Slough Borough Council elections
Slough Borough Council is the local authority for Slough, a unitary authority in Berkshire, England. Until 1 April 1998 it was a non-metropolitan district.
Political control
Since the first election to the council in 1973 political control of the council has been held by the following parties:[1]
Non-metropolitan district
Party in control | Years | |
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Labour | 1973–1976 | |
Conservative | 1976–1983 | |
Labour | 1983–1998 |
Unitary authority
Party in control | Years | |
---|---|---|
Labour | 1998–2004 | |
No overall control | 2004–2008 | |
Labour | 2008–2023 | |
No overall control | 2023–present |
Leadership
The leaders of the council since 1997 have been:[2]
Councillor | Party | From | To | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Geoff Cutting | Labour | 17 May 1997 | ||
John Connolly | Labour | 20 May 1999 | Jun 2001 | |
Rob Anderson[3] | Labour | Jun 2001 | Jun 2004 | |
Richard Stokes | Liberal | 6 Jul 2004 | 15 May 2008 | |
Rob Anderson[4] | Labour | 15 May 2008 | 6 Jun 2016 | |
Sohail Munawar[5] | Labour | 6 Jun 2016 | 28 Nov 2017 | |
James Swindlehurst | Labour | 28 Nov 2017 | 7 May 2023 | |
Dexter Smith | Conservative | 18 May 2023 |
Council elections
Non-metropolitan district elections
- 1973 Slough Borough Council election
- 1976 Slough Borough Council election
- 1979 Slough Borough Council election (Borough boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same)[6]
- 1983 Slough Borough Council election (New ward boundaries)[7]
- 1984 Slough Borough Council election
- 1986 Slough Borough Council election
- 1987 Slough Borough Council election
- 1988 Slough Borough Council election
- 1990 Slough Borough Council election
- 1991 Slough Borough Council election (Borough boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same)[8]
- 1992 Slough Borough Council election
- 1994 Slough Borough Council election
- 1995 Slough Borough Council election (Borough boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same)[9]
- 1996 Slough Borough Council election
- 1997 Slough Borough Council election
- 1999 Slough Borough Council election
- 2000 Slough Borough Council election
- 2001 Slough Borough Council election
- 2002 Slough Borough Council election
- 2003 Slough Borough Council election
- 2004 Slough Borough Council election (New ward boundaries)[10]
- 2006 Slough Borough Council election
- 2007 Slough Borough Council election
- 2008 Slough Borough Council election
- 2010 Slough Borough Council election
- 2011 Slough Borough Council election
- 2012 Slough Borough Council election
- 2014 Slough Borough Council election (New ward boundaries)[11]
- 2015 Slough Borough Council election
- 2016 Slough Borough Council election
- 2018 Slough Borough Council election
- 2019 Slough Borough Council election
- 2021 Slough Borough Council election
- 2022 Slough Borough Council election
- 2023 Slough Borough Council election
Election Results 1997–2008 | |||||||||||
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Party | 1997 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | |
Conservative | 4 | 4 (6) | 3 (8) | 1 (7) | 1 (6) | 4 (6) | 9 | 1 (5) | 3 (7) | 3 (6) | |
Labour | 34 | 9 (32) | 6 (26) | 12 (27) | 10 (27) | 6 (26) | 15 | 8 (18) | 7 (19) | 8 (23) | |
Liberal Democrats | 0 | 0 (0) | 1 (1) | 0 (1) | 0 (1) | 1 (1) | 6 | 1 (5) | 1 (4) | 1 (3) | |
Other parties | 3 | 1 (3) | 4 (6) | 1 (6) | 3 (7) | 3 (8) | 11 | 3 (13) | 3 (11) | 3 (9) | |
Total Seats | 41 | 14 (41) | 14 (41) | 14 (41) | 14 (41) | 14 (41) | 41 | 13 (41) | 14 (41) | 15 (41) |
Note: The 1997 and 2004 elections were for the whole Council. For other elections the overall total, after the election, is given in brackets.
Borough result maps
- 2018 results map
- 2021 results map
- 2023 results map
By-election results
1994-1998
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | D.A. Hewitt | 442 | 60.22 | N/A | |
Conservative | Mrs M.E. Collins | 206 | 28.07 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | P.L. Bayliss | 86 | 11.72 | N/A | |
Majority | 236 | 32.15 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 4,858 | 15.11 | N/A | ||
Labour hold | Swing | N/A |
Resignation of Mrs B. L. Lopez (Labour).
1998-2002
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Mrs J.T. Long | 799 | 59.85 | N/A | |
Labour | B.B. Mittal | 352 | 26.37 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | Mrs S.A. Jenkins | 68 | 5.09 | N/A | |
P.P. Whitmore | 60 | 4.49 | N/A | ||
Independent Labour | D.A.J. Alford | 36 | 2.70 | N/A | |
Liberal | P.E. Bradshaw | 20 | 1.50 | N/A | |
Majority | 447 | 33.48 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 4,931 | 27.07 | N/A | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | N/A |
Death of M. G. Long (Conservative).
2002-2006
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Britwellian | Patrick Shine | 488 | 53.80 | N/A | |
Labour | Ms May Dodds | 262 | 28.89 | N/A | |
Britwellian | O. Isemia | 157 | 24.92 | N/A | |
Majority | 226 | 32.15 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 6,376 | 14.26 | N/A | ||
Britwellian gain from Britwellian | Swing | N/A |
Death of Mrs Mavis L. Gallick (Britwellian).
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Britwellian | Paul Janik | 539 | 63.49 | +9.69 | |
Labour | Ms J.R. Rock | 310 | 36.51 | +7.62 | |
Majority | 229 | 26.97 | -5.18 | ||
Turnout | 6,319 | 13.50 | -0.76 | ||
Britwellian gain from Labour | Swing | N/A |
Death of Dennis McCarthy (Labour).
2006-2010
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Diana Victoria Coad | 805 | 50.50 | +13.79 | |
Labour | Sharanjeet Kaur Sandhu | 682 | 42.79 | +6.42 | |
Independent | Dominic James Ashford | 107 | 6.71 | +0.72 | |
Majority | 123 | 7.72 | +7.37 | ||
Turnout | ... | 29.97 | -8.49 | ||
Conservative gain from Ind. Langley Res. | Swing | N/A |
Resignation of Mrs P. F. Key (Independent Langley Residents).
2010-2014
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Mohammed Nazir | 1,300 | 59.0 | -21.4 | |
Independent | Pervez Choudhury | 764 | 34.7 | +34.7 | |
UKIP | Allan Deverill | 72 | 3.3 | +3.3 | |
Independent | Ivan Dukes | 68 | 3.1 | +3.1 | |
Majority | 536 | 24.3 | |||
Turnout | 2,204 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Disqualification of Azhar Qureshi (Labour) for non-attendance.
2014-2018
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Paul Kelly | 1,036 | 49.0 | +3.6 | |
Labour | Jemma Davis | 899 | 42.5 | +4.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | Gary Griffin | 129 | 6.1 | +6.1 | |
Independent | Paul Janik | 52 | 2.5 | +2.5 | |
Majority | 137 | 6.5 | |||
Turnout | 2,116 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Death of Darren Morris (Conservative ).
References
- ^ "Council compositions". The Elections Centre. Retrieved 3 May 2016.
- ^ "Council minutes". Slough Borough Council. Retrieved 6 June 2022.
- ^ "Councillor Robert Anderson". Slough Borough Council. Retrieved 6 June 2022.
- ^ "Slough Borough Council leader Rob Anderson resigns". BBC News. 6 June 2016. Retrieved 6 June 2022.
- ^ Hockaday, James (29 November 2017). "New leader of Slough Borough Council chosen after Sohail Munawar reigns". Maidenhead Advetiser. Retrieved 6 June 2022.
- ^ The Berkshire and Buckinghamshire (Areas) Order 1977
- ^ The Borough of Slough (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1980
- ^ legislation.gov.uk - The Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Hampshire, Oxfordshire and Surrey (County Boundaries) Order 1991. Retrieved on 5 November 2015.
- ^ legislation.gov.uk - The Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Surrey (County Boundaries) Order 1994. Retrieved on 5 November 2015.
- ^ legislation.gov.uk - The Borough of Slough (Electoral Changes) Order 2002. Retrieved on 4 October 2015.
- ^ legislation.gov.uk - The Slough (Electoral Changes) Order 2012. Retrieved on 3 November 2015.
- ^ "Local Elections Archive Project — Baylis and Stoke Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 21 February 2024.
- ^ "Local Elections Archive Project — Haymill and Lynch Hill Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 21 February 2024.
- Local newspapers (1863-date) and Slough Borough Council documents at the Robert Taylor Library in Slough
External links
- Slough Borough Council
- The Boundary Committee for England page about Slough
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