1993 Berkshire County Council election

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1993 Berkshire County Council election
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← 19896 May 1993 (1993-05-06)
76 seats
39 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond partyThird party
 
LeaderLinda MurrayLawrence SilvermanGareth Gimblett
Party Liberal Democrats Labour Conservative
Seats before151937
Seats after332416
Seat changeIncrease2.svg18Increase2.svg5Decrease2.svg21
Popular vote92,70447,53684,145
Percentage39.320.235.7
 Fourth partyFifth party
 
Party Liberal Independent
Seats before14
Seats after12
Seat changeSteady2.svgDecrease2.svg2
Popular vote3,5804,878
Percentage12.1

The 1993 Berkshire County Council election was held on 6 May 1993, at the same time as other local elections across England and Wales. All of Berkshire County Council's 76 seats were up for election.

Contents

Prior to the election, the county council had been under no overall control, with a coalition of Labour, the Liberal Democrats and independents running the authority. The Labour leader, Lawrence Silverman, had been leader of the council. After the election, there was still no overall control of the council, but the Liberal Democrats became the largest party. The Conservatives lost over half their seats on the council. It was decided after the election that the coalition would continue, but with the Liberal Democrat leader, Linda Murray, being declared joint leader alongside Lawrence Silverman at the subsequent annual council meeting on 22 May 1993. [1]

The 1993 election turned out to be the final election to Berkshire County Council. It was decided in 1996 to abolish the county council and transfer its functions to the county's six district councils, making them unitary authorities. The elections that would have been held for Berkshire County Council in 1997 were therefore cancelled, with elections being held instead for the six districts that year. Berkshire County Council continued to exist until 31 March 1998, with the new unitary authorities assuming their new powers on 1 April 1998. [2]

Results

Berkshire County Council Election, 1993
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Liberal Democrats 33+1843.439.392,704
  Conservative 16-2121.135.784,145
  Labour 24+531.620.247,536
  Liberal 101.31.53,580
  Green 001.22,731
  Natural Law 000.074
  Monster Raving Loony 000.064
  Independent 2-22.62.14,878

Ward results

The results in each ward were as follows (candidates with an asterisk* were the previous incumbent standing for re-election): [3] [4]

Abbey ward (Reading)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Mohammad Iqbal 1,299 57.9
Conservative Mark Boyle45821.6
Liberal Democrats John Wood33515.8
Green Howard Darby1004.7
Turnout 31.2
Labour hold Swing
Ascot and Sunningdale ward (Windsor and Maidenhead)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Maisey 1,988 64.2
Liberal Democrats Sonya Lippold85127.5
Labour Robert Draper2598.4
Turnout 34.5
Conservative hold Swing
Battle ward (Reading)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Stuart White* 1,089 61.7
Conservative Leslie Crumplin-Hill39522.4
Liberal Democrats Simon Weinberger28015.9
Turnout 29
Labour hold Swing
Belmont ward (Windsor and Maidenhead)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Andrew Hickley* 1,320 56.3
Conservative Dorothy Kemp84235.9
Labour Nigel Smith1827.8
Turnout 38.6
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Binfield ward (Bracknell Forest)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Amanda Williams 2,005 46.7
Conservative Ian Leake1,60737.4
Liberal Democrats Catherine Dickson68215.9
Turnout 43.3
Labour gain from Conservative Swing
Boyn Hill ward (Windsor and Maidenhead)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Edward Clarke 1,815 56.8
Conservative John Tryon1,21638
Labour Victor Longman1665.2
Turnout 43.1
Liberal Democrats gain from Independent Swing
Bradfield ward (Newbury)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Elizabeth Still* 2,226 50.1
Liberal Democrats Keith Lock2,01445.3
Labour Leslie Champ1603.6
Natural Law John Buckley420.9
Turnout 70.4
Conservative hold Swing
Bray ward (Windsor and Maidenhead)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Roger Carter 1,558 51.8
Conservative Tony Wiseman*1,29943.2
Labour Kathleen Cutting1515
Turnout 40.2
Independent gain from Conservative Swing
Britwell ward (Slough)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour D. McCarthy* 1,253 73.7
Liberal Democrats A. Meredith22113
Liberal C. Hull1539
Green D. McDermid744.4
Turnout 27
Labour hold Swing
Bullbrook ward (Bracknell Forest)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Lesley Boyd 1,255 45.1
Conservative David Scott*93933.8
Labour Graham Firth58621.1
Turnout 38.8
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing
Bulmershe ward (Wokingham)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Robert Samuel* 1,501 57.5
Conservative Ernest Kent64924.9
Labour Nelson Bland46017.6
Turnout 33.7
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Burghfield ward (Newbury)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Royce Longton 3,388 57.6
Conservative Rosemary Sanders-Rose*2,25738.3
Labour Charles Wheeler2424.1
Turnout 65.6
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing
Caversham ward (Reading)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Pauline Palmer 1,675 55
Labour George Loughlin94331
Liberal Democrats Maureen Stagg33611
Green Robert McCubbin913
Turnout 41
Conservative hold Swing
Chalvey ward (Slough)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour R. Ahmad 1,189 56
Conservative A. Ahmad53025
Green N. Sargeant25211.9
Liberal J. Thakrar1527.2
Turnout 27.4
Labour hold Swing
Church ward (Reading)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Chris Goodall* 1,000 63.1
Conservative John Kaiser42026.5
Green Richard Bradbury16410.4
Turnout 29.3
Labour hold Swing
Cippenham ward (Slough)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour F. Bertemes 1,467 46
Conservative M. Watts1,46245.8
Liberal B. Puddefoot2628.2
Turnout 43.3
Labour hold Swing
Clewer ward (Windsor and Maidenhead)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Lee Walton 1,073 39.3
Labour Philip Hardcastle*87131.9
Conservative Donald Kimber78628.8
Turnout 46.4
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour Swing
Cold Ash ward (Newbury)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Christopher Marriage 4,113 67
Conservative Grosvenor Chaundy1,69127.5
Labour Sarah Hutt3355.5
Turnout 67.6
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing
Cookham, Bisham and Hurley ward (Windsor and Maidenhead)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Henry Donnelly 1,573 48.7
Conservative John Clark1,45745.1
Labour Christine Taylor2036.3
Turnout 46.5
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing
Cox Green ward (Windsor and Maidenhead)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Jeremy Hyde 1,991 64.3
Conservative Cheryl Newby95130.7
Labour Anthony Randall1565
Turnout 43.6
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Crowthorne ward (Bracknell Forest)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Ann Risman* 1,589 52.6
Conservative Diana Pidgeon1,26441.6
Labour Graham Vertigen1675.5
Turnout 42.7
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Datchet, Horton and Wraysbury ward (Windsor and Maidenhead)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Pamela Barnes-Taylor 1,260 51.3
Liberal Democrats Timothy O'Flynn93938.3
Labour Jennifer Ward25510.4
Turnout 34.5
Conservative hold Swing
Downlands ward (Newbury)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats David Becket 2,784 54.7
Conservative Peter Robinson*2,15742.4
Labour Gaynor Ridd1523
Turnout 69.4
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing
Easthampstead ward (Bracknell Forest)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Anne Snelgrove 1,644 54.3
Conservative Alan Harrison*85028.1
Liberal Democrats David Maxwell53617.7
Turnout 49.3
Labour gain from Conservative Swing
Emmbrook ward (Wokingham)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Keith Charlton 1,575 48.9
Conservative Patrick Henesey*1,32941.3
Labour David Grattidge3149.8
Turnout 41.4
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing
Eton and Castle ward (Windsor and Maidenhead)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats James Lennox 1,420 53.2
Conservative Peter Smith98937
Labour Leonard Jones2619.8
Turnout 42
Liberal Democrats gain from Independent Swing
Evendons ward (Wokingham)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats John Albinson* 2,007 59.3
Conservative Lynne Griffith1,24036.7
Labour Karen Livingstone1364
Turnout 40.8
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Falkland ward (Newbury)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Robert Mowatt 3,698 63.5
Conservative Richard Evans1,69429.1
Labour Gerald Orbell2604.5
Green Bruce Bamber1362.3
Natural Law Michael Grenville320.5
Turnout 72.5
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Farnham ward (Slough)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour M. Khan 1,418 59.3
Liberal Democrats A. Young50321
Liberal N. Malik46919.6
Turnout 32.6
Labour hold Swing
Finchampstead ward (Wokingham)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Martin Stubbs 1,476 58
Liberal Democrats James Parker76730.2
Labour Owen Waite1756.9
Independent Arthur Shone1254.9
Turnout 31.8
Conservative hold Swing
Furze Platt and Pinkneys Green ward (Windsor and Maidenhead)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Simon Werner 2,140 64.8
Conservative William Brack*99830.2
Labour Thomas Beaton1645
Turnout 44.3
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing
Great Hollands ward (Bracknell Forest)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Alan Winter 1,195 42.3
Conservative Arthur Thomson*1,09938.9
Liberal Democrats Graham Ford52918.7
Turnout 38.6
Labour gain from Conservative Swing
Great Park ward (Windsor and Maidenhead)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Christopher Bushill 1,653 65
Conservative Margaret Eatock72428.4
Labour David Drye1686.6
Turnout 41.2
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Greenham ward (Newbury)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Richard James 3,896 69.2
Conservative Dominic Barnes1,37524.4
Labour Christopher Gallon1943.4
Green Valerie Oldaker1642.9
Turnout 71.6
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Hanworth ward (Bracknell Forest)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Tom Wheaton 1,075 42.7
Conservative Jean Wallace*97638.8
Liberal Democrats Philip Bristow46518.5
Turnout 42.3
Labour gain from Conservative Swing
Harmans Water ward (Bracknell Forest)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Terry Mills* 1,009 42.6
Labour John Jackson76032.1
Liberal Democrats Richard Mills59825.3
Turnout 37.8
Conservative hold Swing
Haymill ward (Slough)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal A. Bradshaw* 1,386 60.3
Labour J. Dawson43018.7
Conservative M. Smith33814.7
Liberal Democrats R. Van Wijk924
Green J. Ingram532.3
Turnout 37.3
Liberal hold Swing
Hungerford ward (Newbury)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Paul Hannon 2,828 54.3
Conservative Heather Turner2,16941.6
Green James Wallis2114.1
Turnout 68.5
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing
Hurst ward (Wokingham)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Robert Turner* 1,286 53.9
Liberal Democrats Kenneth Kerr90738
Labour Colin Stamp1918
Turnout 34.4
Conservative hold Swing
Katesgrove ward (Reading)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Joe Williams* 902 58.4
Conservative Simon Beckingham31120.1
Liberal Democrats Mark Gray27117.5
Green John Gooch613.9
Turnout 26.5
Labour hold Swing
Kentwood ward (Reading)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Mike Bonney 1,525 57.4
Conservative Jack Irwin*1,03539
Green John Willis973.7
Turnout 40.8
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing
Lambourn Valley ward (Newbury)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats John Warr 2,604 54
Conservative David Liddiard1,99141.3
Labour Christine Hopkins2254.7
Turnout 67.7
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing
Langley East ward (Slough)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour B. Whiteley* 1,503 58.8
Conservative M. Long74329.1
Liberal Democrats S. Jenkins2389.3
Liberal S. Reynolds722.8
Turnout 34.2
Labour hold Swing
Langley West ward (Slough)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour R. Webb* 1,459 62.8
Conservative A. Andrews55924.1
Liberal K. Smith2269.7
Green P. Whitmore803.4
Turnout 32
Labour hold Swing
Little Hungerford ward (Wokingham)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats David Swindells* 1,534 49.1
Conservative Paul Lomax1,33742.8
Labour Kathleen Davis2548.1
Turnout 40.6
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Loddon ward (Wokingham)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Cecil Trembath* 1,842 61.1
Conservative William Henderson87929.1
Labour John Goodman2959.8
Turnout 31.8
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Minster ward (Reading)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour June Orton 1,398 48.7
Conservative Wendy Wates1,05436.7
Liberal Democrats Roger Hayes33711.7
Green Timothy Astin862.8
Turnout 43.1
Labour gain from Conservative Swing
Norcot ward (Reading)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Peter Jones* 1,284 57.4
Liberal Democrats Ricky Duveen45420.3
Conservative Clarence Mortimer43019.2
Green David Chaplin693.1
Turnout 33.6
Labour hold Swing
Old Windsor and Sunninghill ward (Windsor and Maidenhead)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Arthur Hartley* 2,117 71.3
Conservative Christine Bateson85128.7
Turnout 44.2
Independent hold Swing
Oldfield ward (Windsor and Maidenhead)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Donald Cunliffe* 926 39.7
Labour Alan Cutting81034.7
Liberal Democrats Alan Doman59725.6
Turnout 39.8
Conservative hold Swing
Pangbourne ward (Newbury)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Frank Lewis* 1,931 55.7
Liberal Democrats Sheila Macro1,34538.8
Labour Christopher Ardy1915.5
Turnout 45.1
Conservative hold Swing
Park ward (Reading)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Adrian Hutton* 1,492 62.1
Conservative Rajinder Kalsi52721.9
Liberal Democrats Susan Doughty29812.4
Green Phillip Unsworth873.6
Turnout 38.5
Labour hold Swing
Peppard ward (Reading)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Gareth Gimblett* 1,351 46.9
Liberal Democrats Ian Fenwick1,17840.9
Labour Graeme St Clair35212.2
Turnout 39.1
Conservative hold Swing
Redhatch ward (Wokingham)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Paul Simon 2,191 54.8
Conservative Gerald Hughes1,50837.7
Labour Paul Royle2345.9
Monster Raving Loony Peter Owen641.6
Turnout 34.4
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing
Redlands ward (Reading)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour John Howarth 1,453 58.2
Conservative Sri Kochmae57022.8
Liberal Democrats Jeremy Lazenby36614.7
Green Mary Westley1084.3
Turnout 33.5
Labour hold Swing
Salt Hill ward (Slough)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour D. Peters* 1,201 52.5
Conservative M. Khan50522.1
Liberal K. Bansal34915.3
Liberal Democrats C. Tucker1506.6
Green M. McSheehy813.5
Turnout 30.6
Labour hold Swing
Sandhurst ward (Bracknell Forest)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Linda Murray* 2,498 57.1
Conservative David Worrall1,64137.5
Labour Sylvia Trevis2345.4
Turnout 41.1
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Slough Central ward (Slough)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour D. Beer* 1,317 56.4
Conservative R. Chauhan71530.6
Liberal Democrats G. Griffin1637
Green D. Dean793.4
Liberal B. Sanders612.6
Turnout 42.5
Labour hold Swing
Sonning ward (Wokingham)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Michael Storm 1,515 46.5
Conservative John Whitwell*1,41143.3
Labour Elizabeth Vincent33310.2
Turnout 40.9
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing
Southcote ward (Reading)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Pete Ruhemann* 1,680 62.9
Conservative Deryck Morton65524.5
Liberal Democrats Nicolas Lawson29110.9
Green Joseph Loudon431.6
Turnout 42.5
Labour hold Swing
Speenhamland ward (Newbury)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Deborah King* 2,900 67.7
Conservative Jean Waterson1,06224.8
Labour Jon Bosley2104.9
Green P. Cooper1102.6
Turnout 66.4
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
St Mary's ward (Windsor and Maidenhead)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats George Mair 1,338 54
Conservative Keith Whittle*99440.1
Labour Ian Harvey1465.9
Turnout 43.4
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing
Swallowfield ward (Wokingham)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Sarah Palmer* 1,605 65.6
Labour Philip Hawkins84234.4
Turnout 35
Conservative hold Swing
Thames ward (Reading)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Victor Angell 1,507 47
Independent Hamza Fuad*1,07833.7
Labour Helen Hathaway43213.5
Green Anne McCubbin1865.8
Turnout 49.9
Conservative gain from Independent Swing
Thatcham ward (Newbury)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Mark Clark 5,040 71.1
Conservative Robin Russell1,70024
Labour Brian Chennell3444.9
Turnout 65.6
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Theale ward (Newbury)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Pearl Slatter* 1,785 44.4
Liberal Democrats Alan Macro1,70042.3
Labour Robert Bastin53313.3
Turnout 40.8
Conservative hold Swing
Tilehurst Central ward (Reading)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Jim Day* 1,682 64.7
Conservative Pete Argyle53520.6
Labour John Dowson33913
Green Judith Green421.6
Turnout 40.1
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Tilehurst West ward (Newbury)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Jean Gardner 2,021 68.9
Conservative Peter Gibson*91431.1
Turnout 35.6
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing
Trinity ward (Windsor and Maidenhead)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Edwin Singer* 1,713 63.4
Conservative Edwin Waddleton72927
Labour Frederick Price2589.6
Turnout 45.3
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Twyford ward (Wokingham)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Deidre Tomlin 1,672 49.3
Conservative Simon Etheridge1,46443.1
Labour Charles Wickenden2587.6
Turnout 39.5
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing
Upton ward (Slough)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour J. Connolly 1,021 42.8
Conservative J. Manisier*89737.6
Green W. Carter30212.7
Liberal P. Bradshaw1677
Turnout 43
Labour gain from Conservative Swing
Westcott ward (Wokingham)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Peter Edwards* 1,186 47.6
Liberal Democrats Philip Smith98339.5
Labour Andrew Donelan32212.9
Turnout 37.5
Conservative hold Swing
Wexham Lea ward (Slough)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour P. Sohal* 1,274 53.3
Liberal Democrats D. MacIsaac42717.9
Conservative D. Boatman35214.7
Liberal D. Long28311.8
Green J. Edmonds552.3
Turnout 40.2
Labour hold Swing
Whitley ward (Reading)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Lawrence Silverman* 1,180 76
Conservative Derek Ching37224
Turnout 23.7
Labour hold Swing
Winkfield ward (Bracknell Forest)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Maurice Tomkinson* 1,556 50.8
Liberal Democrats Robert Jones99132.3
Labour David Miller51716.9
Turnout 29.8
Conservative hold Swing
Wokingham Without ward (Wokingham)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Trimming* 1,476 50.7
Liberal Democrats Alison Berkley1,16640.1
Labour Mary Gascoyne2689.2
Turnout 31
Conservative hold Swing

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References

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  2. ↑ The Berkshire (Structural Change) Order 1996 (Statutory Instrument 1996 No. 1879). London: Her Majesty's Stationery Office. 1996. Retrieved 13 June 2022.
  3. ↑ "Voting figures in full". Reading Evening Post. 7 May 1993. pp. 7–8. Retrieved 13 June 2022.
  4. ↑ Rallings, Colin; Thrasher, Michael (2015). Berkshire County Council Election Results 1973-1993 (PDF). Plymouth University. Retrieved 13 June 2022.
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