2000 Reading Borough Council election

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2000 Reading Borough Council election
  1999 4 May 2000 (2000-05-04) 2001  

16 seats of 45 on council
23 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond partyThird party
 
Lab
LD
Con
Leader David Sutton Ian FenwickFred Pugh
Party Labour Liberal Democrats Conservative
Seats before3663
Seats after3663
Seat changeSteady2.svgSteady2.svgSteady2.svg
Popular vote12,2455,8808,896
Percentage44.621.432.4
SwingDecrease2.svg4.1Decrease2.svg1.1Increase2.svg5.0

The 2000 Reading Borough Council election was held on 4 May 2000, at the same time as other local elections across England. Sixteen of the 45 seats on Reading Borough Council were up for election, being the usual third of the council (15 seats) plus a by-election in Kentwood ward, caused by the death of Labour councillor Doris Lawrence. [1] At the time of the election there was another vacancy on the council in Church ward, where Labour councillor Maureen Lockey had also died, but the by-election for Church ward was not held until a few weeks later. [2]

Contents

Labour regained the vacant seat in the Kentwood by-election, and retained the vacant seat in Church ward at the by-election on 15 June 2000. No seats changed party at these elections, leaving Labour in overall control of the council.

Results

Reading Borough Council Election, 2000
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Labour 1310+181.3%44.6%12,245-4.1
  Conservative 10006.3%32.4%8,896+5.0
  Liberal Democrats 200012.5%21.4%5,880-1.1
  Green 00%1.6%452+0.3

Ward results

The results in each ward were as follows: [3]

Abbey Ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Antony Page*
(Tony Page)
984 62.1
Conservative Adam Woolhouse38024.0
Liberal Democrats John Wood22013.9
Turnout 1,58420.1
Labour hold Swing
Battle Ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Richard Stainthorp* 707 58.0
Conservative Dharam Ahuja36129.6
Liberal Democrats Martin Reilly15012.3
Turnout 1,21819.5
Labour hold Swing
Caversham Ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Susan Stainthorp*
(Sue Stainthorp)
1,360 49.0
Conservative Robert Wilson 1,13440.8
Liberal Democrats Diane Elliss28310.2
Turnout 2,77732.8
Labour hold Swing
Church Ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Chris Goodall* 608 50.1
Conservative Paul Swaddle38331.6
Liberal Democrats Elizabeth Heydeman15312.6
Green Richard Bradbury695.7
Turnout 1,21321.4
Labour hold Swing
Katesgrove Ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Phillip Hingley* 578 55.6
Conservative Philip Gibbs25124.2
Liberal Democrats James Smart14213.7
Green Philip Unsworth686.5
Turnout 1,03917.2
Labour hold Swing
Kentwood Ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour David Geary* 1,020 45.4
Labour Victoria Lloyd 1,007
Conservative Richard Willis81436.2
Conservative Jennifer Rynn791
Liberal Democrats Richard Duveen
(Ricky Duveen)
41218.3
Liberal Democrats Chris Brown377
Turnout 2,24634.2
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Minster Ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Catherine Wilton 1,045 50.5
Conservative Norman Smart68333.0
Liberal Democrats Nicolas Lawson25412.3
Green Hugh Swann894.3
Turnout 2,07128.0
Labour hold Swing
Norcot Ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Graeme Hoskin 952 61.1
Conservative Alexandra Mowczan39625.4
Liberal Democrats Thomas Cook21013.5
Turnout 1,55823.2
Labour hold Swing
Park Ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Jonathan Hartley*
(Jon Hartley)
1,079 64.8
Conservative Vinod Sharma31418.8
Liberal Democrats George Hamish Hew Preston
Hamish Preston
27316.4
Turnout 1,66625.0
Labour hold Swing
Peppard Ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Annette Hendry 1,211 47.2
Conservative Christopher Morton1,07642.0
Labour Keith Uden27610.8
Turnout 2,56334.4
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Redlands Ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Rajinder Sohpal* 792 41.4
Liberal Democrats Christopher Harris56129.4
Conservative Abdul Loyes39420.6
Green Mary Westley1648.6
Turnout 1,91121.8
Labour hold Swing
Southcote Ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Rosemary Williams*
(Rose Williams)
1,054 60.6
Conservative Emma Warman53530.8
Liberal Democrats Sheila Myra Morley
(Myra Morley)
1498.6
Turnout 1,73829.0
Labour hold Swing
Thames Ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Frederick Pugh*
(Fred Pugh)
1,423 53.8
Liberal Democrats Robin Bentham73827.9
Labour David Dymond
(Dave Dymond)
48218.2
Turnout 2,64337.4
Conservative hold Swing
Tilehurst Ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Dennis Morgan 1,031 46.9
Labour Christine Grieve66130.1
Conservative Iona Morris44420.2
Green Judith Green622.8
Turnout 2,19833.6
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Whitley Ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour James Hanley* 647 61.7
Conservative Lee Clarke30829.4
Liberal Democrats Max Thomas Heydeman
(Tom Heydeman)
938.9
Turnout 1,04815.7
Labour hold Swing

By-elections 2000–2001

A by-election in Church ward was held on 15 June 2000, triggered by the death of Labour councillor Maureen Lockey, who died in April 2000 ahead of the main elections that year, but there was insufficient time for the by-election to be held at the same time as the main election. The by-election was won by Christine Grieve, retaining the seat for Labour. [4]

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References

  1. "Council minutes, 21 March 2000" (PDF). Reading Borough Council. Retrieved 8 May 2022.
  2. "Council minutes, 18 April 2000" (PDF). Reading Borough Council. Retrieved 8 May 2022.
  3. Rallings, Colin; Thrasher, Michael. Reading Unitary Council Election Results 1997-2012 (PDF). Plymouth University. Retrieved 8 May 2022.
  4. Council minutes, 18 July 2000, Reading Borough Council