2016 Reading Borough Council election

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2016 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 2016 Reading Borough Council election

The 2016 Reading Borough Council election took place on 5 May 2016 to elect members of Reading Borough Council in England. [1] [2] The election for Police and Crime Commissioner was held on the same day. The Labour Party increased their borough-wide vote by over 7% and held on to marginal seats in Church, Kentwood and Caversham, the latter receiving the highest number of votes recorded for any candidate at this election . [3]

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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, 2016
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Labour 1100068.745.015,888+7.5
  Conservative 300018.728.310,017-7.0
  Green 10006.212.24,318+1.1
  Liberal Democrats 10006.211.54,075+3.7
  UKIP 00000.02.7970-5.2
  TUSC 00000.00.0550.0
  Liberal 00000.00.0440.0

Ward results

Abbey

Abbey
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Tony Page 1,28158.2%+15.9%
Conservative Trevor Slack46621.1%
Green Joe Sylvester23610.7%
Liberal Democrats Kirsten Bayes2189.9%
Majority 81537.1%
Labour hold Swing

Battle

Battle 2016
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Gul Khan1,174
Conservative Michael Hey401
Green Alan Lockey209
Liberal Democrats John Grout183
Majority 773
Labour hold Swing

Caversham

Caversham 2016
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Richard Davies1,48150.8
Conservative Ed Hogan96133.0
Green David Foster2709.3
Liberal Democrats Christopher Burden2037.0
Majority 52017.8
Labour hold Swing

Church

Church 2016
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Eileen McElligott985
Conservative Paul Carnell646
Green Kathryn McCann220
Liberal Democrats Ben Thomas100
Majority 339
Labour hold Swing

Katesgrove

Katesgrove 2016
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Rose Williams1,10660.8%
Conservative Syed Abbas30216.6%
Green Louise Keane23913.1%
Liberal Democrats Margaret McNeill1729.5%
Majority 80444.2%
Labour hold Swing

Kentwood

Kentwood 2016
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Daya Pal Singh1,054
Conservative Emma Warman810
UKIP Howard Thomas254
Green Ruth Shaffrey150
Liberal Democrats Glenn Goodall145
Majority
Labour hold Swing

Mapledurham

Mapledurham 2016
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Isobel Ballsdon590
Liberal Democrats Jenny Woods262
Labour Simon Rogers161
Green Brent Smith87
Majority
Conservative hold Swing

Minster

Minster 2016
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Liz Terry1,139
Conservative Alanzo Seville572
UKIP Linda Ann Giles224
Liberal Democrats James Moore166
Green Keith Johnson141
Majority
Labour hold Swing

Norcot

Norcot 2016
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Jo Lovelock1,305
Conservative Robert Masterson358
UKIP Philip Martin Giles232
Green Jill Wigmore-Welsh126
Liberal Democrats Jon Walls95
Liberal Stephen Graham44
Majority
Labour hold Swing

Park

Park 2016
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Green Brenda McGonigle1,375
Labour Dave Dymond1,011
Conservative Roland Hazell260
Liberal Democrats Rebecca Rye83
Majority
Green hold Swing

Peppard

Peppard 2016
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Jane Beale-Stanford1,299
Labour Leighton Yeo542
Liberal Democrats Peter Boardley489
Green Sally Newman219
Majority
Conservative hold Swing

Redlands

Redlands 2016
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Tony Jones1,096
Green Kizzi Murtagh383
Conservative Natalie Greenstreet343
Liberal Democrats Francis Jakeman206
Majority
Labour hold Swing

Southcote

Southcote 2016
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Debs Edwards1,325
Conservative Russell Martin515
Liberal Democrats Mark Cole129
Green Doug Cresswell106
Majority
Labour hold Swing

Thames

Thames 2016
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Ed Hopper1,383
Labour Karen Rowland665
Liberal Democrats Guy Penman467
Green Sarah McNamara353
Majority
Conservative hold Swing

Tilehurst

Tilehurst 2016
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Meri O’Connell1,044
Conservative Robert Vickers641
Labour Matt Harrison468
UKIP Stephen George James260
Green Miriam Kennet56
Majority
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Whitley

Whitley 2016
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Emmett McKenna1,095
Conservative James Kiriamiti470
Green Richard Black148
Liberal Democrats Roy Haines115
TUSC Neil Adams55
Majority
Labour hold Swing

By-elections between 2016 and 2018

Southcote by-election 21 July 2016 [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Jason Brook93464.1+0.2
Conservative Russell Martin38126.1+1.3
Liberal Democrats Mark Cole775.3−0.9
Green Alan Lockey664.5−0.6
Majority 55337.9
Turnout 1,458
Labour hold Swing

References

  1. ↑ "Guide to May 2016 elections in Scotland, Wales, England and Northern Ireland". BBC News. Retrieved 21 April 2016.
  2. ↑ "2016 Local Borough Elections". Reading City Council. Retrieved 23 April 2016.[ permanent dead link ]
  3. ↑ "Local Election Results - 5 May 2016". Reading City Council. Retrieved 6 May 2016.
  4. ↑ "Local Elections Archive Project — Southcote Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 21 February 2024.
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