Wokingham Borough Council elections

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Wokingham Borough Council is the local authority for the Borough of Wokingham, a unitary authority in Berkshire, England. Until 1 April 1998 it was a non-metropolitan district.

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Council elections

Non-metropolitan district elections

Unitary authority elections

Borough result maps

By-election results

1997–2002

Bulmershe By-Election 28 May 1998
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats 54044.3+2.7
Labour 45637.4+3.7
Conservative 22218.2−6.5
Majority846.9
Turnout 1,21839.6
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Barkham By-Election 8 November 2001 [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative 30378.1−2.8
UKIP 4511.6+11.6
Liberal Democrats 4010.3−0.8
Majority25866.5
Turnout 38822.7
Conservative hold Swing

2002–2006

Winnersh By-Election 25 November 2004 [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Malcolm Armstrong75151.5+13.1
Conservative 62242.6+1.0
UKIP 865.9−8.5
Majority1298.9
Turnout 1,45924.0
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing
Swallowfield By-Election 17 February 2005
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Stuart Munro40560.5−18.3
Independent Max Bowker12017.9+17.9
Liberal Democrats Caroline Smith10916.3−4.9
UKIP Vince Pearson355.2+5.2
Majority25442.6
Turnout 669
Conservative hold Swing
Maiden Erlegh By-Election 3 November 2005 [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Paul Swaddle1,02751.0+8.6
Liberal Democrats Dave Swindells83541.5+11.5
Labour Jacqueline Rupert974.8−5.3
UKIP David Lamb552.7−8.1
Majority1929.5
Turnout 2,01428.2
Conservative hold Swing

2006–2010

Remenham, Wargrave and Ruscombe By-Election 6 December 2007 [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Kersley91370.6−2.9
Liberal Democrats Martin Alder23718.3−0.5
UKIP Franklin Carstairs836.4+2.5
Labour Brian Scott604.6+0.8
Majority67652.3
Turnout 1,293
Conservative hold Swing
Coronation By-Election 13 November 2008 [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Katherine Povey85053.2+0.0
Liberal Democrats Coling Lawley67542.2+4.6
UKIP Amy Thornton744.6−0.2
Majority17511.0
Turnout 1,599
Conservative hold Swing
Wokingham Without By-Election 4 June 2009 [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative David Sleight1,80967.3−8.9
Liberal Democrats David Vaughan71126.5+13.0
BNP Mark Burke1666.2+6.2
Majority1,09840.8
Turnout 2,68644.5
Conservative hold Swing

2010–2014

Remenham, Wargrave and Ruscombe By-Election 21 July 2011 [12]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Halsall85065.9+0.6
Liberal Democrats Martin Alder27221.1−7.1
Labour Matthew Dent947.3+0.7
UKIP Andy Heape554.3+4.3
Green Martyn Foss191.5+1.5
Majority57844.8
Turnout 1,29029.4
Conservative hold Swing

2014–2018

Bulmershe and Whitegates by-election 13 November 2014 [13]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Alison Swaddle72635.4+8.5
Labour Greg Bello49824.3−10.0
Liberal Democrats Munir Ahmed44821.8+4.1
UKIP Peter Jackson27513.4−1.6
Green Adrian Windisch1055.1−1.0
Majority22811.1
Turnout 2,052
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
Emmbrook by-election 17 February 2017 [14]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Imogen Shepherd-DuBey1,57559.7+22.6
Conservative Kevin Morgan87933.3−4.2
UKIP Phil Ray1043.9−11.5
Labour Christopher Everett793.0−6.9
Majority69626.4
Turnout 2,63739.7–3.4
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing

2018–2022

Evendons by-election 7 February 2019 [15]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Sarah Kerr1,44163.1+16.3
Conservative Daniel Clawson72931.9−8.8
Labour Timothy Lloyd1155.0−7.5
Majority71331.2
Turnout 2,29432.7−8.3
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

2022–2026

Shinfield by-election 5 December 2024 [16]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Jackie Rance76549.0
Labour Becca Brown38724.8
Liberal Democrats Chris Johnson33621.5
Green Gary Shacklady734.7
Majority37824.2
Turnout 1,561
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
Winnersh by-election 6 February 2025 [17]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Chetna Jamthe1,17752.7
Conservative Nick Kilby83337.3
Labour Parvinder Singh1265.6
Green Samuel Langlois994.4
Majority34415.4
Turnout 2,235
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

References

  1. ↑ The District of Wokingham (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1978
  2. ↑ legislation.gov.uk – The Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Hampshire, Oxfordshire and Surrey (County Boundaries) Order 1991. Retrieved on 5 November 2015.
  3. ↑ legislation.gov.uk – The District of Wokingham (Electoral Changes) Order 2002. Retrieved on 4 October 2015.
  4. ↑ "Wokingham council". BBC News Online . Retrieved 9 January 2010.
  5. ↑ "Decision making and structure". Wokingham Borough Council. Retrieved 9 January 2010.
  6. ↑ "Tories inch ahead". guardian.co.uk . London. 9 November 2001. Retrieved 9 January 2010.
  7. ↑ "Tories suffer triple defeat". guardian.co.uk . London. 26 November 2004. Retrieved 9 January 2010.
  8. ↑ "Tories claim clean sweep in council byelections". guardian.co.uk . London. 4 November 2005. Retrieved 9 January 2010.
  9. ↑ "Election results for Remenham, Wargrave and Ruscombe by-election". Wokingham Borough Council. Retrieved 9 January 2010.
  10. ↑ "Woodley by-election results". Wokingham Borough Council. Retrieved 9 January 2010.
  11. ↑ "Election results for Wokingham Without Ward by-election 4 June 2009". Wokingham Borough Council. Retrieved 9 January 2010.
  12. ↑ "Tories seal comfortable by-election victory". Reading Chronicle . 22 July 2011. Retrieved 22 July 2011.
  13. ↑ "Local Elections Archive Project — Bulmershe and Whitegates Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 22 February 2024.
  14. ↑ "Election results for Emmbrook, 17 February 2017". Wokingham Borough Council. Retrieved 19 February 2017.
  15. ↑ "Election results for Evendons, 7th February 2019". Wokingham Borough Council. Retrieved 9 February 2019.
  16. ↑ "Local Elections Archive Project — Shinfield Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 7 February 2025.
  17. ↑ "Winnersh Ward by-election results". Wokingham Borough Council. 12 May 2024. Retrieved 7 February 2025.
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