2019 Reading Borough Council election

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2019 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 2019 Reading Borough Council election

The 2019 Reading Borough Council election took place on 2 May 2019 to elect members in 15 wards of Reading Borough Council. There was also a casual vacancy in Thames ward. The Labour Party held control of the council.

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The Liberal Democrats and the Green Party succeeded in making significant increases in their vote across the borough, the Liberal Democrats gaining Tilehurst from the Conservatives and the Green Party gaining Redlands Ward from The Labour Party. The only gain for either of the two major parties was in Caversham where Labour gained a seat from the Conservatives. The election was held on the same day as other local elections.

Election result

2019 Reading Borough Council election
PartyThis electionFull councilThis election
SeatsNetSeats %OtherTotalTotal %VotesVotes %+/−
  Labour 9Steady2.svg56.2213065.215,49639.4–8.9
  Conservative 4Decrease2.svg 225.061021.710,14825.8–4.1
  Green 2Increase2.svg 112.5248.77,53719.1+8.2
  Liberal Democrats 1Increase2.svg 16.3124.35,78514.7+4.3
  UKIP 0Steady2.svg0.0000.01750.4±0.0
  Independent 0Steady2.svg0.0000.01380.4+0.2
  Liberal 0Steady2.svg0.0000.0450.1New

Composition

After the election the composition of the council was:

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Ward results

Abbey

Abbey [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Mohammed Ayub 1,179 48.7 −11.4
Green Howard John Darby46119.0+8.6
Conservative Alison Stevens42617.6+2.3
Liberal Democrats Chris Burden32313.3+3.6
Majority 71829.6−10.6
Turnout 2,42026.04−1.09
Labour hold Swing -10.0

Battle

Battle [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Chris Maskell 1,100 55.0 −10.9
Green Fiona Cox34317.1+8.0
Conservative Michael Hey32916.4−2.4
Liberal Democrats John Grout22711.3+5.2
Majority 75737.8−9.8
Turnout 1,99926.4−2.0
Labour hold Swing -9.45

Caversham

Caversham
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Co-op Ayo Sokale 1,168 44.1 −9.3
Conservative Ella Barrett62523.6−5.1
Green David Foster44817.0+9.4
Liberal Democrats Hillary Smart40815.4+5.1
Turnout 2,64937.0−1.62
Labour Co-op gain from Conservative Swing - 4.2

Church

Church
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Paul Woodward 832 47.2 −7.7
Conservative Shekhar Natarjan41823.7−5.9
Green Kathryn McCann26515.0+3.0
Liberal Democrats Francis Jakeman22512.7+4.9
Turnout 1,76127.3−3.4
Labour hold Swing -1.8

Katesgrove

Katesgrove
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Liam Challenger 1,084 56.4 −10.4
Green Louise Keane32616.9+1.6
Conservative Natalie Greenstreet28214.6−1.7
Liberal Democrats Peter Kinsley20410.6+1.8
Turnout 192128.88−1.8
Labour hold Swing -6.0

Kentwood

Kentwood
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Raj Singh 1,138 41.6 −2.0
Labour Co-op Glenn Dennis1,03838.0−3.2
Liberal Democrats Gary Coster2659.7+0.2
Green Richard Walkem2619.5+0.8
Turnout 2,73038.01−0.13
Conservative hold Swing +1.2

Minster

Minster [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Paul Gittings 1,085 44.9 −5.1
Conservative Nick Fudge76431.6−1.0
Liberal Democrats James Moore29612.2−0.5
Green Willem Londeman24410.1+6.0
Majority 32113.3−4.1
Turnout 2,41234.03−4.0
Labour hold Swing -2.0

Norcot

Norcot
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Graeme Hoskin 1,156 54.3 −4.7
Conservative Zack Okeyo47222.1−3.7
Green Jill Wigmore-Welsh23110.8+5.0
Liberal Democrats Stew Elliott1637.6+3.4
Independent Alan Gulliver1386.4+3.9
Liberal Stephen Graham452.1+1.1
Majority 68432.1N/C
Turnout 2,12728.3−3.8
Labour hold Swing -0.5

Park

Park
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Green Josh Williams 1,815 54.5 +2.3
Labour Co-op Amjad Iqbal Tahir Tarar1,23537.0−0.8
Liberal Democrats Chris Dodson842.5+0.2
Conservative Adam Phelps822.4−4.9
Majority 58017.4+3.1
Turnout 3,32948.8+2.6
Green hold Swing +0.75

Peppard

Peppard
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Clare Grashoff 1,330 48.4 −2.0
Labour Oliver White59921.8−3.8
Green Doug Cresswell40814.8+8.4
Liberal Democrats Simon Smart37613.6−0.2
Majority 73126.6+1.9
Turnout 2,74637.1−1.0
Conservative hold Swing +1.8

Redlands

Redlands
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Green Jamie Whitham 1,002 46.3 +17.3
Labour Co-op Mo McSevney78236.1−8.4
Conservative Beth Vincent23010.6−6.1
Liberal Democrats Graham Alexander1316.0−3.7
Majority 22010.2+25.7
Turnout 2,16340.5+4.8
Green gain from Labour Co-op Swing +12.8

Southcote

Southcote
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Jason Brock 1,074 52.2 −5.4
Conservative Dipika Upadhyay53125.8−4.8
Green Amanda Walsh23411.3+5.7
Liberal Democrats Marie French1899.2+3.4
Majority 54326.4−0.7
Turnout 2,05531.3−2.7
Labour hold Swing -0.6

Thames

Thames
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Jeanette Skeats 1,244 36.5 −7.9
Conservative Paul Carnell 1,153 33.8 −10.6
Labour Boubacar Dembele82224.1−10.1
Labour Benjamin Perry79623.3−10.9
Liberal Democrats Jo Ramsay74622.0+9.8
Liberal Democrats Guy William Penman70020.5+8.3
Green Sarah McNamara68420.1+11.4
Green Sally Anne Newman45813.4+4.7
Majority 42212.4+2.2
Majority 3578.8−1.4
Turnout 3,40246.7+0.1
Conservative hold Swing +2.2
Conservative hold Swing +0.3

Tilehurst

Tilehurst
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Ricky Duveen 1,264 47.0 +12.8
Conservative Sandra Vickers74527.7−13.5
Labour Ali Foster36713.6−6.9
UKIP William MacPhee1756.5+6.5
Green Deborah Wilson1224.5+0.9
Majority 51919.3+13.0
Turnout 2,68437.6+1.1
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing +13.2

Whitley

Whitley
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Micky Leng 1,179 59.0 −4.8
Conservative Robert Vickers37918.9−4.9
Green Lucy Mortlock23511.7+7.0
Liberal Democrats John Illenden1748.7+3.0
Majority 80040.0N/C
Turnout 1,99622.6−2.7
Labour hold Swing +0.1

By-elections between 2019 and 2021

Kentwood by-election 12 December 2019 [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Jenny Rynn 2,181 45.2 +3.1
Labour Glenn Dennis1,78937.1−1.3
Liberal Democrats Gary Coster55611.5+1.7
Green Richard Walker3026.3−3.4
Majority 3928.1
Turnout 4,828
Conservative hold Swing

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Local Election Results - 2 May 2019". Reading Borough Council. Archived from the original on 4 May 2019. Retrieved 3 February 2020.
  2. ↑ "Local Elections Archive Project — Kentwood Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 21 February 2024.
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