Slough Council election, 2007

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Elections to the Borough Council in Slough, England, were held on 3 May 2007. One third of the council was up for election. This was the 122nd Slough general local authority election (including both whole Council elections and elections by thirds) since Slough became a local government unit in 1863.

The 2007 election was to fill fourteen seats for the 2007-2011 term. The remaining twenty-seven Slough Councillors continued in office. The fourteen seats were previously contested in the whole Council election of 2004 following the redrawing of the ward boundaries in the Borough.

In the last election in 2006, the Labour Party gained three seats, the Conservative Party lost two and the Liberal Democrats lost one. This result was slightly unusual compared with the other UK local elections on the same day in which the Conservative Party generally gained seats at the expense of the Labour Party.

The counter cyclical changes continued in the 2007 election. The Labour Party gained another seat from the Conservatives and one from the Liberal Democrats. However the Conservative Party unseated the longest serving Labour Councillor and former Mayor, Lydia Simmons. Labour finished the count with a net gain of one, which leaves Slough in no overall control. The existing coalition administration (broadly supported by all Councillors not in the Labour group) is likely to continue in office for the next year.

The turnout for the whole borough, as announced at the count on 4 May 2007, was 35.32% of the registered electors.

The result in the Central ward was overturned, on 18 March 2008, at the hearing of an election petition (see the Central ward sub-section below for more details). This was the first time since the nineteenth century that a Slough local election result was overturned by the courts.

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[edit] Recent political history of Slough

Slough has an unusual balance of political forces. The council has, since 2004, had no party in overall control. A coalition of the Britwellian, Independent, Liberal and Liberal Democrat Group (BILLD) and the Conservative Group form the current administration, with the Labour Group in opposition. There was (in April 2007) one non-Group affiliated member, an Independent Conservative (who was elected in 2004 as an official Conservative and has been nominated for re-election in 2007 as an official candidate).

The BILLD Group is itself a local coalition, containing members from six parties or groups of independents. The organisations represented in the group before the election are the Slough Liberal Democrats, the Slough Liberals, the United Kingdom Independence Party (UKIP) and a representative or representatives from three groups of independents active in one ward each (the Independent Britwellian Residents in Britwell, Independent Langley Residents in Langley St Mary's and Independents in Wexham Lea wards). The existing members of the Group (excluding UKIP) have an electoral pact for the current election, continuing electoral arrangements which started with the Slough Council election 2001. The Independent Langley Residents Councillor joined The Slough Party, just before the 2007 election.

A number of Independents and others, not affiliated to BILLD, contested the 2007 election.

During the 2006-2007 term the Conservative Party gained one seat from Independent Langley Residents in a by-election. The Independent Conservative councillor for Upton (Balwinder Singh Dhillon) received the official Conservative nomination for 2007, thus giving the Tories a notional gain. In April 2007, the composition of the 41 member council was:-

In the 2007 election 50 candidates were nominated for the 14 seats up for election. One Independent candidate (Dominic Ashford in Wexham Lea) was nominated but withdrew before the poll. The list below is broken down by Party or group of Independents, with a residual category of Others who have no party label or are standing as Independents who are not affiliated to BILLD. The Independent Langley Residents have not nominated an official BILLD candidate in their ward, but their incumbent Councillor has proposed the nominee of The Slough Party in the area who would presumably join the BILLD Group if elected.

[edit] Summary of Council composition 2006-2007

Before the elections held on 3 May 2007, the composition of Slough Borough Council was as follows (the Conservatives made two gains from Others compared with the 2006 election, as a result of the Langley St Mary's by-election of 2006 and the Independent Conservative councillor from Upton being nominated as an official Conservative candidate):

Composition Table (as of April 2007)
Party Group Leader Seats 06 % Seats Change (on 2006) Seats 07
Labour Robert Anderson 18 43.90 0 18
Others Richard Stokes 13 31.71 -2 11
Conservative Dexter Smith 5 12.20 +2 7
Liberal Democrat John Edwards 5 12.20 0 5
Total Seats 41

No overall Majority

Note: The Others category in this table includes all non-Labour, Conservative and Liberal Democrat Councillors. Richard Stokes (Liberal-Haymill) is the BILLD Group Leader, which group includes the Liberal Democrats and all but one of the Others category Councillors in 2006. The Independent Conservative councillor was not a member of any group in 2006-07, until he was nominated as an official Conservative for the 2007 election.

[edit] List of Councillors whose terms expired in 2007

Ward Party Elected Incumbent Cand.? Re-elected?
Baylis & Stoke Liberal Democrats 2004 Mushtaq Ahmed Hayat * No N/A
Britwell Ind. Britwellian Res. 2002 Patrick Shine * Yes Yes
Central Labour 1999 Lydia Emelda Simmons (a) Yes No
Chalvey Labour 2001 Raja Mohammed Zarait Yes Yes
Cippenham Green Labour 2004 Michael John Holledge No N/A
Cippenham Meadows Labour 2001 Sat Pal Singh Parmar (b) Yes Yes
Colnbrook with Poyle Conservative 1997 Steve Burkmar Yes No
Farnham Labour 2001 Joginder Singh Bal Yes Yes
Foxborough Liberal Democrats 2004 Sonja Anne Jenkins * Yes Yes
Haymill Liberal 1990 David John Munkley * Yes Yes
Kedermister Labour 1988 Mewa Singh Mann Yes Yes
Langley St Mary's Conservative 2006 Diana Victoria Coad Yes Yes
Upton Conservative 2004 Balwinder Singh Dhillon (c) Yes Yes
Wexham Lea Independent 2002 David MacIsaac * Yes Yes
  • * Member of the BILLD Group
  • Notes:
  • (a) Simmons previously served as a Councillor 1979-1994.
  • (b) Parmar previously served as a Councillor 1995-2000.
  • (c) Dhillon was elected as an official Conservative candidate in 2004, but served as an Independent Conservative Councillor from 2004-2007. He was re-elected as an official Conservative in 2007.

[edit] Election result summary

Slough Borough Council Election Result 2007 (third of total seats)
Party Seats Gains Losses Net Gain/Loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/-
  Labour 7 (19) +2 -1 +1 50.00 43.45 12,627 +2.31
  Conservative 3 (7) +1 -1 0 21.43 28.90 8,398 +1.98
  Liberal Democrat 1 (4) 0 -1 -1 7.14 12.79 3,718 -0.94
  Others 3 (11) 0 0 0 21.43 14.86 4,318 -3.35
  • Note: The figures in brackets, in the seats column, are for the overall Councillors after the election.

[edit] Ward notes and 2007 results

Slough was first warded in 1930. The town was re-warded 1950, 1983 and 2004.

Britwell and Wexham Court were added to Slough in 1973 (when the two new wards and eleven existing wards were allocated between two and nine seats, instead of the three per ward which had existed previously).

Colnbrook & Poyle was added to Slough in 1995 and became a fourteenth ward, with one member 1995-1996 and two from 1997.

For Slough Council election 2004 the Borough was re-warded. There were still fourteen wards, but only Colnbrook with Poyle (formerly Colnbrook & Poyle) and Haymill had unchanged boundaries.

For brief notes on the individual wards used since 2004, see the individual ward sections below.

The turnout box figures given below include a number of spoilt ballots – see the official results on the Slough Borough Council website for further details.

As the Slough Council election 2004 was for the whole Council, with each ward returning multiple Councillors, no plus or minus percentages are given for individual candidates or majorities nor a swing figure.

[edit] Baylis & Stoke

Baylis & Stoke (2004-) is a three-member ward in the north of the Borough, to the west of Central ward and to the east of Haymill. It broadly combined the former Baylis and Stoke wards. Baylis was named after Baylis House and the estate of Baylis, which from the sixteenth century was a sub-division of the parish of Stoke Poges. Stoke ward was named after the parish, southern parts of which were included in Slough, as part of the 1900 and 1930-1931 extensions of the district boundaries. The Liberal Democrats, (building on the Liberal tradition of the Liberal-Labour marginal Stoke ward) overcame the Labour leanings of the former Baylis ward, to win all three seats in 2004. In 2006 and 2007, with new Liberal Democrat candidates, two of the seats were lost to Labour.

Slough Borough Council elections, 2006: Baylis & Stoke
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Azhar Qureshi 1,189 42.63 N/A
Liberal Democrat Shakeel Ashraf * 838 30.05 N/A
Conservative Surinder Singh Jabble 481 17.25 N/A
Respect Ghazi Haider Khan 202 7.24 N/A
Slough Independents Nicholas Trevredy Hoath 79 2.83 N/A
Majority 351 12.59 N/A
Turnout 2,805 42.45 -0.87
Labour gain from Liberal Democrat Swing N/A
  • Votes and turnout percentage include 16 spoilt ballot papers. The registered electorate, estimated from the above vote totals and turnout announced at the count, is 6,608. The turnout, based on valid votes only, is therefore 42.21%.


Slough Borough Council elections, 2007: Baylis & Stoke
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Fiza Ahmed Matloob 1,359 52.15 N/A
Liberal Democrat Sarfraz Khan * 965 37.03 N/A
Conservative Dobson Chaggar 282 10.82 N/A
Majority 394 15.12 N/A
Turnout 2,624 37.83 -3.62
Labour gain from Liberal Democrat Swing N/A
  • Votes and percentage turnout include 18 spoilt ballot papers. The registered electorate, estimated from the above vote totals and turnout announced at the count, is 6,936. The turnout, based on valid votes only, is therefore 37.57%.

[edit] Britwell

Britwell (1973-) is a three-member ward in the north-west of the Borough. It includes Britwell parish, although since 1983 some unparished territory was added. Britwell elected some Liberal Councillors in the 1980s but was otherwise safely Labour until 2000. Since then Britwellian and Independent Britwellian Residents Councillors have become increasingly successful. In 1997 Labour won all three seats, but in 2004 the Residents took the three seats. Patl Janik, the incumbent IBR Councillor, stood for re-election in 2006 as a Slough Independents candidate in opposition to a new IBR nominee, who was elected. The IBR councillor up for election in 2007 was re-elected.

The 2007 Borough election is being held at the same time as the vote to fill the thirteen seats on Britwell Parish Council. The Independent Britwellian Residents nominated eleven candidates (including their three Borough Councillors), whereas The Slough Party nominated four (including the Borough Council candidate). Eleven IBR and two TSP parish councillors were elected. The Labour Party, which before the rise of the IBR had dominated the Parish Council, has not nominated any candidates.


Slough Borough Council elections, 2006: Britwell
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Britwellian John Joseph Finn * 672 41.58 N/A
Labour Patricia Anne O'Brien 372 23.02 N/A
Slough Independents Paul Janik + 363 22.46 N/A
Conservative Timothy Charles Williams 176 10.89 N/A
Independent Christopher Gary Sliski 33 2.04 N/A
Majority 300 18.56 N/A
Turnout 1,623 29.55 -1.43
Britwellian hold Swing N/A
  • Note: The incumbent Independent Britwellian Residents Councillor was Paul Janik, who stood for re-election as a Slough Independents candidate against a new IBR nominee. The result is categorised as an IBR hold.


Slough Borough Council elections, 2007: Britwell
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Britwellian Patrick Shine *+ 525 34.98 N/A
Labour Olly Isernia 426 28.38 N/A
The Slough Party Alan Tilbury 340 22.65 N/A
Conservative Timothy Charles Williams 210 13.99 N/A
Majority 99 6.60 N/A
Turnout 27.31
Britwellian hold Swing N/A
  • 10 spoilt ballots

[edit] Central

Central (1930-1950 and 1983-) has had different boundaries during the three of the four Slough redistributions in which it has existed (it was divided between Central North and Central South wards 1950-1983), but it has always been a three-member ward with Wexham to the north, Langley to the east, Upton to the south, Chalvey to the south-west and Baylis & Stoke to the west. It was part of the original parish of Upton-cum-Chalvey, although the hamlet of Slough (a few scattered houses and coaching inns along the Great West Road and Windsor Road) was smaller than the villages of Upton and Chalvey until the Great Western Railway arrived in the 1840s. It was a safe Labour ward under the 1983 boundaries, but in 2004 the Conservatives won two of the three seats of the revised ward. In 2006 there was a straight fight between the Conservative incumbent and a Labour challenger, which the Labour candidate won. It is noticeable that he was the only Councillor elected in 2006 with more than 50% of the votes cast in his ward.

In 2007, after a closely contested election, the Conservatives ousted the incumbent Labour councillor. An election petition was subsequently presented. At a hearing of the High Court held in Slough Town Hall on 18 March 2008, the 2007 result was declared void because of bogus electoral registrations and postal votes. [1]. text of the judgment in the case of Simmons v Khan


Slough Borough Council elections, 2006: Central
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Shafiq Ahmed Chaudhry 1,656 55.93 N/A
Conservative Sumander Khan + 1,305 44.07 N/A
Majority 351 11.85 N/A
Turnout 3,007 44.33 +0.27
Labour gain from Conservative Swing N/A


Slough Borough Council elections, 2007: Central
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Eshaq Khan 1,439 47.51 N/A
Labour Lydia Emelda Simmons + 1,319 43.55 N/A
Liberal Democrat Gary James Griffin * 187 6.17 N/A
Non Partisan Sukh Sokhal 51 51 N/A
The Slough Party Ida Zaidi 33 33 N/A
Majority 120 3.96 N/A
Turnout 42.43
Conservative gain from Labour Swing N/A
  • 15 spoilt ballots

[edit] Chalvey

Chalvey (1930-), (in the south of the Borough) is a three-member ward. It was part of the ancient parish of Upton-cum-Chalvey and was an original ward of Slough. The ward has existed in some form continuously since the district was first warded in 1930. Before 1970 Chalvey was Conservative but since then it has been safely Labour. The Liberal Democrats came within ten votes of winning the last seat in the ward in 2004. Labour retained the seat with an increased majority in 2006, so they still hold all three seats. In 2007 the Conservatives took over as runners up to Labour.


Slough Borough Council elections, 2006: Chalvey
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Mohammed Rasib 943 48.26 N/A
Liberal Democrat Gulshan Nasreen Ali * 680 34.80 N/A
Conservative Carol Ann Stanmore 331 16.94 N/A
Majority 263 13.46 N/A
Turnout 1,971 35.65 +3.41
Labour hold Swing N/A


Slough Borough Council elections, 2007: Chalvey
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Raja Mohammed Zarait + 1,081 50.28 N/A
Conservative Mohammed Basharat 805 37.44 N/A
Liberal Democrat Duncan Peter Buchanan * 198 9.21 N/A
Non Partisan Suk Dhillon 35 1.63 N/A
The Slough Party Doris Julia Grabka 31 1.44 N/A
Majority 276 12.84 N/A
Turnout 37.11
Labour hold Swing N/A
  • 16 spoilt ballot papers

[edit] Cippenham Green

Cippenham Green (2004-) is a three-member ward in the south-west of the Borough. It was one of the two wards based on the old Cippenham Ward, which was a Labour/Conservative marginal (six Conservative and eleven Labour wins between 1983 and 2003). This area is the western part of the previous ward, incorporates the old Cippenham village area (now a suburb of Slough). This ward includes the village green, which it is named after. In 2004 it elected 1 Conservative (since defected to UKIP) and 2 Labour Councillors. Labour councillors were re-elected in 2006 and 2007.


Slough Borough Council elections, 2006: Cippenham Green
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour James Charles Robert Swindlehurst + 1,089 48.88 N/A
Conservative Diana Victoria Dale-Gough 781 35.05 N/A
Liberal Democrat Nasdeem Anwar Rana * 217 9.74 N/A
Independent Dominic James Ashford 122 5.48 N/A
Slough Independents Sukhdev Singh Sohal 19 0.85 N/A
Majority 308 13.82 N/A
Turnout 2,236 39.02 +0.26
Labour hold Swing N/A


Slough Borough Council elections, 2007: Cippenham Green
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Patricia Josephine O'Connor 1,011 51.61 N/A
Conservative Maurice Arthur Stanmore 763 38.95 N/A
Liberal Democrat Wisdom Methodius Da Costa * 185 9.44 N/A
Majority 248 12.66 N/A
Turnout 33.93
Labour hold Swing N/A
  • 8 spoilt ballot papers

[edit] Cippenham Meadows

Cippenham Meadows (2004-) is a three-member ward in the south-west of the Borough. It was one of the two wards based on the old Cippenham Ward, which was a Labour/Conservative marginal (six Conservative and eleven Labour wins between 1983 and 2003). This area is the eastern part of the previous ward, incorporating the Windsor Meadows development. This estate caused the large population growth in the area, since the 1983 redistribution of wards. Presumably these are the Meadows which the ward is named after. The ward elected 3 Labour Councillors in 2004. The Labour incumbents, up for election in 2006 and 2007, were re-elected.


Slough Borough Council elections, 2006: Cippenham Meadows
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Nimrit Chohan + 993 45.16 N/A
Conservative Adrian Hilton 737 33.52 N/A
Liberal Democrat Mohammad Atiq Akbar Sandhu * 469 21.33 N/A
Majority 256 11.64 N/A
Turnout 2,213 34.11 +0.16
Labour hold Swing N/A


Slough Borough Council elections, 2007: Cippenham Meadows
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Sat Pal Singh Parmar + 1,120 55.92 N/A
Conservative Kevin Charles Pond 682 34.05 N/A
Liberal Democrat Nadeem Anwar Rana * 201 10.03 N/A
Majority 438 21.87 N/A
Turnout 30.62
Labour hold Swing N/A
  • 15 spoilt ballot papers

[edit] Colnbrook with Poyle

Colnbrook & Poyle (1995-2004), Colnbrook with Poyle (2004-) is a (since 1997) two-member ward in the furthest east part of the Borough between to the M4 motorway and Greater London. Labour elected some Councillors here, in 1995 and 1997 (1 seat), but by 2004 the ward was safely Conservative. There was no election in this ward in 2006.

In an unexpected result in 2007, the Conservative incumbent was ousted by a Labour candidate.


Slough Borough Council elections, 2007: Colnbrook with Poyle
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Rakesh Pabbi 650 50.62 N/A
Conservative Steve Burkmar + 361 28.12 N/A
The Slough Party David Thomas Wood 273 21.26 N/A
Majority 289 22.51 N/A
Turnout 33.23 N/A
Labour gain from Conservative Swing N/A
  • 4 spoilt ballot papers

[edit] Farnham

Farnham (1930-1950 and 1983-) is a three-member ward in the west of the Borough, to the south of Britwell and west of Haymill. It was named after Farnham Royal parish, the southern part of which was incorporated in Slough as part of the 1930-1931 boundary extension. This was an original Slough ward. It was split between Farnham North and Farnham South wards 1950-1983. This was a safe Labour Ward, in 2004 as before. Labour won in 2006, but may be vulnerable to a less fragmented opposition in future elections.


Slough Borough Council elections, 2006: Farnham
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Sukhjit Kaur Dhaliwal + 935 40.56 N/A
Ind. Farnham Res. Amrik Singh Johal 612 26.55 N/A
Conservative Maurice Arthur Stanmore 438 19.00 N/A
Liberal Democrat Abid Maqbool Malik * 320 13.88 N/A
Majority 323 14.01 N/A
Turnout 2,319 38.18 -1.57
Labour hold Swing N/A


Slough Borough Council elections, 2007: Farnham
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Joginder Singh Bal + 1,034 51.52 N/A
Conservative Sumander Khan 640 31.89 N/A
Liberal Democrat Josephine Mary Hanney * 333 16.59 N/A
Majority 394 19.63 N/A
Turnout 32.65
Labour hold Swing N/A
  • 6 spoilt ballot papers

[edit] Foxborough

Foxborough (1983-) is a three-member ward in south-east Langley in the eastern part of the Borough. It is named after a four acre area mentioned in connection with the inclosure of Langley Marish parish in 1809. This was the ward where the Liberal Democrats won their first election to Slough Borough Council in 2000 and the party held all three seats after the 2004 election. The Liberal Democrats retained their seats in 2006 and 2007.


Slough Borough Council elections, 2006: Foxborough
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrat Robert Clive Plimmer *+ 854 43.75 N/A
Labour James Lawrence Walsh 715 36.63 N/A
Conservative Marion Edith Williams 321 16.44 N/A
Green Michelle Little 62 3.18 N/A
Majority 139 7.12 N/A
Turnout 1,957 40.02 +2.12
Liberal Democrat hold Swing N/A


Slough Borough Council elections, 2006: Foxborough
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrat Sonja Anne Jenkins *+ 1,056 53.28 N/A
Labour James Lawrence Walsh 850 42.89 N/A
Independent Luggard Ogbebor 76 3.83 N/A
Majority 206 10.39 N/A
Turnout 38.97%
Liberal Democrat hold Swing N/A
  • 26 spoilt ballot papers

[edit] Haymill

Haymill (1983-) is a three-member ward in the west of the Borough (to the east of Farnham ward and west of Baylis & Stoke), which was left unchanged by the 2004 redistribution. It is a safe Liberal ward having last elected a non-Liberal Councillor in 1984. The Liberal Councillors and activists, for this ward, did not join the Liberal Democrats in 1988. In 2006 and 2007 the Liberal Councillor up for election held their seats, so all three Councillors are still Liberals.


Slough Borough Council elections, 2006: Haymill
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Brian Graham Hewitt *+ 755 40.22 N/A
Conservative Peter Dale-Gough 534 28.45 N/A
Labour Patricia Josephine O'Conner 489 26.05 N/A
Independent Marcus Roland Charles Kirby 99 5.27 N/A
Majority 221 11.77 N/A
Turnout 1,887 29.74 +1.87
Liberal hold Swing N/A


Slough Borough Council elections, 2007: Haymill
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal David John Munkley *+ 852 45.15 N/A
Labour Martin Frank Carter 581 30.79 N/A
Conservative Sehar Izzat Ali-Noor 379 20.08 N/A
Independent Daniel Wall 75 3.97 N/A
Majority 271 14.36 N/A
Turnout 29.48
Liberal hold Swing N/A
  • 9 spoilt ballot papers

[edit] Kedermister

Kedermister (sometimes locally pronounced Keddermeister) (1983-) is a three-member ward in south-west Langley, in the eastern part of the Borough. The ward was named after Sir John Kedermister (or Kidderminster), who was Warden of Langley Park and founded some almshouses in Langley in 1617. It is a safe Labour ward and the party held its seats up for election in 2006 and 2007.


Slough Borough Council elections, 2006: Kedermister
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Christine Rita Small + 941 47.07 N/A
Conservative Peter Cruze 752 37.62 N/A
Liberal Democrat Duncan Peter Buchanan * + 306 15.31 N/A
Majority 189 9.45 N/A
Turnout 2,016 35.23 -6.84
Labour hold Swing N/A
  • Note: Councillor Buchanan was the incumbent in Baylis and Stoke ward


Slough Borough Council elections, 2007: Kedermister
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Mewa Singh Mann + 945 43.87 N/A
Conservative Wajinder Singh Chahal 864 40.11 N/A
Liberal Democrat Matthew Thomas Hanney * 312 14.48 N/A
Non Partisan Raja Mohammed Attiq Khan 33 1.53 N/A
Majority 81 3.76 N/A
Turnout 36.92
Labour hold Swing N/A
  • 4 spoilt ballot papers

[edit] Langley St Mary's

Langley St Mary's (1983-) is a three-member ward in north Langley, in the eastern part of the Borough. St Mary's is named after the church in Langley. This has been a Labour/Conservative marginal ward, but in 2004 the Independent Langley Residents won two seats and tied for the third (which the Conservative candidate won on a roll of dice, so he was credited with an additional vote). The Conservative Councillor increased his majority to seven in 2006 (over Labour, with ILR in third place), for the only Tory victory of the 2006 Slough election.

In a 2006 by-election the Conservative Party gained a seat from the Independent Langley Residents (with the Labour candidate in second place). This ws the seat contested again in 2007. The Tories again won the seat.

Before the 2007 election the remaining ILR Councillor (Neil Arnold) joined The Slough Party and proposed its candidate for that election


Slough Borough Council elections, 2006: Langley St Mary's
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Derek Ernest Cryer + 742 36.71 N/A
Labour Thomas William Dymock Kelly 735 36.37 N/A
Ind. Langley Res. Liam Bernard Meehan * 423 20.93 N/A
Independent Edward Mansel Jones 121 5.99 N/A
Majority 7 0.35 N/A
Turnout 2,025 38.46 -3.80
Conservative hold Swing N/A


Slough Borough Council elections, 2007: Langley St Mary's
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Diana Victoria Coad + 915 50.25 N/A
The Slough Party Peter Cruze 472 25.92 N/A
Labour Joan Jones 434 23.83 N/A
Majority 443 24.33 N/A
Turnout 33.67
Conservative hold Swing N/A
  • 2 spoilt ballot papers

[edit] Upton

Upton (1930-), part of the original parish of Upton-cum-Chalvey (in the south of the modern Borough), is a ward which has existed in some form continuously since 1930. It is a three-seat ward. In the early nineteenth century Upton was a village about a mile and a half south-west of the hamlet of Slough (see Central ward). This was the most Conservative area of Slough until demographic change made Labour competitive. Labour won the ward for the first time ever in 1990. In 1997 Labour won two seats and the Conservatives one. At the 2004 election the Conservatives won all three seats, although one Councillor has since become an Independent Conservative. Labour gained a seat from the Tories in 2006.

The Independent Conservative Councillor received the official Conservative nomination for the 2007 election and was re-elected.


Slough Borough Council elections, 2006: Upton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Balvinder Singh Bains 846 40.85 N/A
Conservative Kevin Charles Pond + 746 36.02 N/A
Liberal Democrat Helen Linda Edwards * 195 9.42 N/A
Slough Independents Balbir Kalsi 187 9.03 N/A
Green Alan Diarmid Hatch 97 4.68 N/A
Majority 100 4.83 N/A
Turnout 2,078 37.77 -7.09
Labour gain from Conservative Swing N/A


Slough Borough Council elections, 2007: Upton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Balwinder Singh Dhillon + 1,058 48.31 N/A
Labour Rani Bains 761 34.75 N/A
Liberal Democrat Helen Edwards * 281 12.83 N/A
Independent Sarah-Ellen Wall 90 4.11 N/A
Majority 297 13.56 N/A
Turnout 39.62
Conservative hold Swing N/A
  • 5 spoilt ballot papers

[edit] Wexham Lea

Wexham Lea (1983-) is a three-member ward in the north of the Borough, to the north-east of Baylis & Stoke and the north of Central ward. It combines Wexham Court parish and an area known as Upton Lea. The ward was formerly safely Labour but is now securely held by Independent Councillors who won all three seats in 2004. The Mayor of Slough for 2005-2006 was re-elected in 2006; as was the 2006-2007 Mayor the following year.


Slough Borough Council elections, 2006: Wexham Lea
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Mohammed Latif Khan *+ 945 41.56 N/A
Labour Joan Jones 716 31.49 N/A
Independent Martin Joseph Blake 354 15.57 N/A
Conservative Mary Edith Collins 259 11.39 N/A
Majority 229 10.07 N/A
Turnout 2,291 37.22 -3.52
Independent hold Swing N/A


Slough Borough Council elections, 2007: Wexham Lea
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent David MacIsaac *+ 1,432 57.56 N/A
Labour Mohammed Arif 1,056 42.44 N/A
Majority 376 15.11 N/A
Turnout 39.23
Independent hold Swing N/A
  • 17 spoilt ballot papers. Dominic James Ashford was nominated as an Independent candidate, but withdrew before the poll, claiming that he had drawn attention to Slough Town Football Club. There has been a local controversy as the ruling coalition has declined to spend public money on assisting the club to find a ground in Slough.
  • Symbols: * BILLD Group candidate, + incumbent

[edit] Members of Slough Borough Council 2007-2008

Ward Party Elected Term Councillor
Baylis & Stoke Liberal Democrats 2004 2008 Rashad Javaid Butt *
Baylis & Stoke Labour 2007 2011 Fiza Ahmed Matloob
Baylis & Stoke Labour 2006 2010 Azhar Qureshi
Britwell Ind. Britwellian Res. 2002 2008 Sean Patrick Wright *
Britwell Ind. Britwellian Res. 2002 2011 Patrick Shine *
Britwell Ind. Britwellian Res. 2006 2010 John Joseph Finn *
Central Conservative 2004 2008 Mohammed Aziz
Central Conservative 2007 2011 Eshaq Khan
Central Labour 2006 2010 Shafiq Ahmed Chaudhry
Chalvey Labour 2002 2008 Pervez Choudhry
Chalvey Labour 2001 2011 Raja Mohammad Zarait
Chalvey Labour 2006 2010 Mohammed Rasib
Cippenham Green UK Independence 1995 2008 William Geoffrey Howard * (a)
Cippenham Green Labour 2007 2011 Patricia Josephine O'Connor
Cippenham Green Labour 2002 2010 James Charles Robert Swindlehurst
Cippenham Meadows Labour 2003 2008 May Dodds
Cippenham Meadows Labour 2001 2011 Sat Pal Singh Parmar (b)
Cippenham Meadows Labour 2004 2010 Nimrit Chohan
Colnbrook with Poyle Conservative 2000 2008 Dexter Jerome Smith
Colnbrook with Poyle Labour 2007 2011 Rakesh Pabbi
Farnham Labour 1997 2008 Robert Anderson
Farnham Labour 2001 2011 Joginder Singh Bal
Farnham Labour 2002 2010 Sukhjit Kaur Dhaliwal
Foxborough Liberal Democrats 2000 2008 John William Edwards *
Foxborough Liberal Democrats 2004 2011 Sonja Anne Jenkins *
Foxborough Liberal Democrats 2004 2010 Robert Clive Plimmer *
Haymill Liberal 1987 2008 Richard Stanley Stokes * (c)
Haymill Liberal 1990 2011 David John Munkley *
Haymill Liberal 2004 2010 Brian Graham Hewitt *
Kedermister Labour 2002 2008 Jagjit Singh Grewal
Kedermister Labour 1988 2011 Mewa Singh Mann
Kedermister Labour 2002 2010 Christine Rita Small
Langley St Mary's Ind. Langley Res. 2004 2008 Neil James Arnold *
Langley St Mary's Conservative 2006 2011 Diana Victoria Coad
Langley St Mary's Conservative 2000 2010 Derek Ernest Cryer (d)
Upton Conservative 1999 2008 Julia Thomson Long (e)
Upton Conservative 2004 2011 Balwinder Singh Dhillon (f)
Upton Labour 2006 2010 Balvinder Singh Bains (g)
Wexham Lea Independent 2000 2008 Michael Anthony Haines * (h)
Wexham Lea Independent 2002 2011 David Ian MacIsaac *
Wexham Lea Independent 2004 2010 Mohammed Latif Khan * (i)

Notes:-

  • * Member of the BILLD Group
  • (a) Howard: Formerly Labour 1995-2001 and Conservative 2001-2005
  • (b) Parmar: Formerly served 1995-2000
  • (c) Stokes: Formerly served as a Labour Councillor 1983-1986
  • (d) Cryer: Formerly served 1967-1974
  • (e) Long: Formerly served 1983-1990
  • (f) Dhillon: Formerly Conservative 2004 and Independent Conservative 2004-2007.
  • (g) Bains: Formerly 2003-2004
  • (h) Haines: Formerly served as a Labour Councillor 1987-1991 and 1992-1998
  • (i) Khan: Formerly served as a Labour Councillor 1999-2002

[edit] References

  • The History of Slough, by Miss Maxwell Fraser (Slough Corporation 1973)
  • A Short History of Slough, by Kathleen M. Jones (bound typescript volume in Slough Central Library)

[edit] See also

[edit] External links

  • Detailed results
  • [2] The Boundary Committee for England page about Slough Unitary Authority, with links to pre and post 2004 ward maps
  • [3] The Victoria County History of Buckinghamshire


Preceded by
Slough Council election, 2006		 Slough local elections 2007 Succeeded by
Slough Council election, 2008