General Election: Which voting constituency do I live in?

With the General Election coming soon, readers are advised to read on to check which constituency they are actually in – as the electoral boundaries have changed significantly.

In order to avoid a shock at the polls faced with an unexpected candidate, voters around Maidenhead, Twyford and surrounding areas in particular would do well to double-check.

When voting in the General Election, you vote for an MP of a constituency – such as Beaconsfield, Wycombe, Wokingham, Maidenhead, Slough or Windsor.

These do not exactly match the boundaries of local authorities, such as the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead council.

For example, some parts of RBWM might be in a different neighbouring constituency.

Boundaries are occasionally redrawn by the Boundary Commission (an independent body) to ‘enhance electoral fairness’.

The idea is to make sure constituencies have roughly the same number of people in them.

The Boundary Commission published their final recommendations in late June 2023 following three rounds of public consultation – meaning the changes are in force for this 2024 election.

These included some notable changes:

• Sonning moving from Maidenhead to a new constituency called Earley and Woodley

• Part of Ascot moving from Windsor to Maidenhead

• Twyford and Wargrave moving from Maidenhead to Wokingham.

Changes proposed around Maidenhead are wide-reaching and complex. Certain streets and wards have been switched to a different constituency.

About 75 per cent of what is currently under Maidenhead will remain there, but 17 per cent of it goes to Wokingham, and 7.7 per cent goes to the Earley and Woodley constituency.

The split means that residents on some road will have to pay particularly close attention, because whether they fall in different constituencies depends on where they are on the road.

One example is The Straight Mile. Broadly speaking, The Straight Mile now becomes part of Wokingham south of the M4, just south of Billingbear Park Golf Course.

Previously, the boundary stretched down as far as the B3408 London Road interchange with the A329(M), encompassing areas north of that motorway, up until the River Loddon, covering part of Dinton Pastures Country Park.

The western boundary of Maidenhead's constituency remains the same, with everything west of this boundary falling under the Earley and Woodley constituency. 

But the northwest boundary has changed, no longer incorporating Sonning, which will be joining Earley and Woodley.

The jagged new boundary line includes Beggars Hill Road but ends north of Fir Tree Road and Hawthorn Crescent near Old River, not incorporating these streets.

In between this ward and Maidenhead is the Wokingham ward, covering Twyford.

New Bath Road and Charvil High Street are in the Wokingham ward, but Bath Road southwest of the high street crosses the boundary and is part of Earley and Woodley, as does Charvil Lane.

Meanwhile, the Wokingham/Maidenhead boundary further north sees Crazies Hill split across. Warren Row Road remains in Maidenhead but Crazies Hill (the street) falls into Wokingham, as does Worleys Lane and Culham Lane.

The boundary falls across Henley Road, making the Remenham Hill part of Wokingham while the Hurley portion remains in Maidenhead.

Further south, Bath Road south of Knowl Hill joins Wokingham in the Kiln Green area, stretching down to Hare Hatch. Ruscombe, Twyford and Hurst are all inside this Wokingham constituency.

Meanwhile, new areas have been added to the Maidenhead constituency, including Binfield, Newell Green, Warfield, Winkfield, Chavey Down, Woodside and part of North Ascot.

The most easterly southern outcrop of the new Maidenhead boundary incorporates Mill Pond but ends north of Mill Lane and Cheapside.

It incorporates Sunninghill Road and the part of Windsor Road coming from Woodend, south of Woodside – but not including the junction between Windsor Road and Winkfield Road in Brookside.

Cranbourne, north of Woodside, is also included in Maidenhead – stopping approximately at the junction between Hatchet Lane and Mount's Hill.

North of Bagshot, part of Bracknell Road – approximately from its junction with Swinley Road -  also become Maidenhead.

This section ends east of Crown Wood and Martin's Heron to the north, along New Forest Ride.

Around Binfield, Maidenhead becomes Wokingham to the west, in the middle of Forest Road, with Foxley Lane and Carters Hill falling within Maidenhead and Binfield Road falling in Wokingham.

Amen Corner joins Maidenhead. Berkshire Way east of its intersection with London Road becomes Maidenhead, as does the area south of this and north of Peacock Lane, around Wykery Copse Public Open Space.

Part of the London Road, up to its junction with Wokingham Road, is included in Maidenhead, and the area north of this, including Temple Way and the part of Binfield Road adjacent to Jock’s Lane Park.

The boundary runs along Harvest Ride and County Lane but stops short of Westmorland Park, incorporating Warfield Street, Bracknell Road and Forest Road.

Nuptown and Jealott's Hill are also joining Maidenhead, where previously the boundary stopped just north of Ascot Road.

To see an interactive map of how constituency boundaries of changed, click here.