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

Composition of the council [1]
Year Conservative Liberal Democrats [a] Labour Independents
& Others		Council control
after election
Local government reorganisation; council established (52 seats)
1973 2414014No overall control
1976 37807Conservative
New ward boundaries (54 seats)
1979 50400Conservative
1980 45810Conservative
1982 46710Conservative
1983 46710Conservative
1984 46710Conservative
1986 391410Conservative
1987 361710Conservative
1988 371520Conservative
1990 371430Conservative
1991 351720Conservative
1992 341910Conservative
1994 342000Conservative
1995 272601No overall control
1996 242901Liberal Democrats
Wokingham becomes a unitary authority; new ward boundaries (54 seats)
1997 312300Conservative
1999 302400Conservative
2000 272700No overall control
2001 272700No overall control
2002 302211Conservative
2003 341910Conservative
New ward boundaries (54 seats)
2004 381600Conservative
2006 411300Conservative
2007 431100Conservative
2008 441000Conservative
2010 431100Conservative
2011 45900Conservative
2012 431001Conservative
2014 44712Conservative
2015 47511Conservative
2016 48510Conservative
2018 42831Conservative
2019 311643Conservative
2021 311832Conservative
2022 262332No overall control
2023 222651No overall control
New ward boundaries (54 seats)
2024 192780No overall control

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
Majority 846.9
Turnout 1,21839.6
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Barkham By-Election 8 November 2001 [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative 30378.1−2.8
UKIP 4511.6+11.6
Liberal Democrats 4010.3−0.8
Majority 25866.5
Turnout 38822.7
Conservative hold Swing

2002–2006

Winnersh By-Election 25 November 2004 [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Malcolm Armstrong75151.5+13.1
Conservative 62242.6+1.0
UKIP 865.9−8.5
Majority 1298.9
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
Majority 25442.6
Turnout 669
Conservative hold Swing
Maiden Erlegh By-Election 3 November 2005 [10]
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
Majority 1929.5
Turnout 2,01428.2
Conservative hold Swing

2006–2010

Remenham, Wargrave and Ruscombe By-Election 6 December 2007 [11]
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
Majority 67652.3
Turnout 1,293
Conservative hold Swing
Coronation By-Election 13 November 2008 [12]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Katherine Povey85053.2+0.0
Liberal Democrats Coling Lawley67542.2+4.6
UKIP Amy Thornton744.6−0.2
Majority 17511.0
Turnout 1,599
Conservative hold Swing
Wokingham Without By-Election 4 June 2009 [13]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative David Sleight1,80967.3−8.9
Liberal Democrats David Vaughan71126.5+13.0
BNP Mark Burke1666.2+6.2
Majority 1,09840.8
Turnout 2,68644.5
Conservative hold Swing

2010–2014

Remenham, Wargrave and Ruscombe By-Election 21 July 2011 [14]
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
Majority 57844.8
Turnout 1,29029.4
Conservative hold Swing

2014–2018

Bulmershe and Whitegates by-election 13 November 2014 [15]
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
Majority 22811.1
Turnout 2,052
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
Emmbrook by-election 17 February 2017 [16]
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
Majority 69626.4
Turnout 2,63739.7–3.4
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing

2018–2022

Evendons by-election 7 February 2019 [17]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Sarah Kerr1,44163.1+16.3
Conservative Daniel Clawson72931.9−8.8
Labour Timothy Lloyd1155.0−7.5
Majority 71331.2
Turnout 2,29432.7−8.3
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

2022–2026

Shinfield by-election 5 December 2024 [18]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Jackie Rance76549.0
Labour Becca Brown38724.8
Liberal Democrats Chris Johnson33621.5
Green Gary Shacklady734.7
Majority 37824.2
Turnout 1,561
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
Winnersh by-election 6 February 2025 [19]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Chetna Jamthe1,17752.7
Conservative Nick Kilby83337.3
Labour Parvinder Singh1265.6
Green Samuel Langlois994.4
Majority 34415.4
Turnout 2,235
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Maiden Erlegh & Whitegates by-election 5 June 2025 [20]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Mike Smith1,02831.23.2
Labour Andy Croy79324.1−0.2
Conservative Guy Grandison78823.9−4.2
Reform UK Andrew Harris48614.8
Green Samuel Langlois1805.5−6.2
TUSC Sara Gillman170.5
Majority 2357.1
Turnout 3,30039.95
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing

References

  1. ↑ Includes totals for the predecessors of the Liberal Democrats, the Liberal Party and SDP (both of which participated in the Alliance).
  1. ↑ "Composition calculator". Colin Rallings & Michael Thrasher . The Elections Centre, Plymouth University . Retrieved 14 May 2025.
  2. ↑ The District of Wokingham (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1978
  3. ↑ legislation.gov.uk – The Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Hampshire, Oxfordshire and Surrey (County Boundaries) Order 1991. Retrieved on 5 November 2015.
  4. ↑ legislation.gov.uk – The District of Wokingham (Electoral Changes) Order 2002. Retrieved on 4 October 2015.
  5. ↑ "Wokingham council". BBC News Online . Retrieved 9 January 2010.
  6. ↑ "Decision making and structure". Wokingham Borough Council. Retrieved 9 January 2010.
  7. ↑ The Wokingham (Electoral Changes) Order 2023.
  8. ↑ "Tories inch ahead". guardian.co.uk . London. 9 November 2001. Retrieved 9 January 2010.
  9. ↑ "Tories suffer triple defeat". guardian.co.uk . London. 26 November 2004. Retrieved 9 January 2010.
  10. ↑ "Tories claim clean sweep in council byelections". guardian.co.uk . London. 4 November 2005. Retrieved 9 January 2010.
  11. ↑ "Election results for Remenham, Wargrave and Ruscombe by-election". Wokingham Borough Council. Retrieved 9 January 2010.
  12. ↑ "Woodley by-election results". Wokingham Borough Council. Retrieved 9 January 2010.
  13. ↑ "Election results for Wokingham Without Ward by-election 4 June 2009". Wokingham Borough Council. Retrieved 9 January 2010.
  14. ↑ "Tories seal comfortable by-election victory". Reading Chronicle . 22 July 2011. Retrieved 22 July 2011.
  15. ↑ "Local Elections Archive Project — Bulmershe and Whitegates Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 22 February 2024.
  16. ↑ "Election results for Emmbrook, 17 February 2017". Wokingham Borough Council. Retrieved 19 February 2017.
  17. ↑ "Election results for Evendons, 7th February 2019". Wokingham Borough Council. Retrieved 9 February 2019.
  18. ↑ "Local Elections Archive Project — Shinfield Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 7 February 2025.
  19. ↑ "Winnersh Ward by-election results". Wokingham Borough Council. 12 May 2024. Retrieved 7 February 2025.
  20. ↑ "Maiden Erlegh & Whitegates Ward by-election results". Wokingham Borough Council. 7 June 2025. Retrieved 7 June 2025.
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