2019 Wokingham Borough Council election

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2019 Wokingham Borough Council election
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  2018 2 May 2019 2021  

18 seats, one-third of all council seats.
 
Con
LD
Lab
LeaderJulian McGhee-SumnerLindsay FerrisAndy Croy
Party Conservative Liberal Democrats Labour
Leader since14 December 2018. [1] 2016 [2] 3 May 2018
Leader's seatWescottTwyfordBulmershe and Whitegates
Last election42 seats, 45.1%8 seats, 31.7%3 seats, 18.8%
Seats neededDecrease2.svg15Increase2.svg19Increase2.svg24

 
Ind
Grn
WEP
LeaderN/ALouise Tomlin
Party Independent Green Women's Equality
Leader sinceN/A
Leader's seatN/ARunning in Evendons
Last election2 seats, 3.3%0 seats, 0.6%New Party
Seats neededIncrease2.svg25Increase2.svg27Increase2.svg27

Wokingham Borough Council UK local election 2019 map.png
Ward results map for Wokingham Borough Council

Incumbent Leader of the Council

Julian McGhee-Sumner
Conservative



The 2019 Wokingham Borough Council election took place on Thursday 2 May 2019. That was the same day as other United Kingdom local elections in order to elect members of Wokingham Unitary Council in Berkshire, England. One third of the council was up for election.

Contents

Before the election, the composition of the council was:

Background

Since the previous round of elections in 2018, there had been 1 by-election, in Evendons in February 2019, which had been won by the Liberal Democrats. [3] Richard Dolinski resigned from the Conservative Party to sit as an independent as a result of an internal vote of no confidence being put forward and subsequently passed against Cllr Charlotte Haitham-Taylor which led to her resignation as the Leader of the Council [4]

The composition of the council before the election was as follows:

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After the election, the composition of the council became:

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Election result

2019 Wokingham Borough Council election
PartyThis electionFull councilThis election
SeatsNetSeats %OtherTotalTotal %VotesVotes %+/−
  Conservative 8Decrease2.svg1044.4233157.414,62537.3–7.8
  Liberal Democrats 8Increase2.svg 844.481629.615,44439.4+7.7
  Labour 1Increase2.svg 15.6347.46,44916.4–2.4
  Independent 1Increase2.svg 15.6235.51,5293.9+3.3
  Green 0Steady2.svg0.0000.09552.4+1.8
  Women's Equality 0Steady2.svg0.0000.01560.3New

A total of 39,148 votes were cast for candidates.

Ward results

Barkham
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Kaiser 457 49.6 Decrease2.svg16.5
Liberal Democrats Robert Tuck39142.4Increase2.svg27.9
Labour Peyman Jahromi748.0Decrease2.svg3.5
Majority667.2Decrease2.svg44.4
Turnout 92233.0Decrease2.svg38.0
Conservative hold Swing

There were 17 spoiled ballots.

Bulmershe and Whitegates
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Shirley Boyt 1,227 42.4 Increase2.svg13.4
Conservative Mohammed Younis1,09637.9Decrease2.svg0.2
Liberal Democrats Nigel Harman57019.7Increase2.svg5.1
Majority1314.5Decrease2.svg4.6
Turnout 2,89342.0Decrease2.svg28.0
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

There were 49 spoiled ballot papers.

Coronation
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Alison Swaddle 1,076 59.9 Increase2.svg2.9
Liberal Democrats Paul Barton33118.4Increase2.svg3.2
Labour Ian Hills19410.8Decrease2.svg1.4
Green Kathy Smith19410.8Increase2.svg5.1
Majority74541.5Decrease2.svg0.3
Turnout 1,79542.0Decrease2.svg33.0
Conservative hold Swing

There were 21 spoiled ballot papers.

Emmbrook
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Rachel Bishop-Firth 1,827 61.6 Increase2.svg26.9
Conservative Philip Mirfin92331.1Decrease2.svg12.1
Labour Brent Lees21610.8Increase2.svg1.1
Majority90430.5Increase2.svg22.0
Turnout 2,96644.0Decrease2.svg31.0
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing

There were 16 spoiled ballot papers.

Evendons
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Adrian Mather 1,259 48.5 Increase2.svg28.0
Conservative Daniel Hinton64424.8Decrease2.svg26.0
Independent Lynn Forbes38815.0Increase2.svg15.0
Women's Equality Louise Timlin1566.0Increase2.svg6.0
Labour Tim Lloyd1475.7Decrease2.svg5.1
Majority61523.7Decrease2.svg6.6
Turnout 2,59437.0Decrease2.svg35.0
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing

There were 16 spoiled ballots.

Hawkedon
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Andrew Mickleburgh 1,353 56.4 Increase2.svg25.3
Conservative Tim Holton76431.8Decrease2.svg13.7
Labour Doreen Osborne28211.8Steady2.svg0.0
Majority58924.6Increase2.svg10.2
Turnout 2,39936.0Decrease2.svg32.0
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing

There were 25 spoiled ballots.

Hillside
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Caroline Smith 1,425 51.2 Increase2.svg28.5
Conservative Norman Jorgensen1,04637.6Decrease2.svg12.9
Labour Hari Sarasan31011.1Decrease2.svg2.2
Majority37913.6Decrease2.svg14.2
Turnout 2,78144.0Decrease2.svg28.0
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing

There were 44 spoiled ballots.

Loddon
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Abdul Loyes 1,124 47.9 Decrease2.svg1.0
Liberal Democrats Carol Jewell80734.4Increase2.svg16.6
Labour Mary Young41817.8Increase2.svg0.9
Majority31713.5Decrease2.svg17.6
Turnout 2,34933.0Decrease2.svg36.0
Conservative hold Swing

There were 42 spoiled ballots.

Maiden Erlegh
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Tahir Maher 1,056 37.0 Increase2.svg19.0
Conservative David Chopping96833.9Decrease2.svg13.7
Labour Andrew Gray83029.1Increase2.svg10.8
Majority883.1Decrease2.svg26.2
Turnout 2,85446.0Decrease2.svg25.0
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing

There were 49 spoiled ballots.

Norreys
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Gregor Murray 1,116 40.5 Decrease2.svg11.2
Labour Nick Fox1,08139.2Increase2.svg27.3
Liberal Democrats Elizabeth Bishop56120.3Increase2.svg3.3
Majority351.3Decrease2.svg33.4
Turnout 2,75837.0Decrease2.svg32.0
Conservative hold Swing

There were 59 spoiled ballots.

Shinfield North
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Parry Batth 300 41.8 Increase2.svg1.3
Labour James Reid28039.0Increase2.svg5.7
Liberal Democrats Stephen Newton13819.2Increase2.svg12.0
Majority202.8Decrease2.svg4.4
Turnout 71830.0Decrease2.svg30.0
Conservative hold Swing

There were 11 spoiled ballots.

Shinfield South
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Jim Frewin 1,141 49.5 Increase2.svg49.5
Conservative Anthony Pollock70930.8Decrease2.svg26.4
Labour Marcus McDowell2299.9Decrease2.svg2.4
Green Hilary Murdoch2269.8Increase2.svg2.9
Majority43218.7Decrease2.svg25.1
Turnout 2,30534.0Decrease2.svg35.0
Independent gain from Conservative Swing

There were 11 spoiled ballots.

Sonning
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Michael Firmager 587 58.8 Decrease2.svg7.0
Green Brian O'Callaghan19019.0Increase2.svg8.2
Liberal Democrats Tom McCann12812.8Increase2.svg12.8
Labour Philippa Hills949.4Decrease2.svg4.0
Majority39739.8Decrease2.svg12.6
Turnout 99940.0Decrease2.svg33.0
Conservative hold Swing

There were 12 spoiled ballots.

South Lake
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Laura Blumenthal 798 44.2 Increase2.svg3.5
Liberal Democrats Beth Rowland75742.0Increase2.svg11.6
Labour Tony Skuse24913.8Decrease2.svg1.4
Majority412.2Decrease2.svg8.1
Turnout 1,80441.0Decrease2.svg33.0
Conservative hold Swing

There were 27 spoiled ballots.

Twyford
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Stephen Conway 1,584 73.0 Increase2.svg34.0
Conservative John Jarvis49322.7Decrease2.svg18.3
Labour Charles Wickeden944.3Decrease2.svg43.9
Majority1,09150.3Increase2.svg48.3
Turnout 2,17148.0Decrease2.svg28.0
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing

There were 19 spoiled ballots.

Wescott
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Maria Gee 755 35.1 Increase2.svg17.3
Conservative Julian McGhee-Sumner72333.6Decrease2.svg17.3
Labour James Box50323.4Increase2.svg11.9
Green Rema Heffernan1738.0Decrease2.svg2.7
Majority321.5Decrease2.svg31.6
Turnout 2,15442.0Decrease2.svg30.0
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing

There were 27 spoiled ballots.

Winnersh
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Paul Fishwick 1,609 64.7 Increase2.svg31.6
Conservative Philip Houldsworth56722.8Decrease2.svg18.8
Green Stephen Lloyd1726.9Increase2.svg2.9
Labour Steve Stanton1405.6Decrease2.svg4.2
Majority1,04241.9Increase2.svg33.4
Turnout 2,48834.0Decrease2.svg33.0
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing

There were 24 spoiled ballots.

Wokingham Without
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Christopher Bowring 1,184 52.1 Decrease2.svg8.9
Liberal Democrats Jordan Montgomery89339.3Increase2.svg27.7
Labour Jayne Donnelly2978.7Increase2.svg4.7
Majority29112.8Decrease2.svg35.6
Turnout 2,27437.0Decrease2.svg37.0
Conservative hold Swing

There were 55 spoiled ballots.

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