Slough (UK Parliament constituency)

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Slough
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Slough (UK Parliament constituency)
Boundaries since 2024
South East England - Slough constituency.svg
Boundary of Slough in South East England
County Berkshire
Electorate 75,287 (2023) [1]
Major settlements
Current constituency
Created 1983
Member of Parliament Tan Dhesi (Labour)
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Slough is a constituency [n 1] represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament by Tan Dhesi, a member of the Labour Party, since the 2017 UK general election. [n 2]

Contents

The seat is one of five Labour seats from a total of nine seats in Berkshire.

Constituency profile

The seat currently covers the Borough of Slough, with the exception of the Colnbrook with Poyle ward, which is included in the Windsor constituency.

Workless claimants stood at 3.9% in November 2012, just 0.1% above the national average, and while lower than all of eastern Kent and the Isle of Wight, statistically significantly greater than the regional average of 2.5%. [2] The borough has one of the largest mixed commercial (company headquarters and manufacturing) estates in Europe and fast rail links to London on the Great Western Main Line, to be bolstered by direct city centre services with Crossrail. The area is also the part of the M4 corridor that is the closest to the capital and London Heathrow Airport.

The seat has a large Asian population with Hindu, Muslim and Sikh communities, and less than half of the seat's population is White. It has one of the highest proportions of Sikh residents of any seat outside of London and the metropolitan West Midlands at 10%, [3] with its current MP, Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi, becoming Britain's first turbaned Sikh MP in the 2017 general election. [4]

History

From 1945 to 1983 most of the area presently covered by this seat was in the Eton and Slough constituency, which was a marginal seat usually held by the Labour Party. The Labour MP from 1950 to 1964 was the veteran politician Fenner Brockway, a radical progressive social democrat, who led in writing on pacifism, prison reform, anti-colonialism and anti-discrimination, was editor of the Labour Leader, attended talks by the Fabian Society and had joined the fledgling Independent Labour Party in 1907. It was also held by Labour government minister Joan Lester from 1966 until its abolition in 1983.

The Slough constituency was created from the bulk of the Eton and Slough seat for the 1983 election, when it was won by the Conservatives. Fiona Mactaggart captured it for Labour at the landslide election of 1997 and have retained since then, with Tan Dhesi succeeding Mactaggart in 2017. It is now considered to be a safe Labour seat.

Boundaries and boundary changes

Slough (UK Parliament constituency)
Map of 2010–2024 boundaries

1983–1997

The Borough of Slough. [5]

Created from the bulk of the abolished constituency of Eton and Slough, which contributed 88.2% of the constituency. The remaining northern slice came from the safe Conservative constituency of Beaconsfield.

1997–2010

The Borough of Slough wards of Baylis, Britwell, Central, Chalvey, Cippenham, Farnham, Haymill, Kedermister, Langley St Mary's, Stoke, Upton, and Wexham Lea. [6]

The Foxborough ward was transferred to Windsor.

2010–2024

The Borough of Slough wards of Baylis and Stoke, Britwell, Central, Chalvey, Cippenham Green, Cippenham Meadows, Farnham, Foxborough, Haymill, Langley Kedermister, Langley St Mary's, Upton, and Wexham Lea. [7]

The Foxborough ward was transferred back in, but the Colnbrook with Poyle ward, which had been created in 1998 within the Borough of Slough as a result of minor boundary changes involving the counties of Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Surrey, was retained in Windsor.

2024–present

Under the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies which came into effect for 2024 general election, the composition of the constituency was reduced to bring its electorate within the permitted range by transferring back the Foxborough ward to Windsor, along with the Langley Kedermister ward (as they existed at 1 December 2020). [8]

Following a local government boundary review which came into effect in May 2023, [9] [10] the constituency now comprises the following wards of the Borough of Slough from the 2024 general election:

Members of Parliament

Eton & Slough prior to 1983

ElectionMember [12] Party
1983 John Watts Conservative
1997 Fiona Mactaggart Labour
2017 Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi Labour

Elections

Elections in the 2020s

General election 2024: Slough [13]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Tan Dhesi 14,666 33.9 Decrease2.svg24.9
Ind. Network Azhar Chohan11,01925.5N/A
Conservative Moni Nanda7,45717.2Decrease2.svg12.3
Reform UK Robin Jackson3,3527.7Increase2.svg4.9
Liberal Democrats Chelsea Whyte2,0604.8Decrease2.svg2.0
Green Julian Edmonds1,8734.3Increase2.svg2.2
Workers Party Adnan Shabbir1,1052.6N/A
Independent Chandra Muvvala9952.3N/A
Independent Diana Coad4020.9N/A
Independent Jaswinder Singh2040.5N/A
Heritage Nick Smith1450.3N/A
Majority 3,6478.4Decrease2.svg18.3
Turnout 43,27853.1Decrease2.svg7.4
Registered electors 81,512
Labour hold

Elections in the 2010s

2019 notional result [14]
PartyVote %
Labour 26,79058.8
Conservative 13,44329.5
Liberal Democrats 3,0996.8
Brexit Party 1,2802.8
Green 9482.1
Turnout45,56060.5
Electorate75,287
General election 2019: Slough [15]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Tan Dhesi 29,421 57.6 –5.3
Conservative Kanwal Toor Gill15,78130.9–0.7
Liberal Democrats Aaron Chahal3,3576.6+4.2
Brexit Party Delphine Grey-Fisk1,4322.8N/A
Green Julian Edmonds1,0472.1N/A
Majority 13,64026.7–4.6
Turnout 51,03858.2–7.2
Labour hold Swing –2.3
General election 2017: Slough [16] [17]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Tan Dhesi 34,170 62.9 +14.4
Conservative Mark Vivis17,17231.6–1.7
Liberal Democrats Tom McCann1,3082.4–0.2
UKIP Karen Perez1,2282.3–10.7
Independent Paul Janik4170.8N/A
Majority 16,99831.3+16.1
Turnout 54,29565.4+9.5
Labour hold Swing +8.0
General election 2015: Slough [18] [19]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Fiona Mactaggart 23,421 48.5 +2.7
Conservative Gurcharan Singh16,08533.3–1.0
UKIP Diana Coad6,27413.0+9.8
Liberal Democrats Tom McCann1,2752.6–11.9
Green Julian Edmonds1,2202.5+1.4
Majority 7,33615.2+3.6
Turnout 48,27555.9–6.0
Labour hold Swing +1.8
General election 2010: Slough
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Fiona Mactaggart 21,884 45.8 –0.4
Conservative Diana Coad16,36134.3+7.9
Liberal Democrats Chris Tucker6,94314.5–2.2
UKIP Peter Mason-Apps1,5173.2–0.5
Green Miriam Kennet5421.1–0.9
Christian Sunil Chaudhary4951.0N/A
Majority 5,52311.5–8.3
Turnout 47,74261.9+8.1
Labour hold Swing

Elections in the 2000s

General election 2005: Slough
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Fiona Mactaggart 17,517 47.2 –11.1
Conservative Sheila Gunn9,66626.1–0.1
Liberal Democrats Thomas McCann5,73915.5+5.0
Respect Ajaz Khan1,6324.4N/A
UKIP Geoff Howard1,4153.8+1.9
Green David Wood7592.0N/A
Independent Paul Janik3671.0N/A
Majority 7,85121.1–11.0
Turnout 37,09550.5–2.9
Labour hold Swing –5.5
General election 2001: Slough
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Fiona Mactaggart 22,718 58.3 +1.7
Conservative Diana Coad10,21026.2–3.0
Liberal Democrats Keith Kerr4,10910.5+3.1
Independent Tony Haines8592.2N/A
UKIP John Lane7381.9N/A
Independent Choudry Nazir3640.9N/A
Majority 12,50832.1+4.7
Turnout 38,99853.4–14.5
Labour hold Swing

Elections in the 1990s

General election 1997: Slough
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Fiona Mactaggart 27,029 56.6 +12.9
Conservative Peta Buscombe 13,95829.2−15.4
Liberal Democrats Chris Bushill3,5097.4+0.4
Liberal Anne Bradshaw1,8353.8+1.3
Referendum Terence J. Sharkey1,1242.4N/A
Independent Paul P. Whitmore2770.6N/A
Majority 13,07127.4N/A
Turnout 47,73267.9−10.3
Labour gain from Conservative Swing
General election 1992: Slough [20]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Watts 25,793 44.6 −2.4
Labour Eddie Lopez25,27943.7+4.1
Liberal Democrats Peter Mapp4,0417.0−6.4
Liberal John Clark1,4262.5N/A
Independent Labour Declan Alford6991.2N/A
National Front Andy Carmichael2900.5N/A
Natural Law Martin Creese1530.3N/A
Independent Elizabeth Smith1340.2N/A
Majority 5140.9−6.5
Turnout 57,81578.0+2.1
Conservative hold Swing −3.3

Elections in the 1980s

General election 1987: Slough
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Watts 26,166 47.0 +4.1
Labour Eddie Lopez22,07639.6+2.7
SDP Michael Goldstone7,49013.4−5.1
Majority 4,0907.4+1.4
Turnout 55,73275.9+4.4
Conservative hold Swing
General election 1983: Slough
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Watts 22,064 42.9 +4.3
Labour Joan Lestor 18,95836.9−6.7
SDP Nicholas Bosanquet 9,51918.5+7.2
National Front Graham John5281.0
Ecology Ian Flindall3250.6
Majority 3,1066.0
Turnout 51,39471.5
Conservative win (new seat)

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ A borough constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)
  2. ↑ As with all constituencies, the constituency elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election at least every five years.

References

  1. ↑ "The 2023 Review of Parliamentary Constituency Boundaries in England – Volume two: Constituency names, designations and composition – South East". Boundary Commission for England. Retrieved 4 June 2024.
  2. ↑ Unemployment claimants by constituency The Guardian
  3. ↑ UK Polling Report, Slough
  4. ↑ Basu, Indrani (9 June 2017). "How Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi Became UK's First Turbaned Sikh Member of Parliament". Huffington Post India. Retrieved 9 June 2017.
  5. ↑ "The Parliamentary Constituencies (England) Order 1983". legislation.gov.uk. Retrieved 3 February 2019.
  6. ↑ "The Parliamentary Constituencies (England) Order 1995". legislation.gov.uk. Retrieved 3 February 2019.
  7. ↑ "The Parliamentary Constituencies (England) Order 2007". legislation.gov.uk. Retrieved 3 February 2019.
  8. ↑ "The Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023". Schedule 1 Part 6 South East region.
  9. ↑ LGBCE. "Slough | LGBCE". www.lgbce.org.uk. Retrieved 30 March 2024.
  10. ↑ "The Slough (Electoral Changes) Order 2023".
  11. ↑ "New Seat Details - Slough". www.electoralcalculus.co.uk. Retrieved 30 March 2024.
  12. ↑ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "S" (part 3)
  13. ↑ "Slough Parliamentary constituency". BBC News. Retrieved 10 July 2024.
  14. ↑ "Notional results for a UK general election on 12 December 2019". Rallings & Thrasher, Professor David Denver (Scotland), Nicholas Whyte (NI) for Sky News, PA, BBC News and ITV News. UK Parliament . Retrieved 11 July 2024.
  15. ↑ "Slough Parliamentary constituency". BBC News. BBC. Retrieved 27 November 2019.
  16. ↑ "General election 2017: Slough candidates formally announced as deadline passes". Slough Observer. 12 May 2017.
  17. ↑ "Slough parliamentary constituency – Election 2017" – via bbc.co.uk.
  18. ↑ "Election Data 2015". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
  19. ↑ https://www.slough.gov.uk/council/voting-and-elections/2015-general-election-results.aspx 8 July 2015
  20. ↑ "Politics Resources". Election 1992. Politics Resources. 9 April 1992. Archived from the original on 24 July 2011. Retrieved 6 December 2010.

Sources

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