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

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Terms of the Mayors of the Municipal Borough of Slough.

No. | Elected | Name | Party | Ward | Notes

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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

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Terms of the Mayors of the Borough of Slough

No. | Elected | Name | Party | Ward | Notes

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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 |

## External links

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* Slough Borough Council website - Mayor of Slough accessed 14 July 2012

## References

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* 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.

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