2012 Reading Borough Council election

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2012 Reading Borough Council election
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16 out of 46 seats to Reading Borough Council
24 seats needed for a majority
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Winner of each seat at the 2012 Reading Borough Council election

Elections to Reading Borough Council took place on 3 May 2012, with 16 council seats up for election. The Labour Party gained Church, Katesgrove, Redlands, Kentwood and Caversham wards, giving them a working majority and control of the council. The Conservative Party lost three seats but gained Peppard ward from an independent. The Liberal Democrats lost two seats but held Tilehurst ward, a seat they had lost the previous year to the Conservative Party. The Green Party gained Park ward from Labour but failed to make gains elsewhere seeing their percentage of the borough-wide vote fall slightly.

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After the election, the composition of the council was:

PartySeats  +/-  
Labour 26+4
Conservative 12-2
Liberal Democrats 4-2
Green Party 3+1
Independent 1-1
Labour gain from No overall control

Election result

Reading Borough Council election, 2012
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Labour 1151+468.8%45.0%15452+5.1%
  Conservative 313-218.8%27.8%9492-6.3%
  Green 110+16.3%11.1%3787-0.1%
  Liberal Democrats 102-26.3%10.0%3406-2.8%
  Independent 001-10%3.7%1277+3.6%
  Common Sense 00000%1.1%391-0.7%
  UKIP 00000%0.6%220+0.6%
  The Roman Party Ave! 00000%0.1%420%

Ward results

Abbey Ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Tony Page 1,14058.3%+11.6%
Conservative Alex Coleman35418.1%−7.1%
Green Hazel Mary Murphy23011.7%+1.2%
Liberal Democrats Kirsten Ruth Bayes1356.9%−8.7%
Common Sense Howard Thomas874.4%+0.1%
Majority 78640.2%
Turnout 1,95320.0%
Labour hold Swing +9.3%
Battle Ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Gul Khan1,01554.0%+0.9%
Conservative Imraan Ishtiaq52227.7%+1.0%
Green Alan Edward Lockey18810.0%+3.0%
Liberal Democrats Mark David Edward Whiley1065.6%−3.3%
The Roman Party Ave! Jean-Louis Pascual422.2%+1.0%
Majority 49326.3%
Turnout 1,87925%
Labour hold Swing -0.1%
Caversham Ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Co-op Richard Davies1,25849.0%+17.6%
Conservative David Luckett88034.2%−8.6%
Green Jenny Hicks26510.3%−3.8%
Liberal Democrats Jenny Claire Woods1686.5%−5.2%
Majority 37814.8%
Turnout 2,53535.0%
Labour Co-op gain from Conservative Swing +13.1%
Church Ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Eileen McElligott1,02950.5%+5.4%
Conservative Azam Janjua70034.3%+1.2%
Green Vivienne Joyce Johnson1346.5%−0.5%
Liberal Democrats Annette Hendry944.6%−2.0%
Common Sense Kim Maysh793.8%−4.3%
Majority 32916.2%
Turnout 2,03625.0%
Labour gain from Conservative Swing +4.2%
Katesgrove Ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Rose Williams89055.9%+9.6%
Liberal Democrats Janel Marie Blattler25716.1%−8.8%
Conservative Richard Robeson23714.8%−3.3%
Green James Eric Towell1579.8%+2.9%
Independent Michael Turberville422.6%+0.9%
Majority 62339.8%
Turnout 159222%
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats Swing +9.2%
Kentwood Ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Daya Pal Singh1,05246.8%+9.2%
Conservative Emma Warman79635.4%−9.0%
Green Kevin Jackson1446.4%+0.7%
Common Sense Matthew James Plunkett1265.6%+1.3%
Liberal Democrats Jon Walls1215.4%−2.7%
Majority 25611.4%
Turnout 225030%
Labour gain from Conservative Swing +9.1%
Mapledurham Ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Isobel Ballsdon69566.6%+6.5%
Labour Ashley Mark Edward Pearce13612.9%+8.0%
Liberal Democrats Chris Burden11110.5%+1.6%
Green Dougie Coulter1039.8%+7.8%
Majority 55953.7%
Turnout 105041%
Conservative hold Swing -2.5%
Minster Ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Co-op Liz Terry1,35159.2%+11.2%
Conservative Alanzo Nesta Seville60026.3%−9.1%
Liberal Democrats Georgina Hughes1647.2%−2.4%
Green Sunil Gandhi1627.1%−0.3%
Majority 75132.9%
Turnout 228429%
Labour Co-op hold Swing +10.1%
Norcot Ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Josephine Lovelock1,37868.8%+10.3%
Conservative Michael Fairfax40019.9%−4.5%
Green David James Patterson1175.8%−2.5%
Liberal Democrats Margaret McNeill964.7%−4.1%
Majority 97848.9%
Turnout 200127%
Labour hold Swing +7.4%
Park Ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Green Jamie Whitham1,24646.4%+3.0%
Labour Co-op Rachael Chrisp1,09440.8%+7.6%
Conservative Laurence Taylor27910.4%−9.6%
Liberal Democrats Hoyte Paul Arnoud Swager542.0%−1.4%
Majority 1525.6%
Turnout 268135%
Green gain from Labour Swing -4.4%
Peppard Ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Jane Stanford-Beale1,09038.4%−19.9%
Independent Jamie Chowdhary78927.8%+27.8%
Labour David Lawrence Absolom43415.3%−2.9%
Liberal Democrats Mustafa Chaudhary29710.4%−4.0%
Green Kate Day2107.4%+1.9%
Majority 30110.6%
Turnout 283437%
Conservative gain from Independent Swing -23.8%
Redlands Ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Co-op Tony Jones1,03251.8%+7.5%
Liberal Democrats James Moore42521.3%−4.6%
Conservative Leo Lester27313.7%−4.3%
Green Robert Alan Booth25112.6%+1.2%
Majority 60730.5%
Turnout 199226%
Labour Co-op gain from Liberal Democrats Swing +6.0%
Southcote Ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Debs Edwards1,36465.0%+8.9%
Conservative Ali Asghar47822.8%−8.4%
Liberal Democrats David Robert Warren1426.7%−0.3%
Green Kizzi Miranda Murtagh1125.3%−0.4%
Majority 88642.2%
Turnout 209632%
Labour hold Swing +8.6%
Thames Ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Ed Hopper1,26644.9%−9.7%
Labour Co-op Duncan Quay Bruce62522.2%+1.3%
Independent John Dickson32211.4%+11.4%
Green Helen Isobel McNamara31111.0%−0.2%
Liberal Democrats Guy William Gipps Penman28210.0%−3.3%
Majority 64122.7%
Turnout 281538%
Conservative hold Swing -5.5%
Tilehurst Ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Meri O'Connell89738.6%+7.1%
Conservative Robert Vickers60426.0%−11.7%
Labour Haji Banaras51021.9%−3.6%
UKIP William Stewart Graham MacPhee2209.4%+9.4%
Green Doug Cresswell893.7%−1.5%
Majority 29312.6%
Turnout 232132%
Liberal Democrats hold Swing +9.4%
Whitley Ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Mike Orton1,14464.4%+7.5%
Conservative Nick Brown31817.9%−6.6%
Common Sense Mike Diamond995.5%−3.4%
Independent Jamie Steven Wake824.6%+4.6%
Green Keith Martin Johnson683.8%−1.4%
Liberal Democrats Rebecca Ellen Chester573.2%2.0%
Majority 82646.5%
Turnout 177522%
Labour hold Swing +7.0%

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