1990 Reading Borough Council election

Last updated November 19, 2023

The 1990 Reading Borough Council election was held on 3 May 1990, at the same time as other local elections across England and Scotland. One third of Reading Borough Council's 45 seats were up for election.

Results

Reading Borough Council Election, 1990
	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
Labour	11	2	0	+2	73.3%	48.9%	21,868	+9.0
Conservative	2	0	2	-2	13.3%	28.9%	12,924	-11.5
Liberal Democrats	2	0	0	0	13.3%	13.2%	5,896	-0.9
Green	0				0%	8.9%	3,991	+7.7

Ward results

The results in each ward were as follows (candidates with an asterisk* were the previous incumbent standing for re-election):^[1]^[2]

Abbey Ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David Llewellyn Geary*	1,636	67.5	+4.6
	Conservative	John Gordon Cleminson	408	16.8	-8.7
	Liberal Democrats	John William Wood	212	8.7	+1.7
	Green	Timothy Albert James Rowe	169	7.0	+2.3
Turnout			2,425
	Labour hold		Swing	+6.65

Battle Ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Richard Martin Stainthorp	1,576	68.0	0.0
	Conservative	Margaret Mary Gibbons	480	20.7	-4.7
	Green	Howard John Darby (John Darby)	260	11.2	n/a
Turnout			2,316
	Labour hold		Swing	+2.35

Caversham Ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Judith Valerie MacDevitt (Judy MacDevitt)	1,752	43.5	+20.6
	Conservative	Frederick Llywelyn Pugh* (Fred Pugh)	1,530	38.0	-28.9
	Green	David Brian Wright	395	9.8	n/a
	Liberal Democrats	Maureen Ann Stagg	346	8.6	+2.4
Turnout			4,023
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	+24.75

Church Ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Wilfred John Wild	1,658	65.2	+13.2
	Conservative	Colin Douglas Snider	566	22.3	-14.0
	Green	Richard John Kerr Bradbury	318	12.5	+12.5
Turnout			2,542
	Labour hold		Swing	+13.6

Katesgrove Ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Kevin Michael Hogarth (Mike Hogarth)	1,434	67.4	+10.0
	Conservative	Shirley Muriel Mills	405	19.0	-9.3
	Green	Christine Frances Critchfield	290	13.6	n/a
Turnout			2,129
	Labour hold		Swing	+9.65

Kentwood Ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	George Henry Ford*	1,085	35.2	+4.4
	Conservative	Simon Marcus Gilmour Beckingham	924	30.0	-16.6
	Labour	Philip Robert Grafton	896	29.1	+10.0
	Green	John Christian Gibson	179	5.8	n/a
Turnout			3,084
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	+10.5

Minster Ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Margaret Mary Ounsley	1,659	48.8	+10.8
	Conservative	Charles Frederick Sage*	1,282	37.7	-13.7
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Neill Dutton	275	8.1	n/a
	Green	Elizabeth Maria Darby	181	5.3	n/a
Turnout			3,397
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	+12.25

Norcot Ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Josephine Mary Lovelock* (Jo Lovelock)	2,089	72.1	+12.0
	Green	David Alfred Chaplin	535	18.5	+17.1
	Conservative	Susan Elizabeth White (Sue White)	272	9.4	-15.1
Turnout			2,896
	Labour hold		Swing	-2.55

Park Ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Gillian Parker*	1,821	64.9	+2.7
	Conservative	Derek John Ching	500	17.8	-10.8
	Green	Philip John Unsworth	251	8.9	+5.1
	Liberal Democrats	Stephen Hope Begg	233	8.3	+2.7
Turnout			2,805
	Labour hold		Swing	+8.8

Peppard Ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Geoffrey Walter Canning* (Geoff Canning)	1,759	45.5	-12.2
	Liberal Democrats	John Outhwaite	1,050	27.2	-0.4
	Labour	Robert Brian Bastin (Brian Bastin)	842	21.8	+10.0
	Green	Andrew John McPhee	211	5.5	n/a
Turnout			3,862
	Conservative hold		Swing	-5.9

Redlands Ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Rajinder Sohpal*	1,548	51.0	+5.8
	Conservative	Martyn Jon Boxall	792	26.1	-5.1
	Green	Sallie Ann Sullivan	389	12.8	n/a
	Liberal Democrats	Jonathan Timothy Ashby Ball	304	10.0	-1.4
Turnout			3,033
	Labour hold		Swing	+5.45

Southcote Ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Christine Ann Howell*	1,857	59.7	+7.5
	Conservative	Daphne Janet Holmes	885	28.5	-11.8
	Liberal Democrats	David William Kerrison	234	7.5	n/a
	Green	Moira Anne Elizabeth Astin	134	4.3	n/a
Turnout			3,110
	Labour hold		Swing	+9.65

Thames Ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Adel Hamza Fuad* (Hamza Fuad)	1,341	37.3	n/a
	Conservative	Alan Arthur Charles Collier	764	21.2	n/a
	Labour	Janet Mary Gavin	657	18.3	+7.8
	Liberal Democrats	Annette Hendry	556	15.5	-5.9
	Green	Anne Margaret McCubbin	279	7.8	+2.5
Turnout			3,597
	Conservative hold		Swing	n/a

Tilehurst Ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Nicola Jane Canning	1,601	53.5	-6.1
	Conservative	Anthony Maurice Owen	631	21.1	-3.8
	Labour	Mohammad Iqbal	623	20.8	+5.3
	Green	Timothy Robert Astin	137	4.6	n/a
Turnout			2,992
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	-1.15

Whitley Ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Michael Edward Orton* (Mike Orton)	1,820	73.7	+7.6
	Conservative	Barrie James Cummings	385	15.6	-10.2
	Liberal Democrats	Daphne Joan Lawrence	263	10.7	n/a
Turnout			2,468
	Labour hold		Swing	+8.9

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References

↑ "Reading candidates". Evening Post. Reading. 11 April 1990. p. 9. Retrieved 15 April 2022.
↑ "Labour's grip tightened by two key gains". Evening Post. Reading. 4 May 1990. p. 13. Retrieved 6 April 2022.

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[1] "Reading candidates". Evening Post. Reading. 11 April 1990. p. 9. Retrieved 15 April 2022.

[2] "Labour's grip tightened by two key gains". Evening Post. Reading. 4 May 1990. p. 13. Retrieved 6 April 2022.

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1990 Reading Borough Council election

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Results

Ward results

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