2015 Reading Borough Council election

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Map of the results of the 2015 Reading Borough Council election. Labour in red, Liberal Democrats in yellow, Conservatives in blue and the Greens in green. Reading Borough Council Electoral Make-up 2011.gif
Map of the results of the 2015 Reading Borough Council election. Labour in red, Liberal Democrats in yellow, Conservatives in blue and the Greens in green.

Elections to Reading Borough Council took place on 7 May 2015 to elect approximately one third of the members of Reading Borough Council in England to coincide with other local elections, an election which was held simultaneously with the 2015 General Election, resulting in higher turnout than the previous election. [1] The election resulted in no change in terms of the political make-up of the Council will each political party holding their respective seats.

Contents

After the election, the composition of the council was:

PartySeats  +/-  
Labour 310
Conservative 100
Green Party 30
Liberal Democrats 20
Labour hold

Election result

Reading Borough Council Election, 2015
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Labour 900060%37.5%25,803-1.5%
  Conservative 500033.3%35.3%24,260+9.8%
  Green 10006.6%11.1%7,624-2.5%
  UKIP 00000%7.9%5,467-1.0%
  Liberal Democrats 00000%7.8%5,361-1.1%
  Independent 00000%0.0%57-3.9%
  Liberal 00000%0.0%47N/C
  The Roman Party Ave! 00000%0.0%34-0.1%
  TUSC 00000%0.0%13-0.1%

Ward results

Abbey Ward [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Mohammed Ayub1,95042.3%-6.7%
Conservative Chris Ashworth1,45431.6%+12.2%
Green Richard Black53511.6%-1.3%
Liberal Democrats James Moore3938.5%-0.4%
UKIP William MacPhee2695.8%-3.2%
Majority49610.7%-18.8%
Turnout 4.60153.7%+28.7%
Labour hold Swing -9.4%
Battle Ward [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Chris Maskell2,21953.1%-3.9%
Conservative Michael Hey97923.4%+3.4%
Green Alan Edward Lockey3899.3%-4.0%
UKIP Jack McLeod2766.6%+6.6%
Liberal Democrats Glenn Goodall2756.5%-1.0%
The Roman Party Ave! Jean-Louis Pascual340.8%-1.1%
Majority1,24027.5%-9.4%
Turnout 4,17256%+28%
Labour hold Swing -3.6%
Caversham Ward [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Claire McDonald1,92138.8%+8.2%
Labour Mary Waite1,74035.1%-1.9%
Green David Foster50710.2%-2.1%
Liberal Democrats Chris Burden4158.3%-1.1%
UKIP Matthew Plunkett3647.3%-4.6%
Majority1810.3%+6.7%
Turnout 4,94768.2%+29.2%
Conservative hold Swing +5%
Church Ward [4] [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Paul Richard Woodward1,55539.2%-2.1%
Conservative Paul Carnell1,31833.2%+7.3%
UKIP Bob Curtis46411.7%-5.4%
Green Neil Andrews3759.4%-1.3%
Liberal Democrats Kirsten Bayes2536.3%+1.5%
Majority2375.9%-9.4%
Turnout 3,96558.9%+30.9%
Labour hold Swing -4.7%
Katesgrove Ward [5] [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Matt Rodda 1,71345.6%-2.9%
Conservative Syed Abbas95225.3%+9.0%
Green Louise Keane51613.7%+0.1%
Liberal Democrats Janel Blatter3358.9%-0.4%
UKIP Karin Cheetham2376.3%-5.8%
Majority76120.2%-12.0%
Turnout 3,75356.2%+28.2%
Labour hold Swing -5.9%
Kentwood Ward [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Tom Steele2,03743.5%+12.7%
Labour Gurvinder Kaur1,53832.8%-3.1%
UKIP Howard Thomas58212.4%-9.4%
Green Ruth Shaffrey2886.1%-0.3%
Liberal Democrats Jonathan Walls2345.0%+0.1%
Majority49910.6%+15.7%
Turnout 4,67965%+28%
Conservative hold Swing +7.9%
Minster Ward [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Paul Stephen Gittings2,08246.0%+1.7%
Conservative Alanzo Nesta Seville1,56034.5%+7.5%
Green Keith Johnson45810.1%-0.7%
UKIP Patrick Dillon4199.2%-5.0%
Majority52211.5%-5.8%
Turnout 4,51961.7%+29.7%
Labour hold Swing -2.9%

Note: The Liberal Democrats did not stand in this ward.

Norcot Ward [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Graeme William Hoskin2,18148.0%-9.0%
Conservative Rob Masterson1,33129.3%+5.4%
UKIP Philip Giles52011.4%+11.4%
Green Brent Smith2485.4%-6.6%
Liberal Democrats Annette Hendry2104.6%-2.4%
Liberal Stephen Graham470.1%+0.1%
Majority85018.7%-14.4%
Turnout 4,53761.8%+29.8%
Labour hold Swing -7.0%
Park Ward [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Green Josh Williams1,98743.3%-10.0%
Labour Dave Dymond1,65236.0%+6.1%
Conservative Sarah Parkington77616.9%+6.7%
Liberal Democrats Rebecca Rye1723.7%+1.1%
Majority3357.3%-16.1%
Turnout 4,58769.2%+26.2%
Green hold Swing -8.0%
Peppard Ward [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Clare Grashoff3,26058.0%+26.2%
Labour Leighton Yeo1,15520.5%+4.7%
Liberal Democrats Madeleine Elizabeth Adams70612.5%+7.8%
Green Kate Day4988.8%+3.1%
Majority2,10537.4%+33.1%
Turnout 5,61974.9%+32.9%
Conservative hold Swing +10.7%
Redlands Ward [12]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Jan Gavin1,68242.5%-2.4%
Conservative Helen Hopper95524.1%+5.7%
Green Kizzi Murtagh80420.3%+5.9%
Liberal Democrats Francis Jakeman3378.5%-6.1%
UKIP Robert Allan1754.4%-3.0%
Majority72718.3%-8.2%
Turnout 3,95365.5%+34.5%
Labour hold Swing -4.0%
Southcote Ward [13]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Matt Lawrence1,80242.7%-14.8%
Conservative Russell Martin1,47634.9%+6.9%
UKIP John Combes57613.6%+13.6%
Green Doug Cresswell1874.4%-5.1%
Liberal Democrats Rodney Pinchen1794.2%-0.7%
Majority3267.7%-21.8%
Turnout 4,22064.8%+30.8%
Labour hold Swing -10.8%
Thames Ward [14]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Jeanette Mavis Skeats3,03752.2%+6.7%
Labour Richard Stainthorp1,25821.6%-1.8%
Liberal Democrats Guy Penman60910.4%+1.5%
Green Sarah McNamara4958.5%-3.3%
UKIP Cecilia Kelly4107.0%+7.0%
Majority1,77930.6%+8.6%
Turnout 5,80978.8%+34.8%
Conservative hold Swing +4.2%
Tilehurst Ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Sandra Doreen Vickers1,94439.9%+16.3%
Labour Matt Harrison1,11422.9%+7.2%
Liberal Democrats Jon Fanti1,09622.5%-14.7%
UKIP Ann Zebedee53210.9%-8.5%
Green Miriam Kennet1763.6%-0.3%
Majority83017.0%+30.5%
Turnout 4,86268.6%
Conservative hold Swing +15.5%
Whitley Ward [15]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Kelly Liza Edwards2,16248.6%-4.6%
Conservative Nick Brown1,26028.3%+6.0%
UKIP Linda Giles64314.4%+14.4%
Green Stacey Hames1613.6%-4.1%
Liberal Democrats Margaret McNeill1473.3%-0.9%
Independent Jamie Wake571.2%-11.1%
TUSC Fredrik Tillett130.2%+0.2%
Majority90220.3%-10.6%
Turnout 4,44354.3%+28.3%
Labour hold Swing -5.3%

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