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 194748 municipal year was changed from November 1948 to May 1949, so that John Ernest Taylor's second term as mayor lasted for about 18months.
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 198687 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 201415 municipal year, the office of mayor was left vacant. Mohammed Rasib, the deputy mayor for 201415, presided over council meetings in that capacity until he was elected mayor for the 201516 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 2014Slough Borough Council minutes 5 June 2014 Shafiq Ahmed Chaudhry Labour Central Resigned 19 February 2015 Slough Observer 19 February 2015 43. 19 May 2015Slough Borough Council minutes of 19 May 2015 Mohammed Rasib Labour Farnham 44. 17 May 2016 Arvind Singh Dhaliwal Labour Elliman 45. 18 May 2017 Ishrat Shah Labour Farnham 46. 17 May 2018 Paul S Sohal Labour Wexham Lea 47. 16 May 2019 Avtar Kaur Cheema Labour Colnbrook with Poyle 48. 15 June 2020 Preston Brooker Labour Langley Kedermister 49. 20 May 2021 Mohammed Nazir Labour Baylis and Stoke 50. 19 May 2022 Dilbagh Singh Parmar 51. 18 May 2023 Amjad Abbasi 52. 16 May 2024 Balwinder Dhillon 53. 15 May 2025 Siobhan Dauti 54. 14 May 2026 Rifaqat Zarait
External links Slough Borough Council website - Mayor of Slough accessed 14 July 2012
References Slough Council Minutes, collection available in the Slough Central Library