List of mayors of Slough
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This list of mayors of Slough starts with the first elected mayor, who was also the charter mayor named in the first Royal Charter when Slough became a Municipal Borough in 1938 (having previously been an Urban District).
Slough is a town in the South East England region of the United Kingdom. Until 1974, it was part of the Administrative county of Buckinghamshire and thereafter it was in the county of Berkshire. From 1998 it has been a unitary authority.
Since 1938, there has been a mayor of Slough elected at the annual meeting in every municipal year, by and from the members of the borough council.
The start of what was originally the 1947{{ndash}}48 municipal year was changed from November 1948 to May 1949, so that John Ernest Taylor's second term as mayor lasted for about 18{{nbsp}}months.
In 1986, W.F. Back became the first mayor to die in office. Douglas Cyril Gibbs was elected to fill the vacancy for the remainder of the 1985-86 municipal year. He was re-elected for the 1986{{ndash}}87 municipal year.
In 2015, Shafiq Ahmed Chaudhry became the first mayor of Slough to resign during his term of office. For the remainder of the 2014{{ndash}}15 municipal year, the office of mayor was left vacant. Mohammed Rasib, the deputy mayor for 2014{{ndash}}15, presided over council meetings in that capacity until he was elected mayor for the 2015{{ndash}}16 municipal year.
Municipal borough
Terms of the Mayors of the Municipal Borough of Slough.
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No. | Elected | Name | Party | Ward | Notes |
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01. | 9 November 1938 | Edward Thomas Bowyer | style="background-color: {{party color|Independent (politician)}}" | Independent | Upton | Elected Alderman in 1938 |
02. | 9 November 1939 | Edward Thomas Bowyer | style="background-color: {{party color|Independent (politician)}}" | Independent | Alderman | |
03. | 9 November 1940 | Aubrey Ernest Ward | style="background-color: {{party color|Independent (politician)}}" | Independent | Upton | Elected Alderman in 1941 |
04. | 10 November 1941 | Aubrey Ernest Ward | style="background-color: {{party color|Independent (politician)}}" | Independent | Alderman | |
05. | 9 November 1942 | Aubrey Ernest Ward | style="background-color: {{party color|Independent (politician)}}" | Independent | Alderman | |
06. | 9 November 1943 | Aubrey Ernest Ward | style="background-color: {{party color|Independent (politician)}}" | Independent | Alderman | |
07. | 9 November 1944 | Aubrey Ernest Ward | style="background-color: {{party color|Independent (politician)}}" | Independent | Alderman | |
08. | 9 November 1945 | Arthur John Frenchum | style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | Labour | Stoke | First non-consecutive term |
09. | 9 November 1946 | John Ernest Taylor | style="background-color: {{party color|Independent (politician)}}" | Independent | Alderman | |
10. | 10 November 1947 | John Ernest Taylor | style="background-color: {{party color|Independent (politician)}}" | Independent | Alderman | Start of municipal year changed |
11. | 27 May 1949 | John Ernest Taylor | style="background-color: {{party color|Independent (politician)}}" | Independent | Alderman | |
12. | 25 May 1950 | Percy Lightfoot | style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | Labour | Central North | Elected Alderman in 1950 |
13. | 28 May 1951 | Percy Lightfoot | style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | Labour | Alderman | |
14. | 26 May 1952 | William Henry Jennings | style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | Conservative | Chalvey | |
15. | 20 May 1953 | Reginald Charles Abbott | style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | Labour | Alderman | |
16. | 26 May 1954 | James Manning | style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | Labour | Alderman | |
17. | 31 May 1955 | Albert William John Pusey | style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | Labour | Alderman | |
18. | 23 May 1956 | Robert Taylor | style="background-color: {{party color|Independent (politician)}}" | Independent | Alderman | |
19. | 23 May 1957 | Jeanie McKay Burns Gibson | style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | Conservative | Chalvey | |
20. | 21 May 1958 | Mary Jane Morgan | style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | Labour | Alderman | |
21. | 25 May 1959 | Doris Mary Smallbone | style="background-color: {{party color|Liberal Party (UK)}}" | Liberal | Langley | |
22. | 24 May 1960 | Ethel Eleanor Scott-Picton | style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | Labour | Farnham South | |
23. | 25 May 1961 | Noel Michael Eschle | style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | Labour | Alderman | |
24. | 25 May 1962 | Fred Sidney George Room | style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | Labour | Alderman | |
25. | 24 May 1963 | Arthur Simpson | style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | Labour | Burnham South | |
26. | 22 May 1964 | Winifred May Watson | style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | Labour | Alderman | |
27. | 28 May 1965 | Andrew Brand | style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | Labour | Alderman | |
28. | 27 May 1966 | Charles Alfred Penn | style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | Labour | Burnham South | |
29. | 25 May 1967 | Arthur John Frenchum | style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | Labour | Alderman | Second non-consecutive term |
30. | 23 May 1968 | John Rigby | style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | Conservative | Alderman | |
31. | 22 May 1969 | John Henry Patrick Laurence Goodman | style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | Conservative | Alderman | |
32. | 21 May 1970 | William Charles West | style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | Conservative | Alderman | |
33. | 18 May 1971 | Arnold James Bloom | style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | Conservative | Alderman | |
34. | 27 May 1972 | Norah Betty Denman | style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | Conservative | Alderman | |
35. | 17 May 1973 | Robert Frankl | style="background-color: {{party color|Independent Labour}}" | Independent Labour | Farnham North |
Borough
Terms of the Mayors of the Borough of Slough
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No. | Elected | Name | Party | Ward | Notes |
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01. | 1 April 1974 | William John Park | style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | Labour | Langley | |
02. | 20 May 1975 | David Ronald Peters | style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | Labour | Burnham South | |
03. | 25 May 1976 | John Bernard McSweeney | style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | Conservative | Central South | |
04. | 19 May 1977 | George Brooker | style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | Conservative | Langley | |
05. | 18 May 1978 | John Antony Walker | style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | Conservative | Chalvey | |
06. | 23 May 1979 | M.H. Jones | style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | Conservative | Upton | |
07. | 14 May 1980 | Donald Fraser | style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | Conservative | Burnham North | |
08. | 19 May 1981 | Kenneth Small | style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | Conservative | Burnham North | |
09. | 19 May 1982 | Michael Greenland Long | style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | Conservative | Upton | |
10. | 25 May 1983 | Cyril Dawson Merrills | style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | Labour | Central | |
11. | 17 May 1984 | Lydia Emelda Simmons | style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | Labour | Central | First black, female mayor in England |
12. | 22 May 1985 | W.F. Back | style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | Labour | Wexham Lea | Died in office |
13. | 29 April 1986 | Douglas Cyril Gibbs | style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | Labour | Britwell | Elected to fill vacancy |
14. | 28 May 1986 | Douglas Cyril Gibbs | style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | Labour | Britwell | |
15. | 28 May 1987 | Robert W. Prosser | style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | Labour | Wexham Lea | |
16. | 18 May 1988 | Kartar Singh Parhar | style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | Labour | Baylis | |
17. | 17 May 1989 | Donald A. Hewitt | style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | Labour | Farnham | |
18. | 23 May 1990 | V.E. Hills | style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | Labour | Chalvey | |
19. | 15 May 1991 | Ravinder Chauhan | style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | Labour | Farnham | |
20. | 21 May 1992 | Dennis McCarthy | style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | Labour | Britwell | |
21. | 19 May 1993 | Sheila May Thorpe | style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | Labour | Chalvey | |
22. | 19 May 1994 | Ronald William Sibley | style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | Labour | Central | |
23. | 18 May 1995 | Mewa Singh Mann | style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | Labour | Foxborough | |
24. | 21 May 1996 | Maureen Atkinson | style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | Labour | Kedermister | |
25. | 17 May 1997 | Lakbir Singh Minhas | style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | Labour | Baylis | |
26. | 14 May 1998 | Gurbachan Singh Thind | style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | Labour | Foxborough | |
27. | 20 May 1999 | Olive Elsie M. Mansell | style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | Labour | Stoke | |
28. | 18 May 2000 | Ronald John Webb | style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | Labour | Langley St Mary's | |
29. | 22 June 2001 | Joan Jones | style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | Labour | Kedermister | |
30. | 16 May 2002 | Satpal Singh Parmar | style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | Labour | Chalvey | |
31. | 15 May 2003 | Laurence Leech Gleeson | style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | Labour | Cippenham | |
32. | 24 June 2004 | Julia Thomson Long | style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | Conservative | Upton | |
33. | 19 May 2005 | Mohammed Latif Khan | style="background-color: {{party color|Independent (politician)}}" | Independent | Wexham Lea | |
34. | 18 May 2006 | David Ian MacIsaac | style="background-color: {{party color|Independent (politician)}}" | Independent | Wexham Lea | |
35. | 17 May 2007 | Rashad Javaid Butt | style="background-color: {{party color|Liberal Democrats (UK)}}" | Liberal Democrat | Baylis & Stoke | |
36. | 15 May 2008 | Raja Mohammad Zarait | style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | Labour | Chalvey | |
37. | 14 May 2009 | Joginder Singh Bal | style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | Labour | Farnham | |
38. | 20 May 2010 | Jagjit Singh Grewal | style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | Labour | Kedermister | |
39. | 19 May 2011 | Sukhjit Kaur Dhaliwal | style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | Labour | Farnham | |
40. | 17 May 2012 | Christine Rita Small | style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | Labour | Kedermister | |
41. | 16 May 2013 | Balvinder Singh Bains | style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | Labour | Upton | |
42. | 5 June 2014[http://www.slough.gov.uk/moderngov/mgAi.aspx?ID=26187 Slough Borough Council minutes 5 June 2014] | Shafiq Ahmed Chaudhry | style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | Labour | Central | Resigned 19 February 2015 |
43. | 19 May 2015[http://www.slough.gov.uk/moderngov/mgAi.aspx?ID=28387 Slough Borough Council minutes of 19 May 2015] | Mohammed Rasib | style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | Labour | Farnham | |
44. | 17 May 2016 | Arvind Singh Dhaliwal | style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | Labour | Elliman | |
45. | 18 May 2017{{Cite news|url=https://www.sloughexpress.co.uk/news/slough/115594/new-mayor-and-deputy-mayor-say-thanks-at-annual-meeting.html|title=New mayor and deputy mayor say thanks at annual meeting|access-date=2018-05-14}} | Ishrat Shah | style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | Labour | Farnham | |
46. | 17 May 2018{{Cite news|url=https://www.sloughexpress.co.uk/gallery/slough/131705/new-mayor-of-slough-aims-to-tackle-domestic-violence-and-drugs.html|title=New Mayor of Slough aims to tackle domestic violence and drugs|access-date=2018-05-27}} | Paul S Sohal | style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | Labour | Wexham Lea | |
47. | 16 May 2019{{Cite news|url=https://www.sloughexpress.co.uk/gallery/slough/145353/new-mayor-of-slough-heralded-for-her-tireless-community-work.html|title=New Mayor of Slough heralded for her tireless community work|access-date=2019-05-30}} | Avtar Kaur Cheema | style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | Labour | Colnbrook with Poyle | |
48. | 15 June 2020{{Cite news|url=https://www.sloughobserver.co.uk/news/18470169.slough-mayor-virtually-appointed/|title=Slough mayor has been virtually appointed|access-date=2020-05-22}} | Preston Brooker | style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | Labour | Langley Kedermister | |
49. | 20 May 2021{{Cite news|url=https://www.sloughobserver.co.uk/news/19321229.sloughs-new-mayor-deputy-officially-sworn/|title=Slough's new mayor and deputy officially sworn in|access-date=2021-08-12}} | Mohammed Nazir | style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | Labour | Baylis and Stoke |
External links
- [http://www.slough.gov.uk/council/councillors-committees-and-meetings/mayor-of-slough.aspx Slough Borough Council website - Mayor of Slough] accessed 14 July 2012
References
- Slough Council Minutes, collection available in the Slough Central Library
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