The placeConstituency · South East · Electorate 73,334 · 2023 boundaries

Windsor.

Conservative and Unionist Party MP Jack Rankin holds the seat on 36.4% of the vote — a split-council geography across 3 councils.

Member of ParliamentJack Rankin · Conservative and Unionist Party
CouncilsWindsor and Maidenhead · Slough · Runnymede
Boundary set2023
ONS codeE14001588
Electorate · 2024
73.3k
Registered to vote
2024 GE — winner
36.4%
Conservative and Unionist Party · +14.3pp over Lab
Settlements
13
Largest: Windsor
Crime · per 1k pop · 3mo
16.5
data.police.uk · 12mo rolling
Dispatch
2 Jun 2026

A steady Conservative backbencher, Jack Rankin has drawn local attention on two fronts: opposing Heathrow's third runway as directly harmful to Windsor residents, and pressing the Foreign Secretary to reimburse Windsor and Maidenhead Council for the costs of hosting state visits. On the Tobacco and Vapes Bill, he attracted positive coverage for conducting his own mystery-shopping exercise in the constituency and presenting evidence-based arguments against the legislation in the Commons. Less flattering was a BBC report in early 2025 noting he had accepted free racecourse tickets shortly before speaking in Parliament against gambling regulations affecting the industry -- a conflict of interest he disputed but could not easily dispel.

Rankin votes with the Conservative Party 100% of the time and has no rebel votes on record. His participation rate of 65% sits below the Commons average. Speeches cluster around the economy, fiscal policy, crime and health -- a broad spread rather than a single specialism. His stance profile marks him out as strongly pro-business (96%) and anti-tax-increases (92%), while he scores 0% on pro-workers-rights and pro-housing-development votes, placing him on the harder economic right of his party. He sits notably above the Conservative average on armed forces welfare (+31 percentage points), suggesting a consistent interest in military matters.

He is a member of the Scottish Affairs Committee -- an unusual assignment for a constituency in the south of England, with no obvious explanation in the available data. His news coverage over the past 90 days skews heavily towards local culture and community stories, with transport issues generating the most positive sentiment. He has been an MP since July 2024, so his full parliamentary record remains limited; the voting patterns above are drawn from roughly two years of data.

36.4%
Con vote · 2024 GE
3
Councils overlapping the seat
15
Wards · 28 councillors
§ 01The local picture — wards.15 wards · 28 councillors · 3 councils

Ward-level direction-of-travel: who controls what, who flipped recently, who holds the line. Each ward links to the council that runs it.

WardLatest winnerVotesCouncilLast cycle
Ascot Sunninghill Sally Coneron1,264Windsor and Maidenhead LDOct 2024
Clewer Dedworth East(2 seats)Carpenter · Price2,105Windsor and Maidenhead LDMay 2023
Clewer Dedworth West(2 seats)Costa · Costa1,537Windsor and Maidenhead LDMay 2023
Clewer East(2 seats)Tisi · Davies2,937Windsor and Maidenhead LDMay 2023
Colnbrook Poyle(2 seats)Smith · Bedi1,380Slough LabMay 2023
Datchet Horton Wraysbury(3 seats)Buckley · Larcombe · Grove3,123Windsor and Maidenhead LDMay 2023
Englefield Green East Trevor Gates442Runnymede LabMay 2023
Englefield Green West Paul Gahir370Runnymede LabMay 2024
Eton Castle(3 seats)Davies · Tisi · Wilson5,054Windsor and Maidenhead LDMay 2023
Langley Foxborough(2 seats)Instone · Qaseem1,082Slough LabMay 2023
Langley Marish(2 seats)Muvvala · Chahal1,921Slough LabMay 2023
Langley St Marys(2 seats)Iftakhar · Manku1,510Slough LabMay 2023
Old Windsor(2 seats)Jones · Knowles2,643Windsor and Maidenhead LDMay 2023
Sunningdale Cheapside(2 seats)Gosling · Luxton1,434Windsor and Maidenhead LDMay 2023
Virginia Water Karin Rowsell808Runnymede LabMay 2024

Source · Democracy Club · DCLEAPIL v1.0 (CC BY-SA 4.0)

§ 02Settlements.13 named places

The seat’s population is concentrated in Windsor (31,905), with Ascot (18,652) as the second pole. Total population across named built-up areas: 110,879.

city 17,351large-town 43,732town 37,350village 12,446

Source · ONS Built-Up Areas · Census 2021

SettlementPop.Class
Windsor31,905large town
Ascot18,652town
Slough17,351city
Egham11,827large town
Old Windsor and Wraysbury7,223town
Virginia Water6,334town
Showing 6 of 13·All 13 settlements
§ 03Demographics.Census 2021 · vs national avg

Headline indicators.

IndicatorLocalNationalΔ
Employment rate58.8%57.1%+3%
Owner-occupied61.5%63.1%-3%
Private rented23.1%20.0%+15%
Social rented15.4%16.8%-8%

Ethnicity.

White71.7%
Asian18.3%
Black3.0%
Mixed3.9%
Other3.2%

Source · Census 2021

Population by age & sexCensus 2021 · 18 bands · click to expand
Male 49.0% Female 51.0% Median seat
MaleAgeFemale
85+
80-84
75-79
70-74
65-69
60-64
55-59
50-54
45-49
40-44
35-39
30-34
25-29
20-24
16-19
10-15
5-9
0-4

Source · Census 2021 (ONS) · % of usual residents; tick marks the median seat per band

§ 04Local economy.Income · tax · businesses · schools
Median income
£36,100
HMRC SPI · 2024
Mean income
£64,700
HMRC SPI · 2024
Businesses
6,355
VAT/PAYE-registered
Schools
61
32 primary · 10 secondary
GCSE pass
76.5%
Attainment 8: 54.3

Income tax contribution.

Total income tax£946m
Taxpayers58,000
Median per taxpayer£4,030
Mean per taxpayer£16,200

Source · HMRC SPI · ±8% confidence

Where the money flows back in.

For council finance & suppliers

This constituency is served by Windsor and Maidenhead, Slough and Runnymede. Each council’s service spend, peer rank and supplier list lives on its own page — open from the meta block above or the compass strip below.

For household tax breakdown

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§ 05Recorded crime.data.police.uk · 12-month rolling

Headline rate.

Per 1k pop · 3mo
16.5
-20% vs national
Monthly avg / 1k
5.5
12-month rolling
Top category
Violence & sexual offences
38% of recorded crime

By category.

Violence & sexual offences6.3
Anti-social behaviour1.8
Vehicle crime1.5
Public order1.4
Other theft1.3
Criminal damage & arson1.3
Burglary0.8

Source · data.police.uk · 3-month rate per 1,000 pop

Showing 7 of 15·All 15 categories — full monthly trend & settlement breakdown
§ 06Election history.5 contests · created on 2023 boundaries

2024 — full result.

CandidateVotes%
Jack RankinWONCon16,48336.4
Pavitar MannLab10,02622.2
Julian TisiLD9,53921.1
Harl GrewalRef4,66010.3
Michael BoyleGrn2,2885.1
David BuckleyInd1,6293.6
Simran DhillonInd6211.4

Turnout 45,246

Prior contests.

YearWinner%
2019Adam AfriyieCon58.6
2017Adam AfriyieCon64.4
2015Adam AfriyieCon63.4
2010Afriyie, AdamCon60.9
Sources, methods & last update
Method The dispatch paragraphs are AI-generated from the public sources listed below. Every figure links to its source. If we’re wrong, please tell us — corrections within 48 hours.
BoundariesONS Open Geography Portal
2023 boundary review
Wards & councilsLGBCE · Democracy Club
DCLEAPIL v1.0 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
SettlementsONS Built-Up Areas
Census 2021
DemographicsONS · Nomis · Census 2021
National avg over 575 seats
Income & taxHMRC SPI
±8% confidence
SchoolsDfE · attainment data
Crimedata.police.uk
LSOA-aggregated · rolling 12mo
ElectionsElectoral Commission