2002 By-election and After
The two groups competed in the Britwell by-election of October 2002 to fill the vacancy caused by Councillor Gallick's death. The IBR candidate Patrick Shine won the seat and the Britwellian candidate came third. No further Britwellian candidates have been nominated.
After the May 2002 local elections, when Councillor Sean Wright joined the ILLD Group (Independents, Liberals and Liberal Democrats) the Group changed its title to the BILLD Group Britwellians, Independents, Liberals and Liberal Democrats.
Britwellian and IBR Councillors have been members of the Britwellian, Independent, Liberal and Liberal Democrats Group on Slough Borough Council.
After the June 2004 elections Councillor Paul Janik did not re-join the BILLD Group. Subsequently he rejoined for a short period of a few months. He contested the Slough Council election 2006 as a Slough Independents candidate in opposition to the IBR nominee.
Britwellian candidates
- 2000: Mrs Mavis L. Gallick 417 votes (38.15%) elected
- 2001: Sean Patrick Wright 718 votes (24.16%) runner up
- 2002: Sean Patrick Wright 1,318 votes (79.40%) elected (became IBR 2002)
- 2002 (18 October by-election): O. Isemia 157 votes (17.31%) third
Independent Britwellian Residents candidates
- 2002 (18 October by-election): Patrick Shine 499 votes (53.80%) elected
- 2003 (13 February by-election): Paul Janik 539 votes (63.49%) elected
- 2003: Patrick Shine 946 votes (63.70%) elected
- 2004 (3 seats): Sean Patrick Wright 1,170 votes (24.54%), Patrick Shine 1,157 votes (24.27%), Paul Janik 1,151 votes (24.15%) all elected
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