2023 Slough Borough Council election

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.

2023 Slough Borough Council election

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All 42 seats to Slough Borough Council
22 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party
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Leader Dexter Smith James Swindlehurst
Party Conservative Labour
Leader's seat Colnbrook and Poyle Cippenham Green (lost seat)
Last election 6 seats, 30.3% 33 seats, 57.7%
Seats before 5 35
Seats won 21 18
Seat change Increase 15 Decrease 15

  Third party Fourth party
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Party Liberal Democrats Independent
Last election 0 seats, 6.2% 3 seats, 2.7%
Seats before 0 2
Seats won 3 0
Seat change Increase 3 Decrease 3

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

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

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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

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Election result

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2023 Slough Borough Council election
Party Candidates Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Conservative 42 21 N/A N/A   15 50.0 46.3 27,646 +16.0
  Labour 42 18 N/A N/A   15 42.9 42.8 25,507 –14.9
  Liberal Democrats 8 3 N/A N/A   3 7.1 4.5 2,712 –1.7
  Independent 7 0 N/A N/A   3 0.0 3.3 1,967 +0.6
  Green 3 0 N/A N/A   0.0 1.3 763 –0.7
  Ind. Network 2 0 N/A N/A   0 0.0 1.6 955 +1.0
  Heritage 1 0 N/A N/A   0 0.0 0.2 100 –0.3

Candidates

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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

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Baylis & Salt Hill (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Co-op Fiza Matloob* 1,247 71.1
Labour Co-op Maroof Mohammad* 1,070 61.0
Conservative Surinder Chaggar 535 30.5
Conservative Mohammed Hussaini 468 26.7
Majority
Turnout 1,755 35.42
Labour Co-op win (new seat)
Labour Co-op win (new seat)

Britwell

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Britwell (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Co-op Robert Anderson* 685 52.4
Labour Co-op Pavitar Mann* 612 46.8
Conservative Dennis French 502 38.4
Conservative Ashish Mishra 467 35.7
Independent Ollie Isernia 206 15.8
Majority
Turnout 1,307 26.19
Labour Co-op win (new seat)
Labour Co-op win (new seat)

Chalvey

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Chalvey (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Rifaqat Zarait 707 56.7
Conservative Zafar Satti 674 54.0
Labour Co-op Mohammad Sandhu* 538 43.1
Labour Co-op Shahida Akbar* 531 42.5
Majority
Turnout 1,248 32.92
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Cippenham Green

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Cippenham Green (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Ishrat Shah 911 49.2
Conservative Robert Stedmond 895 48.4
Labour Co-op Jemma Davis* 581 31.4
Labour Co-op James Swindlehurst* 478 25.8
Independent Wayne Strutton 275 14.9
Liberal Democrats Gurmail Hothi 198 10.7
Heritage Nick Smith 100 5.4
Majority
Turnout 1,850 36.47
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Cippenham Manor

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Cippenham Manor (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Nadeem Khawar 663 43.2
Labour Co-op Dilbagh Parmar* 663 43.2
Labour Co-op Ruqayah Begum* 635 41.4
Conservative Ahmar Usmani 583 38.0
Liberal Democrats Manjit Singh 307 20.0
Majority
Turnout 1,533 29.52
Conservative win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Cippenham Village

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Cippenham Village (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Bally Gill* 469 30.9
Liberal Democrats Frank O'Kelly 420 27.6
Liberal Democrats Matthew Taylor 405 26.6
Conservative Haaris Ahmad 394 25.9
Labour Josh Kimani 394 25.9
Conservative Yasmin Raja 389 25.6
Green Shah Khairul Enam 378 24.9
Majority
Turnout 1,520 30.58
Labour win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Colnbrook & Poyle

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Colnbrook & Poyle (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Dexter Smith* 701 46.5
Conservative Puja Bedi* 679 45.0
Labour Avtar Cheema 615 40.8
Labour Gurchetan Hayer 408 27.0
Independent Joyce John 310 20.5
Majority
Turnout 1,509 30.09
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Elliman

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Elliman (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Amjad Abbasi 534 49.7
Liberal Democrats Asim Naveed 460 42.8
Labour Mushtaq Malik* 388 36.1
Labour Nuzhat Nematali 344 32.0
Conservative Ravinder Bhakar 187 17.4
Conservative Aakash Singh 187 17.4
Majority
Turnout 1,074 29.66
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Farnham

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Farnham (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Co-op Sabia Akram* 560 53.2
Labour Co-op Waqas Sabah 546 51.9
Conservative Arshad Hussain 491 46.6
Conservative Dawinderpal Sahota 490 46.5
Majority
Turnout 1,053 23.87
Labour Co-op win (new seat)
Labour Co-op win (new seat)

Haymill

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Haymill (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Anna Wright 809 55.4
Conservative Paul Kelly 803 55.0
Labour Sanna Malik* 457 31.3
Labour Satpal Parmar* 424 29.1
Liberal Democrats Catharine Parkes 252 17.3
Majority
Turnout 1,459 29.0
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Herschel Park

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Herschel Park (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Christine Hulme* 650 55.3
Labour Zaffar Ajaib* 612 52.1
Conservative Tom King 513 43.7
Conservative Rikky Lobo 423 36.0
Majority
Turnout 1,175 23.66
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Langley Foxborough

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Langley Foxborough (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Naveeda Qaseem* 557 41.7
Labour Mark Instone 525 39.3
Ind. Network Sunil Sudhakaran 481 36.0
Conservative Sharon Gillingwater 393 29.4
Conservative Jibril Hassan 284 21.2
Green Petra Rau 178 13.3
Majority
Turnout 1,337 29.95
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Langley Marsh

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Langley Marsh (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Chandra Muvvala 1,114 56.7
Conservative Wal Chahal 807 41.0
Labour Co-op Kuljit Kaur 505 25.7
Labour Co-op Preston Brooker* 491 25.0
Independent Ansar Mohammed 263 13.4
Independent Sharon O'Reilly 245 12.5
Liberal Democrats Josephine Hanney 136 6.9
Majority
Turnout 1,966 40.48
Registered electors
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Langley Meads

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Langley Meads (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Neel Rana 904 62.3
Conservative Mabu Shaik 824 56.8
Labour Kamaljit Kaur* 542 37.4
Labour Satish Basra 505 34.8
Majority
Turnout 1,451 31.06
Registered electors
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Langley St Mary's

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Langley St Mary's (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Gurcharan Manku 783 44.9
Conservative Adil Iftakhar 727 41.7
Labour Gurdeep Grewal* 563 32.3
Labour Savneet Bains 535 30.7
Ind. Network Shin Dhother 474 27.2
Green Julian Edmonds 207 11.9
Majority
Turnout 1,744 38.12
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Manor Park & Stoke

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Manor Park & Stoke (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Mohammed Nazir* 913 52.4
Labour Jamila Sabah 832 47.7
Conservative Sarfraz Khan 805 46.2
Conservative Sajid Janjua 742 42.5
Majority
Turnout 1,744 32.34
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Northborough & Lynch Hill Valley

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Northborough & Lynch Hill Valley (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Martin Carter* 580 49.6
Conservative Siobhan Dauti 537 45.9
Labour Annetta Dendie 512 43.8
Conservative Steven Gillingwater 512 43.8
Majority
Turnout 1,169 25.89
Labour win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Slough Central

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Slough Central (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Ejaz Ahmed 547 53.3
Conservative Dhruv Tomar 539 52.5
Labour Safdar Ali* 447 43.5
Labour Katarzyna Rusin 416 40.5
Majority
Turnout 1,027 28.24
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Upton

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Upton (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Balwinder Dhillon 1,277 65.9
Conservative Subhash Mohindra 1,220 62.9
Labour Balvinder Bains* 603 31.1
Labour Jina Basra* 545 28.1
Majority
Turnout 1,939 38.96
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Upton Lea

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Upton Lea (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Co-op Haqeeq Dar* 1,105 56.6
Labour Co-op Andrea Escott 957 49.0
Conservative Raja Fayyaz 856 43.9
Conservative Arvind Dhaliwal 842 43.1
Majority
Turnout 36.19
Labour Co-op win (new seat)
Labour Co-op win (new seat)

Wexham Court

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Wexham Court (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Harjinder Gahir* 826 43.8
Conservative Iftakhar Ahmed 815 43.2
Conservative Hardeep Jandu 647 34.3
Labour Gaye Jeynes 641 34.0
Independent Mubashir Ahmed 539 28.5
Independent Patrick Donachy 129 6.8
Majority
Turnout 1,888 38.71
Labour win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

References

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  1. ^ "Notice of Election". Slough Borough Council. Retrieved 23 April 2023.
  2. ^ "The Slough (Electoral Changes) Order 2023", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, SI 2023/203, retrieved 25 May 2023
  3. ^ Bagley, James (17 March 2023). "Commissioners leave cash-strapped Slough Borough Council". BBC News. Retrieved 25 May 2023.
  4. ^ Waites, Daisy (25 May 2023). "Slough: Labour slam 'chaotic' coalition after all male leaders elected". Slough Observer. Retrieved 25 May 2023.
  5. ^ "Statement of Persons Nominated". Slough Borough Council. 5 April 2023. Retrieved 24 April 2023.