2008 Slough Borough Council election

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Elections to the Borough Council in Slough, England, were held on 1 May 2008. This was the 123rd Slough general local authority election (including both whole council elections and elections by thirds) since Slough became a local government unit in 1863.

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The regular 2008 election was to fill fourteen seats, one from each ward, for the 2008-2012 term. These fourteen seats were last contested in the whole Council election of 2004, following the redrawing of the ward boundaries in the Borough.

The election also filled a casual vacancy, for the remaining three years of a 2007-2011 term. The vacancy was caused when Eshaq Khan (Conservative-Central ward) was removed from office, on 18 March 2008, following the hearing of an election petition (for more details see the external link to the judgment of the Election Commissioner below).

The remaining twenty-six Slough Councillors will continue in office, for seats which will be next contested in 2010 or 2011.

In an election where, in most parts of England, the Labour Party did badly; in Slough they regained control of the Council for the first time since 2004. Labour gained two seats from the Conservatives (and arguably a third by taking the vacant seat, last held by Eshaq Khan), one seat from the Liberal Democrats and one seat from the UK Independence Party. The Tories offset their losses by gaining one seat from Labour and another from The Slough Party. As a result of these changes the Council then had 23 Labour members and 18 opposition councillors.

Dissension within the Labour Party, within a few weeks of the election, led to three councillors defecting to the Conservative Party; producing a 21 non-Labour and 20 Labour split on the Council. Two of them returned to Labour later the same day, again reversing control of the Council.

Recent political history of Slough

Slough has an unusual balance of political forces. The council, between 2004 and 2008, had no party in overall control. A coalition of the Britwellian, Independent, Liberal and Liberal Democrats Group (BILLD) and the Conservative Group formed a coalition administration. In the 2007-2008 municipal year the Labour Group and the one councillor of The Slough Party were in opposition.

The BILLD Group is itself a local coalition, before the 2008 election containing members from five parties or groups of independents. The organisations represented in the group, as at April 2008, were the Slough Liberal Democrats, the Slough Liberals, the United Kingdom Independence Party (UKIP), the Independent Britwellian Residents and Independents from Wexham Lea ward. The existing members of the Group had an electoral pact for the 2008 election, continuing electoral arrangements which started with the 2001 Slough Council election.

The Slough Party and a number of Independents, not affiliated to the BILLD group or the coalition administration, also contested the 2008 election.

In the previous election, in 2007, the Labour Party gained one seat from the Conservatives and one from the Liberal Democrats. However the Conservative Party defeated the then longest serving Labour Councillor and former Mayor, Lydia Simmons. This return was subsequently found, by an Election Commissioner, to have been obtained by corrupt and illegal means. Labour finished the 2007 count with a net gain of one, which left Slough Council still in a state of no overall control. The existing coalition administration (supported by all Councillors not in the Labour group, except for one) continued in office for the 2007-2008 municipal year.

During 2007-2008 the Conservative Party lost one seat following the hearing of an election petition. The casual vacancy, caused by the removal from office of former Councillor Eshaq Khan (Conservative-Central ward), was filled at the May election.

At the time of the 2008 election there were twenty councillors each supporting the administration and the opposition, with one vacancy. A single net gain by the opposition parties would have probably resulted in a change of administration. Two net gains for the Labour Party would ensure the first single party majority administration since the party lost control in 2004.

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.

PartySeats April 2008Seats UpCandidates May 2008
Labour19415
Conservative639
*Liberal Democrats427
*Independent (BILLD311
Independent (Non BILLD)--4
*Independent Britwellian Residents311
*Liberal311
The Slough Party114
*UK Independence111
vacant11-
Total411543

Election result 2008

The change in Conservative representation is calculated on the basis of the outcome of the 2007 count, without regard to the subsequent election petition.

The plus/minus figure is the change in votes percentage from the 2007 Slough Council election.

Slough Local Election Result 2008
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Conservative 323-120.0025.837,276-3.07%
  Labour 851+453.3445.6013,640+2.15%
  Liberal Democrats 1-1-16.6711.993,585-0.80%
  Independent 1---6.673.801,137-1.13%
  Independent 0----1.91572+0.67%
  Britwellian 1---6.672.36706+0.55%
  Liberal 1---6.672.92873-0.01%
  The Slough Party 0-1-1-3.981,190+0.03%
  UKIP 0-1-1-1.61481n/a

Total valid votes: 29,910 Total spoilt votes: 182 Slough BC turnout: 32.93%

New Council by group: Labour 23, BILLD 12 (Independent 3, Independent Britwellian Residents 3, Liberal 3, Liberal Democrats 3), Conservative 6. Total 41.

Labour majority: 5.

Changes after the election

The Labour Party officially decided to nominate Raja Mohammaed Zarait (Chalvey) for Mayor, Joginder Singh Bal (Farnham) for Deputy Mayor, Robert Anderson (Farnham) for Leader of the Council and James Swindlehurst (Cippenham Green) for Deputy Leader of the Council. These nominations were due to be confirmed at the Annual Meeting of the Council on 15 May 2008.

Pervez Choudhry, elected as a Labour Councillor for Central on 1 May 2008, claimed that 15 of the then 23 Labour Councillors had wanted him as leader. Councillor Diana Coad (Conservative-Langley St Mary's) announced, on 12 May 2008, that Choudhry and an unspecified number of other ex-Labour councillors would enable the Conservative-BILLD coalition to remain in control. Slough and Langley Observer on-line, recovered 12 May 2008 Windsor Express on-line, recovered 12 May 2008

On 13 May 2008 the Conservatives announced that two more Labour Councillors had defected to them, reducing the Labour group to 20 members and giving the 21 non-Labour Councillors the chance to control the Council. The new defecting Councillors were Sukhjit Dhaliwal (Farnham) and Mohammed Rasib (Chalvey). Slough Observer on-line, recovered 13 May 2008

Later, on 13 May 2008, the Labour Party announced that the two Councillors were no longer leaving, so the balance on the Council would be 22-19 in favour of Labour. The Labour Party Chairman was quoted as saying "There was an internal misunderstanding and certain people tried to exploit that. Once it is all over they party needs to look at what happened and how it can be rectified for the future." Slough Observer on-line, recovered 13 May 2008

On 15 May 2008 the Labour nominees for Mayor, Deputy Mayor, Leader of the Council (and Labour group) and Deputy Leader were installed in office. The Leader of the Opposition (and BILLD group leader) is Robert Plimmer (Liberal Democrat-Foxborough) and the leader of the Conservative group is Derek Cryer (Conservative-Langley St Mary's).

Summary of Election results by party from 2004

Election Results 2004-2007
Party2004200620072008
Conservative 91 (5)3 (7)3 (6)
Labour 158 (18)7 (19)8 (23)
Liberal Democrats 61 (5)1 (4)1 (3)
Other parties113 (13)3 (11)3 (9)
Total Seats4113 (41)14 (41)15 (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 2008

WardPartyElectedIncumbentCand.?Re-elected?
Baylis & StokeLiberal Democrats2004Rashad Javaid Butt *NoN/A
BritwellInd. Britwellian Res.2002Sean Patrick Wright *YesYes
CentralConservative2004Mohammed AzizYesNo
ChalveyLabour2002Pervez ChoudhryYes (Central)Yes (Central)
Cippenham GreenUK Independence1995William Geoffrey Howard *YesNo
Cippenham MeadowsLabour2003May DoddsYesYes
Colnbrook with PoyleConservative2000Dexter Jerome SmithYesNo
FarnhamLabour1997Robert AndersonYesYes
FoxboroughLiberal Democrats2000John William Edwards *NoN/A
HaymillLiberal1987Richard Stanley Stokes *YesYes
KedermisterLabour2002Jagjit Singh GrewalYesYes
Langley St Mary'sThe Slough Party2004Neil James ArnoldYesNo
UptonConservative1999Julia Thomson LongYesYes
Wexham LeaIndependent2000Michael Anthony Haines *YesYes

Ward results

A candidate who was an incumbent Councillor for the ward being contested has an * following their name. An incumbent Councillor for another ward, has a + following the name.

Figures for the eligible electorate are given as at 3 March 2008. The Returning Officer has confirmed that the number of electors for each Ward has to be based on the current Register, plus any alterations made up to 3 March. The number given is derived from the full register, not the edited register available to the general public. The spoilt votes and turnout figures are taken from the Slough Council website.

The maximum election expenses for a candidate are calculated on the basis of £600 plus 5 pence for every entry in the register (as first published).

The change columns record alterations from the 2007 results. In Central Ward, where there were two seats up this year and only one last year, no attempt is made to calculate changes in party vote share. The problems with vote fraud in 2007 would, in any event, make any figures for changes in that ward largely meaningless.

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: 82,724

Baylis and Stoke (Labour gain from Liberal Democrats)

Baylis and Stoke 2008
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Natasa Pantelic1,41353.62+1.47
Liberal Democrats Sarfraz Khan1,22246.38+9.35
Majority1917.25-7.87
Turnout 2,662 (27 spoilt)37.86+0.29
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats Swing -4.85 (LD to Lab)
Registered electors 6,737

Britwell (Independent Britwellian Residents hold)

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

Britwell 2008
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Britwellian Sean Patrick Wright *70646.94+11.96
Labour Olly Isernia42328.13-0.25
The Slough Party Paul Janik37524.93+2.28
Majority28318.82+12.22
Turnout 1,513 (9 spoilt)26.63-0.50
Britwellian hold Swing -7.33 (IBR to Lab)
Registered electors 5,609

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

As two seats were filled at the 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.

A local newspaper (the Slough Observer) reported, in its edition of 18 April 2008, that Councillor Aziz (the current Deputy Mayor of Slough) had appeared at Slough Magistrates Court facing charges related to the election fraud scandal at last year's Central ward election. The councillor was suspended from the Conservative Party on Thursday 17 April 2008. As it was too late for a nominated candidate to withdraw from this year's election, Councillor Aziz will remain on the ballot as an official Conservative candidate. Former Councillor Eshaq Khan, one of the other defendants in the criminal case, had been expelled from the Conservative Party following the recent election court hearing.

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 2008 (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Pervez Choudhry +1,21425.01N/A
Labour Arvind Singh Dhaliwal1,17324.17N/A
Conservative Mohammed Aziz *1,03721.36N/A
Conservative Muhammad Umar Majeed94719.51N/A
Liberal Democrats Gary James Griffin2725.71N/A
Liberal Democrats Tejinder Dhaliwal2064.24N/A
Turnout 4,865 (16 spoilt)36.77-5.45
Registered electors 6,941

Chalvey (Conservative gain from Labour)

Chalvey 2008
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Mohammad Basharat1,00850.99+13.55
Labour Karen Ann Lisa Muhammad96949.01-1.27
Majority391.97N/A
Turnout 2,002 (25 spoilt)33.31-3.53
Conservative gain from Labour Swing -8.30
Registered electors 5,801

Cippenham Green (Labour gain from UK Independence Party)

Geoff Howard is a former Slough Councillor for the Labour Party and then the Conservative Party. He ultimately joined UKIP in 2004, shortly before the parliamentary election of 2005 at which he contested the Slough seat for his new party. He was seeking re-election to the council seat which he last won as a Conservative candidate in 2004.

Cippenham Green 2008
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Roger Francis Davis1,01056.87+5.26
UKIP Geoff Howard *48127.08N/A
The Slough Party Derek Henry Canziani1598.95N/A
Independent Kenneth Wright1267.09N/A
Majority52929.79+17.13
Turnout 1,795 (19 spoilt)30.20-3.59
Labour gain from UKIP Swing N/A
Registered electors 5,916

Cippenham Meadows (Labour hold)

Kevin Pond is a former councillor, representing Upton ward between 2004 and 2006. He was nominated shortly before the close of nominations when the previous Conservative candidate proved to be ineligible.

Cippenham Meadows 2008
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour May Dodds *97455.34-0.58
Conservative Kevin Charles Pond61735.06+1.01
Liberal Democrats Nadeem Anwar Rana1699.60-0.43
Majority35720.28-1.59
Turnout 1,764 (4 spoilt)26.17-4.22
Labour hold Swing -0.93
Registered electors 6,641

Colnbrook with Poyle (Labour gain from Conservative)

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

Colnbrook with Poyle 2008
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour James Lawrence Walsh69950.00-0.62
Conservative Dexter Smith *64045.78+17.66
Independent Kevin Christopher McCabe594.22N/A
Majority594.22-18.29
Turnout 1,402 (4 spoilt)34.97+1.84
Labour gain from Conservative Swing -12.09
Registered electors 3,842

Farnham (Labour hold)

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

Farnham 2008
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Robert Anderson *1,27964.92+13.40
Conservative Sumander Khan45623.15-8.74
Liberal Democrats Josephine Mary Hanney23511.93-4.66
Majority82341.78+22.15
Turnout 1,980 (10 spoilt)32.08-0.47
Labour hold Swing 11.95
Registered electors 6,072

Foxborough (Liberal Democrats hold)

Duncan Buchanan served as a Councillor from Baylis & Stoke ward from 2004 to 2006.

Foxborough 2008
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Duncan Peter Buchanan1,20470.45+17.17
Labour Rani Bains50529.55-13.34
Majority69940.90+30.51
Turnout 1,728 (19 spoilt)32.17-6.30
Liberal Democrats hold Swing -15.05 (LD to Lab)
Registered electors 5,332

Haymill (Liberal hold)

Councillor Stokes was the Leader of the Council (2004–2008) and of the BILLD group.

Haymill 2008
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Richard Stanley Stokes *87351.78+6.63
Labour Martin Frank Carter59735.41+4.62
Independent Liam Thomas Roche21612.81+8.84
Majority27616.37+2.02
Turnout 1,704 (18 spoilt)26.10-3.24
Liberal hold Swing 0.07 (Lib to Lab)
Registered electors 6,431

Kedermister (Labour hold)

Kedermister 2008
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Jagjit Singh Grewal *1,02844.93+1.06
Conservative Wal Chahal98843.18+3.07
Liberal Democrats Helen Edwards27211.89-2.59
Majority401.75-2.01
Turnout 2,293 (5 spoilt)37.70+0.85
Labour hold Swing -1.25
Registered electors 5,962

Langley St Mary's (Conservative gain from The Slough Party)

Neil Arnold was elected in 2004 as an Independent Langley Residents candidate. He supported the coalition administration until he joined The Slough Party around the time of the 2007 council election.

Peter Dale-Gough is the husband of Diana Coad, another Councillor from this ward.

Langley St Mary's 2008
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Peter Dale-Gough89943.16-7.09
Labour Rajinder Singh Sandhu65631.49+7.66
The Slough Party Neil James Arnold *52825.35-0.57
Majority24311.67-12.66
Turnout 2,085 (2 spoilt)37.42+3.79
Conservative gain from The Slough Party Swing N/A
Registered electors 5,459

Upton (Conservative hold)

Julia Long is a former Mayor of Slough from 2004–2005

Upton 2008
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Julia Thomson Long *1,13457.13+8.82
Labour Gurminder Singh Sall72336.42+1.67
The Slough Party Mervyn Alphonso Williams1286.45N/A
Majority41120.71+7.15
Turnout 1,994 (9 spoilt)34.50-5.03
Conservative hold Swing -2.90
Registered electors 5,694

Wexham Lea (Independent hold)

Councillor Haines is a member of the BILLD group and a supporter of the former (2004–2008) coalition administration.

Wexham Lea
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Tony Haines *1,13749.76-7.80
Labour Mohammed Shabir Khan97742.76+0.32
Independent Alan James Griffith1717.45N/A
Majority1607.00-8.11
Turnout 2,300 (15 spoilt)35.20-3.76
Independent hold Swing 3.77(Ind to Lab)
Registered electors 6,287

Members of Slough Borough Council May 2008

WardPartyElectedTermCouncillor
Baylis & StokeLabour20082012Natasa Pantelic
Baylis & StokeLabour20072011Faza Ahmed Matloob
Baylis & StokeLabour20062010Azhar Qureshi
BritwellInd. Britwellian Res.20022012Sean Patrick Wright *
BritwellInd. Britwellian Res.20022011Patrick Shine *
BritwellInd. Britwellian Res.20062010John Joseph Finn *
CentralConservative20022012Pervez Choudhry (k)
CentralLabour20082011Arvind Singh Dhaliwal (a)
CentralLabour20062010Shafiq Ahmed Chaudhry
ChalveyConservative20082012Mohammad Basharat
ChalveyLabour20012011Raja Mohammad Zarait
ChalveyLabour20062010Mohammed Rasib (l)
Cippenham GreenLabour20082012Roger Francis Davis
Cippenham GreenLabour20072011Patricia Josephine O'Connor
Cippenham GreenLabour20022010James Charles Robert Swindlehurst
Cippenham MeadowsLabour20032012May Dodds
Cippenham MeadowsLabour20012011Sat Pal Singh Parmar (b)
Cippenham MeadowsLabour20042010Nimrit Chohan
Colnbrook with PoyleLabour20082012James Lawrence Walsh
Colnbrook with PoyleLabour20072011Rakesh Pabbi
FarnhamLabour19972012Robert Anderson
FarnhamLabour20012011Joginder Singh Bal
FarnhamLabour20022010Sukhjit Kaur Dhaliwal (l)
FoxboroughLiberal Democrats20082012Duncan Peter Buchanan * (c)
FoxboroughLiberal Democrats20042011Sonja Anne Jenkins *
FoxboroughLiberal Democrats20042010Robert Clive Plimmer *
HaymillLiberal19872012Richard Stanley Stokes * (d)
HaymillLiberal19902011David John Munkley *
HaymillLiberal20042010Brian Graham Hewitt *
KedermisterLabour20022012Jagjit Singh Grewal
KedermisterLabour19882011Mewa Singh Mann
KedermisterLabour20022010Christine Rita Small
Langley St Mary'sConservative20082012Peter Dale-Gough
Langley St Mary'sConservative20062011Diana Victoria Coad
Langley St Mary'sConservative20002010Derek Ernest Cryer (e)
UptonConservative19992012Julia Thomson Long (f)
UptonConservative20042011Balwinder Singh Dhillon (g)
UptonLabour20062010Balvinder Singh Bains (h)
Wexham LeaIndependent20002012Michael Anthony Haines * (i)
Wexham LeaIndependent20022011David Ian MacIsaac *
Wexham LeaIndependent20042010Mohammed Latif Khan * (j)

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