2022 Reading Borough Council election

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2022 Reading Borough Council election
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All 48 seats to Reading Borough Council
25 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond party
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Party Labour Green
Last election29 seats, 41.1%5 seats, 16.3%
Seats won327
Seat changeIncrease2.svg 3Increase2.svg 2
Popular vote52,40518,663
Percentage47.3%16.8%
SwingIncrease2.svg 6.2%Increase2.svg 0.5%
 Third partyFourth party
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Party Conservative Liberal Democrats
Last election10 seats, 31.5%2 seats, 10.2%
Seats won63
Seat changeDecrease2.svg 4Increase2.svg 1
Popular vote29,15310,178
Percentage26.3%9.2%
SwingDecrease2.svg 5.2%Decrease2.svg 1.0%
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Winner of each seat at the 2022 Reading Borough Council election
Council control before election


Labour

Council control after election


Labour

An election to Reading Borough Council took place as of 5 May 2022. Following boundary changes all the seats on the council were up for election. [1]

Contents

Previous council composition

After 2021 election Before 2022 election [2]
PartySeatsPartySeats
Labour 29 Labour 29
Conservative 10 Conservative 9
Green 5 Green 5
Liberal Democrats 2 Liberal Democrats 2
Independent 0 Independent 1

Changes:

Results

2022 Reading Borough Council election
PartyThis electionFull councilThis election
SeatsNetSeats %OtherTotalTotal %VotesVotes %+/−
  Labour 32Increase2.svg 366.703266.752,40547.3
  Green 7Increase2.svg 214.60714.618,66316.8
  Conservative 6Decrease2.svg 412.50612.529,15326.3
  Liberal Democrats 3Increase2.svg 16.3036.2510,1789.2
  TUSC 0Steady2.svg0.0000.01990.2
  Independent 0Steady2.svg0.0000.01800.2

Ward results

The Notice of Poll and Statement of Persons Nominated was published on 6 April 2022. [5] The results were published on 6 May. [6] [7]

Abbey

Abbey
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Karen Rowland 936 61.0
Labour Tony Page 876 57.1
Labour Mohammed Ayub 861 56.1
Green Howard Darby45029.3
Conservative Jim Brennan31420.5
Liberal Democrats Christopher Ward29119.0
Conservative Stephen Goss28818.8
Conservative Simon Bazley26917.5
Turnout 24.0
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold

Battle

Battle
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Sarah Hacker 1,410 70.5
Labour Wendy Griffith 1,330 66.5
Labour Gul Khan 1,180 59.0
Green Callum Harling42221.1
Conservative Michael Hey30815.4
Conservative Lizzy Sheppard28814.4
Conservative John Murray28714.3
Liberal Democrats John Grout26713.3
Turnout 27.0
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold

Caversham

Caversham
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Jacopo Lanzoni 1,915 58.5
Labour Matt Yeo 1,793 54.8
Labour Jan Gavin 1,622 49.5
Conservative Andrew Ballsdon89527.3
Green Sally Newman87326.7
Conservative Ian Binge77123.5
Conservative Saadia Saadat70421.5
Liberal Democrats Juliet England54516.6
Turnout 43.0
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold

Caversham Heights

Caversham Heights
PartyCandidateVotes%
Conservative Isobel Ballsdon 1,629 43.3
Labour Sue Kitchingham 1,343 35.9
Conservative Paul Carnell 1,340 35.6
Conservative Dave Luckett1,28334.1
Labour Matt Buckley1,14130.3
Labour Vikram Duhan97425.9
Liberal Democrats Joanna Ramsay93724.9
Green Danny McNamara90124.0
Liberal Democrats Christopher Burden74119.7
Liberal Democrats Thomas Weir42111.2
Turnout 50.0
Conservative hold
Labour gain from Conservative
Conservative hold

Church

Church
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Ruth McEwan 1,337 59.8
Labour Andrew Hornsby-Smith 1,277 57.1
Labour Paul Woodward 1,156 51.7
Conservative James Mugo84237.7
Conservative Adam Phelps75533.8
Conservative Alanzo Seville66329.7
Green Mike Harling38117.0
Liberal Democrats Peter Boardley29613.2
Turnout 29.0
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold

Coley

Coley
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Ellie Emberson 1,529 69.1
Labour Liz Terry 1,368 61.8
Labour Paul Gittings 1,335 60.3
Green Isobel Hoskins52923.9
Conservative David McMahon50923.0
Conservative Grace Taylor50823.0
Conservative Mas Shepherd45720.7
Liberal Democrats Benjamin Sims40318.2
Turnout 34.0
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold

Emmer Green

Emmer Green
PartyCandidateVotes%
Conservative Clarence Mitchell 1,380 43.3
Conservative Simon Robinson 1,372 43.0
Conservative Harry Kretchmer 1,299 40.7
Labour Robert Dimmick1,23538.7
Labour Rachel Jones1,12335.2
Green Mazin Abdalla88827.8
Labour Len Middleton85826.9
Liberal Democrats Pieter De Boiserie69821.9
Turnout 42.0
Conservative hold
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Katesgrove

Katesgrove
PartyCandidateVotes%
Green Louise Keane 1,177 49.7
Labour Liam Challenger 1,025 43.3
Green Doug Cresswell 1,002 42.4
Green Kate Nikulina95240.2
Labour Mamuna Naz80133.9
Labour George Mathew78933.3
Conservative Edward Belderbos26011.0
Conservative Daniel Hughes24310.3
Conservative Mike Milner23810.1
Liberal Democrats Margaret McNeill1827.7
Turnout 31.0
Green gain from Labour
Labour hold
Green gain from Labour

Kentwood

Kentwood
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Glenn Dennis 1,322 47.1
Labour Mark Keeping 1,236 44.0
Conservative Raj Singh 1,120 39.9
Conservative Jenny Rynn1,10539.4
Labour David Stevens1,09138.9
Conservative Nick Fudge1,01736.2
Green Caroline Hearst35712.7
Liberal Democrats Jonathan Barker31611.3
Green Brent Smith2689.5
Turnout
Labour hold
Labour gain from Conservative
Conservative hold

Norcot

Norcot
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Jo Lovelock 1,390 61.4
Labour Graeme Hoskin 1,319 58.3
Labour Colette Dennis 1,286 56.8
Conservative Luke Ellis47320.9
Conservative Suzanne Rowe43919.4
Conservative Zach Okeyo42218.7
Green Richard Walkem41918.5
Liberal Democrats Dorothy Gibert27112.0
Independent Alan Gulliver1808.0
TUSC Jen Bottom1145.0
Turnout
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold

Park

Park
PartyCandidateVotes%
Green Rob White 1,736 56.3
Green Brenda McGonigle 1,607 52.1
Green Josh Williams 1,504 48.8
Labour Sheldon Allen1,08335.1
Labour Andy Gilpin98231.9
Labour Oliver Williamson95030.8
Conservative Niki Haywood2247.3
Conservative Nathan O'Brien2006.5
Conservative Sagar Patel1956.3
Liberal Democrats Chris Dodson1203.9
Turnout
Green hold
Green hold
Green hold

Redlands

Redlands
PartyCandidateVotes%
Green Kathryn McCann 1,308 45.3
Green David McElroy 1,246 43.2
Labour Co-op Will Cross 1,193 41.3
Green Jamie Whitham1,15640.0
Labour Co-op Marg Cobb1,14839.8
Labour Co-op Amjad Tarar1,05736.6
Conservative Allison Carnell2829.8
Conservative Simon Holden2438.4
Conservative Shivraj Hawaldar2428.4
Liberal Democrats Francis Jakeman1806.2
Turnout
Green hold
Green hold
Labour Co-op hold

Southcote

Southcote
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Debs Edwards 1,569 63.2
Labour Jason Brock 1,424 57.4
Labour John Ennis 1,356 54.6
Conservative Gabriella Kirkby65126.2
Conservative Robert Vickers60924.5
Conservative Ben Blackmore57823.3
Green Sarah Watchman40816.4
Liberal Democrats Riccardo Mancuso-Marcello28311.4
TUSC Neil Adams853.4
Turnout 32.0
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold

Thames

Thames
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Adele Barnett-Ward 1,272 65.2
Labour Richard Davies 1,143 58.6
Labour Nusrat Sultan 1,027 52.6
Green Anthea West50726.0
Conservative David Cozens46623.9
Conservative Daisy Parsons43822.5
Conservative Abdoulaye Sow35418.1
Liberal Democrats Vania Costa-Krol29415.1
Turnout 35.0
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Tilehurst

Tilehurst
PartyCandidateVotes%
Liberal Democrats Meri O'Connell 1,427 56.4
Liberal Democrats James Moore 1,160 45.9
Liberal Democrats Anne Thompson 1,129 44.6
Conservative Sandra Vickers63425.1
Conservative Casey Byrne63325.0
Conservative Russell Frain46623.2
Labour Benjamin Perry-Stone41016.2
Labour Malcolm Powers40616.2
Labour Sikandar Hayat40015.8
Green Gabriel Berry-Khan27210.8
Turnout
Liberal Democrats hold
Liberal Democrats hold
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative

Whitley

Whitley
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Rachel Eden1,28566.6
Labour Micky Leng1,15359.8
Labour Alice Mpofu-Coles1,08756.3
Conservative Nick Brown48425.1
Conservative Femi Afolabi45023.3
Conservative Vani Goel40621.0
Green Kathleen Smith30015.6
Liberal Democrats Ian Westby21711.2
Turnout 26.0
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold

References

  1. ↑ "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.
  2. ↑ "Your Councillors by Party". reading.gov. Retrieved 26 April 2022.
  3. ↑ Morl, Lily (29 January 2022). "Former Reading Mayor quits Labour Party". BerkshireLive. Retrieved 26 April 2022.
  4. ↑ Roberts, Hannah (10 January 2022). "Reading councillor defects for first time in council's history". BerkshireLive. Retrieved 26 April 2022.
  5. ↑ "Notice of Poll and Statement of Persons Nominated 2022". Reading Borough Council . 6 April 2022. Archived from the original on 15 April 2022. Retrieved 15 April 2022.
  6. ↑ "Reading council election results in full". Berkshire Live. Retrieved 6 May 2022.
  7. ↑ "Local election results – 5 May 2022". Reading Borough Council. Retrieved 7 May 2022.
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