The 1997 Slough Borough Council election was held on 1 May 1997, at the same time as other local elections across England, and on the same day as the general election. All of the 41 seats on Slough Borough Council were up for election, rather than the usual third of the seats. This was in preparation for the local government reorganisation in Berkshire which saw Berkshire County Council abolished and its functions transferred to the six district councils, including Slough, with effect from 1 April 1998. The elections to Berkshire County Council which would ordinarily have been held in 1997 were cancelled.

The election left Labour with a large majority on the council, taking 34 of the council's 41 seats.

Ward results The elected councillors were:Local newspapers (1863-date) and Slough Borough Council documents at the Slough Central Library Ward Party Elected Term Councillor Baylis Labour 1995 2001 Matloob Hussain Baylis Labour 1990 2000 L.S. Minhas Baylis Labour 1983 1999 K.S. Parhar Britwell Labour 1986 2001 Dennis McCarthy Britwell Labour 1995 2000 C.P. Walsh Britwell Labour 1994 1999 Geoffrey P. Cutting Central Labour 1988 2001 Ronald William Sibley Central Labour 1999 2000 M.S. Sihota Central Labour 1994 1999 M. Arif Chalvey Labour 1986 2001 Mrs L.A. Bussley Chalvey Labour 1979 2000 D.A. James Chalvey Labour 1996 1999 Mazahar Hussain Cippenham Labour 1996 2001 Lawrence L. Gleeson Cippenham Labour 1995 2000 William Geoffrey Howard Cippenham Conservative 1997 1999 A. Gregory Colnbrook & Poyle Labour 1997 2000 Robert Anderson Colnbrook & Poyle Conservative 1997 2001 Steven John Burkmar Farnham Labour 1997 2001 N. Lodhi Farnham Labour 1995 2000 Miss E.G. Rogers (a) Farnham Labour 1990 1999 David Edward Mansell (b) Foxborough Labour 1988 2001 Mewa Singh Mann Foxborough Labour 1994 2000 H.S. Ghatora Foxborough Labour 1991 1999 Gurbachan Singh Thind Haymill Liberal 1990 2001 David John Munkley * Haymill Liberal 1987 2000 Richard Stanley Stokes (c) Haymill Liberal 1997 1999 N.J. Ridley Kedermister Labour 1989 2001 M. Atkinson Kedermister Labour 1990 2000 B.L. Lopez Kedermister Labour 1981 1999 S.M. Thorpe Langley St Mary's Labour 1997 2001 Ronald John Webb Langley St Mary's Labour 1994 2000 K.I. Williams Langley St Mary's Conservative 1997 1999 Terrence W. Brennan Stoke Labour 1992 2001 O.E.M. Mansell Stoke Labour 1995 2000 Satpal Singh Parmar Stoke Labour 1997 1999 R.A. Din Upton Labour 1990 2001 Mark Drapes Upton Conservative 1997 2000 M.G. Long (d) Upton Labour 1996 1999 D. Thomas Wexham Lea Labour 1997 2001 John J. Connolly (e) Wexham Lea Labour 1996 2000 D.S. Dhillon Wexham Lea Labour 1997 1999 P.S. Sohal

Notes: (a) Rogers: Formerly served as a councillor 1983–1990 (b) Mansell: Formerly served as a councillor 1983–1987 (c) Stokes: Formerly served as a Labour councillor 1983–1986 (d) Long: Formerly served as a councillor 1976–1995 (e) Connolly: Formerly served as a councillor 1972–1976

Changes 1997–1999 Ward Party Elected Term Councillor Kedermister Labour 1997 2000 Donald Arthur Hewitt (a) Upton Conservative 1999 2000 Julia Thomson Long (b)

Notes:- * Member of the Britwellian, Independent, Liberal and Liberal Democrat Group (BILLD) after the 2000 election. (a) Hewitt: Elected 7 December 1997 to fill a vacancy caused by the resignation of Mrs B.L. Lopez (Lab). Formerly served as a councillor 1975–1979 and 1984–1995. (b) Long: Elected 4 February 1999 to fill a vacancy caused by the death of M.G. Long (C). Formerly served as a councillor 1983–1990.

By-election results

By-election cased by the resignation of Mrs B. L. Lopez (Labour).

By-election caused by the death of M. G. Long (Conservative).

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