2016 Reading Borough Council election
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The 2016 Reading Borough Council election took place on 5 May 2016 to elect members of Reading Borough Council in England.[1][2] The election for Police and Crime Commissioner was held on the same day. The Labour Party increased their borough-wide vote by over 7% and held on to marginal seats in Church, Kentwood and Caversham, the latter receiving the highest number of votes recorded for any candidate at this election .[3]
After the election, the composition of the council was:
Party | Seats | +/- | |
---|---|---|---|
Labour | 31 | 0 | |
Conservative | 10 | 0 | |
Green Party | 3 | 0 | |
Liberal Democrats | 2 | 0 | |
Labour hold |
Election result
[edit]Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 68.7% | 45.0% | 15,888 | +7.5% | |
Conservative | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18.7% | 28.3% | 10,017 | -7.0% | |
Green | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.2% | 12.2% | 4,318 | +1.1% | |
Liberal Democrats | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.2% | 11.5% | 4,075 | +3.7% | |
UKIP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | 2.7% | 970 | -5.2% | |
TUSC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | 0.0% | 55 | 0.0% | |
Liberal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | 0.0% | 44 | 0.0% |
Ward results
[edit]Abbey
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Tony Page | 1,281 | 58.2% | +15.9% | |
Conservative | Trevor Slack | 466 | 21.1% | ||
Green | Joe Sylvester | 236 | 10.7% | ||
Liberal Democrats | Kirsten Bayes | 218 | 9.9% | ||
Majority | 815 | 37.1% | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Battle
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Gul Khan | 1,174 | |||
Conservative | Michael Hey | 401 | |||
Green | Alan Lockey | 209 | |||
Liberal Democrats | John Grout | 183 | |||
Majority | 773 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Caversham
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Richard Davies | 1,481 | 50.8 | ||
Conservative | Ed Hogan | 961 | 33.0 | ||
Green | David Foster | 270 | 9.3 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Christopher Burden | 203 | 7.0 | ||
Majority | 520 | 17.8 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Church
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Eileen McElligott | 985 | |||
Conservative | Paul Carnell | 646 | |||
Green | Kathryn McCann | 220 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Ben Thomas | 100 | |||
Majority | 339 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Katesgrove
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Rose Williams | 1,106 | 60.8% | ||
Conservative | Syed Abbas | 302 | 16.6% | ||
Green | Louise Keane | 239 | 13.1% | ||
Liberal Democrats | Margaret McNeill | 172 | 9.5% | ||
Majority | 804 | 44.2% | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Kentwood
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Daya Pal Singh | 1,054 | |||
Conservative | Emma Warman | 810 | |||
UKIP | Howard Thomas | 254 | |||
Green | Ruth Shaffrey | 150 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Glenn Goodall | 145 | |||
Majority | |||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Mapledurham
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Isobel Ballsdon | 590 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Jenny Woods | 262 | |||
Labour | Simon Rogers | 161 | |||
Green | Brent Smith | 87 | |||
Majority | |||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Minster
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Liz Terry | 1,139 | |||
Conservative | Alanzo Seville | 572 | |||
UKIP | Linda Ann Giles | 224 | |||
Liberal Democrats | James Moore | 166 | |||
Green | Keith Johnson | 141 | |||
Majority | |||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Norcot
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Jo Lovelock | 1,305 | |||
Conservative | Robert Masterson | 358 | |||
UKIP | Philip Martin Giles | 232 | |||
Green | Jill Wigmore-Welsh | 126 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Jon Walls | 95 | |||
Liberal | Stephen Graham | 44 | |||
Majority | |||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Park
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Green | Brenda McGonigle | 1,375 | |||
Labour | Dave Dymond | 1,011 | |||
Conservative | Roland Hazell | 260 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Rebecca Rye | 83 | |||
Majority | |||||
Green hold | Swing |
Peppard
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Jane Beale-Stanford | 1,299 | |||
Labour | Leighton Yeo | 542 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Peter Boardley | 489 | |||
Green | Sally Newman | 219 | |||
Majority | |||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Redlands
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Tony Jones | 1,096 | |||
Green | Kizzi Murtagh | 383 | |||
Conservative | Natalie Greenstreet | 343 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Francis Jakeman | 206 | |||
Majority | |||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Southcote
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Debs Edwards | 1,325 | |||
Conservative | Russell Martin | 515 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Mark Cole | 129 | |||
Green | Doug Cresswell | 106 | |||
Majority | |||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Thames
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Ed Hopper | 1,383 | |||
Labour | Karen Rowland | 665 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Guy Penman | 467 | |||
Green | Sarah McNamara | 353 | |||
Majority | |||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Tilehurst
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Meri O’Connell | 1,044 | |||
Conservative | Robert Vickers | 641 | |||
Labour | Matt Harrison | 468 | |||
UKIP | Stephen George James | 260 | |||
Green | Miriam Kennet | 56 | |||
Majority | |||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Whitley
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Emmett McKenna | 1,095 | |||
Conservative | James Kiriamiti | 470 | |||
Green | Richard Black | 148 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Roy Haines | 115 | |||
TUSC | Neil Adams | 55 | |||
Majority | |||||
Labour hold | Swing |
By-elections between 2016 and 2018
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Jason Brook | 934 | 64.1 | +0.2 | |
Conservative | Russell Martin | 381 | 26.1 | +1.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | Mark Cole | 77 | 5.3 | −0.9 | |
Green | Alan Lockey | 66 | 4.5 | −0.6 | |
Majority | 553 | 37.9 | |||
Turnout | 1,458 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
References
[edit]- ^ "Guide to May 2016 elections in Scotland, Wales, England and Northern Ireland". BBC News. Retrieved 21 April 2016.
- ^ "2016 Local Borough Elections". Reading City Council. Retrieved 23 April 2016.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Local Election Results - 5 May 2016". Reading City Council. Retrieved 6 May 2016.
- ^ "Local Elections Archive Project — Southcote Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 21 February 2024.