2021 Reading Borough Council election

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2021 Reading Borough Council election
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17 out of 46 seats to Reading Borough Council
24 seats needed for a majority
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LeaderJason BrockRob WhiteJeanette Skeats
Party Labour Green Conservative
Last election30 seats, 39.4%4 seats, 8.7%10 seats, 21.7%
Seats before30410
Seats won1024
Seats after29510
Seat changeDecrease2.svg1Increase2.svg1Steady2.svg
 Fourth party
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Party Liberal Democrats
Last election2 seats, 14.7%
Seats before2
Seats won1
Seats after2
Seat changeSteady2.svg
Reading UK local election 2021 map.svg
Winner of each seat at the 2021 Reading Borough Council election
Leader before election

Jason Brock
Labour

Leader after election

Jason Brock
Labour


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]

Contents

Council elections for the Reading Borough Council were last held on 2 May 2019 as part of the 2019 United Kingdom local elections. The council underwent a major boundary revision to apply from the 2022 elections. [4]

All locally registered electors (British, Irish, Commonwealth and European Union citizens) who were aged 18 or over on polling day were entitled to vote in the local elections.

Results summary

2021 Reading Borough Council election
PartyThis electionFull councilThis election
SeatsNetSeats %OtherTotalTotal %VotesVotes %+/−
  Labour 10Decrease2.svg 158.8192963.018,62541.1+1.7
  Conservative 4Steady2.svg23.561021.714,28131.5+5.7
  Green 2Increase2.svg 111.83510.97,39516.3-2.8
  Liberal Democrats 1Steady2.svg5.9124.34,64410.2-4.5
  Independent 0Steady2.svg0.0000.02480.5+0.1
  Reform UK 0Steady2.svg0.0000.0810.2New
  TUSC 0Steady2.svg0.0000.0500.1New
  Liberal 0Steady2.svg0.0000.0230.1±0.0
  SDP 0Steady2.svg0.0000.017<0.1New

Ward results

Abbey

Abbey
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Tony Page 1,444 51.5 +2.8
Conservative David Cozens68924.6+7.0
Green Howard Darby43215.4−3.6
Liberal Democrats Anne Thompson2388.5−4.8
Majority 755
Turnout 2,83227.73
Labour hold Swing

Battle

Battle
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Gul Khan 1,168 52.7 −2.3
Conservative Michael Hey47221.3+4.9
Green Sarah Watchman30813.9−3.2
Liberal Democrats John Grout1707.7−3.6
Independent Yemi Awolola994.5N/A
Majority 696
Turnout 2,24627.66
Labour hold Swing

Caversham

Caversham
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Richard Davies 1,480 47.6 +3.5
Conservative Ian Binge90629.1+5.5
Green Sally Newman40713.1−3.9
Liberal Democrats Christopher Ward1745.6−9.8
Independent Sara Fulbrook1284.1N/A
SDP Damian Skelton170.5N/A
Majority 574
Turnout 3,13642.32
Labour hold Swing

Church

Church
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Ashley Pearce 995 46.5 −0.7
Conservative Adam Phelps82038.3+14.6
Green Kathryn McCann22010.3−4.7
Liberal Democrats Mark Cole1065.0−7.7
Majority 175
Turnout 2,15231.22
Labour hold Swing

Katesgrove

Katesgrove
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Rose Williams 938 41.2 −15.2
Green Louise Keane86838.1+21.2
Conservative Abdoulaye Sow34415.1+0.5
Liberal Democrats Margaret McNeill934.1−6.5
Independent Jean-Louis Pascual361.6N/A
Majority 70
Turnout 2,30531.14
Labour hold Swing

Kentwood

Kentwood
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Daya Pal Singh 1,173 43.3 +5.3
Conservative Nick Fudge1,13541.9+0.3
Green Anthea West2047.5−2.0
Liberal Democrats Gary Coster1987.3−2.4
Majority 38
Turnout 2,73137.10
Labour hold Swing

Mapledurham

Mapledurham
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Isobel Ballsdon 724 51.5 −2.1
Liberal Democrats Chris Burden33023.5−0.3
Labour Bouba Dembele20814.8+0.2
Green Brent Smith14310.2+2.3
Majority 394
Turnout 1,41556.15
Conservative hold Swing

Minster

Minster
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Liz Terry 1,256 44.8 −0.1
Conservative Alanzo Seville90432.2+0.6
Green Isobel Hoskins35212.6+2.5
Liberal Democrats Ben Sims29210.4−1.8
Majority 352
Turnout 2,83336.48
Labour hold Swing

Norcot

Norcot
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Jo Lovelock 1,301 55.8 +1.5
Conservative Zachary Okeyo68329.3+7.2
Green Richard Walkem1918.2−2.6
Liberal Democrats James Moore1144.9−2.7
Liberal Stephen Graham231.0−1.1
TUSC Neil Adams210.9N/A
Majority 618
Turnout 2,34430.15
Labour hold Swing

Park

Park
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Green Brenda McGonigle 1,631 50.6 −3.9
Labour Amjad Tarar1,25338.8+1.8
Conservative Abi Jones2638.2+5.8
Liberal Democrats Chris Dodson792.4−0.1
Majority 378
Turnout 3,24544.45
Green hold Swing

Peppard

Peppard
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Jane Stanford-Beale 1,498 43.7 −4.7
Conservative Clarence Mitchell 1,457 42.5 −5.9
Labour James Denny1,00529.3+7.5
Labour Benjamin Perry76522.3+0.5
Green Doug Cresswell52815.4+0.6
Liberal Democrats Hilary Smart37811.0−2.6
Liberal Democrats Pieter de Boiserie35910.5−3.1
Green Sarah McNamara2487.2−7.6
Reform UK Vincent Ruane812.4N/A
Majority
Turnout 3,43245.68
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Redlands

Redlands
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Green David McElroy 1,009 41.8 −4.5
Labour Andrew Hornsby-Smith99941.4+5.3
Conservative Shekhar Natarajan31913.2+2.6
Liberal Democrats Francis Jakeman843.5−2.5
Majority 10
Turnout 2,43336.61
Green gain from Labour Swing

Southcote

Southcote
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Debs Edwards 1,303 55.0 +2.8
Conservative Gabriella Kirkby81434.4+8.6
Green Asad Feroz1667.0−4.3
Liberal Democrats Riccardo Mancuso-Marcello853.6−5.6
Majority 489
Turnout 2,39435.13
Labour hold Swing

Thames

Thames
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Paul Carnell 1,561 40.9 +7.1
Labour Caroline McArthur1,22132.0+7.9
Liberal Democrats Joanna Ramsay61916.2−5.8
Green Danny McNamara41911.0−9.1
Majority 340
Turnout 3,85751.59
Conservative hold Swing

Tilehurst

Tilehurst
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Meri O'Connell 1,218 44.8 −2.2
Conservative Jay Varley94434.8+7.1
Labour Indy Singh41215.2+1.6
Green Gabriel Berry-Khan1134.2−0.3
TUSC Jen Bottom291.1N/A
Majority 274
Turnout 2,73537.01
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Whitley

Whitley
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Alice Mpofu-Coles 1,326 54.8 −4.2
Conservative Elizabeth Sheppard74830.9+12.0
Green Kathy Smith1566.4−5.3
Liberal Democrats Ian Westby1074.4−4.3
Independent Bala Sani843.5N/A
Majority 578
Turnout 2,43925.20
Labour hold Swing

References

  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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