Reading Borough Council election, 2016

Map of the results of the 2016 Reading Borough Council election. Labour in red, Liberal Democrats in yellow, Conservatives in blue and the Greens in green.

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 later receiving the highest number of votes recorded for any candidate at this election .[3]

After the election, the composition of the council was:

PartySeats  +/-  
Labour 31 0
Conservative 10 0
Green Party 3 0
Liberal Democrats 2 0
Labour hold

Election result

Reading Borough Council Election, 2016
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Labour 11 0 0 11 68.7% 45.0% 15,888 +7.5%
  Conservative 3 0 0 3 18.7% 28.3% 10,017 -7.0%
  Green 1 0 0 1 6.2% 12.2% 4,318 +1.1%
  Liberal Democrat 1 0 0 1 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

Abbey

Abbey
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 Democrat Kirsten Bayes 218 9.9%
Majority 815 37.0%
Labour hold Swing

Battle

Battle 2016
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Gul Khan 1,174
Conservative Michael Hey 401
Green Alan Lockey 209
Liberal Democrat John Grout 183
Majority
Labour hold Swing

Caversham

Caversham 2016
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Richard Davies 1,481
Conservative Ed Hogan 961
Green David Foster 270
Liberal Democrat Christopher Burden 203
Majority
Labour hold Swing

Church

Church 2016
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Eileen McElligott 985
Conservative Paul Carnell 646
Green Kathryn McCann 220
Liberal Democrat Ben Thomas 100
Majority
Labour hold Swing

Katesgrove

Katesgrove 2016
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Rose Williams 1,106
Conservative Syed Abbas 302
Green Louise Keane 239
Liberal Democrat Margaret McNeill 172
Majority
Labour hold Swing

Kentwood

Kentwood 2016
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Daya Pal Singh 1,054
Conservative Emma Warman 810
UKIP Howard Thomas 254
Green Ruth Shaffrey 150
Liberal Democrat Glenn Goodall 145
Majority
Labour hold Swing

Mapledurham

Mapledurham 2016
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Isobel Ballsdon 590
Liberal Democrat Jenny Woods 262
Labour Simon Rogers 161
Green Brent Smith 87
Majority
Conservative hold Swing

Minster

Minster 2016
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Liz Terry 1,139
Conservative Alanzo Seville 572
UKIP Linda Ann Giles 224
Liberal Democrat James Moore 166
Green Keith Johnson 141
Majority
Labour hold Swing

Norcot

Norcot 2016
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Jo Lovelock 1,305
Conservative Robert Masterson 358
UKIP Philip Martin Giles 232
Green Jill Wigmore-Welsh 126
Liberal Democrat Jon Walls 95
Liberal Stephen Graham 44
Majority
Labour hold Swing

Park

Park 2016
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Green Brenda McGonigle 1,375
Labour Dave Dymond 1,011
Conservative Roland Hazell 260
Liberal Democrat Rebecca Rye 83
Majority
Green hold Swing

Peppard

Peppard 2016
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Jane Beale-Stanford 1,299
Labour Leighton Yeo 542
Liberal Democrat Peter Boardley 489
Green Sally Newman 219
Majority
Conservative hold Swing

Redlands

Redlands 2016
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Tony Jones 1,096
Green Kizzi Murtagh 383
Conservative Natalie Greenstreet 343
Liberal Democrat Francis Jakeman 206
Majority
Labour hold Swing

Southcote

Southcote 2016
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Debs Edwards 1,325
Conservative Russell Martin 515
Liberal Democrat Mark Cole 129
Green Doug Cresswell 106
Majority
Labour hold Swing

Thames

Thames 2016
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Ed Hopper 1,383
Labour Karen Rowland 665
Liberal Democrat Guy Penman 467
Green Sarah McNamara 353
Majority
Conservative hold Swing

Tilehurst

Tilehurst 2016
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Democrat Meri O’Connell 1,044
Conservative Robert Vickers 641
Labour Matt Harrison 468
UKIP Stephen George James 260
Green Miriam Kennet 56
Majority
Liberal Democrat hold Swing

Whitley

Whitley 2016
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Emmett McKenna 1,095
Conservative James Kiriamiti 470
Green Richard Black 148
Liberal Democrat Roy Haines 115
TUSC Neil Adams 55
Majority
Labour hold Swing

References

  1. "Guide to May 2016 elections in Scotland, Wales, England and Northern Ireland". BBC News. Retrieved 21 April 2016.
  2. "2016 Local Borough Elections". Reading City Council. Retrieved 23 April 2016.
  3. "Local Election Results - 5 May 2016". Reading City Council. Retrieved 6 May 2016.
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