Slough (UK Parliament constituency)

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Slough
Borough constituency

Slough shown within Berkshire, and Berkshire shown within England
Created: 1983
MP: Fiona Mactaggart
Party: Labour
Type: House of Commons
County: Berkshire
EP constituency: South East England

Slough is a parliamentary 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.

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[edit] Boundaries

The constituency was created in 1983 and covers part of the Borough of Slough in Berkshire. This is a town made famous by the BBC TV series The Office, although its creator, Ricky Gervais, is actually a native of nearby Reading.

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. It currently has a better majority than most other new town Labour seats in South East England, such as Crawley, Harlow and Stevenage.

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 the administrative counties of Buckinghamshire and Surrey. This change did not affect the Slough Parliamentary boundary.

Current boundaries since 1997: The constituency comprises twelve of the fourteen wards existing when the boundaries were changed (the Borough has since been re-warded so the boundaries do not coincide with all those of the wards which now exist). 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 are split between the Slough and Windsor constituencies.

Proposed boundaries from the next likely election: The Slough constituency would comprise 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 would remain within the Windsor constituency.

: For some information about the current wards and the most recent local election results for them, see Slough Council election 2006.

[edit] Members of Parliament

From 1945 to 1983 the area was in the Eton and Slough constituency, whose radical MP from 1950 to 1964 was Fenner Brockway.

This is a list of people who have represented this borough constituency in the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1983.

  • Constituency created (1983)
Year Member Party
1983 John Watts Conservative
1997 Fiona Mactaggart Labour

[edit] Elections

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 Democrats 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 Democrats 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
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 Democrats 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 hold 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 Democrats 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 A. 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
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

[edit] Sources

[edit] See also

[edit] Reference

  • British Parliamentary Constituencies, A Statistical Compendium, by Ivor Crewe and Anthony Fox (Faber and Faber 1984).

[edit] External link

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


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