List of mayors of Slough

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 1947–48 municipal year was changed from November 1948 to May 1949, so that John Ernest Taylor's second term as mayor lasted for about 18 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 1986–87 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 2014–15 municipal year, the office of mayor was left vacant. Mohammed Rasib, the deputy mayor for 2014–15, presided over council meetings in that capacity until he was elected mayor for the 2015–16 municipal year.

Municipal borough

Terms of the Mayors of the Municipal Borough of Slough.

No. Elected Name Party Ward Notes
01. 9 November 1938 Edward Thomas Bowyer Independent Upton Elected Alderman in 1938
02. 9 November 1939 Edward Thomas Bowyer Independent Alderman
03. 9 November 1940 Aubrey Ernest Ward Independent Upton Elected Alderman in 1941
04. 10 November 1941 Aubrey Ernest Ward Independent Alderman
05. 9 November 1942 Aubrey Ernest Ward Independent Alderman
06. 9 November 1943 Aubrey Ernest Ward Independent Alderman
07. 9 November 1944 Aubrey Ernest Ward Independent Alderman
08. 9 November 1945 Arthur John Frenchum Labour Stoke First non-consecutive term
09. 9 November 1946 John Ernest Taylor Independent Alderman
10. 10 November 1947 John Ernest Taylor Independent Alderman Start of municipal year changed
11. 27 May 1949 John Ernest Taylor Independent Alderman
12. 25 May 1950 Percy Lightfoot Labour Central North Elected Alderman in 1950
13. 28 May 1951 Percy Lightfoot Labour Alderman
14. 26 May 1952 William Henry Jennings Conservative Chalvey
15. 20 May 1953 Reginald Charles Abbott Labour Alderman
16. 26 May 1954 James Manning Labour Alderman
17. 31 May 1955 Albert William John Pusey Labour Alderman
18. 23 May 1956 Robert Taylor Independent Alderman
19. 23 May 1957 Jeanie McKay Burns Gibson Conservative Chalvey
20. 21 May 1958 Mary Jane Morgan Labour Alderman
21. 25 May 1959 Doris Mary Smallbone Liberal Langley
22. 24 May 1960 Ethel Eleanor Scott-Picton Labour Farnham South
23. 25 May 1961 Noel Michael Eschle Labour Alderman
24. 25 May 1962 Fred Sidney George Room Labour Alderman
25. 24 May 1963 Arthur Simpson Labour Burnham South
26. 22 May 1964 Winifred May Watson Labour Alderman
27. 28 May 1965 Andrew Brand Labour Alderman
28. 27 May 1966 Charles Alfred Penn Labour Burnham South
29. 25 May 1967 Arthur John Frenchum Labour Alderman Second non-consecutive term
30. 23 May 1968 John Rigby Conservative Alderman
31. 22 May 1969 John Henry Patrick Laurence Goodman Conservative Alderman
32. 21 May 1970 William Charles West Conservative Alderman
33. 18 May 1971 Arnold James Bloom Conservative Alderman
34. 27 May 1972 Norah Betty Denman Conservative Alderman
35. 17 May 1973 Robert Frankl Independent Labour Farnham North

Borough

Terms of the Mayors of the Borough of Slough

No. Elected Name Party Ward Notes
01. 1 April 1974 William John Park Labour Langley
02. 20 May 1975 David Ronald Peters Labour Burnham South
03. 25 May 1976 John Bernard McSweeney Conservative Central South
04. 19 May 1977 George Brooker Conservative Langley
05. 18 May 1978 John Antony Walker Conservative Chalvey
06. 23 May 1979 M.H. Jones Conservative Upton
07. 14 May 1980 Donald Fraser Conservative Burnham North
08. 19 May 1981 Kenneth Small Conservative Burnham North
09. 19 May 1982 Michael Greenland Long Conservative Upton
10. 25 May 1983 Cyril Dawson Merrills Labour Central
11. 17 May 1984 Lydia Emelda Simmons Labour Central First black, female mayor in England
12. 22 May 1985 W.F. Back Labour Wexham Lea Died in office
13. 29 April 1986 Douglas Cyril Gibbs Labour Britwell Elected to fill vacancy
14. 28 May 1986 Douglas Cyril Gibbs Labour Britwell
15. 28 May 1987 Robert W. Prosser Labour Wexham Lea
16. 18 May 1988 Kartar Singh Parhar Labour Baylis
17. 17 May 1989 Donald A. Hewitt Labour Farnham
18. 23 May 1990 V.E. Hills Labour Chalvey
19. 15 May 1991 Ravinder Chauhan Labour Farnham
20. 21 May 1992 Dennis McCarthy Labour Britwell
21. 19 May 1993 Sheila May Thorpe Labour Chalvey
22. 19 May 1994 Ronald William Sibley Labour Central
23. 18 May 1995 Mewa Singh Mann Labour Foxborough
24. 21 May 1996 Maureen Atkinson Labour Kedermister
25. 17 May 1997 Lakbir Singh Minhas Labour Baylis
26. 14 May 1998 Gurbachan Singh Thind Labour Foxborough
27. 20 May 1999 Olive Elsie M. Mansell Labour Stoke
28. 18 May 2000 Ronald John Webb Labour Langley St Mary's
29. 22 June 2001 Joan Jones Labour Kedermister
30. 16 May 2002 Satpal Singh Parmar Labour Chalvey
31. 15 May 2003 Laurence Leech Gleeson Labour Cippenham
32. 24 June 2004 Julia Thomson Long Conservative Upton
33. 19 May 2005 Mohammed Latif Khan Independent Wexham Lea
34. 18 May 2006 David Ian MacIsaac Independent Wexham Lea
35. 17 May 2007 Rashad Javaid Butt Liberal Democrat Baylis & Stoke
36. 15 May 2008 Raja Mohammad Zarait Labour Chalvey
37. 14 May 2009 Joginder Singh Bal Labour Farnham
38. 20 May 2010 Jagjit Singh Grewal Labour Kedermister
39. 19 May 2011 Sukhjit Kaur Dhaliwal Labour Farnham
40. 17 May 2012 Christine Rita Small Labour Kedermister
41. 16 May 2013 Balvinder Singh Bains Labour Upton
42. 5 June 2014[1] Shafiq Ahmed Chaudhry Labour Central Resigned 19 February 2015

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43. 19 May 2015[3] Mohammed Rasib Labour Farnham
44. 17 May 2016 Arvind Singh Dhaliwal Labour Elliman
45. 18 May 2017[4] Ishrat Shah Labour Farnham
46. 17 May 2018[5] Paul S Sohal Labour Wexham Lea
47. 16 May 2019[6] Avtar Kaur Cheema Labour Colnbrook with Poyle
48. 15 June 2020[7] Preston Brooker Labour Langley Kedermister
49. 20 May 2021[8] Mohammed Nazir Labour Baylis and Stoke

References

  • Slough Council Minutes, collection available in the Slough Central Library
  1. ^ Slough Borough Council minutes 5 June 2014
  2. ^ Slough Observer 19 February 2015
  3. ^ Slough Borough Council minutes of 19 May 2015
  4. ^ "New mayor and deputy mayor say thanks at annual meeting". Retrieved 14 May 2018.
  5. ^ "New Mayor of Slough aims to tackle domestic violence and drugs". Retrieved 27 May 2018.
  6. ^ "New Mayor of Slough heralded for her tireless community work". Retrieved 30 May 2019.
  7. ^ "Slough mayor has been virtually appointed". Retrieved 22 May 2020.
  8. ^ "Slough's new mayor and deputy officially sworn in". Retrieved 12 August 2021.