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2002 Slough Borough Council election

2002 Slough Borough Council election

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14 seats of 41 on council
21 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party Labour Britwellian Conservative

  Fourth party Fifth party
 
Party Liberal Independent

The 2002 Slough Borough Council election was held on 2 May 2002, at the same time as other local elections across England. Fourteen of the 41 seats on Slough Borough Council were up for election, being the usual third of the council (13 seats) plus a by-election in Stoke ward, following the death of Liberal councillor James Moore.

Results

The results were:[1][2][3]

Baylis ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Gurmej Singh Sandhu
(Baggi Sandhu)
950 76%
Conservative Mohammed Jamil 301 24%
Turnout 1251 21.96%
Labour hold Swing

Baggi Sandhu had formerly served as a councillor 1996–1997.

Britwell ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Britwellian Sean Patrick Wright 1,318 68%
Labour John Dawson 505 26%
Conservative John Schofield 104 5%
Turnout 1927 30.15%
Britwellian gain from Labour Swing

Sean Wright was a member of the Britwellian, Independent, Liberal and Liberal Democrat Group (BILLD). When the Britwellian party split later in 2002, Sean Wright joined the Independent Britwellian Residents party.

Central ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Lydia Emelda Simmons 1,459 66%
Conservative Eshaq Khan 756 34%
Turnout 2215 33.88%
Labour hold Swing

Lydia Simmons had formerly served as a councillor 1979–1994.

Chalvey ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Pervez Choudhry 922 53%
Conservative Shahib Khan 583 34%
Liberal Democrats Jagdeesh Singh 232 13%
Turnout 1737 20.62%
Labour hold Swing
Cippenham ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour James Charles Robert Swindlehurst 1,223 49%
Conservative Peter Dale-Gough 1032 41%
Liberal Democrats Helen Edwards 255 10%
Turnout 2510 26.86%
Labour gain from Conservative Swing
Farnham ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour David Edward Mansell
(Dave Mansell)
874 70%
Conservative Paul Sutton 252 20%
Liberal Democrats Sarwan Singh Jhattu 126 10%
Turnout 1252 23.11%
Labour hold Swing

Dave Mansell had formerly served as a councillor 1983–1990.

Foxborough ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Jagjit Singh Grewal 679 41%
Liberal Democrats Duncan Buchanan 599 36%
Conservative Balwinder Singh Dhillon 364 22%
Turnout 1642 39.09%
Labour hold Swing
Haymill ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Jean Frances Stockton 850 57%
Labour Earl Herbert 372 25%
Conservative Harvey Coward 267 18%
Turnout 1489 22.76%
Liberal hold Swing

Jean Stockton was a member of the Britwellian, Independent, Liberal and Liberal Democrat Group (BILLD) and had formerly served as a councillor 1992–1997.

Kedermister ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Christine Rita Small 737 60%
Conservative Glen Horn 377 31%
Independent Paul Whitmore 105 9%
Turnout 1219 25.23%
Labour hold Swing
Langley St Mary's ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Terence W. Brennan
(Terry Brennan)
868 52%
Labour Ruth Barber 810 48%
Turnout 1678 29.68%
Conservative hold Swing
Stoke ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Simon Ashley George 977 60%
Labour Egbert Christian Thomas 892 55%
Liberal Democrats Wisdom Da Costa 452 28%
Liberal Democrats Sonja Jenkins 439 27%
Conservative Evelyn Jenkins 204 12%
Conservative Ian Jenkins 159 10%
Turnout 1633 29.4%
Labour hold Swing
Labour gain from Liberal Swing

Egbert Thomas was elected to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Liberal councillor James Moore, and so was only elected to serve until James Moore's term of office would have otherwise expired in 2003.

Upton ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Sukhjit Kaur Dhaliwal 744 44%
Conservative Albert Gregory 715 42%
Independent Thomas King 239 14%
Turnout 1698 31.54%
Labour gain from Conservative Swing
Wexham Lea ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent David Ian MacIsaac 918 47%
Labour Joan Jones 895 46%
Conservative Simon Moppett 131 7%
Turnout 1944 32.66%
Independent gain from Labour Swing

David MacIsaac was a member of the Britwellian, Independent, Liberal and Liberal Democrat Group (BILLD).

By-election results 2002-2003

Britwell By-Election 18 October 2002
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Britwellian Patrick Shine 488 53.80 N/A
Labour May Dodds 262 28.89 N/A
Britwellian O. Isemia 157 24.92 N/A
Majority 226 32.15 N/A
Turnout 6,376 14.26 N/A
Britwellian gain from Britwellian Swing N/A

By-election caused by death of Mavis L. Gallick (Britwellian).

Britwell By-Election 13 February 2003
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Britwellian Paul Janik 539 63.49 +9.69
Labour Ms J.R. Rock 310 36.51 +7.62
Majority 229 26.97 −5.18
Turnout 6,319 13.50 −0.76
Britwellian gain from Labour Swing N/A

By-election caused by death of Dennis McCarthy (Labour).

References

  1. ^ Rallings, Colin; Thrasher, Michael. "Slough Borough Council Election Results 1997-2012" (PDF). Elections Centre. Plymouth University. Retrieved 5 September 2022.
  2. ^ "Slough Borough Council elections - Thursday 2nd May 2002". Slough Borough Council. Archived from the original on 19 June 2002. Retrieved 5 September 2022.
  3. ^ Local newspapers (1863-date) and Slough Borough Council documents at the Slough Central Library
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