2004 Slough Borough Council election

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An election to Slough Borough Council was held on 10 June 2004. The whole council was up for election. This was the 120th Slough general local authority election, since Slough became a local government unit in 1863, including both whole Council elections and elections by thirds.

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The Borough had been re-warded for this election. For the previous three Slough elections, which had each returned a third of the council, see 2001 Slough Council election, 2002 Slough Council election and 2003 Slough Council election.

The 2004 election was to fill forty-one seats. The leading vote winner in each of the fourteen wards was elected for the term 2004–2008. The second placed candidates were elected for 2004–2007. In all the wards, except Colnbrook with Poyle, the candidate with the third highest number of votes was elected for the term 2004–2006.

Recent political history of Slough to 2004

Slough Borough Council, between 1983 and 2004, had been controlled by the Labour Party.

Between 2003 and 2004, there were three groups of Councillors. In addition to the Labour Group and the Conservative Group there was the Britwellian, Independent, Liberal and Liberal Democrat Group (BILLD).

The BILLD Group was composed of all the Councillors, who were not Labour or Conservative. It was a coalition of a number of parties and independents. These included a Councillor or Councillors elected in particular wards; Liberal Democrat (Foxborough ward), Liberal (Haymill ward), Independent Britwellian Residents (Britwell ward) and Independent (Wexham Lea ward).

The existing members of the Group had an electoral pact for the 2004 election, which also extended to the Independent Farnham Residents candidates in Farnham ward and the Independent Langley Residents candidates in Langley St Mary's ward.

In 2003–2004, the composition of the 41 member council was:-

In the 2004 election 105 candidates were nominated for the 41 seats up for election. The list is broken down by Party, with a residual category of an Independent candidate not affiliated to BILLD.

Council by Party before and after 2004 Elections

Before the elections held on 10 June 2004, the composition of Slough Borough Council was as follows:

Composition Table (as of June 2004)
PartyGroup LeaderSeats 03-04% SeatsChange (on 2003–2004)Seats 04
Labour Robert Anderson2663.41-1115
Other partiesRichard Stokes819.51+311
Conservative Derek Cryer614.63+39
Liberal Democrats John Edwards12.44+56
Total Seats41

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 includes the Liberal Democrats and all the Others category Councillors.

Composition of expiring seats before election

WardPartyElectedIncumbentCand.?
BaylisLabour2001Rajinder Singh SandhuYes
BaylisLabour1999Gurmej Singh SandhuYes
BaylisLabour2004Balvinder Singh BainsYes
BritwellInd. Britwellian Res.2003Paul Janik *Yes
BritwellInd. Britwellian Res.2002Sean Patrick Wright *Yes
BritwellInd. Britwellian Res.2002Patrick Shine *Yes
CentralLabour1988Ronald William SibleyYes
CentralLabour1999 Lydia Emelda Simmons Yes
CentralLabour2004Arvind Singh DhaliwalYes
ChalveyLabour2001Satpal Singh ParmarYes
ChalveyLabour2000George Henry DavidsonYes
ChalveyLabour2002Pervez ChoudhryYes
CippenhamLabour1996Lawrence L. GleesonYes
CippenhamConservative1995William Geoffrey HowardYes
CippenhamLabour2002James Charles Robert SwindlehurstYes
Colnbrook & PoyleConservative1997Steven John BurkmarYes
Colnbrook & PoyleConservative2000Dexter Jerome SmithYes
FarnhamLabour2001Joginder Singh BalYes
FarnhamLabour1990David Edward MansellNo
FarnhamLabour1997Robert AndersonYes
FoxboroughLabour1988Mewa Singh MannYes
FoxboroughLabour2002Jagjit Singh GrewalYes
FoxboroughLiberal Democrats2000John William Edwards *Yes
HaymillLiberal1990David John Munkley *Yes
HaymillLiberal2002Jean Frances Stockton *No
HaymillLiberal1987Richard Stanley Stokes *Yes
KedermisterLabour1997Ronald John WebbNo
KedermisterLabour2002Christine Rita SmallYes
KedermisterLabour2003May DoddsNo
Langley St Mary'sLabour2001Nigel Ian RushbyNo
Langley St Mary'sConservative1997Terrence W. BrennanYes
Langley St Mary'sConservative2000Derek Ernest Cryer (c)Yes
StokeLabour2001Raja Mohammad ZaraitYes
StokeLabour1999Simon Ashley GeorgeYes
StokeLabour2002Egbert Christian ThomasNo
UptonLabour2001Gurcharan Singh MankuYes
UptonLabour2002Sukhjit Kaur DhaliwalYes
UptonConservative1999Julia Thomson LongYes
Wexham LeaIndependent2000Michael Anthony Haines *Yes
Wexham LeaLabour2001Muriel Douglas GilmourNo
Wexham LeaIndependent2002David Ian MacIsaac *Yes

Election result (overall summary)

Slough Borough Council Election Result 2004 (all seats)
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Labour 15N/AN/A-1136.5939.7531,042N/A
  Conservative 9N/AN/A+321.9525.3919,830N/A
  Liberal Democrats 6N/AN/A+514.6311.749,170N/A
 Others11N/AN/A+326.8323.1218,056N/A

Note: Due to boundary changes and this being a whole Council election, non-comparable to the 2003 election of a third of the Council, no attempt is made to provide numbers to fill the gain, loss and plus/minus columns.

History of Slough boundaries and wards

The Slough local government area came into existence in 1863. It comprised a part of the parish of Upton-cum-Chalvey, roughly corresponding to the modern Central and Upton wards.

In 1894 Slough became a civil parish and then an Urban District.

In 1900 the boundaries of the Slough district were expanded for the first time, increasing its size to 1,684 acres (6.81 km2). The northern boundary was extended up Stoke Road, as far as the Slough branch of the Grand Union Canal. To the south and west, Chalvey and the Salt Hill area, as far as the Montem Mound, were absorbed. To the east, part of Langley joined the district. The Agar's Plough area left Slough, to become part of Eton and provide playing fields for Eton College.

In 1930-1931 there was a major extension of the boundaries, increasing the district to 6,202 acres (25.10 km2). Parts of the parishes of Burnham, Dorney, Farnham Royal, Horton, Langley Marish and Stoke Poges were added to Slough.

Slough was first warded in 1930. The original seven wards were Burnham, Central, Chalvey, Farnham, Langley, Stoke and Upton.

The town was re-warded in 1950, when four of the previous wards (Burnham, Central, Farnham and Stoke) were split into north and south wards, to make a total of eleven.

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

There was another re-warding in 1983, which created thirteen three-member wards with revised boundaries.

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

Election results by wards 2004

Baylis & Stoke

Baylis & Stoke (born 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 old parish of Stoke Poges (the southern part of which is included in Slough). Stoke was named after the parish. 2003-2004: the six seats in the former wards were all held by Labour. 2004: The Liberal Democrats, building on the Liberal tradition of the marginal former Stoke ward and overcoming the Labour leanings of the former Baylis ward, won all three seats in 2004.

Slough Borough Council elections, 2004: Baylis & Stoke (3 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Rashad Javaid Butt *1,34818.56N/A
Liberal Democrats Mushtaq Ahmed Hayat *1,18816.36N/A
Liberal Democrats Duncan Peter Buchanan *1,18716.35N/A
Labour Gurmej Singh Sandhu1,03414.24N/A
Labour Sangeeta Sharma97513.43N/A
Labour Rajinder Singh Sandhu95813.19N/A
Conservative Narinder Kaur Chagga3004.13N/A
Conservative Surinder Singh Chagga2713.73N/A
Turnout 6,57843.32N/A

Britwell

Britwell (born 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. Before Britwell became a civil parish it was a district of the old parish of Burnham. 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 by 2003-2004 the Residents held the three seats. 2004: Independent Britwellian Residents retained the three seats.

Slough Borough Council elections, 2004: Britwell (3 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Britwellian Sean Patrick Wright *1,17024.54N/A
Britwellian Patrick Shine *1,15724.27N/A
Britwellian Paul Janik *1,15124.15N/A
Labour Jacqueline Ruby Rock3978.33N/A
Labour Anthony Alan Smeaton3587.51N/A
Labour Trevor Maldwyn Allen3547.43N/A
Conservative James Reid1803.78N/A
Turnout 5,57130.98N/A

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. 2003-2004: Labour held the three seats under the 1983 boundaries. 2004: Labour won one and the Conservatives two of the three seats of the revised ward.

Slough Borough Council elections, 2004: Central (3 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Mohammed Aziz1,27416.43N/A
Labour Lydia Emelda Simmons 1,26916.37N/A
Conservative Sumander Khan1,26716.34N/A
Conservative Hussain Razzak Malik1,21215.63N/A
Labour Arvind Singh Dhaliwal1,19415.40N/A
Labour Mohan Singh Sihota1,13114.59N/A
Green Vicki Nadine Thornton4065.24N/A
Turnout 6,67144.06N/A

Chalvey

Chalvey (born 1930), (in the south of the Borough) is a three-member ward. In the nineteenth century it was a village that was part of the ancient parish of Upton-cum-Chalvey. It became 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. 2003-2004: Three Labour seats. 2004: The Liberal Democrats came within ten votes of winning a seat in the ward in 2004, but Labour retained the three seats.

Slough Borough Council elections, 2004: Chalvey (3 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Pervez Choudhry81717.14N/A
Labour Raja Mohammad Zarait77516.26N/A
Labour Shabana Zeib75015.73N/A
Liberal Democrats Joan Audrey F. Horton *74015.52N/A
Liberal Democrats Gulshan Nasreen Ali *70514.79N/A
Liberal Democrats Jagdeesh Singh *64513.53N/A
Conservative Raffat Ali3357.03N/A
Turnout 5,44032.24N/A

Cippenham Green

Cippenham Green (born 2004) is a three-member ward in the south-west of the Borough. Cippenham was a district of the old parish of Burnham. 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 Cippenham village area (including the Green which the ward is named after). 2003-2004: The former Cippenham ward was represented by two Labour and one Conservative Councillors. 2004: this ward elected one Conservative and two Labour Councillors.

Slough Borough Council elections, 2004: Cippenham Green (3 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative William Geoffrey Howard1,08318.07N/A
Labour Michael John Holledge96616.12N/A
Labour James Charles Robert Swindlehurst94015.69N/A
Conservative Paul Gerard Sutton92415.42N/A
Labour Joan Jones88214.72N/A
Conservative Maurice Arthur Stanmore87014.52N/A
Liberal Democrats Wisdom M. Da Costa *3275.46N/A
Turnout 5,80738.76N/A

Cippenham Meadows

Cippenham Meadows (born 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, incorporates the Windsor Meadows development which caused a large population growth since the 1983 redistribution of wards. Presumably these are the Meadows which the ward is named after. 2003-2004: see Cippenham Green. 2004: The new ward elected three Labour Councillors.

Slough Borough Council elections, 2004: Cippenham Meadows (3 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour May Dodds1,15420.50N/A
Labour Satpal Singh Parmar1,08319.24N/A
Labour Nimrit Chohan1,06618.94N/A
Conservative Mary Edith Collins72812.93N/A
Conservative Graham Edward Smith62811.16N/A
Conservative Rizwan Hussain61310.89N/A
Green Debra Sant3576.34N/A
Turnout 6,46433.95N/A

Colnbrook with Poyle

Colnbrook & Poyle (1995–2004), Colnbrook with Poyle (born 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 2000 the ward was safely Conservative. 2003-2004: Two Conservative Councillors. 2004: Two Conservative Councillors re-elected.

Slough Borough Council elections, 2004: Colnbrook with Poyle (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Dexter Jerome Smith63726.15N/A
Conservative Steven John Burkmar55322.70N/A
Labour Gurcharan Singh Manku36414.94N/A
Green Jill Angela Hatch32013.14N/A
Labour Dilbagh Singh Parmar31913.20N/A
Green Miriam Kennet2439.98N/A
Turnout 3,70234.88N/A

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 the old Farnham Royal parish, of which it was the southern part. This was an original Slough ward. There were Farnham North and Farnham South wards 1950–1983. A single Farnham ward was re-created in 1983. 2003-2004: Three Labour Councillors. 2004: This was a safe Labour Ward, with three Labour representatives.

Slough Borough Council elections, 2004: Farnham (3 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Robert Anderson1,06118.13N/A
Labour Joginder Singh Bal1,06018.11N/A
Labour Sukhjit Kaur Dhaliwal96516.49N/A
Ind. Farnham Res. Amrik Singh Johal *78713.45N/A
Ind. Farnham Res. Nicholas Trevredyn Hoath *78413.39N/A
Ind. Farnham Res. Abdul Rauf Bhatti *69511.87N/A
Conservative Bridget Mary O'Brien5018.56N/A
Turnout 6,23939.75N/A

Foxborough

Foxborough (born 1983) is a three-member ward in south-east Langley in the eastern part of the Borough. In the 2004 redistribution the ward lost its extension west along the southern border of Langley. It is named after a 4-acre (16,000 m2) 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 in Slough in 2000. 2003-2004: Two Labour and one Liberal Democrat Councillors. 2004: The Liberal Democrats held all three seats after the election.

Slough Borough Council elections, 2004: Foxborough (3 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats John William Edwards *90721.80N/A
Liberal Democrats Sonja Anne Jenkins *88621.30N/A
Liberal Democrats Robert Clive Plimmer *71417.16N/A
Labour Russell Lee Ford46911.27N/A
Labour Simon Ashley George43210.38N/A
Conservative Dalwyn Ronald Attwell3979.54N/A
Labour Alice Njeri Sheehy3558.53N/A
Turnout 4,42637.90N/A

Haymill

Haymill (born 1983) is a three-member ward in the west of the Borough (to the east of Farnham ward), which was left unchanged by the 2004 redistribution. It is a safe Liberal ward having last elected a non-Liberal Councillor in 1984. 2003-2004: Three Liberal Councillors. 2004: Three Liberal holds.

Slough Borough Council elections, 2004: Haymill (3 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Richard Stanley Stokes *93922.68N/A
Liberal David John Munkley *92022.22N/A
Liberal Brian Graham Hewitt *91422.08N/A
Conservative Peter Dale-Gough53512.92N/A
Labour Lawrence L. Gleeson3227.78N/A
Labour Basanti Chauhan2616.30N/A
Labour Sham Lal Bahri2496.01N/A
Turnout 6,32427.87N/A

Kedermister

Kedermister (born 1983) is a three-member ward in south-west Langley, in the eastern part of the Borough. In 2004 it was extended south a bit. The ward was named after Sir John Kedermister (or Kidderminster), who was Warden of Langley Park and founded some almshouses in Langley in 1617. 2003-2004: three Labour Councillors. 2004: This was a safe Labour Ward, with three Labour representatives.

Slough Borough Council elections, 2004: Kedermister (3 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Jagjit Singh Grewal92314.43N/A
Labour Mewa Singh Mann89514.00N/A
Labour Christine Rita Small76511.96N/A
Conservative Ronald Albert Harman69810.91N/A
Conservative Darren Lee Gilpin69210.82N/A
Conservative Nik Stewart67010.48N/A
Liberal Democrats Helen Linda Edwards *5238.18N/A
Green Michelle Little4176.52N/A
UKIP Michael John Knight4126.44N/A
Green Mathew Glynn Geeves4006.25N/A
Turnout 5,80542.07N/A

Langley St Mary's

Langley St Mary's (born 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. 2003-2004: There were two Tory and one Labour Councillors. 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).

Slough Borough Council elections, 2004: Langley St Mary's (3 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Ind. Langley Res. Neil James Arnold *78312.54N/A
Ind. Langley Res. Pauline Florence Key *76912.32N/A
Conservative Derek Ernest Cryer71211.40N/A
Ind. Langley Res. Jeremiah Dwyer *71111.39N/A
Conservative Terrence W. Brennan69111.07N/A
Labour Ronald William Sibley67910.87N/A
Labour Thomas William Dymock Kelly67510.81N/A
Conservative Timothy Charles Williams6189.90N/A
Labour Patricia J. O'Connor6069.71N/A
Turnout 5,21842.26N/A

Upton

Upton (born 1930), part of the old parish of Upton-cum-Chalvey (in the south of the modern Borough), was an original ward which has existed in some form continuously since 1930. In the early nineteenth century Upton was a village about a mile and a half south-east of the hamlet of Slough. It is a three-seat ward. Upton 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. 2003-2004: 2 Labour and 1 Conservative Councillors. 2004: The Conservatives won all three seats.

Slough Borough Council elections, 2004: Upton (3 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Julia Thomson Long1,14117.65N/A
Conservative Balwinder Singh Dhillon98515.24N/A
Conservative Kevin Charles Pond95414.76N/A
Labour George Henry Davidson86713.41N/A
Labour Balwinder Singh Bains86513.38N/A
Labour Pushpa Kharbanda71411.05N/A
Green Alan Diarmid Hatch3855.96N/A
Independent Thomas James King3014.66N/A
UKIP John Watson Lane2523.90N/A
Turnout 5,52044.86N/A

Wexham Lea

Wexham Lea (born 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. 2003-2004: 1 Labour and 2 Independent Councillors. 2004: Securely held by Independent Councillors who won all three seats in 2004.

Slough Borough Council elections, 2004: Wexham Lea (3 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Michael Anthony Haines *1,38422.19N/A
Independent David Ian MacIsaac *1,26620.30N/A
Independent Mohammed Latif Khan *1,13318.17N/A
Labour Ahmad Zafar73411.77N/A
Labour Azhar Qureshi71311.43N/A
Labour Kathryn Zoechild64610.36N/A
Conservative Stephen J. Goodfellow3615.79N/A
Turnout 6,25640.74N/A

Members elected to Slough Borough Council 2004

WardPartyElectedTermCouncillor
Baylis & StokeLiberal Democrats20042008Rashad Javaid Butt *
Baylis & StokeLiberal Democrats20042007Mushtaq Ahmed Hayat *
Baylis & StokeLiberal Democrats20042006Duncan Peter Buchanan *
BritwellInd. Britwellian Res.20022008Sean Patrick Wright *
BritwellInd. Britwellian Res.20022007Patrick Shine *
BritwellInd. Britwellian Res.20032006Paul Janik *
CentralConservative20042008Mohammed Aziz
CentralLabour19992007 Lydia Emelda Simmons (a)
CentralConservative20042006Sumander Khan
ChalveyLabour20022008Pervez Choudhry
ChalveyLabour20012007Raja Mohammad Zarait
ChalveyLabour20042006Shabana Zeib
Cippenham GreenConservative19952008William Geoffrey Howard (b)
Cippenham GreenLabour20042007Michael John Holledge
Cippenham GreenLabour20022006James Charles Robert Swindlehurst
Cippenham MeadowsLabour20032008May Dodds
Cippenham MeadowsLabour20012007Satpal Singh Parmar (c)
Cippenham MeadowsLabour20042006Nimrit Chohan
Colnbrook with PoyleConservative20002008Dexter Jerome Smith
Colnbrook with PoyleConservative19972007Steven John Burkmar
FarnhamLabour19972008Robert Anderson
FarnhamLabour20012007Joginder Singh Bal
FarnhamLabour20022006Sukhjit Kaur Dhaliwal
FoxboroughLiberal Democrats20002008John William Edwards *
FoxboroughLiberal Democrats20042007Sonja Anne Jenkins *
FoxboroughLiberal Democrats20042006Robert Clive Plimmer *
HaymillLiberal19872008Richard Stanley Stokes * (d)
HaymillLiberal19902007David John Munkley *
HaymillLiberal20042006Brian Graham Hewitt *
KedermisterLabour20022008Jagjit Singh Grewal
KedermisterLabour19882007Mewa Singh Mann
KedermisterLabour20022006Christine Rita Small
Langley St Mary'sInd. Langley Res.20042008Neil James Arnold *
Langley St Mary'sInd. Langley Res.20042007Pauline Florence Key *
Langley St Mary'sConservative20002006Derek Ernest Cryer (e)
UptonConservative19992008Julia Thomson Long (f)
UptonConservative20042007Balwinder Singh Dhillon
UptonConservative20042006Kevin Charles Pond
Wexham LeaIndependent20002008Michael Anthony Haines * (g)
Wexham LeaIndependent20022007David Ian MacIsaac *
Wexham LeaIndependent20042006Mohammed Latif Khan * (h)

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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. The elections to Berkshire County Council which would ordinarily have been held in 1997 were cancelled.

The 1999 Slough Borough Council election was held on 6 May 1999, at the same time as other local elections across Britain. Fourteen of the 41 seats on Slough Borough Council were up for election, being the usual third of the council plus a by-election in Upton ward, where Labour councillor Mark Drapes had resigned.

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.

The 2003 Slough Borough Council election was held on 1 May 2003, at the same time as other local elections across England and Scotland. Fourteen of the 41 seats on Slough Borough Council were up for election, being the usual third of the council.

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