2021 Reading Borough Council election

Last updated January 28, 2025

The 2021 Reading Council election took place in 2021 to elect members of Reading Borough Council.^[1] This was on the same day as other local elections.^[2] The election was originally due to take place in May 2020, but was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[3]

Results summary

2021 Reading Borough Council election
Party		This election			Full council			This election
Party		Seats	Net	Seats %	Other	Total	Total %	Votes	Votes %	+/−
	Labour	10	1	58.8	19	29	63.0	18,625	41.1	+1.7
	Conservative	4		23.5	6	10	21.7	14,281	31.5	+5.7
	Green	2	1	11.8	3	5	10.9	7,395	16.3	-2.8
	Liberal Democrats	1		5.9	1	2	4.3	4,644	10.2	-4.5
	Independent	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	248	0.5	+0.1
	Reform UK	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	81	0.2	New
	TUSC	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	50	0.1	New
	Liberal	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	23	0.1	±0.0
	SDP	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	17	<0.1	New

Ward Results

Abbey

Abbey
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Tony Page	1,444	51.5	+2.8
	Conservative	David Cozens	689	24.6	+7.0
	Green	Howard Darby	432	15.4	−3.6
	Liberal Democrats	Anne Thompson	238	8.5	−4.8
Majority			755
Turnout			2,832	27.73
	Labour hold		Swing

Battle

Battle
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Gul Khan	1,168	52.7	−2.3
	Conservative	Michael Hey	472	21.3	+4.9
	Green	Sarah Watchman	308	13.9	−3.2
	Liberal Democrats	John Grout	170	7.7	−3.6
	Independent	Yemi Awolola	99	4.5	N/A
Majority			696
Turnout			2,246	27.66
	Labour hold		Swing

Caversham

Caversham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Richard Davies	1,480	47.6	+3.5
	Conservative	Ian Binge	906	29.1	+5.5
	Green	Sally Newman	407	13.1	−3.9
	Liberal Democrats	Christopher Ward	174	5.6	−9.8
	Independent	Sara Fulbrook	128	4.1	N/A
	SDP	Damian Skelton	17	0.5	N/A
Majority			574
Turnout			3,136	42.32
	Labour hold		Swing

Church

Church
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ashley Pearce	995	46.5	−0.7
	Conservative	Adam Phelps	820	38.3	+14.6
	Green	Kathryn McCann	220	10.3	−4.7
	Liberal Democrats	Mark Cole	106	5.0	−7.7
Majority			175
Turnout			2,152	31.22
	Labour hold		Swing

Katesgrove

Katesgrove
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Rose Williams	938	41.2	−15.2
	Green	Louise Keane	868	38.1	+21.2
	Conservative	Abdoulaye Sow	344	15.1	+0.5
	Liberal Democrats	Margaret McNeill	93	4.1	−6.5
	Independent	Jean-Louis Pascual	36	1.6	N/A
Majority			70
Turnout			2,305	31.14
	Labour hold		Swing

Kentwood

Kentwood
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Daya Pal Singh	1,173	43.3	+5.3
	Conservative	Nick Fudge	1,135	41.9	+0.3
	Green	Anthea West	204	7.5	−2.0
	Liberal Democrats	Gary Coster	198	7.3	−2.4
Majority			38
Turnout			2,731	37.10
	Labour hold		Swing

Mapledurham

Mapledurham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Isobel Ballsdon	724	51.5	−2.1
	Liberal Democrats	Chris Burden	330	23.5	−0.3
	Labour	Bouba Dembele	208	14.8	+0.2
	Green	Brent Smith	143	10.2	+2.3
Majority			394
Turnout			1,415	56.15
	Conservative hold		Swing

Minster

Minster
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Liz Terry	1,256	44.8	−0.1
	Conservative	Alanzo Seville	904	32.2	+0.6
	Green	Isobel Hoskins	352	12.6	+2.5
	Liberal Democrats	Ben Sims	292	10.4	−1.8
Majority			352
Turnout			2,833	36.48
	Labour hold		Swing

Norcot

Norcot
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jo Lovelock	1,301	55.8	+1.5
	Conservative	Zachary Okeyo	683	29.3	+7.2
	Green	Richard Walkem	191	8.2	−2.6
	Liberal Democrats	James Moore	114	4.9	−2.7
	Liberal	Stephen Graham	23	1.0	−1.1
	TUSC	Neil Adams	21	0.9	N/A
Majority			618
Turnout			2,344	30.15
	Labour hold		Swing

Park

Park
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Brenda McGonigle	1,631	50.6	−3.9
	Labour	Amjad Tarar	1,253	38.8	+1.8
	Conservative	Abi Jones	263	8.2	+5.8
	Liberal Democrats	Chris Dodson	79	2.4	−0.1
Majority			378
Turnout			3,245	44.45
	Green hold		Swing

Peppard

Peppard
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jane Stanford-Beale	1,498	43.7	−4.7
	Conservative	Clarence Mitchell	1,457	42.5	−5.9
	Labour	James Denny	1,005	29.3	+7.5
	Labour	Benjamin Perry	765	22.3	+0.5
	Green	Doug Cresswell	528	15.4	+0.6
	Liberal Democrats	Hilary Smart	378	11.0	−2.6
	Liberal Democrats	Pieter de Boiserie	359	10.5	−3.1
	Green	Sarah McNamara	248	7.2	−7.6
	Reform UK	Vincent Ruane	81	2.4	N/A
Majority
Turnout			3,432	45.68
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Redlands

Redlands
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	David McElroy	1,009	41.8	−4.5
	Labour	Andrew Hornsby-Smith	999	41.4	+5.3
	Conservative	Shekhar Natarajan	319	13.2	+2.6
	Liberal Democrats	Francis Jakeman	84	3.5	−2.5
Majority			10
Turnout			2,433	36.61
	Green gain from Labour		Swing

Southcote

Southcote
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Debs Edwards	1,303	55.0	+2.8
	Conservative	Gabriella Kirkby	814	34.4	+8.6
	Green	Asad Feroz	166	7.0	−4.3
	Liberal Democrats	Riccardo Mancuso-Marcello	85	3.6	−5.6
Majority			489
Turnout			2,394	35.13
	Labour hold		Swing

Thames

Thames
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Paul Carnell	1,561	40.9	+7.1
	Labour	Caroline McArthur	1,221	32.0	+7.9
	Liberal Democrats	Joanna Ramsay	619	16.2	−5.8
	Green	Danny McNamara	419	11.0	−9.1
Majority			340
Turnout			3,857	51.59
	Conservative hold		Swing

Tilehurst

Tilehurst
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Meri O'Connell	1,218	44.8	−2.2
	Conservative	Jay Varley	944	34.8	+7.1
	Labour	Indy Singh	412	15.2	+1.6
	Green	Gabriel Berry-Khan	113	4.2	−0.3
	TUSC	Jen Bottom	29	1.1	N/A
Majority			274
Turnout			2,735	37.01
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Whitley

Whitley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Alice Mpofu-Coles	1,326	54.8	−4.2
	Conservative	Elizabeth Sheppard	748	30.9	+12.0
	Green	Kathy Smith	156	6.4	−5.3
	Liberal Democrats	Ian Westby	107	4.4	−4.3
	Independent	Bala Sani	84	3.5	N/A
Majority			578
Turnout			2,439	25.20
	Labour hold		Swing

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↑ 2021 Local Borough Elections Archived 7 December 2020 at the Wayback Machine Reading Borough Council
↑ "Local government elections". www.local.gov.uk. Retrieved 7 January 2020.
↑ "Local elections postponed for a year over coronavirus". BBC News. 13 March 2020. Retrieved 13 March 2020.
↑ "New political map for Reading Borough Council". Local Government Boundary Commission for England . 29 September 2020. Archived from the original on 5 February 2021. Retrieved 5 February 2021.

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[1] 2021 Local Borough Elections Archived 7 December 2020 at the Wayback Machine Reading Borough Council

[2] "Local government elections". www.local.gov.uk. Retrieved 7 January 2020.

[3] "Local elections postponed for a year over coronavirus". BBC News. 13 March 2020. Retrieved 13 March 2020.

[4] "New political map for Reading Borough Council". Local Government Boundary Commission for England . 29 September 2020. Archived from the original on 5 February 2021. Retrieved 5 February 2021.

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