2016 Reading Borough Council election

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Map of the results of the 2016 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 2012.gif
Map of the results of the 2016 Reading Borough Council election. Labour in red, Liberal Democrats in yellow, Conservatives in blue and the Greens in green.

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]

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, 2016
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Labour 1100068.7%45.0%15,888+7.5%
  Conservative 300018.7%28.3%10,017-7.0%
  Green 10006.2%12.2%4,318+1.1%
  Liberal Democrats 10006.2%11.5%4,075+3.7%
  UKIP 00000%2.7%970-5.2%
  TUSC 00000%0.0%550.0%
  Liberal 00000%0.0%440.0%

Ward results

Abbey

Abbey
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Tony Page1,28158.2%+15.9%
Conservative Trevor Slack46621.1%
Green Joe Sylvester23610.7%
Liberal Democrats Kirsten Bayes2189.9%
Majority81537.1%
Labour hold Swing

Battle

Battle 2016
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Gul Khan1,174
Conservative Michael Hey401
Green Alan Lockey209
Liberal Democrats John Grout183
Majority773
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
Majority52017.8
Labour hold Swing

Church

Church 2016
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Eileen McElligott985
Conservative Paul Carnell646
Green Kathryn McCann220
Liberal Democrats Ben Thomas100
Majority339
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%
Majority80444.2%
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
Majority55337.9
Turnout 1,458
Labour hold Swing

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