2002 Slough Borough Council election

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2002 Slough Borough Council election
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  2001 2 May 2002 (2002-05-02) 2003  

14 seats of 41 on council
21 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond partyThird party
 
Party Labour Britwellian Conservative

 Fourth partyFifth party
 
Party Liberal Independent

The 2002 Slough Borough Council election was held on 2 May 2002, 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 (13 seats) plus a by-election in Stoke ward, following the death of Liberal councillor James Moore.

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Results

The results were: [1] [2] [3]

Baylis ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Gurmej Singh Sandhu
(Baggi Sandhu)
950 76%
Conservative Mohammed Jamil30124%
Turnout 125121.96%
Labour hold Swing

Baggi Sandhu had formerly served as a councillor 1996–1997.

Britwell ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Britwellian Sean Patrick Wright 1,318 68%
Labour John Dawson50526%
Conservative John Schofield1045%
Turnout 192730.15%
Britwellian gain from Labour Swing

Sean Wright was a member of the Britwellian, Independent, Liberal and Liberal Democrat Group (BILLD). When the Britwellian party split later in 2002, Sean Wright joined the Independent Britwellian Residents party.

Central ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Lydia Emelda Simmons 1,459 66%
Conservative Eshaq Khan75634%
Turnout 221533.88%
Labour hold Swing

Lydia Simmons had formerly served as a councillor 1979–1994.

Chalvey ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Pervez Choudhry 922 53%
Conservative Shahib Khan58334%
Liberal Democrats Jagdeesh Singh23213%
Turnout 173720.62%
Labour hold Swing
Cippenham ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour James Charles Robert Swindlehurst 1,223 49%
Conservative Peter Dale-Gough103241%
Liberal Democrats Helen Edwards25510%
Turnout 251026.86%
Labour gain from Conservative Swing
Farnham ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour David Edward Mansell
(Dave Mansell)
874 70%
Conservative Paul Sutton25220%
Liberal Democrats Sarwan Singh Jhattu12610%
Turnout 125223.11%
Labour hold Swing

Dave Mansell had formerly served as a councillor 1983–1990.

Foxborough ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Jagjit Singh Grewal 679 41%
Liberal Democrats Duncan Buchanan59936%
Conservative Balwinder Singh Dhillon36422%
Turnout 164239.09%
Labour hold Swing
Haymill ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Jean Frances Stockton 850 57%
Labour Earl Herbert37225%
Conservative Harvey Coward26718%
Turnout 148922.76%
Liberal hold Swing

Jean Stockton was a member of the Britwellian, Independent, Liberal and Liberal Democrat Group (BILLD) and had formerly served as a councillor 1992–1997.

Kedermister ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Christine Rita Small 737 60%
Conservative Glen Horn37731%
Independent Paul Whitmore1059%
Turnout 121925.23%
Labour hold Swing
Langley St Mary's ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Terence W. Brennan
(Terry Brennan)
868 52%
Labour Ruth Barber81048%
Turnout 167829.68%
Conservative hold Swing
Stoke ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Simon Ashley George 977 60%
Labour Egbert Christian Thomas 892 55%
Liberal Democrats Wisdom Da Costa45228%
Liberal Democrats Sonja Jenkins43927%
Conservative Evelyn Jenkins20412%
Conservative Ian Jenkins15910%
Turnout 163329.4%
Labour hold Swing
Labour gain from Liberal Swing

Egbert Thomas was elected to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Liberal councillor James Moore, and so was only elected to serve until James Moore's term of office would have otherwise expired in 2003.

Upton ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Sukhjit Kaur Dhaliwal 744 44%
Conservative Albert Gregory71542%
Independent Thomas King23914%
Turnout 169831.54%
Labour gain from Conservative Swing
Wexham Lea ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent David Ian MacIsaac 918 47%
Labour Joan Jones89546%
Conservative Simon Moppett1317%
Turnout 194432.66%
Independent gain from Labour Swing

David MacIsaac was a member of the Britwellian, Independent, Liberal and Liberal Democrat Group (BILLD).

By-election results 2002-2003

Britwell By-Election 18 October 2002
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Britwellian Patrick Shine48853.80N/A
Labour May Dodds26228.89N/A
Britwellian O. Isemia15724.92N/A
Majority22632.15N/A
Turnout 6,37614.26N/A
Britwellian gain from Britwellian Swing N/A

By-election caused by death of Mavis L. Gallick (Britwellian).

Britwell By-Election 13 February 2003
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Britwellian Paul Janik53963.49+9.69
Labour Ms J.R. Rock31036.51+7.62
Majority22926.97-5.18
Turnout 6,31913.50-0.76
Britwellian gain from Labour Swing N/A

By-election caused by death of Dennis McCarthy (Labour).

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References

  1. Rallings, Colin; Thrasher, Michael. "Slough Borough Council Election Results 1997-2012" (PDF). Elections Centre. Plymouth University. Retrieved 5 September 2022.
  2. "Slough Borough Council elections - Thursday 2nd May 2002". Slough Borough Council. Archived from the original on 19 June 2002. Retrieved 5 September 2022.
  3. Local newspapers (1863-date) and Slough Borough Council documents at the Slough Central Library