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 controlYears
Labour1973–1976
Conservative1976–1983
Labour1983–1998

Unitary authority

Party in controlYears
Labour1998–2004
No overall control2004–2008
Labour2008–2023
No overall control2023–present

Leadership

The leaders of the council since 1997 have been:[2]

CouncillorPartyFromTo
Geoff Cutting Labour17 May 1997
John Connolly Labour20 May 1999Jun 2001
Rob Anderson[3] LabourJun 2001Jun 2004
Richard Stokes Liberal6 Jul 200415 May 2008
Rob Anderson[4] Labour15 May 20086 Jun 2016
Sohail Munawar[5] Labour6 Jun 201628 Nov 2017
James Swindlehurst Labour28 Nov 20177 May 2023
Dexter Smith Conservative18 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

Unitary authority elections

Election Results 1997–2008
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

By-election results

Kedermister By-Election 7 December 1997
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).

Upton By-Election 4 February 1999
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).

Britwell By-Election 18 October 2002
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).

Britwell By-Election 13 February 2003
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).

Langley St. Mary's By-Election 16 November 2006
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).

References

  1. ↑ "Council compositions". The Elections Centre. Retrieved 3 May 2016.
  2. ↑ "Council minutes". Slough Borough Council. Retrieved 6 June 2022.
  3. ↑ "Councillor Robert Anderson". Slough Borough Council. Retrieved 6 June 2022.
  4. ↑ "Slough Borough Council leader Rob Anderson resigns". BBC News. 6 June 2016. Retrieved 6 June 2022.
  5. ↑ Hockaday, James (29 November 2017). "New leader of Slough Borough Council chosen after Sohail Munawar reigns". Maidenhead Advetiser. Retrieved 6 June 2022.
  6. ↑ The Berkshire and Buckinghamshire (Areas) Order 1977
  7. ↑ The Borough of Slough (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1980
  8. ↑ legislation.gov.uk - The Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Hampshire, Oxfordshire and Surrey (County Boundaries) Order 1991. Retrieved on 5 November 2015.
  9. ↑ legislation.gov.uk - The Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Surrey (County Boundaries) Order 1994. Retrieved on 5 November 2015.
  10. ↑ legislation.gov.uk - The Borough of Slough (Electoral Changes) Order 2002. Retrieved on 4 October 2015.
  11. ↑ legislation.gov.uk - The Slough (Electoral Changes) Order 2012. Retrieved on 3 November 2015.
  • Local newspapers (1863-date) and Slough Borough Council documents at the Robert Taylor Library in Slough
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