2000 Slough Borough Council election

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2000 Slough Borough Council election
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  1999 4 May 2000 (2000-05-04) 2001  

16 seats of 45 on council
23 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond partyThird party
 
Party Labour Conservative Liberal Democrats

 Fourth partyFifth party
 
Party Britwellian Independent

The 2000 Slough Borough Council election was held on 4 May 2000, at the same time as other local elections across England. Fourteen of the 41 seats on Slough Borough Council were up for election, being the usual third of the council.

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Results

The elected councillors were: [1] [2]

WardPartyElectedTermCouncillor
BaylisLabour20002003George Henry Davidson
BritwellBritwellian20002003Mavis Lilian Gallick * (a)
CentralLabour20002003Arvind Singh Dhaliwal
ChalveyLabour20002003Sajidah Parveen Chaudhary
CippenhamLabour19952003William Geoffrey Howard
Colnbrook & PoyleConservative20002003Dexter Jerome Smith
FarnhamLabour19972003Robert Anderson
FoxboroughLiberal Democrats20002003John William Edwards *
HaymillLiberal19872003Richard Stanley Stokes * (b)
KedermisterLabour19972003Donald Arthur Hewitt (c)
Langley St Mary'sConservative20002003Derek Ernest Cryer (d)
StokeLiberal20002003James Moore * (e)
UptonConservative19992003Julia Thomson Long (f)
Wexham LeaIndependent20002003Michael Anthony Haines * (g)

Notes:-

Changes 2000–2001

WardPartyElectedTermCouncillor
CippenhamConservative19952003William Geoffrey Howard (a)

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References

  1. Local newspapers (1863-date) and Slough Borough Council documents at the Slough Central Library
  2. Rallings, Colin; Thrasher, Michael. "Slough Borough Council Election Results 1997-2012" (PDF). Elections Centre. Plymouth University. Retrieved 5 September 2022.