2018 Reading Borough Council election
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The 2018 Reading Borough Council election took place on 3 May 2018 to elect members of Reading Borough Council. There were three casual vacancies in Kentwood, Katesgrove and Church wards due to the early retirement of Councillors. The Labour Party held on to control of Reading Borough Council seeing their vote increase in seats across the Reading East constituency but suffering setbacks in the marginal seat of Kentwood where The Conservative Party gained a seat. The Conservatives also succeeded in gaining Tilehurst ward from the Liberal Democrats, reducing the Liberal Democrats to one remaining Councillor.[1] The election was held on the same day as other local elections.
Election result
[edit]Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | 12 | 0 | -1 | -1 | 66.6% | 48.3% | 21,579 | +3.4% | |
Conservative | 5 | +2 | 0 | +2 | 27.7% | 29.9% | 13,358 | +1.6% | |
Green | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.5% | 10.9% | 4,904 | -1.3% | |
Liberal Democrats | 0 | 0 | -1 | -1 | 0% | 10.4% | 4,638 | -1.1% | |
Independent | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | 0.15% | 61 | N/A | |
Women's Equality | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | 0.2% | 94 | N/A | |
TUSC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | 0.1% | 26 | N/C |
Ward results
[edit]Abbey
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Karen Rowland | 1,542 | 60.1 | +1.9 | |
Conservative | Alison Stevens | 510 | 19.9 | −1.2 | |
Green | Brent Smith | 266 | 10.4 | −0.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | Chris Burden | 249 | 9.7 | −0.2 | |
Majority | 1,032 | 40.2 | |||
Turnout | 2,581 | 27.13 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | +1.6 |
Battle
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Sarah Hacker | 1,470 | 65.9 | +6.2 | |
Conservative | Michael Hey | 420 | 18.8 | −1.6 | |
Green | Fiona Cox | 184 | 8.2 | −2.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | John Grout | 158 | 7.1 | −2.2 | |
Majority | 1,050 | 47.0 | |||
Turnout | 2,240 | 28.46 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | +3.9 |
Caversham
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Adele Barnett-Ward | 1,531 | 53.4 | +2.6 | |
Conservative | James Partington | 824 | 28.7 | −4.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Jo Ramsay | 294 | 10.3 | +3.3 | |
Green | David Foster | 219 | 7.6 | −1.6 | |
Majority | 707 | 24.7 | |||
Turnout | 2,876 | 38.62 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | +3.4 |
Church
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Ruth McEwan | 1,129 | 54.9 | +4.4 | |
Labour | Ashley Pearce | 1,088 | 52.9 | +2.4 | |
Conservative | Paul Carnell | 609 | 29.6 | −3.5 | |
Conservative | Heather Laird | 605 | 29.4 | −3.7 | |
Green | Kathryn McCann | 268 | 13.0 | +1.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | Francis Jakeman | 161 | 7.8 | +2.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | Riccardo Mancuso | 115 | 5.6 | +0.5 | |
Turnout | 2,056 | 30.69 | −2.1 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | N/A | |||
Labour hold | Swing | N/A |
Katesgrove
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Sophia James | 1,361 | 66.8 | +6.0 | |
Labour | Gurvinder Kaur | 1,164 | 57.1 | −3.7 | |
Conservative | Natalie Greenstreet | 332 | 16.3 | −0.3 | |
Green | Louise Keane | 319 | 15.6 | +2.5 | |
Conservative | Beth Vincent | 311 | 15.2 | −1.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | Peter Kinsley | 194 | 9.5 | 0.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | Margaret McNeill | 191 | 9.3 | −0.2 | |
Turnout | 2,035 | 28.68 | −0.5 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | N/A | |||
Labour hold | Swing | N/A |
Kentwood
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Emma Warman | 1,216 | 43.6 | +10.2 | |
Conservative | Raj Singh | 1,154 | 41.4 | +8.0 | |
Labour | Glenn Dennis | 1,148 | 41.2 | −1.7 | |
Labour | Ali Foster | 1,056 | 37.9 | −5.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | Mark Cole | 309 | 11.0 | +5.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Gary Coster | 266 | 9.5 | +3.6 | |
Green | Richard Walkem | 245 | 8.7 | +2.6 | |
Turnout | 2,786 | 38.14 | +3.5 | ||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | N/A | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | N/A |
Minster
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Ellie Emberson | 1,308 | 50.0 | −0.6 | |
Conservative | Nick Fudge | 852 | 32.6 | +7.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | James Moore | 333 | 12.7 | +5.4 | |
Green | Willem Londeman | 109 | 4.1 | −2.1 | |
Majority | 456 | 17.4 | −7.8 | ||
Turnout | 2,613 | 34.8 | +2.7 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | -3.9 |
Norcot
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Debs Absolom | 1,403 | 59.0 | −1.1 | |
Conservative | Zachary Okeyo | 640 | 26.9 | +10.5 | |
Green | Jill Wigmore-Welsh | 140 | 5.8 | N/C | |
Liberal Democrats | Stewart Elliott | 100 | 4.2 | −0.1 | |
Independent | Alan Gulliver | 61 | 2.5 | +2.5 | |
Liberal | Stephen Graham | 26 | 1.0 | −1.0 | |
Majority | 763 | 32.1 | −11.5 | ||
Turnout | 2,375 | 30.6 | +0.5 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | -5.8 |
Park
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Green | Rob White | 1,704 | 52.3 | +2.2 | |
Labour Co-op | David McKenzie | 1,231 | 37.8 | +1.0 | |
Conservative | Adam Phelps | 238 | 7.3 | −2.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Christopher Dodson | 75 | 2.3 | 0.7 | |
Majority | 473 | 14.5 | +1.3 | ||
Turnout | 3,256 | 46.2 | +2.3 | ||
Green hold | Swing | +0.6 |
Peppard
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Simon Robinson | 1,461 | 50.4 | −0.1 | |
Labour | Benjamin Perry | 744 | 25.6 | +4.6 | |
Liberal Democrats | Peter Boardley | 401 | 13.8 | −5.2 | |
Green | Doug Cresswell | 188 | 6.4 | −2.1 | |
Women's Equality | Wendy Thomson | 94 | 3.2 | +3.2 | |
Majority | 717 | 24.7 | −5.3 | ||
Turnout | 2,895 | 38.1 | +4.6 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | -2.4 |
Redlands
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | David Absolom | 968 | 44.5 | −9.2 | |
Green | Kizzi Johannessen | 630 | 29.0 | +10.3 | |
Conservative | Charlie Evans | 350 | 16.1 | −0.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | Graham Alexander | 211 | 9.7 | −0.4 | |
Majority | 338 | 15.5 | −19.4 | ||
Turnout | 2,171 | 35.7 | −2.9 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | -9.7 |
Southcote
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | John Ennis | 1,305 | 57.6 | −5.6 | |
Conservative | Rob Vickers | 690 | 30.5 | +8.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Marie French | 130 | 5.8 | −1.7 | |
Green | Amanda Walsh | 129 | 5.6 | +0.6 | |
Majority | 615 | 27.1 | −11.5 | ||
Turnout | 2,262 | 34.0 | +0.7 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | -6.8 |
Thames
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | David Stevens | 1,527 | 44.4 | −1.9 | |
Labour | Brian Murphy | 1,175 | 34.2 | +11.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Guy Penman | 420 | 12.2 | −3.9 | |
Green | Sarah McNamara | 301 | 8.7 | −3.5 | |
Majority | 352 | 10.2 | −14.6 | ||
Turnout | 3,432 | 46.6 | +6.6 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | -6.5 |
Tilehurst
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Helen Manghnani | 1,092 | 41.2 | +15.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | Ricky Duveen | 905 | 34.2 | −7.9 | |
Labour | Matt Harrison | 544 | 20.5 | +1.7 | |
Green | Jamie Whitham | 96 | 3.6 | +1.4 | |
Majority | 167 | 6.3 | −19.5 | ||
Turnout | 2,645 | 36.5 | +1.0 | ||
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | +11.6 |
Whitley
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Rachel Eden | 1,412 | 63.8 | +6.3 | |
Conservative | Helen Hopper | 527 | 23.8 | −0.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | John Illenden | 126 | 5.7 | −0.3 | |
Green | Lucy Mortlock | 106 | 4.7 | −3.0 | |
TUSC | Neil Adams | 30 | 1.3 | −1.5 | |
Majority | 885 | 40.0 | +7.2 | ||
Turnout | 2,210 | 25.3 | +1.2 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +3.5 |
References
[edit]- ^ "2018 Local Borough Elections and Casual Vacancies". reading.gov.uk. Reading Borough Council. Archived from the original on 16 April 2018. Retrieved 15 April 2018.
- ^ a b "Local Election Results - 3 May 2018". Reading Borough Council. 4 May 2018. Archived from the original on 4 May 2018. Retrieved 4 May 2018.