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]
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.
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.
| Party | Total Seats April 2010 | Seats Up 2010 | Seats Up 2011 | Seats Up 2012 | Candidates May 2010 | |
| Labour | 22 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 13 | |
| Conservative | 6 | - | 2 | 4 | 12 | |
| Liberal Democrats | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
| Independent (BILLD | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| Independent (Non BILLD) | - | - | - | - | 7 | |
| Independent Britwellian Residents | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| Liberal | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| The Slough Party | - | - | - | - | 2 | |
| Independent Conservative | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | |
| Total | 41 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 41 | |
The plus/minus figure is the change in votes percentage from the 2008 Slough Council election.
Total valid votes: 49,166Total spoilt votes: 509Slough 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.
| Election Results 2004-2010 | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | 2004 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2010 | ||||
| 9 | 1 (5) | 3 (7) | 3 (6) | 2 (8) | |||||
| 15 | 8 (18) | 7 (19) | 8 (23) | 10 (24) | |||||
| 6 | 1 (5) | 1 (4) | 1 (3) | 1 (3) | |||||
| 11 | 3 (13) | 3 (11) | 3 (9) | 0 (6) | |||||
| Total Seats | 41 | 13 (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.
| Ward | Party | Elected | Incumbent | Cand.? | Re-elected? |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baylis & Stoke | Labour | 2006 | Azhar Qureshi | Yes | Yes |
| Britwell | Ind. Britwellian Res. | 2006 | John Joseph Finn * | Yes | No |
| Central | Labour | 2006 | Shafiq Ahmed Chaudhry | Yes | Yes |
| Chalvey | Labour | 2006 | Mohammed Rasib | Yes | Yes |
| Cippenham Green | Labour | 2002 | James Charles Robert Swindlehurst | Yes | Yes |
| Cippenham Meadows | Labour | 2004 | Nimrit Chohan | Yes | Yes |
| Farnham | Labour | 2002 | Sukhjit Kaur Dhaliwal | Yes | Yes |
| Foxborough | Liberal Democrats | 2004 | Robert Clive Plimmer * | Yes | Yes |
| Haymill | Liberal | 2004 | Brian Graham Lacey Hewitt * | Yes | No |
| Kedermister | Labour | 2002 | Christine Rita Small | Yes | Yes |
| Langley St Mary's | Independent Conservative | 2000 | Derek Ernest Cryer | No | N/A |
| Upton | Labour | 2006 | Balvinder Singh Bains | Yes | Yes |
| Wexham Lea | Independent | 2004 | Mohammed Latif Khan * | No | N/A |
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
Paul Janik is a former Independent Britwellian Residents Councillor for this ward, serving from 2003 to 2006.
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.
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.
Councillor Anderson was the leader of the Labour group on Slough Council. Sumander Khan represented Central ward from 2004 to 2006.
| Ward | Party | Elected | Term | Councillor |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baylis & Stoke | Labour | 2008 | 2012 | Natasa Pantelic |
| Baylis & Stoke | Labour | 2007 | 2011 | Faza Ahmed Matloob |
| Baylis & Stoke | Labour | 2006 | 2014 | Azhar Qureshi |
| Britwell | Ind. Britwellian Res. | 2002 | 2012 | Sean Patrick Wright * |
| Britwell | Ind. Britwellian Res. | 2002 | 2011 | Patrick Shine * |
| Britwell | Labour | 2010 | 2014 | Pavitar Kaur Mann |
| Central | Conservative | 2002 | 2012 | Pervez Choudhry (k) |
| Central | Labour | 2008 | 2011 | Arvind Singh Dhaliwal (a) |
| Central | Labour | 2006 | 2014 | Shafiq Ahmed Chaudhry |
| Chalvey | Conservative | 2008 | 2012 | Mohammad Basharat |
| Chalvey | Labour | 2001 | 2011 | Raja Mohammad Zarait |
| Chalvey | Labour | 2006 | 2014 | Mohammed Rasib (l) |
| Cippenham Green | Labour | 2008 | 2012 | Roger Francis Davis |
| Cippenham Green | Labour | 2007 | 2011 | Patricia Josephine O'Connor |
| Cippenham Green | Labour | 2002 | 2014 | James Charles Robert Swindlehurst |
| Cippenham Meadows | Labour | 2003 | 2012 | May Dodds |
| Cippenham Meadows | Labour | 2001 | 2011 | Sat Pal Singh Parmar (b) |
| Cippenham Meadows | Labour | 2004 | 2014 | Nimrit Chohan |
| Colnbrook with Poyle | Labour | 2008 | 2012 | James Lawrence Walsh |
| Colnbrook with Poyle | Labour | 2007 | 2011 | Rakesh Pabbi |
| Farnham | Labour | 1997 | 2012 | Robert Anderson |
| Farnham | Labour | 2001 | 2011 | Joginder Singh Bal |
| Farnham | Labour | 2002 | 2014 | Sukhjit Kaur Dhaliwal (l) |
| Foxborough | Liberal Democrats | 2008 | 2012 | Duncan Peter Buchanan * (c) |
| Foxborough | Liberal Democrats | 2004 | 2011 | Sonja Anne Jenkins * |
| Foxborough | Liberal Democrats | 2004 | 2014 | Robert Clive Plimmer * |
| Haymill | Liberal | 1987 | 2012 | Richard Stanley Stokes * (d) |
| Haymill | Liberal | 1990 | 2011 | David John Munkley * |
| Haymill | Conservative | 2010 | 2014 | Anna Sylwia Wright |
| Kedermister | Labour | 2002 | 2012 | Jagjit Singh Grewal |
| Kedermister | Labour | 1988 | 2011 | Mewa Singh Mann |
| Kedermister | Labour | 2002 | 2014 | Christine Rita Small |
| Langley St Mary's | Conservative | 2008 | 2012 | Peter Dale-Gough |
| Langley St Mary's | Conservative | 2006 | 2011 | Diana Victoria Coad |
| Langley St Mary's | Conservative | 2010 | 2014 | Frank Abe |
| Upton | Conservative | 1999 | 2012 | Julia Thomson Long (f) |
| Upton | Conservative | 2004 | 2011 | Balwinder Singh Dhillon (g) |
| Upton | Labour | 2006 | 2014 | Balvinder Singh Bains (h) |
| Wexham Lea | Independent | 2000 | 2012 | Michael Anthony Haines * (i) |
| Wexham Lea | Independent | 2002 | 2011 | David Ian MacIsaac * |
| Wexham Lea | Labour | 2010 | 2014 | Paul Sohal |
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