Slough Borough Council elections

Slough Borough Council is the local authority for Slough, a unitary authority in Berkshire, England.

Council elections

Composition of the council[1]
Year Conservative Labour Liberal Democrats[a] UKIP Independents
& Others		 Council control
after election
Local government reorganisation; council established (40 seats)
1973 2 34 4 – 0 Labour
1976 27 11 2 – 0 Conservative
1979[2] 21 14 5 – 0 Conservative
New ward boundaries (39 seats)[3]
1983 15 21 3 – 0 Labour
1984 15 21 3 – 0 Labour
1986 12 24 3 – 0 Labour
1987 11 24 3 – 0 Labour
1988 8 26 5 – 0 Labour
1990 6 28 5 – 0 Labour
1991[4] 4 30 5 – 0 Labour
1992 5 29 5 – 0 Labour
1994 4 28 0 0 7 Labour
1995[5] 3 30 1 0 6 Labour
1996 0 36 3 0 1 Labour
Slough becomes a unitary authority; new ward boundaries (41 seats)
1997 4 34 3 0 0 Labour
1999 6 32 0 0 3 Labour
2000 7 27 1 0 6 Labour
2001 8 26 1 0 6 Labour
2002 6 27 2 0 6 Labour
2003 6 26 2 0 7 Labour
New ward boundaries (41 seats)[6]
2004 9 15 6 0 11[b] No overall control
2006 6 18 5 0 11[b] No overall control
2007 7 19 4 0 11[b] No overall control
2008 6 23 3 0 9[b] No overall control
2010 8 24 3 0 6[c] Labour
2011 9 27 2 0 3[d] Labour
2012 5 35 1 0 0 Labour
New ward boundaries (42 seats)[7]
2014 8 33 0 1 0 Labour
2015 9 32 0 0 1 Labour
2016 8 33 0 0 1 Labour
2018 6 35 0 0 1 Labour
2019 4 37 0 0 0 Labour
2021 5 34 0 0 3 Labour
2022 6 33 0 0 3 Labour
New ward boundaries (42 seats)[8][e]
2023 21 18 3 0 0 No overall control

Borough result maps

By-election results

1994-1998

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).

1998-2002

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).

2002-2006

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).

2006-2010

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).

2010-2014

Baylis and Stoke By-Election 8 March 2012[9]
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

Haymill and Lynch Hill By-Election 4 May 2017[10]
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).

2023-2027

Cippenham Green By-Election 11 June 2026[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Green Chloe Hart 409 24.4 New
Conservative Raja Muhammad Fayyaz 404 24.1 −24.7
Labour Co-op Preston Brooker 355 21.2 −7.4
Reform Christina Mahboob 326 19.4 New
Liberal Democrats Jen Simpson 176 10.5 −0.2
Majority 5 0.3 N/A
Turnout 1,678 32.13 −4.34
Green gain from Conservative Swing N/A

Resignation of Robert Stedmond (Conservative).[12]

Notes

  1. ↑ Includes totals for the predecessors of the Liberal Democrats, the Liberal Party and SDP (both of which participated in the Alliance).
  2. 1 2 3 4 Including 3 Liberals.
  3. ↑ Including 2 Liberal.
  4. ↑ Including 1 Liberal.
  5. ↑ Change from staggered to whole council elections

References

  1. ↑ "Composition calculator". Colin Rallings & Michael Thrasher. The Elections Centre, Plymouth University. Retrieved 14 May 2025.
  2. ↑ The Berkshire and Buckinghamshire (Areas) Order 1977
  3. ↑ The Borough of Slough (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1980
  4. ↑ legislation.gov.uk - The Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Hampshire, Oxfordshire and Surrey (County Boundaries) Order 1991. Retrieved on 5 November 2015.
  5. ↑ legislation.gov.uk - The Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Surrey (County Boundaries) Order 1994. Retrieved on 5 November 2015.
  6. ↑ legislation.gov.uk - The Borough of Slough (Electoral Changes) Order 2002. Retrieved on 4 October 2015.
  7. ↑ legislation.gov.uk - The Slough (Electoral Changes) Order 2012. Retrieved on 3 November 2015.
  8. ↑ legislation.gov.uk - The Slough (Electoral Changes) Order 2023. Retrieved on 3 November 2024.
  9. ↑ "Local Elections Archive Project — Baylis and Stoke Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 21 February 2024.
  10. ↑ "Local Elections Archive Project — Haymill and Lynch Hill Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 21 February 2024.
  11. ↑ "Local Elections Archive Project — Cippenham Green Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 18 June 2026.
  12. ↑ "The Green Party wins by-election in Slough by five votes". Slough Observer. 12 June 2026. Retrieved 12 June 2026.
  • Local newspapers (1863-date) and Slough Borough Council documents at the Robert Taylor Library in Slough
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