2003 Slough Borough Council election

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2003 Slough Borough Council election
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  2002 1 May 2003 (2003-05-01) 2004  

15 seats of 45 on council
23 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond partyThird party
 
Party Labour Conservative Britwellian

 Fourth partyFifth partySixth party
 
Party Liberal Liberal Democrats Independent

The 2003 Slough Borough Council election was held on 1 May 2003, at the same time as other local elections across England and Scotland. Fourteen of the 41 seats on Slough Borough Council were up for election, being the usual third of the council.

Results

The elected councillors were: [1] [2]

WardPartyElectedTermCouncillor
BaylisLabour20032004Balvinder Singh Bains
BritwellInd. Britwellian Res.20022004Patrick Shine *
CentralLabour20002004Arvind Singh Dhaliwal
ChalveyLabour20002004George Henry Davidson
CippenhamConservative19952004William Geoffrey Howard
Colnbrook & PoyleConservative20002004Dexter Jerome Smith
FarnhamLabour19972004Robert Anderson
FoxboroughLiberal Democrats20002004John William Edwards *
HaymillLiberal19872004Richard Stanley Stokes * (a)
KedermisterLabour20032004May Dodds
Langley St Mary'sConservative20002004Derek Ernest Cryer (b)
StokeLabour20022004Egbert Christian Thomas
UptonConservative19992004Julia Thomson Long (c)
Wexham LeaIndependent20002004Michael Anthony Haines * (d)

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References

  1. Local newspapers (1863-date) and Slough Borough Council documents at the Slough Central Library
  2. Rallings, Colin; Thrasher, Michael. "Slough Borough Council Election Results 1997-2012" (PDF). Elections Centre. Plymouth University. Retrieved 5 September 2022.