Agenda item

A) Housing Strategy

It was moved by Councillor Morris,

Seconded by Councillor Wright,

“The Council resolves to work with tenants and all Members to shape Slough Borough Council’s 5 year housing strategy; including greater transparency in its performance management; and ensuring it delivers value for money services and empowers tenants to make better-informed choices on management options of their housing service.”

The motion was put to the vote and carried unanimously.

Resolved -  That the Council resolves to work with tenants and all Members to shape Slough Borough Council’s 5 year housing strategy; including greater transparency in its performance management; and ensuring it delivers value for money services and empowers tenants to make better-informed choices on management options of their housing service.

B) Conduct of Elections

It was moved by Councillor Anderson,

Seconded by Councillor Swindlehurst,

“This Council resolves that all political parties represented on Slough Borough Council to:

·  Show the upmost respect toward electoral law and behave with the highest levels of probity in all their electoral practices and related activity to ensure residents have full confidence in Slough’s electoral process and the integrity of each individual ward election during the upcoming Local Government Election, Police and Crime Commissioner Elections and the European Union Referendum.

·  Work with the Councils Returning Officer to ensure that the safeguards introduced by the Electoral Administration Act are adhered to at all times

·  Follow and adhere to the guidance set out by The Electoral Commission in ‘Local Elections in England and Wales Guidance for Candidates and Agents.’

·  Follow and adhere to the Postal Vote Code of Conduct as set out by the Electoral Commission in ‘Code of conduct for political parties, candidates, canvassers and campaigners on the handling of postal vote applications and postal ballot papers in England and Wales.”

It was moved as an amendment by Councillor Amarpreet Dhaliwal,

Seconded by Councillor Bains,

That the resolution be amended as follows:

“This Council resolves that all political parties represented on Slough Borough Council to:

·  Show the upmost respect toward electoral law by not tampering with opposition literature and behaving with the highest levels of probity in all their electoral practices and related activity to ensure residents have full confidence in Slough’s electoral process and the integrity of each individual ward election during the upcoming Local Government Election, Police and Crime Commissioner Elections and the European Union Referendum.

·  Work with the Councils Returning Officer to ensure that the safeguards introduced by the Electoral Administration Act are adhered to at all times

·  Follow and adhere to the guidance set out by The Electoral Commission in ‘Local Elections in England and Wales Guidance for Candidates and Agents.’

·  Follow and adhere to the Postal Vote Code of Conduct as set out by the Electoral Commission in ‘Code of conduct for political parties, candidates, canvassers and campaigners on the handling of postal vote applications and postal ballot papers in England and Wales.

The amendment became the substantive motion, and a prior request having been made for a record of the voting:

There voted for the recommendations:

Councillors Ajaib, Anderson, Bains, Bal, Brooker, Carter, Chahal, Chaudhry, Chohan, Coad, Dar, Davis, Amarpreet Dhaliwal, Arvind Dhaliwal, M Holledge, N Holledge, Hussain, Mann, Mansoor, Matloob, Morris, Munawar, Nazir, Pantelic, Parmar, Plenty, Sandhu, Shah, Sharif, Smith, Sohal, Strutton, Swindlehurst, Usmani, Wright and Zarait ...................................................................................  36

There abstained from voting:-

Councillor Rasib ......................................................................................................  1

Resolved -  That the Council resolves that all political parties represented on Slough Borough Council:

·  Show the upmost respect toward electoral law by not tampering with opposition literature and behaving with the highest levels of probity in all their electoral practices and related activity to ensure residents have full confidence in Slough’s electoral process and the integrity of each individual ward election during the upcoming Local Government Election, Police and Crime Commissioner Elections and the European Union Referendum.

·  Work with the Councils Returning Officer to ensure that the safeguards introduced by the Electoral Administration Act are adhered to at all times

·  Follow and adhere to the guidance set out by The Electoral Commission in ‘Local Elections in England and Wales Guidance for Candidates and Agents.’

·  Follow and adhere to the Postal Vote Code of Conduct as set out by the Electoral Commission in ‘Code of conduct for political parties, candidates, canvassers and campaigners on the handling of postal vote applications and postal ballot papers in England and Wales.

C) Slough – Name of Town

It was moved by Councillor Bains,

Seconded by Councillor Amarpreet Dhaliwal

“This Council resolves that it is proud of its people, heritage and name. This Council thereby has no plans or aspirations to change the name of this great town, or hold any consultation on whether to change the name of Slough.”

It was moved by Councillor Anderson, as an amendment,

Seconded by Councillor Swindlehurst,

“This Council resolves that it is proud of its people, heritage and name. This Council thereby has no plans or aspirations to change the name of this great town.”

The amendment became the substantive motion and was put to the vote and carried unanimously.

Resolved -  That the Council resolves that it is proud of its people, heritage and name. This Council thereby has no plans or aspirations to change the name of this great town.