2012 Wokingham Borough Council election

2012 Election Results for Wokingham Borough Conservatives in blue Liberal Democrats in yellow and Independent in White. Wards in grey were not contested in 2012.

The 2012 Wokingham Borough Council election took place on Thursday 3 May 2012, the same day as other 2012 United Kingdom local elections, to elect members of Wokingham Unitary Council in Berkshire, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative Party stayed in overall control of the council. ^[1]

After the election, the composition of the council was:

• Conservative 43
• Liberal Democrat 10
• Independent 1 ^[2]

Background

A total of 74 candidates contested the 18 seats which were up for election. ^[3] These included 18 Conservative, 18 Liberal Democrat, 14 Labour, 14 Green Party, 8 UK Independence Party and 3 independent candidates.

Issues in the election included:

• Recent changes to waste collections
• Some recent controversial planning applications

Election result

The Conservatives retained control of the council despite losing 2 seats: 1 to the Liberal Democrats in Winnersh, and Charvil to an Independent. ^[4] The Liberal Democrats held the 3 seats they defended in Bulmershe and Whitegates, Twyford and Loddon. However their gain in Winnersh was cancelled out a few hours later when Sue Smith resigned from the Liberal Democrats to finish her term as an Independent. ^{[5] [6]}

Wokingham Local Election Result 2012 ^[7]

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	13	0	2	-2	72.2	48.4	15,345	-4.0%
	Liberal Democrats	4	1	0	+1	22.2	24.1	7,643	-1.5%
	Labour	0	0	0	0	0	12.2	3,862	-1.1%
	Green	0	0	0	0	0	7.5	2,378	+3.2%
	UKIP	0	0	0	0	0	5.4	1,733	+1.5%
	Independent	1	1	0	+1	5.5	1.5	496	+0.9%

There were a total of 31,640 votes cast, including 183 spoiled ballots.

Ward results

Bulmershe & Whitegates ^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Lesley Hayward	976	37.1	+3.9
	Conservative	Mohammed Parvaiz	660	25.1	−11.4
	Labour	Greg Bello	750	28.5	+7.6
	UKIP	Billy Khan	137	5.2	−0.4
	Green	Adrian Windisch	106	4.0	+0.2
Majority			226	8.6	+5.3
Turnout			2641	40
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	+3.9

Charvil ^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Malcolm Storry	42	4.8	−23.2
	Conservative	Emma Hobbs	382	43.2	−22.6
	Green	James O'Callaghan	44	5.0	+5.0
	Independent	Nick Ray	414	46.8	46.8
Majority			32	3.6
Turnout			884	38
	Independent gain from Conservative		Swing	+46.8

Emmbrook ^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ullakarin Clark	1202	55.9	−0.2
	Liberal Democrats	Suresh Jeganathan	291	13.5	−8.8
	UKIP	Steven McMillan	330	15.3	+7.1
	Labour	Paul Sharples	313	14.6	+1.2
Majority			872	42.4
Turnout			2151	33
	Conservative hold		Swing	-0.2

Evendons ^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Dianne King	967	50.2	−5.9
	Liberal Democrats	Steven Scarrott	388	20.1	−2.1
	UKIP	Mike Spencer	278	14.4	+6.2
	Labour	Anthony Skuse	286	14.8	+1.8
Majority			579	30.1
Turnout			1927	28
	Conservative hold		Swing	-5.9

Finchampstead North ^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mike Gore	1038	69.9	+1.7
	Liberal Democrats	Roy Neall	121	8.2	−23.6
	Labour	Tim Jinkerson	193	13.0	+13.0
	Green	Martyn Foss	124	8.4	+8.4
Majority			845	61.7
Turnout			1484	34
	Conservative hold		Swing	+1.7

Finchampstead South ^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ian Pittock	843	58.3	−9.9
	Liberal Democrats	Roland Cundy	345	23.8	−2.4
	Green	Matthew Valler	241	16.7	+16.7
Majority			498	34.5
Turnout			1447	33
	Conservative hold		Swing	-7.3

Hawkedon ^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Guy Grandison	688	42.8	−12.8
	Liberal Democrats	Anthony Vick	402	25.0	−2.3
	UKIP	Peter Jackson	142	8.8	+8.8
	Labour	Neville Waites	278	17.3	+0.2
	Green	John Prior	97	6.0	+6.0
Majority			286	17.8
Turnout			1609	23
	Conservative hold		Swing	-12.8

Hillside ^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Pauline Jorgensen	1062	50.5	−7.5
	Liberal Democrats	Keith Yabsley	465	22.1	+4.6
	Labour	David Sharp	317	15.1	−0.7
	Green	Helene Cherry	241	11.4	+2.2
Majority			597	28.4
Turnout			2105	31
	Conservative hold		Swing	-7.5

Hurst ^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Wayne Smith	562	71.2	−4.2
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Trott	83	10.5	−4.2
	Labour	Umesh Ummat	62	7.8	+2.1
	Green	Paula Montie	79	10	N/A
Majority			224	28.5	−32.2
Turnout			789	36
	Conservative hold		Swing	-4.2

Loddon ^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Tom McCann	846	41.4	+6.8
	Conservative	Bill Soane	751	36.7	−8.8
	Labour	Tom Clark	303	14.8	+1.5
	Green	Julia Titus	132	6.4	+0.1
Majority			95	4.7
Turnout			2042	30
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	+6.8

Maiden Erlegh ^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ken Miall	966	45.5	−4.9
	Liberal Democrats	David Hare	528	24.9	+2.4
	Labour	Jacqueline Rupert	373	17.6	−0.4
	Green	Nicholas Marshall	238	11.2	+2.1
Majority			438	20.6
Turnout			2119	30
	Conservative hold		Swing	-4.9

Norreys ^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Malcolm Llewellyn Richards	959	48.8	−4.6
	Liberal Democrats	John Charles Bray	268	13.6	−1.3
	UKIP	Keith John Knight	212	10.7	+3.2
	Labour	Mary Gascoyne	315	16.0	+1.2
	Green	Emma-Louise Hamilton	120	6.1	N/A
	Independent	Robin Smith	82	4.1	−5.2
Majority			644	32.7	−5.8
Turnout			1965	29
	Conservative hold		Swing	-4.6

Remenham, Wargrave and Ruscombe ^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Anthony Sydney Halsall	937	68.5	−3.0
	Liberal Democrats	Martin George Alder	248	18.1	−2.8
	Labour	Matthew Stephen Dent	172	12.5	+5.3
Majority			689	50.4
Turnout			1367	31
	Conservative hold		Swing	+0.2

Shinfield South ^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Charlotte Jacqueline Louise Haitham-Taylor	893	58.6	−3.4
	Liberal Democrats	Imogen Shepherd-DuBey	141	9.2	−4.5
	Green	Marjory Diane Bisset	473	31.1	+6.8
Majority			420	26.8	−11.0
Turnout			1567	29
	Conservative hold		Swing	-3.4

Twyford ^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Lindsay Ferris	1,011	55.2	+3.5
	Conservative	Sam Hawkins	527	28.8	−6.5
	Labour	Richard Fort	159	8.6	+0.4
	Green	James Ewan	118	6.4	N/A
Majority			484	26.4	+10.0
Turnout			1829	40
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	+3.5

Wescott ^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Kazek Lokuciewski	187	14.0	+7.5
	Liberal Democrats	James Leask	158	11.8	−8.8
	UKIP	Stella Howell	135	10.1	+4.4
	Labour	John Woodward	166	12.4	−0.5
	Conservative	Bob Wyatt	679	51.0	−4.3
Majority			492	36.9	+3.2
Turnout			1331	31
	Conservative hold		Swing	-3.3

Winnersh ^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mark Ashwell	961	38.2	−4.1
	Liberal Democrats	Rachelle Shepherd-Dubey	1,183	47.0	+7.0
	UKIP	Tony Pollock	183	7.2	−1.4
	Labour	John Baker	175	6.9	−2.6
Majority			222	8.8
Turnout			2513	35
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing	+7.0

Wokingham Without ^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Pauline Helliar-Symons	1,268	66.0	−2.6
	Liberal Democrats	Elaine Spratling	147	7.6	−4.5
	Green	Thomas Blomley	178	9.2	+9.2
	UKIP	Graham Widdows	316	16.4	+8.3
Majority			652	33.9	−22.7
Turnout			1920	31
	Conservative hold		Swing	-2.6

References

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