680			Samuel Starkey	Richard Winwood
1681	21 March 1681	28 March 1681	Samuel Starkey	Richard Winwood
28 March 1685	19 May 1685	2 June 1687	William Chiffinch	Richard Graham
11 January 1689	22 January 1689	6 February 1690	Henry Powle	Sir Christopher Wren
23 May 1689				Sir Algernon May
6 March 1690	20 March 1690	11 October 1695	Sir Algernon May	Baptist May
17 May 1690			Sir Charles Porter	William Adderley [6]
20 November 1693				Sir William Scawen
23 October 1695	22 November 1695	6 July 1698	Sir William Scawen	The 4th Viscount Fitzhardinge
21 August 1698	24 August 1698	19 December 1700	The 4th Viscount Fitzhardinge	Richard Topham
3 January 1701	6 February 1701	11 November 1701	The 4th Viscount Fitzhardinge	Richard Topham
21 November 1701	30 December 1701	2 July 1702	The 4th Viscount Fitzhardinge	Richard Topham
16 August 1702	20 August 1702	5 April 1705	The 4th Viscount Fitzhardinge	Richard Topham
8 May 1705	14 June 1705	1707 g	The 4th Viscount Fitzhardinge	Richard Topham

Notes:-

• ^a Date of Pride's Purge, which converted the Long Parliament into the Rump Parliament.
• ^b Date when Oliver Cromwell dissolved the Rump Parliament by force.
• ^c Date when the members of the nominated or Barebones Parliament were selected. The parliamentary borough of Windsor was not represented in this body.
• ^d Date when the members of the First Protectorate Parliament were elected. The parliamentary borough of Windsor was not represented in this body. Windsor formed part of the county constituency of Berkshire for this Parliament.
• ^e Date when the members of the Second Protectorate Parliament were elected. The parliamentary borough of Windsor was not represented in this body. Windsor formed part of the county constituency of Berkshire for this Parliament.
• ^f The Rump Parliament was recalled and subsequently Pride's Purge was reversed, allowing the full Long Parliament to meet until it agreed to dissolve itself.
• ^g The MPs of the last Parliament of England and 45 members co-opted from the former Parliament of Scotland, became the House of Commons of the 1st Parliament of Great Britain which assembled on 23 October 1707 (see below for the members in that Parliament).

MPs 1707-1868

Election	Member[7]	Member[7]
1707	John, Viscount Fitzhardinge	Richard Topham
1708	John, Viscount Fitzhardinge	Richard Topham
1710	William Paul[8] Samuel Masham[9] Charles Aldworth	Richard Topham
1713	Charles Aldworth	Christopher Wren
1715	Robert Gayer[10] Sir Henry Ashurst, Bt	Christopher Wren[10] Samuel Travers
1722	Charles, Earl of Burford[11] Lord Vere Beauclerk	William, Earl of Inchiquin
1727	Lord Vere Beauclerk	George, Viscount Malpas[12] Lord Sidney Beauclerk
1734	Lord Vere Beauclerk	Lord Sidney Beauclerk
1741	Henry Fox	Lord Sidney Beauclerk [13] Lord George Beauclerk
1747	Rt Hon. Henry Fox	Lord George Beauclerk
1754	Rt Hon. Henry Fox	Hon. John Fitzwilliam
1761	Hon. John Fitzwilliam	Hon. Augustus Keppel
1768	Hon. Augustus Keppel	Lord George Beauclerk [14] Richard Tonson [15] Hon. John Hussey-Montagu
1774	Hon. Augustus Keppel	Hon. John Hussey-Montagu
1780	Hon. John Hussey-Montagu	Peniston Portlock Powney
1784	Hon. John Hussey-Montagu [16] The Earl of Mornington	Peniston Portlock Powney

Year			First member[7]	First party	Second member[7]	Second party
		1790	Peniston Portlock Powney [17]	Tory	The Earl of Mornington [18]	Non Partisan
		1794	William Grant	Tory
		1796	Henry Isherwood [19]	Tory	Hon. Robert Fulke Greville	Tory
		1797	Sir William Johnston, Bt	Tory
		1802	John Williams [20]	Tory
		1804	Arthur Vansittart	Tory
		1806	Edward Disbrowe [21]	Tory	Richard Ramsbottom [22]	Tory
		1810			John Ramsbottom, junior later John Ramsbottom	Non Partisan
		1812				Whig
		1819	The Lord Graves [18]	Tory
		1820	Sir Herbert Taylor [23]	Tory
		1823	Edward Cromwell Disbrowe	Non Partisan
		1826	Sir Richard Hussey Vivian [24]	Non Partisan
		1830		Whig
		1831	Rt Hon. Edward Stanley	Whig
		1832	Sir Samuel John Brooke Pechell, Bt	Whig
		1835	Sir John Edmund de Beauvoir [25]	Radical
		1835	Sir John Elley [26]	Conservative
		1837	Robert Gordon	Whig
		1841	Ralph Neville	Conservative
		1845			George Alexander Reid [27]	Conservative
		1847	Lord John Hay [28]	Whig
		1850	John Hatchell	Whig
		1852			Charles William Grenfell	Whig
		1852	Lord Charles Wellesley [29]	Conservative
		1855	Samson Ricardo	Whig
		1857	William Vansittart [30]	Conservative
		1859			George William Hope [31]	Conservative
		1863			Richard Vyse	Conservative
		1865	Sir Henry Ainslie Hoare, Bt [32]	Liberal	Henry Du Pré Labouchere [32]	Liberal
		1866	Charles Edwards	Liberal	Roger Eykyn	Liberal

MPs 1868-1974

Election		Member[7]	Party
1868		reduced to one member
	1868	Roger Eykyn	Liberal
	1874	Robert Richardson-Gardner	Conservative
	1890 by-election	Sir Francis Tress Barry, Bt	Conservative
	1906	James Francis Mason	Conservative
	1918	Ernest Gardner	Coalition Conservative
	1922	Sir Annesley Somerville	Conservative
	1942 by-election	Sir Charles Mott-Radclyffe	Conservative
	1970	Alan Glyn	Conservative
	Feb 1974	constituency abolished: see Windsor & Maidenhead

MPs 1997-present

Election		Member[7]	Party
	1997	Michael Trend	Conservative
	2005	Adam Afriyie	Conservative

Elections since 1868

Elections 1997-2010

Election	Political result		Candidate		Party	Votes	%	±%
General Election 2010 [33] Turnout: 49,588 (71.3%) +7.2		Conservative hold Majority: 19,054 (38.4%) +16.1 Swing: 8.1% from Lib Dem to Con		Adam Afriyie	Conservative	30,172	60.8	+11.4
				Julian Tisi	Liberal Democrat	11,118	22.4	−4.7
				Amanjit Jhund	Labour	4,910	9.9	−8.0
				John-Paul Rye	UKIP	1,612	3.3	+0.6
				Peter Phillips	BNP	950	1.9	N/A
				Derek Wall	Green	628	1.3	−1.1
				Peter Hooper	Independent	198	0.4	N/A
General Election 2005 [34] Turnout: 43,691 (65.4%) +8.4		Conservative hold Majority: 10,292 (23.6%) +2.5 Swing: 1.2% from Lib Dem to Con		Adam Afriyie	Conservative	21,646	49.5	+2.2
				Antony Wood	Liberal Democrat	11,354	26.0	−0.1
				Mark Muller	Labour	8,339	19.1	−5.0
				David Black	UKIP	1,098	2.5	+0.0
				Derek Wall	Green	1,074	2.5	N/A
				Peter Hooper	Independent	182	0.4	N/A
General Election 2001 [35] Turnout: 42,096 (57.0%) −16.5		Conservative hold Majority: 8,889 (21.1%) +1.6 Swing: 0.8% from Lib Dem to Con		Michael Trend	Conservative	19,900	47.3	−0.9
				Nick Pinkfield	Liberal Democrat	11,011	26.1	−2.6
				Mark Muller	Labour	10,137	24.1	+5.8
				John Fagan	UKIP	1,062	2.5	+1.9
General Election 1997 [36][37][38] Electorate: 69,132 Turnout: 50,781 (73.5%) N/A		Conservative hold Majority: 9,917 (19.5%) −7.7 Swing: 3.9% from Con to Lib Dem		Michael Trend	Conservative	24,476	48.2	−8.1
				Chris Fox	Liberal Democrat	14,559	28.7	−0.4
				Amanda Williams	Labour	9,287	18.3	+5.9
				J. McDermott	Referendum Party	1,676	3.3	N/A
				Paul Bradshaw	Liberal	388	0.8	N/A
				E. Bigg	UKIP	302	0.6	N/A
				R. Parr	Dynamic	93	0.2	N/A

Elections 1950-1970

Election	Political result		Candidate		Party	Votes	%	±%
General Election 1970 Electorate: 77,743 Turnout: 54,821 (70.5%) −5.8		Conservative hold Majority: 16,050 (29.3%) +13.2 Swing: 6.6% from Lab to Con		Dr. Alan Jack Glyn	Conservative	32,264	58.9	+9.3
				T.D. Sullivan	Labour	16,214	29.6	−3.9
				R.J. Trevallion	Liberal	6,343	11.6	−5.4
General Election 1966 Electorate: 67,694 Turnout: 51,674 (76.3%) −0.1		Conservative hold Majority: 8,330 (16.1%) −7.1 Swing: 3.6% from Con to Lab		Sir Charles Edward Mott-Radclyffe	Conservative	25,630	49.6	−0.7
				R.R. Brown	Labour	17,300	33.5	+6.4
				S.R. Jakobi	Liberal	8,744	16.9	−5.6
General Election 1964 Electorate: 65,770 Turnout: 50,242 (76.4%) +0.9		Conservative hold Majority: 11,642 (23.2%) −7.6 Swing: 3.8% from Con to Lab		Sir Charles Edward Mott-Radclyffe	Conservative	25,274	50.3	−15.1
				P.A. Fletcher	Labour	13,632	27.1	−7.5
				P.G.N. Badge	Liberal	11,336	22.6	N/A
General Election 1959 Electorate: 60,673 Turnout: 45,806 (75.5%) +2.2		Conservative hold Majority: 14,078 (30.7%) +4.0 Swing: 2.0% from Lab to Con		Sir Charles Edward Mott-Radclyffe	Conservative	29,942	65.4	+2.0
				W.E. Robinson	Labour	15,864	34.6	−2.0
General Election 1955 Electorate: 54,649 Turnout: 40,056 (73.3%) −5.7		Conservative hold Majority: 10,724 (26.8%) +3.6 Swing: 1.8% from Lab to Con		Charles Edward Mott-Radclyffe	Conservative	25,390	63.4	+1.8
				W.O.J. Robinson	Labour	14,666	36.6	−1.8
General Election 1951 Electorate: 52,640 Turnout: 41,589 (79.0%) −3.0		Conservative hold Majority: 9,635 (23.2%) +1.4 Swing: 0.6% from Lab to Con		Charles Edward Mott-Radclyffe	Conservative	25,612	61.6	+6.0
				Miss M. Nicholson	Labour	15,977	38.4	+4.6
General Election 1950 Electorate: 51,580 Turnout: 42,307 (82.0%) +14.2		Conservative hold Majority: 9,212 (21.8%) +0.7 Swing: 0.4% from Lab to Con		Charles Edward Mott-Radclyffe	Conservative	23,512	55.6	+1.4
				Miss M. Nicholson	Labour	14,300	33.8	+0.7
				A.C.G. Mars	Liberal	4,495	10.6	−2.1

Elections 1918-1945

Election	Political result		Candidate		Party	Votes	%	±%
General Election 1945 Electorate: 73,159 Turnout: 49,652 (67.9%) +40.0		Conservative hold Majority: 10,481 (21.1%) +4.38		Charles Edward Mott-Radclyffe	Conservative	26,901	54.2	−4.2
				Miss M. Nicholson	Labour	16,420	33.1	N/A
				N.C. Tufnell	Liberal	6,331	12.8	N/A
By-Election 30 June 1942 [39] Electorate: 58,726 Turnout: 16,374 (27.9%) N/A		Conservative hold Majority: 2,740 (16.7%) N/A		Charles Edward Mott-Radclyffe	Conservative	9,557	58.4	N/A
				Hon. William Douglas-Home	Independent Progressive	6,817	41.6	N/A
General Election 1935		Conservative hold		Annesley Ashworth Somerville	Conservative	unopposed
General Election 1931		Conservative hold		Annesley Ashworth Somerville	Conservative	unopposed
General Election 1929 [40] Electorate: 53,156 Turnout: 35,927 (67.6%) +1.0		Conservative hold Majority: 9,250 (25.8%) −31.6		Annesley Ashworth Somerville	Conservative	20,564	57.2	−21.5
				E.Ronald Haylor	Liberal	11,314	31.5	N/A
				A.H. Chilton	Labour	4,049	11.3	−10.0
General Election 1924 Electorate: 38,852 Turnout: 25,884 (66.6%) +9.5		Conservative hold Majority: 14,856 (57.4%) +40.7		Annesley Ashworth Somerville	Conservative	20,370	78.7	+20.3
				C.N.B. Crisp	Labour	5,514	21.3	N/A
General Election 1923 Electorate: 37,945 Turnout: 21,671 (57.1%) −8.6		Conservative hold Majority: 3,625 (16.7%) −25.6 Swing: 12.8% from Con to Lib		Annesley Ashworth Somerville	Conservative	12,648	58.4	−12.8
				C.B. Crisp	Liberal	9,023	41.6	+12.8
General Election 1922 Electorate: 37,445 Turnout: 24,591 (65.7%) +22.2		Conservative hold Majority: 10,417 (42.4%) +3.6		Annesley Ashworth Somerville	Conservative	17,504	71.2	+1.8
				C.B. Crisp	Liberal	7,087	28.8	N/A
General Election 1918 [41] Electorate: 33,377 Turnout: 14,521 (43.5%) −44.8		Coalition Conservative hold Majority: 5,625 (38.7%) +13.3		Ernest Gardner	Coalition Conservative	10,073	69.4	+6.6
				C.S. Edgerly	Independent Labour	4,448	30.6	N/A

Elections 1885-1910

Election	Political result		Candidate		Party	Votes	%	±%
General Election December 1910 Electorate: 3,210 Turnout: 2,836 (88.4%) −5.4		Conservative hold Majority: 722 (25.5%) +3.3 Swing: 1.6% from Lib to Con		James Francis Mason	Conservative	1,779	62.7	+1.6
				Hon. Geoffrey Fiennes	Liberal	1,057	37.3	−1.6
General Election January 1910 Electorate: 3,210 Turnout: 3,008 (93.7%) +4.0		Conservative hold Majority: 668 (22.2%) +17.8 Swing: 8.9% from Lib to Con		James Francis Mason	Conservative	1,838	61.1	+8.9
				H.L. Hart	Liberal	1,170	38.9	−8.9
General Election 1906 Electorate: 3,210 Turnout: 2,880 (89.7%) N/A		Conservative hold Majority: 128 (4.4%) N/A		James Francis Mason	Conservative	1,504	52.2	N/A
				C.C. Bigham	Liberal	1,376	47.8	N/A
General Election 1900		Conservative hold		Sir Francis Tress Barry, Bt	Conservative	unopposed
General Election 1895		Conservative hold		Francis Tress Barry	Conservative	unopposed
General Election 1892		Conservative hold		Francis Tress Barry	Conservative	unopposed
By-Election 2 April 1890 Electorate: 2,755 Turnout: 2,494 (90.5%) N/A		Conservative hold Majority: 550 (22.1%) N/A		Francis Tress Barry	Conservative	1,522	61.0	N/A
				William Henry Grenfell	Liberal	972	39.0	N/A
General Election 1886		Conservative hold		Robert Richardson-Gardner	Conservative	unopposed
General Election 1885 [42] Electorate: 2,612 Turnout: 2,397 (91.8%) +6.1		Conservative hold Majority: 465 (19.4%) +10.0 Swing: 5.0% from Lib to Con		Robert Richardson-Gardner	Conservative	1,431	59.7	+5.0
				Hon. H.E. Butler	Liberal	966	40.3	−5.0

Elections 1868-1880

Election	Political result		Candidate		Party	Votes	%	±%
General Election 1880 Electorate: 2,122 Turnout: 1,819 (85.7%) −0.5		Conservative hold Majority: 171 (9.4%) −17.1 Swing: 8.6% from Con to Lib		Robert Richardson-Gardner	Conservative	995	54.7	−8.6
				V.W.B. Van de Weyer	Liberal	824	45.3	+8.6
General Election 1874 [43][44] Electorate: 1,951 Turnout: 1,682 (86.2%) −3.7		Conservative gain from Liberal Majority: 446 (26.5%) N/A Swing: 13.5% from Lib to Con		Robert Richardson-Gardner	Conservative	1,064	63.3	+13.5
				Roger Eykyn	Liberal	618	36.7	−13.5
General Election 1868 [45] Electorate: 1,777 Turnout: 1,598 (89.9%) N/A		Liberal hold Majority: 8 (0.5%) N/A		Roger Eykyn	Liberal	803	50.3	N/A
				Robert Richardson-Gardner	Conservative	795	49.8	N/A

Elections 1690-1866

The bloc vote electoral system was used in two seat elections and first past the post for single member by-elections and general elections from 1868. Each voter had up to as many votes as there were seats to be filled. Votes had to be cast by a spoken declaration, in public, at the hustings (until the secret ballot was introduced in 1872).

Note on percentage change calculations: Where there was only one candidate of a party in successive elections, for the same number of seats, change is calculated on the party percentage vote. Where there was more than one candidate, in one or both successive elections for the same number of seats, then change is calculated on the individual percentage vote.

Note on sources: The information for the election results given below is taken from Cruickshanks et al. 1690-1715, Sedgwick 1715-1754, Namier and Brooke 1754-1790, Stooks Smith 1790-1832 and from Craig thereafter. Where Stooks Smith gives additional information or differs from the other sources this is indicated in a note after the result. When a candidate is described as Non Partisan for an election this means that the sources used do not give a party label. This does not necessarily mean that the candidate did not regard himself as a member of a party or acted as such in Parliament. Craig's party labels have been varied to take account of the development of parties. Tory candidates are classified as Conservative from the United Kingdom general election, 1835. Whig and Radical candidates are classified separately until the formal establishment of the Liberal Party shortly after the United Kingdom general election, 1859.

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Elections in the 1690s

General Election 6 March 1690: Windsor (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Non Partisan	Sir Christopher Wren	Elected	N/A	N/A
	Non Partisan	Baptist May	Elected	N/A	N/A
	Non Partisan	Sir Charles Porter	Defeated	N/A	N/A
	Non Partisan	William Adderley	Defeated	N/A	N/A
Turnout			Unknown	N/A	N/A

• Note: There is a discrepancy between sources, as The House of Common 1690-1715 indicates that Wren was elected at this election; whereas Leigh Rayment indicates Sir Algernon May was re-elected; both with Baptist May.
• On petition, Wren and May were unseated and Porter and Adderley were seated on 17 May 1690.

• Death of Adderley, in June 1693

By-Election 20 November 1693: Windsor
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Non Partisan	Sir William Scawen	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Non Partisan hold		Swing	N/A

General Election 23 October 1695: Windsor (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Whig	The 4th Viscount Fitzhardinge	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Non Partisan	Sir William Scawen	Unopposed	N/A	N/A

General Election 21 July 1698: Windsor (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Whig	The 4th Viscount Fitzhardinge	Elected	N/A	N/A
	Non Partisan	Richard Topham	Elected	N/A	N/A
	Non Partisan	Sir William Scawen	Defeated	N/A	N/A
Turnout			Unknown	N/A	N/A

Elections in the 1700s

General Election 3 January 1701: Windsor (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Whig	The 4th Viscount Fitzhardinge	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Non Partisan	Richard Topham	Unopposed	N/A	N/A

General Election 21 November 1701: Windsor (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Whig	The 4th Viscount Fitzhardinge	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Non Partisan	Richard Topham	Unopposed	N/A	N/A

General Election 16 August 1702: Windsor (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Whig	The 4th Viscount Fitzhardinge	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Non Partisan	Richard Topham	Unopposed	N/A	N/A

General Election 8 May 1705: Windsor (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Whig	The 4th Viscount Fitzhardinge	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Non Partisan	Richard Topham	Unopposed	N/A	N/A

General Election 3 May 1708: Windsor (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Whig	The 4th Viscount Fitzhardinge	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Non Partisan	Richard Topham	Unopposed	N/A	N/A

Elections in the 1710s

General Election 4 October 1710: Windsor (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Non Partisan	Richard Topham	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Tory	William Paul	Unopposed	N/A	N/A

• Death of Paul

By-Election 18 May 1711: Windsor
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Tory	Samuel Masham	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Tory hold		Swing	N/A

• Masham created the 1st Lord Masham 1 January 1712

By-Election 21 January 1712: Windsor
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Tory	Charles Aldworth	149	78.42	N/A
	Whig	Topham Foot	41	21.58	N/A
Majority			108	56.84	N/A
Turnout			190	N/A	N/A
	Tory hold		Swing	N/A

General Election 24 August 1713: Windsor (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Tory	Christopher Wren	244	48.51	N/A
	Tory	Charles Aldworth	183	36.38	N/A
	Whig	Sir Henry Ashurst, Bt	76	15.11	N/A
Turnout			503	N/A	N/A

General Election 26 January 1715: Windsor (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Tory	Christopher Wren	141	25.68	N/A
	Tory	Robert Gayer	137	24.95	N/A
	Whig	Sir Henry Ashurst, Bt	136	24.77	N/A
	Whig	Samuel Travers	135	24.59	N/A
Turnout			549	N/A	N/A

• On petition, Wren and Gayer were unseated and Ashurst and Travers were seated on 14 April 1715.

Elections in the 1720s

General Election 20 March 1722: Windsor (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Non Partisan	Earl of Burford	249	45.86	N/A
	Non Partisan	The 4th Earl of Inchiquin	211	38.86	N/A
	Non Partisan	-. Proctor	80	14.73	N/A
	Non Partisan	Robert Gayer	3	0.55	-24.40
Turnout			543	N/A	N/A

• Succession of Burford as the 2nd Duke of St Albans.

By-Election 31 May 1726: Windsor
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Non Partisan	Lord Vere Beauclerk	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Non Partisan hold		Swing	N/A

General Election 16 August 1727: Windsor (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Non Partisan	Lord Vere Beauclerk	247	45.40	N/A
	Non Partisan	Viscount Malpas	244	44.85	N/A
	Non Partisan	Francis Oldfield	53	9.74	N/A
Turnout			544	N/A	N/A

Elections in the 1730s

• Seat vacated on the appointment of Beauclerk as a Commissioner of the Navy.

By-Election 15 May 1732: Windsor
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Non Partisan	Lord Vere Beauclerk	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Non Partisan hold		Swing	N/A

• Succession of Malpas as the 3rd Earl of Cholmondeley

By-Election 16 May 1733: Windsor
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Non Partisan	Lord Sidney Beauclerk	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Non Partisan hold		Swing	N/A

General Election 23 April 1734: Windsor (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Non Partisan	Lord Vere Beauclerk	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Non Partisan	Lord Sidney Beauclerk	Unopposed	N/A	N/A

• Seat vacated after the appointment of Lord Vere Beauclerk to an office.

By-Election 10 March 1738: Windsor
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Non Partisan	Lord Vere Beauclerk	133	50.00	N/A
	Non Partisan	Richard Oldfield	133	50.00	N/A
Majority			0	0.00	N/A
Turnout			266	N/A	N/A

• A double return was made. The House of Commons decided the correct result was Beauclerk 240 (60.00%) and Oldfield 160 (40.00%); a majority of 80 (20.00%). Beauclerk was declared duly elected on 27 March 1738.

Elections in the 1740s

• Seat vacated on the appointment of Lord Sidney Beauclerk as Vice-Chamberlain of the Household.

By-Election 28 April 1740: Windsor
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Non Partisan	Lord Sidney Beauclerk	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Non Partisan hold		Swing	N/A

General Election 2 May 1741: Windsor (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Non Partisan	Lord Sidney Beauclerk	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Non Partisan	Henry Fox	Unopposed	N/A	N/A

• Seat vacated on the appointment of Fox to an office.

By-Election 26 December 1743: Windsor
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Non Partisan	Henry Fox	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Non Partisan hold		Swing	N/A

• Death of Beauclerk

By-Election 3 December 1744: Windsor
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Non Partisan	Lord George Beauclerk	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Non Partisan hold		Swing	N/A

• Seat vacated on the appointment of Fox as Secretary at War.

By-Election 31 May 1746: Windsor
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Non Partisan	Henry Fox	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Non Partisan hold		Swing	N/A

General Election 26 June 1747: Windsor (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Non Partisan	Lord George Beauclerk	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Non Partisan	Rt Hon. Henry Fox	Unopposed	N/A	N/A

Elections in the 1750s

General Election 13 April 1754: Windsor (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Non Partisan	Rt Hon. Henry Fox	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Non Partisan	Hon. John Fitzwilliam	Unopposed	N/A	N/A

• Seat vacated on the appointment of Fox as Secretary of State for the Southern Department.

By-Election 19 November 1755: Windsor
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Non Partisan	Rt Hon. Henry Fox	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Non Partisan hold		Swing	N/A

• Seat vacated on the appointment of Fox as Paymaster of the Forces.

By-Election 5 July 1757: Windsor
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Non Partisan	Rt Hon. Henry Fox	137	61.43	N/A
	Non Partisan	Charles Bowles	86	38.57	N/A
Majority			51	23.87	N/A
Turnout			223	N/A	N/A
	Non Partisan hold		Swing	N/A

Elections in the 1760s

General Election 25 March 1761: Windsor (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Non Partisan	Hon. John Fitzwilliam	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Non Partisan	Hon. Augustus Keppel	Unopposed	N/A	N/A

• Seat vacated on the appointment of Keppel to an office.

By-Election 23 December 1765: Windsor
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Non Partisan	Hon. Augustus Keppel	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Non Partisan hold		Swing	N/A

General Election 16 March 1768: Windsor (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Non Partisan	Hon. Augustus Keppel	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Non Partisan	Lord George Beauclerk	Unopposed	N/A	N/A

• Death of Beauclerk.

By-Election 18 May 1768: Windsor
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Non Partisan	Richard Tonson	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Non Partisan hold		Swing	N/A

Elections in the 1770s

• Death of Tonson.

By-Election 9 November 1772: Windsor
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Tory	Hon. John Hussey-Montagu	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Tory gain from Non Partisan		Swing	N/A

• Note (1772): Both Stooks Smith and Napier & Brooke refer to this MP as the Hon. John Montagu.

General Election 8 October 1774: Windsor (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Whig	Hon. Augustus Keppel	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Tory	Hon. John Hussey-Montagu	Unopposed	N/A	N/A

Elections in the 1780s

General Election 8 September 1780: Windsor (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Tory	Hon. John Hussey-Montagu	214	36.51	N/A
	Tory	Peniston Portlock Powney	174	35.90	N/A
	Whig	Hon. Augustus Keppel	158	27.59	N/A
Turnout			546	N/A	N/A

General Election 31 March 1784: Windsor (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Tory	Hon. John Hussey-Montagu	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Tory	Peniston Portlock Powney	Unopposed	N/A	N/A

• Note (1784): The Lord Penrhyn was proposed, but declined going to the poll.
• Death of Hussey-Montagu

By-Election 19 July 1787: Windsor
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Non Partisan	The Earl of Mornington	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Non Partisan gain from Tory		Swing	N/A

• Note (1787): Lord John Russell was a candidate, but declined going to the poll.
• Seat vacated on the appointment of Powney as Ranger of the Little Park.

By-Election 1 July 1788: Windsor
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Tory	Peniston Portlock Powney	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Tory hold		Swing	N/A

Elections in the 1790s

General Election 1790: Windsor (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Tory	Peniston Portlock Powney	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Non Partisan	The Earl of Mornington	Unopposed	N/A	N/A

• Death of Powney

By-Election 1794: Windsor
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Tory	William Grant	151	51.89	N/A
	Tory	Henry Isherwood	140	48.11	N/A
Majority			11	3.78	N/A
Turnout			291	N/A	N/A
	Tory hold		Swing	N/A

General Election 1796: Windsor (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Tory	Henry Isherwood	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Tory	Hon. Robert Fulke Greville	Unopposed	N/A	N/A

• Death of Isherwood

By-Election February 1797: Windsor
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Tory	Sir William Johnson, Bt	141	81.50	N/A
	Non Partisan	William Vining Perry	32	18.50	N/A
Majority			109	63.01	N/A
Turnout			173	N/A	N/A
	Tory hold		Swing	N/A

Elections in the 1800s

• Seat vacated on the appointment of Greville as a Groom of the Bedchamber

By-Election April 1800: Windsor
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Tory	Hon. Robert Fulke Greville	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Tory hold		Swing	N/A

General Election 1802: Windsor (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Tory	John Williams	212	35.22	N/A
	Tory	Hon. Robert Fulke Greville	203	33.72	N/A
	Tory	Richard Ramsbottom	187	31.06	N/A
Turnout			602	N/A	N/A

• Seat vacated when Williams was declared not duly elected

By-Election 1804: Windsor
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Tory	Arthur Vansittart	200	55.10	N/A
	Tory	Anthony Bacon	163	44.90	N/A
Majority			37	10.19	N/A
Turnout			363	N/A	N/A
	Tory hold		Swing	N/A

General Election 1806: Windsor (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Tory	Edward Disbrowe	200	39.14	N/A
	Tory	Richard Ramsbottom	162	31.70	+0.64
	Tory	Arthur Vansittart	149	29.16	N/A
Turnout			511	N/A	N/A

General Election 1807: Windsor (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Tory	Edward Disbrowe	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Tory	Richard Ramsbottom	Unopposed	N/A	N/A

Elections in the 1810s

• Resignation of Ramsbottom

By-Election March 1810: Windsor
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Non Partisan	John Ramsbottom, junior	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Non Partisan gain from Tory		Swing	N/A

General Election 1812: Windsor (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Tory	Edward Disbrowe	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Whig	John Ramsbottom, junior	Unopposed	N/A	N/A

General Election 1818: Windsor (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Tory	Edward Disbrowe	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Whig	John Ramsbottom, junior	Unopposed	N/A	N/A

• Death of Disbrowe

By-Election February 1819: Windsor
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Tory	The Lord Graves	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Tory hold		Swing	N/A

Elections in the 1820s

General Election 1820: Windsor (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Whig	John Ramsbottom	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Tory	Sir Herbert Taylor	Unopposed	N/A	N/A

• Note (1820): From this election Stooks Smith does not append junior to the name of John Ramsbottom.
• Resignation of Taylor

By-Election February 1823: Windsor
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Non Partisan	Edward Cromwell Disbrowe	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Non Partisan gain from Tory		Swing	N/A

General Election 1826: Windsor (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Whig	John Ramsbottom	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Non Partisan	Sir Richard Hussey Vivian	Unopposed	N/A	N/A

Elections in the 1830s

General Election 1830: Windsor (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Whig	John Ramsbottom	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Whig	Sir Richard Hussey Vivian	Unopposed	N/A	N/A

• Seat vacated on the appointment of Vivian as Commander of the Forces in Ireland

By-Election February 1831: Windsor
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Whig	Rt Hon. Edward Stanley	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Whig hold		Swing	N/A

General Election 1831: Windsor (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Whig	John Ramsbottom	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Whig	Rt Hon. Edward Stanley	Unopposed	N/A	N/A

General Election 1832: Windsor (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Whig	John Ramsbottom	408	48.40	N/A
	Whig	Sir Samuel John Brooke Pechell, Bt	230	27.28	N/A
	Radical	Sir John Edmund de Beauvoir	205	24.32	N/A
Turnout			843 (461 voted)	90.93	N/A
Registered electors			507

Note (1832): Stooks Smith classified Ramsbottom as a Radical candidate from this election. However as Stenton, editing a book composed of Parliamentary biographies published by a contemporary after the Reform Act 1832, described Ramsbottom as being 'of Whig principles' he continues to be classified as a Whig in this article.

General Election 1835: Windsor (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Whig	John Ramsbottom	353	42.89	-5.51
	Radical	Sir John Edmund de Beauvoir	239	29.04	+4.72
	Conservative	Sir John Elley	231	28.07	N/A
Turnout			823 (453 voted)	89.88	-1.05
Registered electors			504

• On petition de Beauvoir was unseated and Elley was seated on 6 April 1835, following a scrutiny.

General Election 1837: Windsor (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Whig	John Ramsbottom	326	34.68	-8.21
	Whig	Robert Gordon	292	31.06	N/A
	Radical	Sir John Edmund de Beauvoir	182	19.36	-9.68
	Conservative	Thomas Bulkeley	140	14.89	-13.18
Turnout			940 (511 voted)	72.69	-17.19
Registered electors			703

Elections in the 1840s

General Election 1841: Windsor (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Whig	John Ramsbottom	316	30.92	-3.76
	Conservative	Ralph Neville	311	30.43	+15.54
	Whig	William F. Ferguson	265	25.93	N/A
	Radical	Sir John Edmund de Beauvoir	130	12.72	-6.64
Turnout			1,022 (555 voted)	86.45	+13.76
Registered electors			642

• Note (1841): Later in his career Ralph Neville became known as Ralph Neville Grenville. A petition was presented challenging this election, but it was withdrawn before a decision was obtained.
• Death of Ramsbottom

By-Election 8 November 1845: Windsor
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	George Alexander Reid	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Conservative gain from Whig		Swing	N/A

• Note (1835): John Walter was a candidate, but he retired from the contest before the election.
• Seat vacated on the appointment of Neville as a Lord Commissioner of the Treasury

By-Election 14 March 1846: Windsor
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ralph Neville	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Conservative hold		Swing	N/A

General Election 1847: Windsor (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Whig	Lord John Hay	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Conservative	George Alexander Reid	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
Registered electors			728

• Note (1847): Stooks Smith has the registered electorate as 720.
• Resignation of Hay

Elections in the 1850s

By-Election 6 February 1850: Windsor
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Whig	John Hatchell	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Whig hold		Swing	N/A

• Seat vacated on appointment of Hatchell as Attorney-General for Ireland

By-Election 10 February 1851: Windsor
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Whig	John Hatchell	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Whig hold		Swing	N/A

• Death of Reid

By-Election 22 May 1852: Windsor
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Whig	Charles William Grenfell	330	58.93	N/A
	Conservative	A. Vansittart	230	41.07	N/A
Majority			100	17.86	N/A
Turnout			560	78.65	N/A
	Whig gain from Conservative		Swing	N/A
Registered electors			712

General Election 1852: Windsor (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Lord Charles Wellesley	241	30.82	N/A
	Whig	Charles William Grenfell	224	28.64	N/A
	Whig	Samson Ricardo	210	26.85	N/A
	Conservative	Thomas Bulkeley	107	13.68	N/A
Turnout			782 (555 voted)	77.95	N/A
Registered electors			712

• Note (1852): A petition was presented against Wellesley only, but it was dismissed.
• Resignation of Wellesley

By-Election 14 February 1855: Windsor
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Whig	Samson Ricardo	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Whig gain from Conservative		Swing	N/A

General Election 1857: Windsor (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	William Vansittart	325	36.11	N/A
	Whig	Charles William Grenfell	289	32.11	+3.47
	Whig	Samson Ricardo	286	31.78	+4.93
Turnout			900	70.09	-7.86
Registered electors			642

• Note (1857): As the number of electors who voted is unascertained, the minimum turnout is calculated by dividing the number of votes by two. To the extent that voters did not use both their votes the turnout figure will be an underestimate.

General Election 1859: Windsor (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	William Vansittart	325	38.69	+2.58
	Conservative	George William Hope	269	32.02	N/A
	Whig	Charles William Grenfell	246	29.29	-2.92
Turnout			840	68.97	-1.12
Registered electors			609

• Note (1859): Turnout estimated as in 1857 above. A petition was presented after this election, but it was withdrawn before a formal decision was made upon it.

Elections in the 1860s

By-Election 4 November 1863: Windsor
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Richard H.R.H. Vyse	287	54.88	N/A
	Liberal	Arthur Divett Hayter	236	45.12	N/A
Majority			51	9.75	N/A
Turnout			523	85.88	N/A
	Conservative hold		Swing	N/A
Registered electors			619

• Note (1863): The full names of Richard Vyse were Richard Henry Richard Howard Vyse.

General Election 1865: Windsor (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Sir Henry Ainslie Hoare, Bt	324	27.25	N/A
	Liberal	Henry Du Pré Labouchere	323	27.17	N/A
	Liberal	William Vansittart	291	24.47	-14.22
	Conservative	Richard H.R.H. Vyse	251	21.11	N/A
Turnout			1,189	91.32	+22.35
Registered electors			651

• Note (1865): Turnout is estimated, in the same way as for 1857 above. This election was declared void on petition.

By-Election 9 May 1866: Windsor (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Charles Edwards	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Liberal	Roger Eykyn	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Liberal hold		Swing	N/A

See also

• List of Parliamentary constituencies in Berkshire
• Windsor by-election, 1942

Notes and references

1. ^ "Electorate Figures - Boundary Commission for England". 2011 Electorate Figures. Boundary Commission for England. 4 March 2011. http://www.boundarycommissionforengland.org.uk/electoral-figures/electoral-figures.htm. Retrieved 13 March 2011. 
2. ^ Legh, Thomas in Venn, J. & J. A., Alumni Cantabrigienses, Cambridge University Press, 10 vols, 1922–1958.
3. ^ ^{a b} Died.
4. ^ Chose to sit for Sussex
5. ^ Died, April 1676.
6. ^ Died, June 1693.
7. ^ ^{a b c d e f} Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "W" (part 4)
8. ^ Died in office, May 1711
9. ^ To the House of Lords as Lord Masham, January 1712
10. ^ ^{a b} Not duly elected
11. ^ To the House of Lords, having succeeded to a dukedom, May 1726
12. ^ To the House of Lords, having succeeded to an earldom, May 1730
13. ^ Died November 1744
14. ^ Died May 1768
15. ^ Died 1772
16. ^ Died 1787
17. ^ Died in office, January 1794
18. ^ ^{a b} A peer of Ireland
19. ^ Died in office, February 1796
20. ^ Declared not duly elected
21. ^ Died in office, February 1819
22. ^ Resigned, March 1810
23. ^ Resigned, February 1823
24. ^ Resigned on appointment as Commander of Forces in Ireland, February 1831
25. ^ Unseated on petition
26. ^ Seated after a scrutiny
27. ^ Died 1852
28. ^ Resigned 1850
29. ^ Resigned 1855
30. ^ Contested the UK general election, 1865 as a Liberal candidate.
31. ^ Died 1863
32. ^ ^{a b} Election declared void on petition
33. ^ http://ukpollingreport.co.uk/guide/seat-profiles/windsor
34. ^ http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge05/i21.htm
35. ^ http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/constit/272.htm
36. ^ "Politics Resources". Election 1997. Politics Resources. 1 May 1997. http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/constit/272.htm. Retrieved 2011-01-07. 
37. ^ C. Rallings & M. Thrasher, The Media Guide to the New Parliamentary Constituencies, p.177 (Plymouth: LGC Elections Centre, 1995)
38. ^ The 1997 election result is calculated relative to a notional 1992 result, as the constituency was re-established in 1997.
39. ^ The by-election was caused by the death of Somerville
40. ^ Electorate expanded on the introduction of universal adult suffrage
41. ^ The electorate was expanded, with the parliamentary borough being abolished and its territory becoming part of a county division
42. ^ Electorate expanded by the Representation of the People Act 1884, but boundaries left unchanged.
43. ^ An election petition was presented, but it was dismissed.
44. ^ Constituency reduced to one seat and electorate expanded by the Reform Act 1867, with the constituency boundaries changed by the Parliamentary Boundaries Act 1868, to take effect from the next general election.
45. ^ An election petition was presented, but it was dismissed.

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