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Every election cycle we have data for, most recent first.

7 cycles in our data
12.4% all-time seats elected below the quota (14 of 113)
15.0% all-time seats unfairly awarded (17 of 113 across 7 cycles)

Cycles

Council composition as of 2025

42 councillors, by party. One square per seat. Source: opencouncildata annual snapshot — reflects the council at the end of 2025 (after that year's elections, by-elections and defections). Hover any seat for the party.

Most recent election (2023)

In 2023, 42 seats were up across 21 wards. The table below shows what each party actually won — alongside what they would have won if the 42 seats had been shared in proportion to votes received (how, with caveats). The Δ column is the actual seat count minus the proportional seat count — positive numbers are parties First-Past-the-Post over-represented; negative are parties it under-represented.

PartyVotesVote %Seats won% of seatsProportional seatsProportional %Δ
Conservative Party27,64646.3%2150.0%2047.6%+1
Labour Party25,50742.8%1842.9%1945.2%-1
Liberal Democrats2,7124.5%37.1%24.8%+1
Independent1,9673.3%00.0%12.4%-1
Independent Network9551.6%00.0%00.0%0
Green Party7631.3%00.0%00.0%0
Heritage Party1000.2%00.0%00.0%0
Total59,650100.0%42100.0%42100.0%0

Vote share vs seats won

The top bar is each party's share of votes cast in this council. Below, one square per seat, coloured by the party that won it — first the actual First-Past-the-Post result, then what a proportional method would have produced from the same vote totals. Divergence between the bar and the actual grid is the indictment of the method.

Vote share
Actual seats
Proportional seats

Full ward-by-ward results for 2023 →

Composition history

One row per opencouncildata annual snapshot — the council at the end of each year (after that year's elections, by-elections and defections). Newest first; hover any seat for the party.

2025
2024
2023
2022
2021
2020
2019
2018
2017
2016

Ward by ward

Each row is a ward, each column a cycle. Each cell shows the top-of-poll candidate's party (swatch) and their share of valid ballots. Wards are matched by name across cycles — boundary reviews can mean a ward of the same name is a slightly different area in a later cycle.

Ward2016201720182019202120222023
Baylis and Salt Hill75%
Baylis and Stoke87%89%85%83%89%
Britwell55%
Britwell and Northborough66%80%62%67%73%
Central71%79%74%73%64%
Chalvey79%75%80%73%74%58%
Cippenham Green55%61%51%55%58%53%
Cippenham Manor47%
Cippenham Meadows51%60%57%55%55%
Cippenham Village33%
Colnbrook and Poyle52%
Colnbrook with Poyle53%53%52%
Elliman72%78%79%77%50%51%
Farnham66%71%67%71%69%54%
Foxborough67%64%
Haymill59%
Haymill and Lynch Hill45%49%55%50%56%47%
Herschel Park59%
Langley Foxborough46%
Langley Kedermister53%52%46%44%44%
Langley Marish63%
Langley Meads65%
Langley St Mary's43%52%48%46%44%48%
Manor Park and Stoke55%
Northborough and Lynch Hill Valley54%
Slough Central56%
Upton53%58%47%50%54%70%
Upton Lea59%
Wexham Court46%
Wexham Lea75%75%55%44%51%