UK Explained

Slough

Represented in Parliament by Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi (Labour). Here is who won the last general election here, and a few numbers about the area.

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Your MP at a glance

Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi, Labour. Open their full page →

These describe the record. They do not say why an MP voted or claimed as they did.

How Slough compares

Every dot is one of the 631 areas that have figures. The large red dot is this area; green dots are areas like it.

TYPICAL FULL-TIME PAY, A WEEK

This area is 217 of 631 for pay, counting from the highest.

UK £767This area £788£400£1,100
PEOPLE CLAIMING UNEMPLOYMENT-RELATED BENEFITS

Higher than 583 areas and lower than 65.

UK 3.9%This area 6.0%0.0%12.0%

Areas like this one

The three areas with the closest pay and claimant rate. This says nothing about politics or geography.

AreaWeekly payClaimants
Slough£7886.0%
Hendon£8005.9%
Croydon East£7885.7%
Glasgow East£7676.0%
United Kingdom£7673.9%

Printable one-page briefing

Who lives in Slough

From the 2021 Census, next to the figure for England and Wales as a whole. Census day was 21 March 2021, so some things will have changed.

About the areaThis areaEngland and WalesCompared
Number of people137,54259,597,740 in total
Aged under 1625%18%6 points higher
Aged 65 and over10%19%9 points lower
Adults with a degree or higher35%34%1 points higher
Households that own their home50%62%12 points lower
Households renting from a council or housing association18%17%1 points higher
Households renting privately32%20%11 points higher

Source: ONS, Census 2021 (England and Wales), via the UK Data Service statistics portal. Fetched 2026-10-04. These describe who lives here. They do not explain how anyone votes.

WINNER, 2024
Tan Dhesi

Labour

MAJORITY
3,647

votes ahead of second place

TURNOUT
53%

of people who could vote did

Tan Dhesi won with 34% of the votes, and Azhard Chohan (Independent Network) came second with 25%.

Votes for each party

Labour34% · 14,666
Independent Network25% · 11,019
Conservative17% · 7,457
Reform UK8% · 3,352
Liberal Democrat5% · 2,060
Green Party4% · 1,873
Everyone else7% · 2,851
Every candidate
CandidatePartyVotesShare
Tan DhesiLabour14,66633.9%
Azhard ChohanIndependent Network11,01925.5%
Moni Kaur NandaConservative7,45717.2%
Robin JacksonReform UK3,3527.7%
Chelsea WhyteLiberal Democrat2,0604.8%
Julian EdmondsGreen Party1,8734.3%
Adnan ShabbirWorkers Party of Britain1,1052.6%
Chandra MuvvalaIndependent9952.3%
Diana CoadIndependent4020.9%
Jaswinder SinghIndependent2040.5%
Nick SmithHeritage Party1450.3%

2024 General Election, on today’s boundaries. Source: House of Commons Library via the Members API.

Your area at a glance

Typical pay for full-time workers who live here
£788 a week
This areaUK: £767 a week

Median gross weekly pay, 2025. Source: ONS, Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings.

Working-age people claiming unemployment-related benefits
6.0%
This areaUK: 3.9%

Share of people aged 16 to 64, August 2026. Source: ONS and DWP claimant count.

At a general election each area elects one MP, and the candidate with the most votes wins, even without more than half. The area figures describe the people who live here. They do not show whether any MP or vote is the cause.

Updated 4 Oct 2026