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)
Current constituency
Created	1997
Member of parliament	Adam Afriyie (Conservative)
Number of members	One
Created from	Windsor & Maidenhead
1918–1974 (1974)
Number of members	One
Type of constituency	County constituency
Replaced by	Windsor & Maidenhead
1424–1918
Number of members	Two until 1868, then one
Type of constituency	Borough constituency
Overlaps
European Parliament constituency	South East England

Windsor /ˈwɪnzə/ is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2005 by Adam Afriyie of the Conservative Party.

The constituency covers the town of Windsor and various portions of the surrounding area, in Berkshire.

Before 1868: The parliamentary borough of Windsor was based upon the easternmost town in Berkshire in South East England, which grew up around Windsor Castle and the narrowly defined electorate could also vote for the county representatives.

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 which had a seat of the same name and Berkshire, likewise the rest of the borough adjoined 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 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.