2002 Slough Borough Council election

2002 Slough Borough Council election

2 May 2002 (2002-05-02)
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 elected councillors were:

Ward	Party	Elected	Term	Councillor
Baylis	Labour	1999	2004	Gurmej Singh Sandhu (a)
Britwell	Britwellian	2002	2004	Sean Patrick Wright *
Central	Labour	1999	2004	Lydia Emelda Simmons (b)
Chalvey	Labour	2002	2004	Pervez Choudhry
Cippenham	Labour	2002	2004	James Charles Robert Swindlehurst
Farnham	Labour	1990	2004	David Edward Mansell (c)
Foxborough	Labour	2002	2004	Jagjit Singh Grewal
Haymill	Liberal	2002	2004	Jean Frances Stockton * (d)
Kedermister	Labour	2002	2004	Christine Rita Small
Langley St Mary's	Conservative	1997	2004	Terrence W. Brennan
Stoke	Labour	1999	2004	Simon Ashley George
Stoke	Labour	2002	2003	Egbert Christian Thomas (e)
Upton	Labour	2002	2004	Sukhjit Kaur Dhaliwal
Wexham Lea	Independent	2002	2004	David Ian MacIsaac *

Notes:-

• * Member of the Britwellian, Independent, Liberal and Liberal Democrat Group (BILLD)
• (a) Sandhu: Formerly served as a councillor 1996–1997
• (b) Simmons: Formerly served as a councillor 1979–1994
• (c) Mansell: Formerly served as a councillor 1983–1990
• (d) Stockton: Formerly served as a councillor 1992–1997
• (e) Thomas: Elected to fill a vacancy caused by the death of James Moore (Lib)

Changes 2002–2003

Ward	Party	Elected	Term	Councillor
Britwell	Ind. Britwellian Res.	2002	2004	Sean Patrick Wright * (a)
Britwell	Ind. Britwellian Res.	2002	2003	Patrick Shine * (b)
Britwell	Ind. Britwellian Res.	2003	2004	Paul Janik * (c)

Notes:-

• (a) Wright: Changed designation from Britwellian to Independent Britwellian Residents
• (b) Shine: Elected 18 October 2002 to fill a vacancy caused by the death of Mrs Mavis Lilian Gallick (Bri)
• (c) Janik: Elected 13 February 2003 to fill a vacancy caused by the death of Dennis McCarthy (Lab)

By-election results 2002-2003

Britwell By-Election 18 October 2002

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Britwellian	Patrick Shine	488	53.80	N/A
	Labour	Ms 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).