Today, the villages of Bagshot, Lightwater and Windlesham are represented by a single 'Windlesham' Parish Council, with a group of 18 councillors representing over 17,000 people from across the 3 villages. 

So 'Windlesham' Parish Council is really no such thing. With Windlesham having only 5 councillors out of 18, it is effectively Lightwater Parish Council in all but name.

80% of parishes in England have populations of less that 2,500 and the average number of councillors is between 5 and 7.  

The current arrangement is even an anomaly within Surrey Heath - the neighbouring Parish Councils of Bisley, Chobham and West End are all 'village-specific'.

This current arrangement has starved Windlesham of investment and has allowed our money and assets to be seized and used elsewhere.

• Windlesham is one village - and so all of our residents should be able to vote for and elect councillors for the whole of our village
• Windlesham's 5 Councillors get constantly out-voted and their decisions overturned by the 13 Councillors from Bagshot and Lightwater
• The level of Administration and Bureaucracy of this unusually large Council are mind-blowing - despite a 50%+ increase in Tax Income, projects are still not being delivered and our money is still being wasted on bureaucracy and vanity projects.