Editing Staines-upon-Thames (section)

==National and local government==
===UK parliament===
The town is in the parliamentary constituency of [[Spelthorne (UK Parliament constituency)|Spelthorne]], and has been represented by Conservative Party MP [[Lincoln Jopp]] since 2024. From [[2010 United Kingdom general election|2010]] until the [[2024 United Kingdom general election|2024 general election]], Staines was represented [[Parliament of the United Kingdom|at Westminster]] by [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]] [[Kwasi Kwarteng]]. Kwarteng was [[Chancellor of the Exchequer]] for 38 days during the 49 day premiership of [[Liz Truss]].<ref>{{cite web |url= https://members.parliament.uk/constituency/3764/overview |title= Spelthorne |author= <!--Not stated--> |publisher= UK Parliament |access-date= 12 May 2022 |archive-date= 12 May 2022 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20220512210400/https://members.parliament.uk/constituency/3764/overview |url-status= live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |author= <!--Not stated--> |date= 7 May 2010 |title= Election 2010: Spelthorne parliamentary constituency |url= http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/election2010/results/constituency/e34.stm |work= BBC News |location= London |access-date= 12 May 2022 |archive-date= 23 August 2017 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20170823070447/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/election2010/results/constituency/e34.stm |url-status= live }}</ref>

===County council===
Councillors are elected to [[Surrey County Council]] every four years. The majority of the town is in the Staines electoral division, but areas to the southeast of the centre are in the Staines South and Ashford West electoral division.<ref>{{cite web |url= https://mycouncil.surreycc.gov.uk/mgMemberIndex.aspx?FN=WARD&VW=TABLE&PIC=1 |title= Your Councillors by Division |author= <!--Not stated--> |date= 1 August 2021 |publisher= Surrey County Council |access-date= 1 August 2021 |archive-date= 1 June 2021 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20210601211730/https://mycouncil.surreycc.gov.uk/mgMemberIndex.aspx?VW=TABLE&PIC=1&FN=WARD |url-status= live }}</ref><ref name= OS_Elections>{{cite web |url= https://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/election-maps/gb/ |title= Election Maps |author= <!--Not stated--> |year= 2015 |publisher= Ordnance Survey |access-date= 3 September 2021 |archive-date= 20 February 2016 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160220103943/https://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/election-maps/gb/ |url-status= live }}</ref>

===Borough council===
Staines is divided between three wards, each of which elects three councillors to [[Borough of Spelthorne|Spelthorne Borough Council]]. The wards are Staines, Staines South, and Riverside and Laleham.<ref name= OS_Elections/><ref>{{cite web |url= https://democracy.spelthorne.gov.uk/mgMemberIndex.aspx?FN=WARD&VW=LIST&PIC=0 |title= Your councillors by ward |author= <!--Not stated--> |date= 12 May 2022 |publisher= Spelthorne Borough Council |access-date= 12 May 2022 |archive-date= 17 April 2021 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20210417091436/https://democracy.spelthorne.gov.uk/mgMemberIndex.aspx?FN=WARD&VW=LIST&PIC=0 |url-status= live }}</ref> The Borough of Spelthorne has been [[sister city|twinned]] with [[Melun]], France since 1990 and with [[Grand Port District|Grand Port]], Mauritius since 2009.<ref>{{cite web |title= Twinning - Spelthorne, Melun and Mauritius |date= 12 May 2022 |url= https://www.spelthorne.gov.uk/article/17570/Twinning-Spelthorne-Melun-and-Mauritius |publisher= Spelthorne Borough Council |access-date= 12 May 2022 |archive-date= 14 May 2022 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20220514102349/https://www.spelthorne.gov.uk/article/17570/Twinning-Spelthorne-Melun-and-Mauritius |url-status= live }}</ref>