It was a landslide victory for Labour in Slough as they held on to their seats and managed to gain two Conservative seats to retain control of Slough Borough Council.

Results for the 2019 local elections saw the Tories lose their seats in Upton and Langley St Mary’s – but they held on in Haymill and Lynch Hill and Colnbrook with Poyle.

Speaking to the Observer after the win, SBC council leader James Swindlehurst, who held on to his Cippenham Green seat with 1,037 votes, said: “They brought a good fight to me today, but I was very pleased to survive another day.

“After six elections and six terms of office on the council there is perhaps a little bit of fatigue but I’m very pleased with the borough results as a whole.

“We’ve been in charge of this council for 11 years straight, there is a difficult national backdrop but we’ve made two gains here tonight – it’s a testament to the hard work of our candidates and people who have been out in the teams trying to work the neighbourhoods today, so very pleased overall.

“It’s been a good night for Labour here.”

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Conservative councillor Lee Pettman, who lost out on the Cippenham Green seat by 251 votes, said the there was “more work to be done to gain trust with our voters”.

He said: “It’s going to take a long time but we’re here for the long run and that’s what it’s all about. We’ve got to be here for people day in and day out.

“The Slough Conservatives aren’t going anywhere. We’ve just started. We have many years of hard work ahead of us to get us over the line and we will do everything to fight this Labour council because we believe we need something different.

“We’ve had a long campaign and fought really hard. We’ve spoken to 15,000 people on the doorsteps, which is more than double than we’ve done in the past.

“This year’s been for us a renaissance in many respects, regardless of the results.”

Labour now holds 12 out of the 14 seats in the borough.

New Chalvey Cllr Ruqayah Begum (LAB), one of the youngest on the council aged 24, said she is very pleased with her win, adding: “I want to do more for residents. I’ve heard a lot from residents that once councillors are elected they don’t get the help they need so I want to be their first point of call.”