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The 2023 Reading Borough Council election was held on 4 May 2023 to elect members of Reading Borough Council in Berkshire, England. [1] It coincided with local elections across England. There were 17 of the 48 seats on the council up for election, being the usual third of the council plus a by-election in Park ward following the resignation of Green councillor Brenda McGonigle. [2]
Labour retained its majority on the council. Only one seat changed party at this election, being a Labour gain from the Conservatives in Caversham Heights ward. All other seats were unchanged, with the Greens regaining their vacant seat in Park ward. [3] [4]
A by-election was held on 3 August 2023 following the death of a Norcot councillor. [5] Labour retained the seat with a marginally increased share of the vote. [6]
2023 Reading Borough Council election | ||||||||||
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Party | This election | Full council | This election | |||||||
Seats | Net | Seats % | Other | Total | Total % | Votes | Votes % | +/− | ||
Labour | 11 | 1 | 64.7% | 21 | 32 | 66.7% | 19,352 | 47.3% | ||
Green | 3 | 0 | 17.6% | 4 | 7 | 14.6 | 8,595 | 21.0% | +4.2 | |
Conservative | 2 | 1 | 11.8% | 3 | 5 | 10.4 | 8,722 | 21.3% | -5.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | 1 | 0 | 5.9% | 2 | 3 | 6.3 | 3,983 | 9.7% | +0.5 | |
Independent | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2.1 | 71 | 0.2% | ||
TUSC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 164 | 0.4% | +0.2 | |
Liberal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 57 | 0.1% | New | |
The Statement of Persons Nominated was published on 5 April 2023. [7] Votes were counted overnight and the results posted on the Council's website on 5 May. [8] [9]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Mohammed Ayub* | 819 | 52.7 | -3.4 | |
Conservative | Simon James Bazley | 308 | 19.8 | +2.3 | |
Green | Howard John Darby | 264 | 17.0 | -12.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | Steven Adam Gore | 163 | 10.5 | -8.5 | |
Majority | 511 | 32.9 | |||
Turnout | 1,266 | 19.2 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour Co-op | Amjad Iqbal Tahir Tarar | 1,374 | 65.4 | +6.4 | |
Conservative | John Tattersall Murray | 302 | 14.4 | +0.1 | |
Green | Callum Louis Harling | 256 | 12.2 | -8.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | John Berkeley Grout | 170 | 8.1 | -5.2 | |
Majority | 1,072 | 51.0 | |||
Turnout | 2,115 | 28.0 | |||
Labour Co-op hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Jan Gavin* | 1,563 | 53.6 | +4.1 | |
Conservative | Saadia Zafar Saadat | 569 | 19.5 | -2.0 | |
Green | Mark Peter Timothy Palmer | 473 | 16.2 | -10.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | Christopher Simon Burden | 311 | 10.7 | -5.9 | |
Majority | 994 | 34.1 | |||
Turnout | 2,937 | 39.1 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour Co-op | Sam Juthani | 1,454 | 41.0 | +10.7 | |
Conservative | Paul Alan Carnell* | 1,324 | 37.3 | +1.7 | |
Green | Danny McNamara | 500 | 14.1 | -9.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | Vania Costa-Krol | 270 | 7.6 | -17.3 | |
Majority | 130 | 3.7 | |||
Turnout | 3,563 | 47.6 | |||
Labour Co-op gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Paul Richard Woodward* | 1,268 | 61.4 | +9.7 | |
Conservative | James Mwaniki Mugo | 448 | 21.7 | -16.0 | |
Green | Brent Smith | 198 | 9.6 | -7.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | Mark Clifford Cole | 152 | 7.4 | -5.8 | |
Majority | 820 | 39.7 | |||
Turnout | 2,083 | 25.3 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Paul Stephen Gittings* | 1,297 | 57.9 | -2.4 | |
Conservative | Lizzy Sheppard | 462 | 20.6 | -2.4 | |
Green | Isobel Claire Hoskins | 267 | 11.9 | -12.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | Benjamin Francis Sims | 213 | 9.5 | -8.7 | |
Majority | 835 | 37.3 | |||
Turnout | 2,252 | 32.0 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Stephen James Goss | 1,233 | 40.0 | -0.7 | |
Labour | Matt Buckley | 1,133 | 36.8 | -1.9 | |
Green | Wendy Jane Rooke | 378 | 12.3 | -15.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | Pieter Herman M De Boiserie | 336 | 10.9 | -11.0 | |
Majority | 100 | 3.2 | |||
Turnout | 3,095 | 40.7 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Green | Doug Cresswell* | 1,048 | 47.0 | +4.6 | |
Labour Co-op | Marg Cobb | 832 | 37.3 | +3.4 | |
Conservative | Ian Binge | 213 | 9.5 | -1.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | Margaret McNeill | 80 | 3.6 | -4.1 | |
TUSC | Lily Jayne Challice | 58 | 2.6 | N/A | |
Majority | 216 | 9.7 | |||
Turnout | 2,257 | 29.5 | |||
Green hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Raj Singh* | 1,171 | 45.3 | +5.4 | |
Labour | Mamuna Naz | 1,016 | 39.3 | +0.4 | |
Green | Caroline Hearst | 209 | 8.1 | -4.6 | |
Liberal Democrats | Jonathan Peter Barker | 187 | 7.2 | -4.1 | |
Majority | 155 | 6.0 | |||
Turnout | 2,583 | 38.3 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Colette Lolita Dennis* | 1,202 | 58.0 | +1.2 | |
Conservative | Suzanne Rowe | 371 | 17.9 | -0.8 | |
Green | Richard Peter Walkem | 206 | 9.9 | -8.6 | |
Liberal Democrats | Christopher Ward | 126 | 6.1 | -5.9 | |
Independent | Alan John Gulliver | 71 | 3.4 | -4.6 | |
Liberal | Stephen Anthony Graham | 57 | 2.8 | N/A | |
TUSC | Jen Bottom | 39 | 1.9 | -3.1 | |
Majority | 831 | 40.1 | |||
Turnout | 2,082 | 27.6 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Green | Josh Williams* | 1,536 | 54.7 | +5.9 | |
Green | Sarah Magon | 1,408 | 50.1 | -2.0 | |
Labour | Ram Bahadur Galami | 1,087 | 38.7 | +3.6 | |
Labour | Ollie Williamson | 1,070 | 38.1 | +7.3 | |
Conservative | Adam Iestyn Phelps | 164 | 5.8 | -1.5 | |
Conservative | Allison Carnell | 160 | 5.7 | -0.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | Chris Dodson | 86 | 3.1 | -0.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | Henry David Wright | 57 | 2.0 | N/A | |
Turnout | 2,842 | 40.5 | |||
Green hold | Swing | ||||
Green hold | Swing | ||||
The by-election in Park ward was triggered by the resignation of Green councillor Brenda McGonigle in March 2023. [2]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour Co-op | Will Cross* | 1,194 | 46.4 | +5.1 | |
Green | Kate Nikulina | 1,034 | 40.2 | +0.2 | |
Conservative | Abdoulaye Diouma Sow | 193 | 7.5 | -2.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | Francis David Jakeman | 114 | 4.4 | -1.8 | |
TUSC | Melanie Samantha Jayne Dent | 36 | 1.4 | N/A | |
Majority | 160 | 6.2 | |||
Turnout | 2,590 | 31.3 | |||
Labour Co-op hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | John Joseph Ennis* | 1,454 | 60.8 | +6.2 | |
Conservative | Ben Michael Brereton Blackmore | 547 | 22.9 | -0.4 | |
Green | Jamie Whitham | 223 | 9.3 | -7.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Riccardo Giovanni Mancuso-Marcello | 136 | 5.7 | -5.7 | |
TUSC | Neil Robert Adams | 31 | 1.3 | -2.1 | |
Majority | 907 | 37.9 | |||
Turnout | 2,413 | 31.1 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Ama Asare | 997 | 51.5 | -1.1 | |
Conservative | Shivraj Hawaldar | 395 | 20.4 | -3.5 | |
Green | Mike Harling | 295 | 15.2 | -10.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | Jo Ramsay | 248 | 12.8 | -2.3 | |
Majority | 602 | 31.1 | |||
Turnout | 1,948 | 32.9 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Anne Thompson* | 1,158 | 50.9 | +6.3 | |
Labour Co-op | Len Middleton | 481 | 21.1 | +4.9 | |
Conservative | Casey George Christopher Byrne | 479 | 21.0 | -4.0 | |
Green | Gabriel Berry-Khan | 159 | 7.0 | -3.8 | |
Majority | 677 | 29.8 | |||
Turnout | 2,282 | 31.5 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour Co-op | Alice Mpofu-Coles* | 1,111 | 61.3 | +5.0 | |
Conservative | Vani Goel | 383 | 21.1 | +0.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Sarah Lucy Dobson | 176 | 9.7 | -1.5 | |
Green | Kathy Smith | 141 | 7.8 | -7.8 | |
Majority | 728 | 40.2 | |||
Turnout | 1,822 | 23.5 | |||
Labour Co-op hold | Swing | ||||
Due to the death of Norcot councillor Colette Dennis in summer 2023, a by-election was held for her seat on Reading Borough Council on the 3rd of August. [10] The by-election was won by Labour, with the Liberal Democrats leapfrogging the Conservatives and the Greens into second place. [11]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Finn McGoldrick | 929 | 58.2 | +0.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Marie French | 280 | 17.5 | +11.4 | |
Conservative | Lizzy Sheppard | 209 | 13.1 | -4.8 | |
Green | Richard Peter Walkem | 101 | 6.3 | -3.6 | |
Independent | Alan John Gulliver | 47 | 3.1 | -0.4 | |
TUSC | Jen Bottom | 28 | 1.8 | -0.1 | |
Majority | 649 | 40.6 | +0.5 | ||
Turnout | 1,598 | 21.1 | -6.5 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
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