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 Slough, Windsor 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 Bracknell, Runnymede and Weybridge, Maidenhead, Slough or Windsor.

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

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 alterations:

•  Part of Langley moving from Slough to Windsor

•  Part of Ascot moving from Windsor to Maidenhead

•  Virginia Water and Englefield Green moving from Runnymede and Weybridge to Windsor.

Changes affecting the Slough and Windsor constituencies are significant – especially in Windsor.

Slough will have its area reduced, with the lost area going to the new Windsor seat. About 90 per cent of what was in Slough before stays in Slough, but about 10 per cent of it has gone over to Windsor.

This covers Langley, south of Langley Road. Formerly part of Slough down to the Langley Roundabout, this southerly section of Slough is joining the Windsor constituency.

Meanwhile, Windsor faces more dramatic changes. About 71 per cent of what was Windsor remains so, with 22 per cent of it moving to Maidenhead and 6.6 per cent moving to Bracknell.

Included in the shift over to Maidenhead are Cranbourne, Woodside, Winkfield and Newell Green.

Maidenhead now 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 will be included in Maidenhead – stopping approximately at the junction between Hatchet Lane and Mount's Hill.

North Ascot north of Windsor Road and Winkfield Road switches to Maidenhead, while the rest of Ascot remains in Windsor.

Chavey Down, including Swinley Road, Kings Ride and the intersecting part of London Road, will become part of Maidenhead.

Windsor also loses some of its streets to Bracknell, including the part of Harvest Ride northwest of Longhill Park, west until its junction with Binfield Road, with Bracknell taking over all the streets immediately south of Harvest Ride.

The areas around County Lane, including Westmorland Park and Warfield Chase, also go to Bracknell.

Amen Corner and Temple Park join 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.

Jealott's Hill and Moss End join Maidenhead, as well as Nuptown and Warfield. Previously, the boundary stopped just north of Ascot Road.

Meanwhile, 15 per cent of the Runnymede and Weybridge constituency moves to Windsor.

This includes Bishopsgate, Englefield Green, Egham Wick, Callow Hill, Stroude, Virginia Water, Trumpsgreen and Knowlehill.

The newly drawn Windsor constituency ends approximately at the boundary of Egham, which remains part of Runnymede and Weybridge.

To see an interactive map of the new boundaries, click here.