Editing Slough (section)

==Governance==
{{Main|Slough Borough Council|Borough of Slough}}
There is one main tier of local government covering Slough, at [[Unitary authorities of England|unitary authority]] level: [[Slough Borough Council]], which is based at [[Observatory House]] in the town centre. Most of the urban area is [[Unparished area|unparished]], although some of the suburbs are included in [[civil parish]]es, including [[Britwell]] and [[Wexham Court]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Election Maps |url=https://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/election-maps/gb/ |publisher=Ordnance Survey |access-date=18 July 2024}}</ref>

===Administrative history===
Slough was historically a hamlet in the parish of [[Upton, Slough|Upton]], also known as Upton-cum-Chalvey, in [[Buckinghamshire]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Slough Civil Parish |url=https://visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10066372#tab02 |website=A Vision of Britain through Time |publisher=GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth |access-date=18 July 2024}}</ref> Until 1863 it was administered by the parish [[vestry]] and [[manorial court]]s, in the same way as most rural areas. As Slough began developing into a town, the need for more urban forms of local government grew. In 1863 a [[Local board of health#Local Government Act 1858|local government district]] was established for Slough, covering part of the parish of Upton-cum-Chalvey (including the old village of Upton) and a smaller part of the neighbouring parish of [[Stoke Poges]]. The town was then governed by an elected local board.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=22753|page=3517|date=14 July 1863}}</ref>

Such local government districts were converted into [[Urban district (England and Wales)|urban districts]] under the [[Local Government Act 1894]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Stoke in Slough Civil Parish |url=https://visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10010044 |website=A Vision of Britain through Time |publisher=GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth |access-date=19 July 2024}}</ref> In 1900 the Slough urban district was enlarged to absorb most of the residual parts of the old Upton-cum-Chalvey parish that had been outside the urban district, including [[Chalvey]]. The urban district was further enlarged in 1930, when it was significantly expanded to take in most of the neighbouring parish of [[Langley, Berkshire|Langley]] (including the village), the [[Salt Hill]] area from the parish of [[Farnham Royal]], and the [[Cippenham]] area from the parish of [[Burnham, Buckinghamshire|Burnham]]. In 1938 the urban district was incorporated to become a [[municipal borough]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Slough Urban District / Municipal Borough |url=https://visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10002126 |website=A Vision of Britain through Time |publisher=GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth |access-date=18 July 2024}}</ref> 

In 1974, the [[Municipal Borough of Slough]] was replaced by a larger [[non-metropolitan district]] with [[Borough status in the United Kingdom|borough status]] called Slough. The enlarged district gained the [[Britwell]] and [[Wexham Court]] areas, and was transferred from Buckinghamshire to Berkshire.<ref>{{cite legislation UK|type=si|si=The English Non-Metropolitan Districts (Definition) Order 1972|year=1972|number=2039|access-date=18 July 2024}}</ref> The borough was enlarged in 1995 to take in [[Colnbrook with Poyle]].<ref>{{cite legislation UK|type=si|si=The Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Surrey (County Boundaries) Order 1994|year=1994|number=330}}</ref>

In 1998 Slough Borough Council became a unitary authority when [[Berkshire County Council]] was abolished and the borough council took on the former county council's functions in the borough.<ref>{{cite legislation UK|type=si|si=The Berkshire (Structural Change) Order 1996|year=1996|number=1879|access-date=31 May 2023}}</ref>

Since 2015, Slough has had a Youth Parliament to represent the views of younger people.

===Town twinning===
Slough is [[Town twinning|twinned]] with:
* {{flagicon|FRA}} '''[[Montreuil-sur-Mer|Montreuil]]''', France ''(since 1988)''<ref name="Archant twinning">{{cite web|url=http://www.completefrance.com/language-culture/twin-towns|title=British towns twinned with French towns|access-date = 11 July 2013|work=Archant Community Media Ltd}}</ref>