1997 Slough Borough Council election

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1997 Slough Borough Council election
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 19961 May 1997 (1997-05-01) 1999  

41 seats (whole council)
21 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond partyThird party
 
Party Labour Conservative Liberal
Seats after3443

The Slough Borough Council election was held on 1 May 1997, at the same time as other local elections across England and Northern Ireland, and on the same day as the general election. All of the 41 seats on Slough Borough Council were up for election, rather than the usual third of the seats. This was in preparation for the local government reorganisation in Berkshire which saw Berkshire County Council abolished and its functions transferred to the six district councils, including Slough, with effect from 1 April 1998. [1] The elections to Berkshire County Council which would ordinarily have been held in 1997 were cancelled.

Contents

The election left Labour with a large majority on the council, taking 34 of the council's 41 seats.

Results

The elected councillors were: [2] [3]

WardPartyElectedTermCouncillor
BaylisLabour19952001Matloob Hussain
BaylisLabour19902000L.S. Minhas
BaylisLabour19831999K.S. Parhar
BritwellLabour19862001Dennis McCarthy
BritwellLabour19952000C.P. Walsh
BritwellLabour19941999Geoffrey P. Cutting
CentralLabour19882001Ronald William Sibley
CentralLabour19992000M.S. Sihota
CentralLabour19941999M. Arif
ChalveyLabour19862001Mrs L.A. Bussley
ChalveyLabour19792000D.A. James
ChalveyLabour19961999Mazahar Hussain
CippenhamLabour19962001Lawrence L. Gleeson
CippenhamLabour19952000William Geoffrey Howard
CippenhamConservative19971999A. Gregory
Colnbrook & PoyleLabour19972000Robert Anderson
Colnbrook & PoyleConservative19972001Steven John Burkmar
FarnhamLabour19972001N. Lodhi
FarnhamLabour19952000Miss E.G. Rogers (a)
FarnhamLabour19901999David Edward Mansell (b)
FoxboroughLabour19882001Mewa Singh Mann
FoxboroughLabour19942000H.S. Ghatora
FoxboroughLabour19911999Gurbachan Singh Thind
HaymillLiberal19902001David John Munkley *
HaymillLiberal19872000Richard Stanley Stokes (c)
HaymillLiberal19971999N.J. Ridley
KedermisterLabour19892001M. Atkinson
KedermisterLabour19902000B.L. Lopez
KedermisterLabour19811999S.M. Thorpe
Langley St Mary'sLabour19972001Ronald John Webb
Langley St Mary'sLabour19942000K.I. Williams
Langley St Mary'sConservative19971999Terrence W. Brennan
StokeLabour19922001O.E.M. Mansell
StokeLabour19952000Satpal Singh Parmar
StokeLabour19971999R.A. Din
UptonLabour19902001Mark Drapes
UptonConservative19972000M.G. Long (d)
UptonLabour19961999D. Thomas
Wexham LeaLabour19972001John J. Connolly (e)
Wexham LeaLabour19962000D.S. Dhillon
Wexham LeaLabour19971999P.S. Sohal

Notes:

Changes 1997–1999

WardPartyElectedTermCouncillor
KedermisterLabour19972000Donald Arthur Hewitt (a)
UptonConservative19992000Julia Thomson Long (b)

Notes:-

By-election results

Kedermister By-Election 7 December 1997
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour D.A. Hewitt44260.22N/A
Conservative Mrs M.E. Collins20628.07N/A
Liberal Democrats P.L. Bayliss8611.72N/A
Majority23632.15N/A
Turnout 4,85815.11N/A
Labour hold Swing N/A

By-election cased by the resignation of Mrs B. L. Lopez (Labour).

Upton By-Election 4 February 1999
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Mrs J.T. Long79959.85N/A
Labour B.B. Mittal35226.37N/A
Liberal Democrats Mrs S.A. Jenkins685.09N/A
P.P. Whitmore604.49N/A
Independent Labour D.A.J. Alford362.70N/A
Liberal P.E. Bradshaw201.50N/A
Majority44733.48N/A
Turnout 4,93127.07N/A
Conservative hold Swing N/A

By-election cased by the death of M. G. Long (Conservative).

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References

  1. The Berkshire (Structural Change) Order 1996 (Statutory Instrument 1996 No. 1879). London: Her Majesty's Stationery Office. 1996. Retrieved 20 April 2022.
  2. Local newspapers (1863-date) and Slough Borough Council documents at the Slough Central Library
  3. Rallings, Colin; Thrasher, Michael. "Slough Borough Council Election Results 1997-2012" (PDF). Elections Centre. Plymouth University. Retrieved 5 September 2022.