Wokingham Borough Council elections

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Wokingham Borough Council is the local authority for the Borough of Wokingham, a unitary authority in Berkshire, England. Until 1 April 1998 it was a non-metropolitan district.

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Council elections

Non-metropolitan district elections

Unitary authority elections

Borough result maps

By-election results

1997–2002

Bulmershe By-Election 28 May 1998
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats 54044.3+2.7
Labour 45637.4+3.7
Conservative 22218.2-6.5
Majority846.9
Turnout 1,21839.6
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Barkham By-Election 8 November 2001 [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative 30378.1-2.8
UKIP 4511.6+11.6
Liberal Democrats 4010.3-0.8
Majority25866.5
Turnout 38822.7
Conservative hold Swing

2002–2006

Winnersh By-Election 25 November 2004 [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Malcolm Armstrong75151.5+13.1
Conservative 62242.6+1.0
UKIP 865.9-8.5
Majority1298.9
Turnout 1,45924.0
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing
Swallowfield By-Election 17 February 2005
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Stuart Munro40560.5-18.3
Independent Max Bowker12017.9+17.9
Liberal Democrats Caroline Smith10916.3-4.9
UKIP Vince Pearson355.2+5.2
Majority25442.6
Turnout 669
Conservative hold Swing
Maiden Erlegh By-Election 3 November 2005 [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Paul Swaddle1,02751.0+8.6
Liberal Democrats Dave Swindells83541.5+11.5
Labour Jacqueline Rupert974.8-5.3
UKIP David Lamb552.7-8.1
Majority1929.5
Turnout 2,01428.2
Conservative hold Swing

2006–2010

Remenham, Wargrave and Ruscombe By-Election 6 December 2007 [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Kersley91370.6-2.9
Liberal Democrats Martin Alder23718.3-0.5
UKIP Franklin Carstairs836.4+2.5
Labour Brian Scott604.6+0.8
Majority67652.3
Turnout 1,293
Conservative hold Swing
Coronation By-Election 13 November 2008 [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Katherine Povey85053.2+0.0
Liberal Democrats Coling Lawley67542.2+4.6
UKIP Amy Thornton744.6-0.2
Majority17511.0
Turnout 1,599
Conservative hold Swing
Wokingham Without By-Election 4 June 2009 [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative David Sleight1,80967.3-8.9
Liberal Democrats David Vaughan71126.5+13.0
BNP Mark Burke1666.2+6.2
Majority1,09840.8
Turnout 2,68644.5
Conservative hold Swing

2010–2014

Remenham, Wargrave and Ruscombe By-Election 21 July 2011 [12]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Halsall85065.9+0.6
Liberal Democrats Martin Alder27221.1-7.1
Labour Matthew Dent947.3+0.7
UKIP Andy Heape554.3+4.3
Green Martyn Foss191.5+1.5
Majority57844.8
Turnout 1,29029.4
Conservative hold Swing

2014–2018

Bulmershe and Whitegates by-election 13 November 2014 [13]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Alison Swaddle72635.4+8.5
Labour Greg Bello49824.3-10.0
Liberal Democrats Munir Ahmed44821.8+4.1
UKIP Peter Jackson27513.4-1.6
Green Adrian Windisch1055.1-1.0
Majority22811.1
Turnout 2,052
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
Emmbrook by-election 17 February 2017 [14]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Imogen Shepherd-DuBey1,57559.7+22.6
Conservative Kevin Morgan87933.3-4.2
UKIP Phil Ray1043.9-11.5
Labour Christopher Everett793.0-6.9
Majority69626.4
Turnout 2,63739.7–3.4
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing

2018–2022

Evendons by-election 7 February 2019 [15]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Sarah Kerr1,44163.116.3
Conservative Daniel Clawson72931.9-8.8
Labour Timothy Lloyd1155-7.5
Majority7133135.1
Turnout 2,29432.7-8.3
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

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References

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