2010 Slough Borough Council election

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An election for the Borough Council in Slough, England, was held on 6 May 2010. [1] This was the 124th Slough general local authority election (including both whole council elections and elections by thirds) since Slough became a local government unit in 1863. [2]

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The regular 2010 election was to fill thirteen seats, one from each ward except Colnbrook with Poyle, for the 2010–2014 term. These thirteen seats were last contested in the Council election of 2006.

The remaining twenty-seven Slough Councillors will continue in office, for seats which will be next contested in 2011 or 2012.

Recent political history of Slough

Between 2004 and 2008, Slough council had no party in overall control. A coalition of the Britwellian, Independent, Liberal and Liberal Democrats Group (BILLD) and the Conservative Group formed a joint administration. In the 2008-2010 period the Labour Group had a majority and was in control of the council.

The BILLD Group is itself a local coalition, containing members from four parties or groups of independents. The organisations represented in the group, as at April 2010, were the Slough Liberal Democrats, the Slough Liberals, the Independent Britwellian Residents and Independents from Wexham Lea ward. The existing members of the Group have an electoral pact for the 2010 election, continuing electoral arrangements which started with the 2001 Slough Council election.

The Slough Party and a number of Independents, not affiliated with any of the three existing council groups, are also contesting the 2010 election.

At the time of the 2008 election there were twenty councillors each supporting the joint administration and the Labour opposition, with one vacancy. After the election count Labour secured four net gains, to give the party a 23:18 margin and a majority of five for the start of the 2008-2009 municipal year.

Shortly after the 2008 election, following some rapid defections and re-defections (see 2008 Slough Council election for additional details), a newly re-elected Labour Councillor (Pervez Choudhry who represents Central Ward) joined the Conservative Group. As a result, the Labour majority fell to three.

For the 2010-2011 municipal year, Councillor Choudhry was named as the Conservative group leader. The former Tory leader (Derek Cryer representing Langley St Mary's ward) left the Conservative council group, but remained a member of the Conservative Party.

PartyTotal Seats April 2010Seats Up 2010Seats Up 2011Seats Up 2012Candidates May 2010
Labour2288613
Conservative6-2412
*Liberal Democrats31114
*Independent (BILLD31111
Independent (Non BILLD)----7
*Independent Britwellian Residents31111
*Liberal31111
The Slough Party----2
Independent Conservative11---
Total4113141441

Election result 2010

The plus/minus figure is the change in votes percentage from the 2008 Slough Council election.

Slough Local Election Result 2010
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Conservative 22-+215.3832.4815,968+6.65%
  Labour 102-+276.9245.8722,550+0.27%
  Liberal Democrats 1---7.697.893,877-4.10%
  Independent -----4.932,426+1.13%
  The Slough Party -----2.701,329-1.28%
  Liberal --1-1-2.111,038-0.81%
  Britwellian --1-1-2.071,018-0.29%
  Independent --1-1-1.95960+0.05%
  Ind. Conservative --1-1----

Total valid votes: 49,166 Total spoilt votes: 509 Slough BC turnout:

New Council by group: Labour 24, BILLD 9 (Liberal Democrats 3, Independent 2, Independent Britwellian Residents 2, Liberal 2), Conservative 8. Total 41.

Labour majority: 7.

Summary of Election results by party from 2004

Election Results 2004-2010
Party20042006200720082010
Conservative 91 (5)3 (7)3 (6)2 (8)
Labour 158 (18)7 (19)8 (23)10 (24)
Liberal Democrats 61 (5)1 (4)1 (3)1 (3)
Other parties113 (13)3 (11)3 (9)0 (6)
Total Seats4113 (41)14 (41)15 (41)13 (41)

Note: The 2004 election was for the whole Council. Other elections are for a third of the Council. For them the overall totals, after the election, are given in brackets.

List of Councillors whose terms expired in 2010

WardPartyElectedIncumbentCand.?Re-elected?
Baylis & StokeLabour2006Azhar QureshiYesYes
BritwellInd. Britwellian Res.2006John Joseph Finn *YesNo
CentralLabour2006Shafiq Ahmed ChaudhryYesYes
ChalveyLabour2006Mohammed RasibYesYes
Cippenham GreenLabour2002James Charles Robert SwindlehurstYesYes
Cippenham MeadowsLabour2004Nimrit ChohanYesYes
FarnhamLabour2002Sukhjit Kaur DhaliwalYesYes
FoxboroughLiberal Democrats2004Robert Clive Plimmer *YesYes
HaymillLiberal2004Brian Graham Lacey Hewitt *YesNo
KedermisterLabour2002Christine Rita SmallYesYes
Langley St Mary'sIndependent Conservative2000Derek Ernest CryerNoN/A
UptonLabour2006Balvinder Singh BainsYesYes
Wexham LeaIndependent2004Mohammed Latif Khan *NoN/A

Ward results

Candidates nominated for the 2010 election are named in this section, using the version of their name to be used on the ballot paper.

A candidate who was an incumbent Councillor for the ward being contested has an * following their name.

Figures for the total published electorate are given, at 1 March 2010. [3] The number given is derived from the full register, not the edited register available to the general public. The spoilt votes and turnout figures were taken from the Slough Council website.

The change columns record alterations from the previous local election results.

Swing figures are only calculated when the same two parties shared the first two places in both the 2007 and 2008 elections. The swing given is two party or Butler swing, ignoring votes for other candidates. Swing is not calculated for Central Ward, for the same reasons why changes are not calculated. Contrary to the usual convention a positive swing figure is towards Labour and a negative swing towards Conservative (or other party as specified in the result).

Total eligible electorate for the Borough (including Colnbrook with Poyle): 88,967

Baylis and Stoke (2010: Labour hold)

Baylis and Stoke
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Azhar Qureshi *2,07149.25-4.37
Liberal Democrats Rashad Butt1,08225.73-20.65
Conservative Meeta Dhaliwal1,05225.02N/A
Majority98923.52+16.27
Turnout 4,205 (+48 spoilt)56.2+18.34
Labour hold Swing
Registered electors 7,281

Britwell (2010: Labour gain from Independent Britwellian Residents)

Paul Janik is a former Independent Britwellian Residents Councillor for this ward, serving from 2003 to 2006.

Britwell
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Pavitar Kaur Mann1,32040.94+12.81
Britwellian John Finn *1,01831.58-15.36
The Slough Party Paul Janik88627.48+2.55
Majority3029.37N/A
Turnout 3,224 (+67 spoilt)43.5+16.87
Labour gain from Britwellian Swing
Registered electors 5,958

Central (2008-2012 term: Labour gain from Conservative; 2008-2011 term: Labour gain from vacant)

As two seats were filled at the 2008 election, the bloc vote electoral system was used. Each elector was entitled to cast up to two votes. The candidate with most votes was elected to the four-year term and the one in second place was returned for three years.

Councillor Pervez Choudhry was an incumbent councillor for the Chalvey ward, at the time of the election. A.S. Dhaliwal had represented the ward from 2000 until the 2004 Slough Council election.

Central
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Shafiq Ahmed Chaudhry *265963.3%
Conservative Muhammad Umar Majeed154436.7%
Turnout 420355.8%
Registered electors 7,830

Chalvey (2010: Labour gain from Conservative)

Chalvey
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Mohammed Rasib *187756.1%
Conservative Shabir Khan146943.9%
Turnout 334649.4%
Registered electors 6,786

Cippenham Green (2010: Labour hold)

Cippenham Green
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour James Charles Robert Swindlehurst *163142.9%
Conservative Maurice Arthur Stanmore152840.2%
Independent Geoff Howard52313.7%
Independent Kevin Christopher McCabe1223.2%
Turnout 380462.1%
Registered electors 6,256

Cippenham Meadows (2010: Labour hold)

Cippenham Meadows
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Nimrit Chohan *177143.0%
Conservative Amrik Singh Sihra138033.5%
Liberal Democrats Gary James Griffin96523.4%
Turnout 411660%
Registered electors 6,987

Colnbrook with Poyle (2008: Labour gain from Conservative)

This ward has no election in 2010. The total published electorate, at 1 March 2010, was 3,893.

Councillor Smith was, at the time of the 2008 election, the leader of the Conservative group on Slough Council.

Farnham (2010: Labour hold)

Councillor Anderson was the leader of the Labour group on Slough Council. Sumander Khan represented Central ward from 2004 to 2006.

Farnham
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Sukhjit Kaur Dhaliwal *215458.4%
Conservative Sumander Khan109329.6%
The Slough Party Tristan Nicholas Miles44312.0%
Turnout 369055.6%
Registered electors 6,652

Foxborough (2010: Liberal Democrats hold)

Foxborough
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Robert Plimmer *124937.4%
Labour Ted Plenty117035.1%
Conservative Karanjit Singh Aulakh91927.5%
Turnout 333862.3%
Registered electors 5,341

Haymill (2010: Conservative gain from Liberal)

Haymill
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Anna Sylwia Wright *161839.7%
Labour Martin Frank Carter142034.8%
Liberal Brian Graham Lacey Hewitt103825.5%
Turnout 407660.3%
Registered electors 6,840

Kedermister (2010: Labour hold)

Kedermister
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Christine Rita Small *166043.0%
Conservative Gurdeep Singh Grewal150138.9%
Liberal Democrats Josephine Mary Hanney58115.0%
Independent Steven Clottey1193.1%
Turnout 386159.6%
Registered electors 6,557

Langley St Mary's (2010: Conservative hold)

Langley St Mary's
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Frank Abe *164746.3%
Labour Harjinder Kaur Minhas152242.8%
Independent Angela Joyce Schofield38610.9%
Turnout 355564.8%
Registered electors 5,629

Upton (2010: Labour gain from Conservative)

Upton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Balvinder Singh Bains *144940.2%
Conservative Wal Chahal139038.5%
Independent Subhash Chandar Mohindra40411.2%
Independent Tom King36410.1%
Turnout 360762.6%
Registered electors

Wexham Lea (2010)

Wexham Lea
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Paul Sohal184644.6%
Independent Sarfraz Khan96023.2%
Conservative Harjinder Singh Gahir82720.0%
Independent Ken Wright50812.3%
Turnout 414158.7%
Registered electors 7,029

Members of Slough Borough Council May 2010

WardPartyElectedTermCouncillor
Baylis & StokeLabour20082012Natasa Pantelic
Baylis & StokeLabour20072011Faza Ahmed Matloob
Baylis & StokeLabour20062014Azhar Qureshi
BritwellInd. Britwellian Res.20022012Sean Patrick Wright *
BritwellInd. Britwellian Res.20022011Patrick Shine *
BritwellLabour20102014Pavitar Kaur Mann
CentralConservative20022012Pervez Choudhry (k)
CentralLabour20082011Arvind Singh Dhaliwal (a)
CentralLabour20062014Shafiq Ahmed Chaudhry
ChalveyConservative20082012Mohammad Basharat
ChalveyLabour20012011Raja Mohammad Zarait
ChalveyLabour20062014Mohammed Rasib (l)
Cippenham GreenLabour20082012Roger Francis Davis
Cippenham GreenLabour20072011Patricia Josephine O'Connor
Cippenham GreenLabour20022014James Charles Robert Swindlehurst
Cippenham MeadowsLabour20032012May Dodds
Cippenham MeadowsLabour20012011Sat Pal Singh Parmar (b)
Cippenham MeadowsLabour20042014Nimrit Chohan
Colnbrook with PoyleLabour20082012James Lawrence Walsh
Colnbrook with PoyleLabour20072011Rakesh Pabbi
FarnhamLabour19972012Robert Anderson
FarnhamLabour20012011Joginder Singh Bal
FarnhamLabour20022014Sukhjit Kaur Dhaliwal (l)
FoxboroughLiberal Democrats20082012Duncan Peter Buchanan * (c)
FoxboroughLiberal Democrats20042011Sonja Anne Jenkins *
FoxboroughLiberal Democrats20042014Robert Clive Plimmer *
HaymillLiberal19872012Richard Stanley Stokes * (d)
HaymillLiberal19902011David John Munkley *
HaymillConservative20102014Anna Sylwia Wright
KedermisterLabour20022012Jagjit Singh Grewal
KedermisterLabour19882011Mewa Singh Mann
KedermisterLabour20022014Christine Rita Small
Langley St Mary'sConservative20082012Peter Dale-Gough
Langley St Mary'sConservative20062011Diana Victoria Coad
Langley St Mary'sConservative20102014Frank Abe
UptonConservative19992012Julia Thomson Long (f)
UptonConservative20042011Balwinder Singh Dhillon (g)
UptonLabour20062014Balvinder Singh Bains (h)
Wexham LeaIndependent20002012Michael Anthony Haines * (i)
Wexham LeaIndependent20022011David Ian MacIsaac *
Wexham LeaLabour20102014Paul Sohal

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Notes

  1. ↑ Notice of Election
  2. ↑ A History of Slough, by Miss Maxwell Fraser, page 151.
  3. ↑ Electorate on 1 March 2010, produced by Slough Borough Council.
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