2023 Slough Borough Council election

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2023 Slough Borough Council election
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  2022 4 May 2023 (2023-05-04)2027 

All 42 seats to Slough Borough Council
22 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond party
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LeaderDexter SmithJames Swindlehurst
Party Conservative Labour
Leader's seatColnbrook and PoyleCippenham Green (lost seat)
Last election6 seats, 30.3%33 seats, 57.7%
Seats before535
Seats won2118
Seat changeIncrease2.svg 15Decrease2.svg 15

 Third partyFourth party
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Party Liberal Democrats Independent
Last election0 seats, 6.2%3 seats, 2.7%
Seats before02
Seats won30
Seat changeIncrease2.svg 3Decrease2.svg 3

Slough UK ward map 2023.svg
Winner of each seat at the 2023 Slough Borough Council election

Leader before election

James Swindlehurst
Labour

Leader after election

Dexter Smith
Conservative
No overall control

The 2023 Slough Borough Council election took place on 4 May 2023 to elect members of Slough Borough Council in Berkshire, England. [1] This was on the same day as other local elections in England.

Contents

Following a boundary review all 42 seats on the council were up for election and there was also a change to the electoral cycle for Slough. Previously a third of the council had been elected three years out of every four; from 2023 onwards the whole council would be elected together every four years. [2]

The elections saw substantial gains by the Conservative Party against the national trend, more than quadrupling their number and ending up with exactly half the seats on the council.

Overview

Prior to the election the council had a Labour majority. In 2021 the council had effectively declared bankruptcy and the government had appointed commissioners to oversee the authority's financial recovery. As a result, the council was one of only three in England to be given permission to increase council tax by more than 5% in 2023. [3]

The election saw the Conservatives make significant gains at the expense of Labour, in contrast to the general trend across the country in 2023 where Labour generally made gains at the expense of the Conservatives. The Labour leader, James Swindlehurst, was one of those who lost his seat. The council was left under no overall control after the election, with the Conservatives winning 21 of the 42 seats. This was the only Labour-held council in the 2023 Local Elections that the party lost control of. The Conservatives subsequently formed an administration with support from the three Liberal Democrats. The Conservative group leader, Dexter Smith, was appointed leader of the council at the subsequent annual council meeting on 18 May 2023. Labour chose Pavitar Kaur Mann to be its new group leader in opposition. [4]

Summary

Election result

2023 Slough Borough Council election
PartyCandidatesSeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Conservative 4221N/AN/AIncrease2.svg 1550.046.327,646+16.0
  Labour 4218N/AN/ADecrease2.svg 1542.942.825,507–14.9
  Liberal Democrats 83N/AN/AIncrease2.svg 37.14.52,712–1.7
  Independent 70N/AN/ADecrease2.svg 30.03.31,967+0.6
  Green 30N/AN/ASteady2.svg0.01.3763–0.7
  Ind. Network 20N/AN/ASteady2.svg 00.01.6955+1.0
  Heritage 10N/AN/ASteady2.svg 00.00.2100–0.3

Candidates

The Statement of Persons Nominated, which details the candidates standing in each ward, was released by Slough Borough Council following the close of nominations on 5 April 2023. [5]

Baylis & Salt Hill

Baylis & Salt Hill (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Co-op Fiza Matloob* 1,247 71.1
Labour Co-op Maroof Mohammad* 1,070 61.0
Conservative Surinder Chaggar53530.5
Conservative Mohammed Hussaini46826.7
Majority
Turnout 1,75535.42
Labour Co-op win (new seat)
Labour Co-op win (new seat)

Britwell

Britwell (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Co-op Robert Anderson* 685 52.4
Labour Co-op Pavitar Mann* 612 46.8
Conservative Dennis French50238.4
Conservative Ashish Mishra46735.7
Independent Ollie Isernia20615.8
Majority
Turnout 1,30726.19
Labour Co-op win (new seat)
Labour Co-op win (new seat)

Chalvey

Chalvey (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Rifaqat Zarait 707 56.7
Conservative Zafar Satti 674 54.0
Labour Co-op Mohammad Sandhu*53843.1
Labour Co-op Shahida Akbar*53142.5
Majority
Turnout 1,24832.92
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Cippenham Green

Cippenham Green (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Ishrat Shah 911 49.2
Conservative Robert Stedmond 895 48.4
Labour Co-op Jemma Davis*58131.4
Labour Co-op James Swindlehurst*47825.8
Independent Wayne Strutton27514.9
Liberal Democrats Gurmail Hothi19810.7
Heritage Nick Smith1005.4
Majority
Turnout 1,85036.47
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Cippenham Manor

Cippenham Manor (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Nadeem Khawar 663 43.2
Labour Co-op Dilbagh Parmar* 663 43.2
Labour Co-op Ruqayah Begum*63541.4
Conservative Ahmar Usmani58338.0
Liberal Democrats Manjit Singh30720.0
Majority
Turnout 1,53329.52
Conservative win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Cippenham Village

Cippenham Village (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Bally Gill* 469 30.9
Liberal Democrats Frank O'Kelly 420 27.6
Liberal Democrats Matthew Taylor40526.6
Conservative Haaris Ahmad39425.9
Labour Josh Kimani39425.9
Conservative Yasmin Raja38925.6
Green Shah Khairul Enam37824.9
Majority
Turnout 1,52030.58
Labour win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Colnbrook & Poyle

Colnbrook & Poyle (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Dexter Smith* 701 46.5
Conservative Puja Bedi* 679 45.0
Labour Avtar Cheema61540.8
Labour Gurchetan Hayer40827.0
Independent Joyce John31020.5
Majority
Turnout 1,50930.09
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Elliman

Elliman (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Amjad Abbasi 534 49.7
Liberal Democrats Asim Naveed 460 42.8
Labour Mushtaq Malik*38836.1
Labour Nuzhat Nematali34432.0
Conservative Ravinder Bhakar18717.4
Conservative Aakash Singh18717.4
Majority
Turnout 1,07429.66
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Farnham

Farnham (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Co-op Sabia Akram* 560 53.2
Labour Co-op Waqas Sabah 546 51.9
Conservative Arshad Hussain49146.6
Conservative Dawinderpal Sahota49046.5
Majority
Turnout 1,05323.87
Labour Co-op win (new seat)
Labour Co-op win (new seat)

Haymill

Haymill (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Anna Wright 809 55.4
Conservative Paul Kelly 803 55.0
Labour Sanna Malik*45731.3
Labour Satpal Parmar*42429.1
Liberal Democrats Catharine Parkes25217.3
Majority
Turnout 1,45929.0
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Herschel Park

Herschel Park (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Christine Hulme* 650 55.3
Labour Zaffar Ajaib* 612 52.1
Conservative Tom King51343.7
Conservative Rikky Lobo42336.0
Majority
Turnout 1,17523.66
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Langley Foxborough

Langley Foxborough (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Naveeda Qaseem* 557 41.7
Labour Mark Instone 525 39.3
Ind. Network Sunil Sudhakaran48136.0
Conservative Sharon Gillingwater39329.4
Conservative Jibril Hassan28421.2
Green Petra Rau17813.3
Majority
Turnout 1,33729.95
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Langley Marsh

Langley Marsh (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Chandra Muvvala 1,114 56.7
Conservative Wal Chahal 807 41.0
Labour Co-op Kuljit Kaur50525.7
Labour Co-op Preston Brooker*49125.0
Independent Ansar Mohammed26313.4
Independent Sharon O'Reilly24512.5
Liberal Democrats Josephine Hanney1366.9
Majority
Turnout 1,96640.48
Registered electors
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Langley Meads

Langley Meads (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Neel Rana 904 62.3
Conservative Mabu Shaik 824 56.8
Labour Kamaljit Kaur*54237.4
Labour Satish Basra50534.8
Majority
Turnout 1,45131.06
Registered electors
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Langley St Mary's

Langley St Mary's (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Gurcharan Manku 783 44.9
Conservative Adil Iftakhar 727 41.7
Labour Gurdeep Grewal*56332.3
Labour Savneet Bains53530.7
Ind. Network Shin Dhother47427.2
Green Julian Edmonds20711.9
Majority
Turnout 1,74438.12
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Manor Park & Stoke

Manor Park & Stoke (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Mohammed Nazir* 913 52.4
Labour Jamila Sabah 832 47.7
Conservative Sarfraz Khan80546.2
Conservative Sajid Janjua74242.5
Majority
Turnout 1,74432.34
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Northborough & Lynch Hill Valley

Northborough & Lynch Hill Valley (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Martin Carter* 580 49.6
Conservative Siobhan Dauti 537 45.9
Labour Annetta Dendie51243.8
Conservative Steven Gillingwater51243.8
Majority
Turnout 1,16925.89
Labour win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Slough Central

Slough Central (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Ejaz Ahmed 547 53.3
Conservative Dhruv Tomar 539 52.5
Labour Safdar Ali*44743.5
Labour Katarzyna Rusin41640.5
Majority
Turnout 1,02728.24
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Upton

Upton (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Balwinder Dhillon 1,277 65.9
Conservative Subhash Mohindra 1,220 62.9
Labour Balvinder Bains*60331.1
Labour Jina Basra*54528.1
Majority
Turnout 1,93938.96
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Upton Lea

Upton Lea (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Co-op Haqeeq Dar* 1,105 56.6
Labour Co-op Andrea Escott 957 49.0
Conservative Raja Fayyaz85643.9
Conservative Arvind Dhaliwal84243.1
Majority
Turnout 36.19
Labour Co-op win (new seat)
Labour Co-op win (new seat)

Wexham Court

Wexham Court (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Harjinder Gahir* 826 43.8
Conservative Iftakhar Ahmed 815 43.2
Conservative Hardeep Jandu64734.3
Labour Gaye Jeynes64134.0
Independent Mubashir Ahmed53928.5
Independent Patrick Donachy1296.8
Majority
Turnout 1,88838.71
Labour win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

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