Editing Staines-upon-Thames (section)

===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>