2024 Reading Borough Council election
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Winner of each seat at the 2024 Reading Borough Council election | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2024 Reading Borough Council election took place on 2 May 2024 to elect members of Reading Borough Council in Berkshire, England.[1] This was on the same day as other local elections.
Labour retained a Majority on the council.[2]
Summary
Election result
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Party | This election | Full council | This election | |||||||
Seats | Net | Seats % | Other | Total | Total % | Votes | Votes % | +/− | ||
Labour | 12 | 75 | 20 | 32 | 66.7 | 18,318 | 47.4 | +0.1 | ||
Green | 3 | 1 | 18.8 | 5 | 8 | 16.7 | 8,042 | 20.8 | -0.2 | |
Conservative | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 8.3 | 7,773 | 20.1 | -1.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | 1 | 6.3 | 2 | 3 | 6.3 | 3,966 | 10.3 | +0.6 | ||
Independent | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2.1 | 45 | 0.1 | -0.1 | ||
TUSC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 296 | 0.8 | +0.4 | ||
Reform UK | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 182 | 0.5 | N/A | ||
Liberal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 0.1 | ±0.0 |
Ward results
The Statement of Persons Nominated, which details the candidates standing in each ward, was released by Reading Borough Council following the close of nominations on 8 April 2024.[3] Votes were counted overnighted and the results published on the council's website on 3 May.[4]
Abbey
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | David Stevens | 820 | 44.2 | -8.5 | |
Conservative | Santhosh Batchu | 594 | 32.0 | +12.2 | |
Green | Jamie Whitham | 250 | 13.5 | -3.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | Henry Wright | 177 | 9.6 | -1.0 | |
Majority | 226 | 12.2 | -20.7 | ||
Turnout | 1,854 | 27.8 | +4.3 | ||
Registered electors | 6,689 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | +10.4 |
Battle
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Wendy Griffith* | 1,290 | 63.8 | -1.6 | |
Green | Tahira Kulsoom | 386 | 19.1 | +6.9 | |
Conservative | Abdoulaye Sow | 210 | 10.4 | -4.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | John Grout | 136 | 6.7 | -1.4 | |
Majority | 904 | 44.7 | -6.3 | ||
Turnout | 2,022 | 26.8 | -1.2 | ||
Registered electors | 7,648 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | -4.3 |
Caversham
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Matt Yeo* | 1,603 | 55.2 | +1.6 | |
Conservative | Grace Taylor | 494 | 17.0 | -2.5 | |
Green | Anthea West | 441 | 15.2 | -1.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | Christopher Burden | 305 | 10.5 | -0.2 | |
TUSC | Chloe-Anne Stoakes | 61 | 2.1 | New | |
Majority | 1,109 | 38.2 | +4.1 | ||
Turnout | 2,902 | 38.4 | -0.7 | ||
Registered electors | 7,595 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | +2.1 |
Caversham Heights
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Jenny McGrother | 1,405 | 41.2 | +0.2 | |
Conservative | Paul Carnell | 1,183 | 34.7 | -2.6 | |
Green | Danny McNamara | 597 | 17.5 | +3.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | Vania Costa-Krol | 225 | 6.6 | -1.0 | |
Majority | 222 | 6.5 | +2.8 | ||
Turnout | 3,410 | 45.7 | -1.9 | ||
Registered electors | 7,507 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | +1.4 |
Church
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour Co-op
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Andrew Hornsby-Smith* | 1,241 | 59.1 | -2.3 | |
Conservative | Adam Phelps | 453 | 21.6 | -0.1 | |
Green | Brent Smith | 263 | 12.5 | +2.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | Mark Cole | 143 | 6.8 | -0.6 | |
Majority | 788 | 37.5 | -2.2 | ||
Turnout | 2,100 | 25.3 | 0.0 | ||
Registered electors | 8,361 | ||||
Labour Co-op hold
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Swing | -1.1 |
Coley
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour Co-op
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Liz Terry* | 1,232 | 54.8 | -3.1 | |
Conservative | Casey George Christopher Byrne | 444 | 19.7 | -0.9 | |
Green | Isobel Hoskins | 287 | 12.8 | +0.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | Jon Hill | 190 | 8.4 | -1.1 | |
TUSC | Sadiqua Khan | 96 | 4.3 | New | |
Majority | 788 | 35.0 | -2.3 | ||
Turnout | 2,249 | 31.6 | -0.4 | ||
Registered electors | 7,157 | ||||
Labour Co-op hold
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Swing | -1.1 |
Emmer Green
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Daya Pal Singh | 1,148 | 40.8 | +4.0 | |
Conservative | Simon Robinson* | 1,035 | 36.7 | -3.3 | |
Green | Wendy Rooke | 376 | 13.3 | +1.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | Pieter de Boiserie | 258 | 9.2 | -1.7 | |
Majority | 113 | 4.0 | +7.2 | ||
Turnout | 2,817 | 37.2 | -3.5 | ||
Registered electors | 7,634 | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | +3.7 |
Katesgrove
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Green | Kate Nikulina | 1,045 | 44.7 | -2.3 | |
Labour | Navjit Kaur Gill | 861 | 36.8 | -0.5 | |
Conservative | John Angus | 240 | 10.3 | +0.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | Margaret McNeill | 115 | 4.9 | +1.3 | |
Independent | Jean-Louis Pascual | 27 | 1.2 | New | |
TUSC | Sam Church | 25 | 1.1 | -1.5 | |
Independent | Michael Jeffrey Turberville | 18 | 0.8 | New | |
Majority | 184 | 7.9 | -1.8 | ||
Turnout | 2,340 | 29.9 | +0.4 | ||
Registered electors | 7,825 | ||||
Green gain from Labour | Swing | -0.9 |
Kentwood
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Mark Keeping* | 1,136 | 48.1 | +8.8 | |
Conservative | Nick Fudge | 852 | 36.1 | -9.2 | |
Green | Caroline Hearst | 240 | 10.2 | +2.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Riccardo Mancuso-Marcello | 134 | 5.7 | -1.5 | |
Majority | 284 | 12.0 | +18.0 | ||
Turnout | 2,362 | 35.3 | -3.0 | ||
Registered electors | 6,720 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | +9.0 |
Norcot
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Mamuna Naz | 1,100 | 50.4 | -7.6 | |
Conservative | Lizzy Sheppard | 306 | 14.0 | -3.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | Marie French | 303 | 13.9 | +7.6 | |
Green | Richard Walkem | 215 | 9.9 | 0.0 | |
Reform UK | Alan Gulliver | 182 | 8.3 | New | |
Liberal | Stephen Graham | 39 | 1.8 | -1.0 | |
TUSC | Jen Bottom | 36 | 1.7 | -0.2 | |
Majority | 794 | 36.4 | -3.7 | ||
Turnout | 2,181 | 28.7 | +1.1 | ||
Registered electors | 7,636 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | -1.9 |
Park
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Green | Sarah Magon* | 1,569 | 57.6 | +2.9 | |
Labour | Ollie Williamson | 915 | 33.6 | -5.1 | |
Conservative | James Mugo | 157 | 5.8 | 0.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | Chris Dodson | 71 | 2.6 | -0.5 | |
Majority | 654 | 24.0 | +8.0 | ||
Turnout | 2,725 | 38.4 | -2.1 | ||
Registered electors | 7,093 | ||||
Green hold | Swing | +4.0 |
Redlands
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Green | Dave McElroy* | 1,478 | 53.9 | +13.7 | |
Labour Co-op
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Sunila Lobo | 921 | 33.6 | -12.8 | |
Conservative | Richard Williams | 182 | 6.6 | -0.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | Francis Jakeman | 101 | 3.7 | -0.7 | |
TUSC | Melanie Dent | 42 | 1.5 | +0.1 | |
Majority | 557 | 20.3 | +26.5 | ||
Turnout | 2,742 | 32.8 | +1.5 | ||
Registered electors | 8,363 | ||||
Green hold | Swing | +13.3 |
Southcote
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Graeme Hoskin † | 1,354 | 59.6 | -1.2 | |
Conservative | Allison Carnell | 439 | 19.3 | -3.6 | |
Green | Josie Downey | 247 | 10.9 | +1.6 | |
Liberal Democrats | Benjamin Sims | 212 | 9.3 | +3.6 | |
Majority | 915 | 40.3 | +2.4 | ||
Turnout | 2,270 | 29.2 | -1.9 | ||
Registered electors | 7,765 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | +1.2 |
- † Incumbent councillor for Norcot ward.
Thames
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Richard Davies* | 1,015 | 52.6 | +1.1 | |
Conservative | Shivraj Hawaldar | 347 | 18.5 | -1.9 | |
Green | Mike Harling | 315 | 16.3 | +1.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Jo Ramsay | 235 | 12.2 | +0.3 | |
Majority | 668 | 34.6 | +3.5 | ||
Turnout | 1930 | 31.9 | -1.0 | ||
Registered electors | 6,054 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | +1.5 |
Tilehurst
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | James Moore* | 1,186 | 52.1 | +1.2 | |
Labour Co-op
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Elliott Gardiner | 480 | 21.1 | 0.0 | |
Conservative | Ben Blackmore | 436 | 19.2 | -1.8 | |
Green | Gabriel Berry-Khan | 154 | 6.8 | -0.2 | |
Majority | 706 | 31.0 | +1.2 | ||
Turnout | 2,275 | 31.3 | -0.2 | ||
Registered electors | 7,269 | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | +0.6 |
Whitley
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Micky Leng* | 1,091 | 57.7 | -3.6 | |
Conservative | Vani Goel | 401 | 21.1 | +0.1 | |
Green | Kathleen Smith | 179 | 9.5 | +1.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | Thomas Weir | 175 | 9.2 | -0.5 | |
TUSC | Saffi Hussam | 36 | 1.9 | New | |
Majority | 690 | 36.5 | -3.7 | ||
Turnout | 1,892 | 23.7 | +0.2 | ||
Registered electors | 7,980 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | -1.9 |
References
- ^ "Notice of Election". Reading Borough Council. 22 March 2024. Retrieved 11 April 2024.
- ^ "No change in Reading after local elections".
- ^ "Statement of Persons Nominated". Reading Borough Council. 8 April 2024. Retrieved 11 April 2024.
- ^ "Local election results 2 May 2024". Reading Borough Council. 3 May 2024. Archived from the original on 3 May 2024. Retrieved 3 May 2024.
- ^ https://www.reading.gov.uk/the-council-and-democracy/elections-and-voting/election-results/local-election-results-2-may-2024/#thames