| Election Name: | 1997 Slough Borough Council election |
| Country: | United Kingdom |
| Type: | parliamentary |
| Previous Election: | 1996 Slough Borough Council election |
| Previous Year: | 1996 |
| Next Election: | 1999 Slough Borough Council election |
| Next Year: | 1999 |
| Seats For Election: | 41 seats (whole council) |
| Majority Seats: | 21 |
| Party1: | Labour Party (UK) |
| Seats After1: | 34 |
| Party2: | Conservative Party (UK) |
| Seats After2: | 4 |
| Party3: | Liberal Party (UK, 1989) |
| Seats After3: | 3 |
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.[1] The elections to Berkshire County Council which would ordinarily have been held in 1997 were cancelled.
The election left Labour with a large majority on the council, taking 34 of the council's 41 seats.
The elected councillors were:[2] [3]
| Ward | Party | Elected | Term | Councillor |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baylis | Labour | 1995 | 2001 | Matloob Hussain |
| Baylis | Labour | 1990 | 2000 | L.S. Minhas |
| Baylis | Labour | 1983 | 1999 | K.S. Parhar |
| Britwell | Labour | 1986 | 2001 | Dennis McCarthy |
| Britwell | Labour | 1995 | 2000 | C.P. Walsh |
| Britwell | Labour | 1994 | 1999 | Geoffrey P. Cutting |
| Central | Labour | 1988 | 2001 | Ronald William Sibley |
| Central | Labour | 1999 | 2000 | M.S. Sihota |
| Central | Labour | 1994 | 1999 | M. Arif |
| Chalvey | Labour | 1986 | 2001 | Mrs L.A. Bussley |
| Chalvey | Labour | 1979 | 2000 | D.A. James |
| Chalvey | Labour | 1996 | 1999 | Mazahar Hussain |
| Cippenham | Labour | 1996 | 2001 | Lawrence L. Gleeson |
| Cippenham | Labour | 1995 | 2000 | William Geoffrey Howard |
| Cippenham | Conservative | 1997 | 1999 | A. Gregory |
| Colnbrook & Poyle | Labour | 1997 | 2000 | Robert Anderson |
| Colnbrook & Poyle | Conservative | 1997 | 2001 | Steven John Burkmar |
| Farnham | Labour | 1997 | 2001 | N. Lodhi |
| Farnham | Labour | 1995 | 2000 | Miss E.G. Rogers (a) |
| Farnham | Labour | 1990 | 1999 | David Edward Mansell (b) |
| Foxborough | Labour | 1988 | 2001 | Mewa Singh Mann |
| Foxborough | Labour | 1994 | 2000 | H.S. Ghatora |
| Foxborough | Labour | 1991 | 1999 | Gurbachan Singh Thind |
| Haymill | Liberal | 1990 | 2001 | David John Munkley * |
| Haymill | Liberal | 1987 | 2000 | Richard Stanley Stokes (c) |
| Haymill | Liberal | 1997 | 1999 | N.J. Ridley |
| Kedermister | Labour | 1989 | 2001 | M. Atkinson |
| Kedermister | Labour | 1990 | 2000 | B.L. Lopez |
| Kedermister | Labour | 1981 | 1999 | S.M. Thorpe |
| Langley St Mary's | Labour | 1997 | 2001 | Ronald John Webb |
| Langley St Mary's | Labour | 1994 | 2000 | K.I. Williams |
| Langley St Mary's | Conservative | 1997 | 1999 | Terrence W. Brennan |
| Stoke | Labour | 1992 | 2001 | O.E.M. Mansell |
| Stoke | Labour | 1995 | 2000 | Satpal Singh Parmar |
| Stoke | Labour | 1997 | 1999 | R.A. Din |
| Upton | Labour | 1990 | 2001 | Mark Drapes |
| Upton | Conservative | 1997 | 2000 | M.G. Long (d) |
| Upton | Labour | 1996 | 1999 | D. Thomas |
| Wexham Lea | Labour | 1997 | 2001 | John J. Connolly (e) |
| Wexham Lea | Labour | 1996 | 2000 | D.S. Dhillon |
| Wexham Lea | Labour | 1997 | 1999 | P.S. Sohal |
Notes:
| Ward | Party | Elected | Term | Councillor |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kedermister | Labour | 1997 | 2000 | Donald Arthur Hewitt (a) |
| Upton | Conservative | 1999 | 2000 | Julia Thomson Long (b) |
Notes:-
By-election cased by the resignation of Mrs B. L. Lopez (Labour).
By-election cased by the death of M. G. Long (Conservative).