Slough (UK Parliament constituency)

Slough
Borough constituency
for the House of Commons
Boundary of Slough in Berkshire.
Location of Berkshire within England.
County	Berkshire
Electorate	81,327 (December 2010)
Current constituency
Created	1983 (1983)
Member of Parliament	Fiona Mactaggart (Labour)
Number of members	One
Created from	Eton & Slough, and Beaconsfield
Overlaps
European Parliament constituency	South East England

Slough is a borough constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election.

Boundaries

The constituency was created in 1983 and covers part of the Borough of Slough in Berkshire.

The former Eton and Slough constituency, which contributed 88.2% of the new Slough constituency, was a safe Labour area. The remaining 11.8% came from the safe Conservative constituency of Beaconsfield.

The Conservatives gained the new Slough seat in 1983, and held it until 1997 before Labour gained the constituency. After the 2005 General Election, it had a better majority than most other new town Labour seats in South East England, such as Crawley, Harlow and Stevenage, all of which were lost to the Conservatives in the 2010 Election.

1983-1997: The constituency comprised the whole Borough of Slough as it existed in 1983. The Borough has, since 1995, been expanded eastward slightly to absorb parts of the current Colnbrook with Poyle ward formerly in Buckinghamshire and Surrey. This change did not affect the Slough parliamentary boundary.

1997-2010: The constituency comprised twelve of the fourteen wards existing when the boundaries were changed (Slough was re-warded during the period, so the parliamentary boundary did not then coincide with all those of the new wards). The old wards in the constituency were Baylis, Britwell, Central, Chalvey, Cippenham, Farnham, Haymill, Kedermister, Langley St Mary's, Stoke, Upton and Wexham Lea. The current wards wholly in the Slough constituency are Baylis and Stoke, Britwell, Central, Chalvey, Cippenham Green, Cippenham Meadows, Farnham, Haymill, Upton and Wexham Lea. The three Langley wards of Foxborough, Kedermister and Langley St Mary's were split between the Slough and Windsor constituencies.

Boundaries from the 2010 general election: The Slough constituency comprises thirteen of the fourteen existing wards of the Borough. The wards concerned are Baylis and Stoke, Britwell, Central, Chalvey, Cippenham Green, Cippenham Meadows, Farnham, Foxborough, Haymill, Kedermister, Langley St Mary's, Upton and Wexham Lea. Colnbrook with Poyle ward remained within the Windsor constituency.

: For information about the current wards and the most recent local election results for them, see Slough Council election 2008 and Slough Council election, 2010.

Members of Parliament

From 1945 to 1983 most of the area presently covered by this seat was in the Eton and Slough constituency, whose radical Labour MP from 1950 to 1964 was Fenner Brockway.

Election		Member	Party
	1983	John Watts	Conservative
	1997	Fiona Mactaggart	Labour

Elections

1980s – 1990s – 2000s

Elections in the 2010s

General Election 2010: Slough
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Fiona Mactaggart	21,884	45.8	-0.4
	Conservative	Diana Coad	16,361	34.3	+7.9
	Liberal Democrat	Chris Tucker	6,943	14.5	-2.2
	UKIP	Peter Mason-Apps	1,517	3.2	-0.5
	Green	Miriam Kennet	542	1.1	-0.9
	Christian	Sunil Chaudhary	495	1.0	N/A
Majority			5,523	11.6
Turnout			47,742	61.9	+8.1
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2005: Slough
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Fiona Mactaggart	17,517	47.2	−11.1
	Conservative	Sheila Gunn	9,666	26.1	−0.1
	Liberal Democrat	Thomas McCann	5,739	15.5	+5.0
	Respect	Ajaz Khan	1,632	4.4	N/A
	UKIP	Geoff Howard	1,415	3.8	+1.9
	Green	David Wood	759	2.0	N/A
	Independent	Paul Janik	367	1.0	N/A
Majority			7,851	21.2
Turnout			37,095	50.5	-2.9
	Labour hold		Swing	-5.5

General Election 2001: Slough
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Fiona Mactaggart	22,718	58.3	+1.6
	Conservative	Diana Coad	10,210	26.2	-3.1
	Liberal Democrat	Keith Kerr	4,109	10.5	+3.2
	Independent	Tony Haines	859	2.2	+1.6
	UKIP	John Lane	738	1.9	N/A
	Independent	Choudry Nazir	364	0.9	N/A
Majority			12,508	32.1
Turnout			38,998	53.4	-14.5
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1990s

General Election 1997: Slough
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Fiona Mactaggart	27,029	56.6	+12.9
	Conservative	Peta Buscombe	13,958	29.2	-15.4
	Liberal Democrat	Chris Bushill	3,509	7.4	+0.4
	Liberal	Anne Bradshaw	1,835	3.8	+1.3
	Referendum Party	T.J. Sharkey	1,124	2.4	N/A
	Independent	P.P. Whitmore	277	0.6	N/A
Majority			13,071	27.4
Turnout			47,732	67.9	-10.3
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

General Election 1992: Slough
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Watts	25,793	44.6	-2.3
	Labour	Eddie Lopez	25,279	43.7	+4.1
	Liberal Democrat	Peter Mapp	4,041	7.0	-6.4
	Liberal	John Clark	1,426	2.5	N/A
	Independent Labour	D. Alford	699	1.2	N/A
	National Front	Andy Carmichael	290	0.5	N/A
	Natural Law	M.R. Creese	153	0.3	N/A
	Independent	Ms E.A. Smith	134	0.2	N/A
Majority			514	0.9	-6.5
Turnout			57,815	78.0	+2.1
	Conservative hold		Swing	−3.3

Elections in the 1980s

General Election 1987: Slough
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Watts	26,166	47.0	+4.1
	Labour	Eddie Lopez	22,076	39.6	+2.7
	Social Democrat	M. Goldstone	7,490	13.4	-5.1
Majority			4,090	7.4	+1.4
Turnout			55,732	75.9	+4.4
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1983: Slough
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Watts	22,064	42.9	+4.3
	Labour	Miss Joan Lestor	18,958	36.9	-6.7
	Social Democrat	N.F.G. Bosanquet	9,519	18.5	+7.2
	National Front	G. John	528	1.0	N/A
	Ecology	I.E. Flindall	325	0.6	N/A
Majority			3,106	6.0	N/A
Turnout			51,394	71.5	N/A

See also

• List of Parliamentary constituencies in Berkshire
• Slough Borough Council includes historical information about wards and local elections

Sources

• British Parliamentary Constituencies, A Statistical Compendium, by Ivor Crewe and Anthony Fox (Faber and Faber 1984).
• Official list of candidates nominated 2010 Slough Borough Council website accessed 21 April 2010

External links

• [1] The Boundary Committee for England page about Slough Unitary Authority, with links to pre and post 2004 ward maps