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Slough.

Labour Party-controlled unitary. £159m net revenue. 21 wards across 2 parliamentary constituencies.

TypeUnitary
Seats48 councillors · 21 wards
Last election4 May 2023
Websiteslough.gov.uk
Net revenue · 2025-26
£159m
Core spending power (MHCLG)
Band-D bill
£2,299
For the council slice (incl. precepts)
Composition
24/48
Labour Party 50%
Westminster
2
constituencies overlap · 2 MP parties
Dispatch
31 May 2026

Labour Party chamber, 2-party MP geography.

Slough is a unitary controlled by Labour Party (24 of 48 seats). Net revenue is £159m for 2025-26. It covers 21 wards spanning 2 parliamentary constituencies. The MP geography crosses 2 parties — a heterogeneous setup.

§ 01Composition.48 seats · last contested 4 May 2023

Who sits in the chamber.

Lab 24Con 21LD 3

Labour Party 50% · last contested 4 May 2023

Councillors — the people.

CouncillorWardElected
Fiza Ahmed MatloobLabBaylis Salt Hill2023
Maroof Bibi MohammadLabBaylis Salt Hill2023
Pavitar Kaur MannLabBritwell2023
Rob AndersonLabBritwell2023
Raf ZaraitConChalvey2023
Zafar SattiConChalvey2023
Shaida AkbarLabChalvey2022
Ishrat ShahConCippenham Green2023
Robert StedmondConCippenham Green2023
Roger Francis DavisLabCippenham Green2022
Dilbagh Singh ParmarLabCippenham Manor2023
Nadeem KhawarConCippenham Manor2023
Showing 12 of 48·All 48 councillors
§ 02Revenue mix & Band-D bill.MHCLG — Final LGFS 2025-26 Core Spending Power table

Where revenue comes from.

54%
Council tax
£86.0m · median 59%
33%
Central grants
£52.2m · median 30%
13%
Business rates
£20.8m · median 11%

Revenue mix is close to the unitary authorities median: 54% council tax, 33% central grants.

Source · MHCLG — Final LGFS 2025-26 Core Spending Power table · derived (CT exact; grants/rates split from SFA baseline)

Band-D bill.

Council slice£1,923
County / upper-tier£0
Police£283
Fire & rescue£86
GLA precept£0
Parish average£6
Total Band-D£2,299

Parish precepts apply on top, vary by parish

For household tax breakdown

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§ 04Top suppliers.5,903 payments · £75.2m gross · 1 Jan 20261 Mar 2026

Every invoice over £500, published under the Local Government Transparency Code. Best-effort, not statutory — counts and totals net negatives (refunds/reversals).

Top by total — last 180 days

SupplierPaidSharePmts
SLOUGH CHILDREN FIRST£10.08m13.4%7
CARDO (SOUTH) LIMITED£6.00m8.0%74
MATRIX SCM£4.03m5.4%12
ARBOUR VALE SCHOOL£2.67m3.6%14
CLAYCOTS PRIMARY SCHOOL£2.19m2.9%34
QED SLOUGH LTD£1.98m2.6%5
GRUNDON WASTE MANAGEMENT LIMITED£1.91m2.5%5
ST BERNARDS CATHOLIC GRAMMAR SCHOOL£1.32m1.8%23
SLOUGH CITY REAL ESTATE LTD£1.25m1.7%5
APTUS EA LTD£1.25m1.7%2

By service area · top supplier

Service-classified supplier data not yet ingested for this council.

§ 05Westminster constituencies — the overlap.21 wards split across 2 parliamentary seats

Slough’s territory crosses 2 Westminster constituencies, with 2 MP parties represented. The middle column shows how much of the council each seat carries.

ConstituencyWards% of councilCurrent MP
Slough1781% Tanmanjeet Singh DhesiLab
Windsor419% Jack RankinCon
Of note · the mixed-MP geography

This council holds 1 Ind and 1 Ind MPs. That’s an unusually heterogeneous geography for a Labour Party-controlled unitary — most weeks one MP is asking the council for something and another is praising it.

Sources, methods & last update
Method The dispatch paragraphs are AI-generated from the public sources listed below. Every figure links to its source. If we’re wrong, please tell us — corrections within 48 hours.
CompositionDemocracy Club (live)
DCLEAPIL v1.0 (historic)
Net revenueMHCLG Final LGFS
Core Spending Power table · 2025-26
Band-DMHCLG CSP · precept schedules
Police, Fire, Parish on top
SuppliersCouncil publication under LGTC
5,903 payments · 1 Jan 20261 Mar 2026
Westminster overlapONS Open Geography Portal
2023 boundaries
PopulationONS mid-year estimates
Pending ingest at LAD level