Slough Borough Council elections

Slough is 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
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	Labour	1973-1976
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	Conservative	1976-1983
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	Labour	1983-1998

Unitary authority

Party in control		Years
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	Labour	1997-2004
style="background-color: Template:No overall control/meta/color" \|	No overall control	2004-2008
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	Labour	2008–present

Current council composition (2017) ^[2]<cody>.</cody>

Labour- 33
Conservative- 8
UKIP- 1

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)^[3]
1983 Slough Borough Council election (New ward boundaries)^[4]
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)^[5]
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)^[6]
1996 Slough Borough Council election

Unitary authority elections

Election Results 1997–2008
Party		1997	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2006	2007	2008
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	[[Conservative Party (UK)\|Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/shortname]]	4	4 (6)	3 (8)	1 (7)	1 (6)	4 (6)	9	1 (5)	3 (7)	3 (6)
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	[[Labour Party (UK)\|Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/shortname]]	34	9 (32)	6 (26)	12 (27)	10 (27)	6 (26)	15	8 (18)	7 (19)	8 (23)
style="background-color: Template:Liberal Democrats (UK)/meta/color" \|	[[Liberal Democrats (UK)\|Template:Liberal Democrats (UK)/meta/shortname]]	0	0 (0)	1 (1)	0 (1)	0 (1)	1 (1)	6	1 (5)	1 (4)	1 (3)
style="background-color: Template:Other parties/meta/color" \|	Template:Other parties/meta/shortname	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

^ "Council compositions". The Elections Centre. Retrieved 3 May 2016.
^ http://www.slough.gov.uk/moderngov/mgMemberIndex.aspx?FN=PARTY&VW=LIST&PIC=0
^ 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 newspapers (1863-date) and Slough Borough Council documents at the Robert Taylor Library in Slough

External links

[1] "Council compositions". The Elections Centre. Retrieved 3 May 2016.

[2] ttp://www.slough.gov.uk/moderngov/mgMemberIndex.aspx?FN=PARTY&VW=LIST&PIC=0

[3] The Berkshire and Buckinghamshire (Areas) Order 1977

[4] The Borough of Slough (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1980

[5] slation.gov.uk - The Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Hampshire, Oxfordshire and Surrey (County Boundaries) Order 1991. Retrieved on 5 November 2015.

[6] slation.gov.uk - The Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Surrey (County Boundaries) Order 1994. Retrieved on 5 November 2015.

[7] slation.gov.uk - The Borough of Slough (Electoral Changes) Order 2002. Retrieved on 4 October 2015.

[8] slation.gov.uk - The Slough (Electoral Changes) Order 2012. Retrieved on 3 November 2015.

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