2014 Reading Borough Council election

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2014 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 2014 Reading Borough Council election

Elections to Reading Borough Council took place on 22 May 2014, with 15 council seats up for election. The Labour Party repeated their wins of 2012 gaining Church, Katesgrove, Redlands, Kentwood and Caversham wards, giving them a total of 31 Councillors. The Conservative Party lost three seats but gained Peppard ward from an independent. The Liberal Democrats lost two seats but held Tilehurst ward. The Green Party held Park ward including a by-election caused by the resignation of one of their Councillors. UKIP stood a record number of candidates at the election but failed to gain any council seats.

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The elections were held on the same day as the 2014 European Elections.

After the election, the composition of the council was:

PartySeats  +/-  
Labour 31+5
Conservative 10-2
Green Party 30
Liberal Democrats 2-2
Independent 0-1
Labour hold

Election result

Reading Borough Council Election, 2014
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Labour 11+50+570%39.0%15,024-6.0%
  Conservative 2+1-3-212%25.5%9,826-2.3%
  Green 200012%13.6%5,243+2.5%
  UKIP 00000%8.9%3,446+8.3%
  Liberal Democrats 10-2-26%8.9%3,414-1.1%
  Independent 00-1-10%3.9%1,487+0.2%
  The Roman Party Ave! 00000%0.1%430%
  TUSC 00000%0.1%23New

Note: The figures above for votes and vote percentages do not include the Park by-election.

Ward results

Abbey Ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Bet Tickner1,19549%−9.7%
Conservative Laurence Taylor47519.4%+1.3%
Green Richard Black31512.9%+1.2%
UKIP Stephen George2369.6%+9.6%
Liberal Democrats James Moore2188.9%+2.0%
Majority 72029.5%−10.7%
Turnout 2,43925%+5.0%
Labour hold Swing -6.0%
Battle Ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Sarah Hacker1,25557.0%+3.0%
Conservative Imraan Ishtiaq44220.0%−7.7%
Green Alan Lockey29313.3%+3.3%
Liberal Democrats Glenn Goodall1677.5%+1.9%
The Roman Party Ave! Jean-Louis Pascual431.9%−0.3%
Majority 81336.9%10.7%
Turnout 2,22028%+3.0%
Labour hold Swing +5.3%
Caversham Ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Rachael Chrisp1,08137.0%−12.0%
Conservative Geoff Poland89430.6%−3.6%
Green Jenny Hicks36212.3%+2.0%
UKIP Michael Diamond34811.9%+11.9%
Liberal Democrats Christopher Burden2127.2%+0.7%
TUSC Silvia Vousden230.7%+0.7%
Majority 1876.4%−7.8%
Turnout 292039%+4.0%
Labour gain from Conservative Swing -4.2%
Church Ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Ashley Pearce91941.3%−9.2%
Conservative Paul Carnell57725.9%−8.4%
UKIP Ann Zebedee38017.1%+17.1%
Green Vivienne Johnson23810.7%+3.2%
Liberal Democrats Margaret McNeill1084.8%+0.2%
Majority 34215.3%−0.8%
Turnout 2,22226%+1.0%
Labour gain from Conservative Swing -0.4%
Katesgrove Ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Sophia James99248.5%−7.4%
Conservative Emma Warman33416.3%+1.5%
Green Louise Keane27813.6%+3.8%
UKIP John Dearing24812.1%+12.1%
Liberal Democrats Peter Kinsley1919.3%−6.8%
Majority 65832.2%−7.5%
Turnout 2,04328%+5.0%
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats Swing -4.4%
Kentwood Ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Glenn Dennis98935.9%−10.9%
Conservative Tom Steele84730.8%−4.6%
UKIP Howard Thomas60121.8%+21.8%
Green Ruth Shaffrey1786.4%0.0%
Liberal Democrats Jon Walls1354.9%−0.5%
Majority 1425.1%−6.2%
Turnout 2,75037%+7.0%
Labour gain from Conservative Swing -3.1%
Minster Ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Marian Livingston1,09044.3%−14.9%
Conservative Katie Black66427.0%+0.7%
UKIP Patrick Dillon35114.2%+14.2%
Green Hazel Murphy22610.8%+3.7%
Liberal Democrats Jonathan Fanti1285.2%−2.0%
Majority 42617.3%−15.5%
Turnout 2,45932%+3.0%
Labour hold Swing -7.8%
Norcot Ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Debs Absolom1,36857.0%−11.8%
Conservative Clare Vose57323.9%+4.0%
Green David James Patterson28912.0%+6.2%
Liberal Democrats Georgina Hughes1697.0%−0.2%
Majority 79533.1%−15.7%
Turnout 2,39932%+5.0%
Labour hold Swing -7.9%
Park Ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Green Rob White1,66953.3%+6.9%
Labour Anrish Kaur93629.9%−10.9%
Conservative Mohammad Basharat32010.2%−0.2%
UKIP Anne Armstrong1193.8%+3.8%
Liberal Democrats Rebecca Rye842.6%+0.6%
Majority 73323.4%+17.8%
Turnout 3,12843%+8.0%
Green hold Swing +8.9%
Park Ward By-Election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Green Josh Williams1,56951.1%+4.7%
Labour Matthew Lawrence1,01533.0%−7.8%
Conservative Shanaz Akhtar39112.7%+2.3%
Liberal Democrats Francis Jakeman933.0%+1.0%
Majority 55418.0%+12.4%
Turnout 3,06843%+8.0%
Green hold Swing +6.3
Peppard Ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Simon Robinson1,02731.8%−6.6%
Independent Mark Ralph88627.5%−0.3%
Labour Natalie Platts50915.8%+0.5%
UKIP John Knight46014.2%+14.2%
Green Kate Day1865.7%−1.7%
Liberal Democrats Jenny Woods1524.7%−5.7%
Majority 1414.3%−6.3%
Turnout 3,22042%+5.0%
Conservative gain from Independent Swing -3.1%
Redlands Ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour David Absolom1,04744.9%−6.9%
Conservative Helen Hopper43018.4%+4.7%
Liberal Democrats Kirsten Bayes34114.6%−6.7%
Green Kizzi Murtagh33714.4%+1.8%
UKIP Robert Derek Allen1737.4%+7.4%
Majority 61726.5%−3.9%
Turnout 2,32831%+5.0%
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats Swing -5.8%
Southcote Ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour John Ennis1,28657.5%−7.5%
Conservative Ellis Wiggins62628.0%+5.2%
Green Doug Cresswell2139.5%+4.2%
Liberal Democrats Madeline Adams1104.9%−1.8%
Majority 66029.5%−12.7%
Turnout 2,23534%+2.0%
Labour hold Swing -6.3%
Thames Ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative David Stevens1,48645.5%+0.6%
Labour Richard Stainthorp76623.4%+1.2%
Green Sarah McNamara38511.8%+0.8%
Independent John Dickson33210.1%−1.3%
Liberal Democrats Guy William Gipps Penman2938.9%−1.1%
Majority 72022.0%−0.7%
Turnout 3,26244%+6.0%
Conservative hold Swing -0.3%
Tilehurst Ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Ricky Duveen1,01337.2%−1.4%
Conservative Robert Vickers64323.6%−2.4%
UKIP William Stewart Graham MacPhee53019.4%+10.0%
Labour Haji Banaras42915.7%−6.2%
Green Miriam Kennet1073.9%+0.2%
Majority 37013.5%+0.9%
Turnout 2,72238%+6.0%
Liberal Democrats hold Swing -1.9%
Whitley Ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Rachel Eden1,16253.2%−11.2%
Conservative Nick Brown48822.3%+4.4%
Independent Jamie Steven Wake26912.3%+7.7%
Green Keith Martin Johnson1697.7%+3.9%
Liberal Democrats Janel Blatter934.2%+1.0%
Majority 67430.9%−15.6%
Turnout 2,18126.0%+4.0%
Labour hold Swing -7.8%

By-elections between 2014 and 2015

Southcote by-election 24 July 2014 [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Matthew Lawrence101959.8+2.3
Conservative Ellis Wiggins34020.0−8.0
UKIP Ann Zebedee22613.3+13.3
Green Alan Lockey694.1−5.4
Liberal Democrats Margaret McNeill492.9−2.0
Majority 67939.9
Turnout 1,703
Labour hold Swing

References

  1. ↑ "Local Elections Archive Project — Southcote Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 21 February 2024.
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