Slough was first warded for the 1930 Slough Council election, when seven wards began to be used; Burnham (in the south-west of the district, the area now known as Cippenham), Central, Chalvey (to the south-west of Central and east of Burnham), Farnham (the north-west of the district), Langley (to the east of the district), Stoke (in the north of the district) and Upton (to the south-east of Central). Before the 1950 Slough Council election Burnham, Central, Farnham and Stoke were divided into North and South parts, making a total of eleven wards.