Windsor and Maidenhead: Bray ward

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Before anyone asks for your vote: what the official record says about the ground around this area — housing sites, schools, protected areas, air quality — and who represents you now.

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Boundary: ONS Open Geography Portal (Open Government Licence). Map tiles: OpenStreetMap.

Who represents you now

Councillors for Bray, as recorded after the May 2026 elections:

Suzanne Cross, Independent / Other
Leo Walters, Conservative and Unionist

This by-election fills a seat that has fallen vacant since then, so one of those listed may no longer hold it.

Across the whole of Windsor and Maidenhead council (41 seats in 2026): Conservative 7, Liberal Democrat 21, Reform UK 1, Other 12. Run by: Liberal Democrats, with a majority.

Councillors and council make-up from Open Council Data (public domain). The council's own website lists current councillors and how to contact them.

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Windsor and Maidenhead: Bray ward in numbers

Official open data about the area. It describes the place, not you, and it favours no candidate.

People claiming unemployment-related benefits

105 people in Bray ward, 2.3% of residents aged 16–64, against 4% across England (August 2026).

Claimant count, Office for National Statistics via Nomis (Open Government Licence). It counts people claiming Jobseeker's Allowance or Universal Credit while required to seek work; it is not the same as the unemployment rate.

House prices in Windsor And Maidenhead

Average price £575,036, down 3.9% on a year earlier (July 2026).

Flats and maisonettes: £304,000
Detached houses: £1,126,843

Source: HM Land Registry UK House Price Index for the local authority (Open Government Licence). A local-authority average; prices within it vary widely.

Recorded crime nearby, July 2026

6 street-level crimes recorded within about a mile of the area's centre.

criminal damage arson: 2
violent crime: 2
anti social behaviour: 1
public order: 1

Source: data.police.uk (Open Government Licence). Centroid of the ONS 2024 boundary. Statistics near this point describe the area, not any household. Recorded crime reflects reporting and policing as well as offending; see the ONS guidance in further reading.

Past elections in this ward

Every recorded council election here since 2006, most recent first. Elected candidates in bold. Past results describe the past; each election is a new contest.

2023 — the Borough first Independents, Conservative and Unionist Party elected · turnout 39%

Suzanne Cross	the Borough first Independents	907
Leo Francis Walters	Conservative and Unionist Party	746
Glynis Crane	the Borough first Independents	726
Derek John Wilson	Conservative and Unionist Party	691
Bruce Ian Ross Adams	Liberal Democrats	317
Timothy Robert John Stevens Martin	Liberal Democrats	262
Robert White	Labour Party	175

2019 — Conservative and Unionist Party, Conservative and Unionist Party elected · turnout 37%

David Coppinger	Conservative and Unionist Party	1,039
Leo Francis Walters	Conservative and Unionist Party	991
Lee Page	the Borough first Independents	573
Sheila Mary Adams	Liberal Democrats	368
Robert John Acker	Liberal Democrats	225
Peter Dudley Targett	Labour Party	152
Andrew Paul Foakes	Labour Party	149

2015 — Conservative and Unionist Party, Conservative and Unionist Party, Conservative and Unionist Party elected · turnout 74%

David Burbage	Conservative and Unionist Party	2,661
David Coppinger	Conservative and Unionist Party	2,478
Leo Walters	Conservative and Unionist Party	2,280
Tina Thomas	UK Independence Party (UKIP)	558
Sheila Adams	Liberal Democrats	506
Mary Stockton	Liberal Democrats	424
Andrew Foakes	Labour Party	402
Rob Acker	Liberal Democrats	401
Dudley Targett	Labour Party	385
Ashok Sharma	Labour Party	375

2011 — Conservative and Unionist Party, Conservative and Unionist Party, Conservative and Unionist Party elected · turnout 46%

David Burbage	Conservative and Unionist Party	1,864
David Coppinger	Conservative and Unionist Party	1,862
Leo Walters	Conservative and Unionist Party	1,776
George Sheerin	Liberal Democrats	371
Fiona Dent	Labour Party	319
Andrew Hickley	Liberal Democrats	315
Peter Newbound	Liberal Democrats	310
Ashok Sharma	Labour Party	295
Sachin Thakor	Labour Party	269

2007 — Conservative and Unionist Party, Conservative and Unionist Party, Conservative and Unionist Party elected

David Burbage	Conservative and Unionist Party	1,391
Leo Walters	Conservative and Unionist Party	1,390
Barry Thompson	Conservative and Unionist Party	1,380
Peter Janikoun	Liberal Democrats	413
Mike Singh	Liberal Democrats	412
Nick Bagri	Liberal Democrats	383

Source: DCLEAPIL v1.0 British local election results 2006–2024, by Jason Leman, drawing on Andrew Teale's Local Elections Archive Project and Democracy Club (Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0). Where a ward's boundaries changed, earlier results were for a somewhat different area.

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