Slough Borough Council

Background to local election

• There are 14 council wards
• New ward boundaries came into effect in March 2004
• Each ward has three councillors except Colnbrook with Poyle which has two councillors
• There are 41 councillors
• 13 council seats are up for election this year – one in each council ward other than Colnbrook
• The leader of the Britwellian, Independent, Liberal and Liberal Democrat (BILLD) group and of the council is Councillor Richard Stokes
• The deputy leader of the BILLD group and of the council is Councillor David Munkley
• The leader of the Conservative Group is Councillor Dexter Smith
• The leader of the Labour Group is Councillor Rob Anderson

Current political make-up of the council

Labour – 15
Conservative – 7
Liberal Democrat – 6
Liberal – 3
Independent – 3
Independent Britwellian Residents – 3
Independent Langley Residents – 2
Independent Conservative – 1
UKIP – 1

The council is led by a coalition of the BILLD Group and the Conservative Group

Number of eligible voters by ward

(as of March 2006)

Baylis and Stoke – 6,581
Britwell – 5,432
Central  – 6,754
Chalvey – 5,498
Cippenham Green – 5,692
Cippenham Meadows – 6,440
Farnham – 6,051
Foxborough – 4,850
Haymill – 6,283
Kedermister – 5,671
Langley St Mary's – 5,212
Upton – 5,476
Wexham Lea – 6,135
(Colnbrook with Poyle – 3,561)

Total number of eligible voters (including Colnbrook with Poyle) – 79,636