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16 out of 46 seats toReading Borough Council 24 seats needed for a majority | ||||
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Winner of each seat at the 2019 Reading Borough Council election | ||||
The2019 Reading Borough Council election took place on 2 May 2019 to elect members in 15 wards ofReading Borough Council. There was also a casual vacancy in Thames ward. TheLabour Party held control of the council.
TheLiberal Democrats and theGreen Party succeeded in making significant increases in their vote across the borough, the Liberal Democrats gainingTilehurst from theConservatives and theGreen Party gaining Redlands Ward fromThe Labour Party. The only gain for either of the two major parties was inCaversham whereLabour gained a seat from theConservatives. The election was held on the same day as otherlocal elections.
| 2019 Reading Borough Council election | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | This election | Full council | This election | |||||||
| Seats | Net | Seats % | Other | Total | Total % | Votes | Votes % | +/− | ||
| Labour | 9 | 56.2 | 21 | 30 | 65.2 | 15,496 | 39.4 | –8.9 | ||
| Conservative | 4 | 25.0 | 6 | 10 | 21.7 | 10,148 | 25.8 | –4.1 | ||
| Green | 2 | 12.5 | 2 | 4 | 8.7 | 7,537 | 19.1 | +8.2 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | 1 | 6.3 | 1 | 2 | 4.3 | 5,785 | 14.7 | +4.3 | ||
| UKIP | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 175 | 0.4 | ±0.0 | ||
| Independent | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 138 | 0.4 | +0.2 | ||
| Liberal | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 45 | 0.1 | New | ||
After the election the composition of the council was:
| 30 | 10 | 4 | 2 |
| Lab | Con | G | LD |
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Mohammed Ayub | 1,179 | 48.7 | −11.4 | |
| Green | Howard John Darby | 461 | 19.0 | +8.6 | |
| Conservative | Alison Stevens | 426 | 17.6 | +2.3 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Chris Burden | 323 | 13.3 | +3.6 | |
| Majority | 718 | 29.6 | −10.6 | ||
| Turnout | 2,420 | 26.04 | −1.09 | ||
| Labourhold | Swing | -10.0 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Chris Maskell | 1,100 | 55.0 | −10.9 | |
| Green | Fiona Cox | 343 | 17.1 | +8.0 | |
| Conservative | Michael Hey | 329 | 16.4 | −2.4 | |
| Liberal Democrats | John Grout | 227 | 11.3 | +5.2 | |
| Majority | 757 | 37.8 | −9.8 | ||
| Turnout | 1,999 | 26.4 | −2.0 | ||
| Labourhold | Swing | -9.45 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour Co-op | Ayo Sokale | 1,168 | 44.1 | −9.3 | |
| Conservative | Ella Barrett | 625 | 23.6 | −5.1 | |
| Green | David Foster | 448 | 17.0 | +9.4 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Hillary Smart | 408 | 15.4 | +5.1 | |
| Turnout | 2,649 | 37.0 | −1.62 | ||
| Labour Co-opgain fromConservative | Swing | - 4.2 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Paul Woodward | 832 | 47.2 | −7.7 | |
| Conservative | Shekhar Natarjan | 418 | 23.7 | −5.9 | |
| Green | Kathryn McCann | 265 | 15.0 | +3.0 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Francis Jakeman | 225 | 12.7 | +4.9 | |
| Turnout | 1,761 | 27.3 | −3.4 | ||
| Labourhold | Swing | -1.8 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Liam Challenger | 1,084 | 56.4 | −10.4 | |
| Green | Louise Keane | 326 | 16.9 | +1.6 | |
| Conservative | Natalie Greenstreet | 282 | 14.6 | −1.7 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Peter Kinsley | 204 | 10.6 | +1.8 | |
| Turnout | 1921 | 28.88 | −1.8 | ||
| Labourhold | Swing | -6.0 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Raj Singh | 1,138 | 41.6 | −2.0 | |
| Labour Co-op | Glenn Dennis | 1,038 | 38.0 | −3.2 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Gary Coster | 265 | 9.7 | +0.2 | |
| Green | Richard Walkem | 261 | 9.5 | +0.8 | |
| Turnout | 2,730 | 38.01 | −0.13 | ||
| Conservativehold | Swing | +1.2 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Paul Gittings | 1,085 | 44.9 | −5.1 | |
| Conservative | Nick Fudge | 764 | 31.6 | −1.0 | |
| Liberal Democrats | James Moore | 296 | 12.2 | −0.5 | |
| Green | Willem Londeman | 244 | 10.1 | +6.0 | |
| Majority | 321 | 13.3 | −4.1 | ||
| Turnout | 2,412 | 34.03 | −4.0 | ||
| Labourhold | Swing | -2.0 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Graeme Hoskin | 1,156 | 54.3 | −4.7 | |
| Conservative | Zack Okeyo | 472 | 22.1 | −3.7 | |
| Green | Jill Wigmore-Welsh | 231 | 10.8 | +5.0 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Stew Elliott | 163 | 7.6 | +3.4 | |
| Independent | Alan Gulliver | 138 | 6.4 | +3.9 | |
| Liberal | Stephen Graham | 45 | 2.1 | +1.1 | |
| Majority | 684 | 32.1 | N/C | ||
| Turnout | 2,127 | 28.3 | −3.8 | ||
| Labourhold | Swing | -0.5 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green | Josh Williams | 1,815 | 54.5 | +2.3 | |
| Labour Co-op | Amjad Iqbal Tahir Tarar | 1,235 | 37.0 | −0.8 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Chris Dodson | 84 | 2.5 | +0.2 | |
| Conservative | Adam Phelps | 82 | 2.4 | −4.9 | |
| Majority | 580 | 17.4 | +3.1 | ||
| Turnout | 3,329 | 48.8 | +2.6 | ||
| Greenhold | Swing | +0.75 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Clare Grashoff | 1,330 | 48.4 | −2.0 | |
| Labour | Oliver White | 599 | 21.8 | −3.8 | |
| Green | Doug Cresswell | 408 | 14.8 | +8.4 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Simon Smart | 376 | 13.6 | −0.2 | |
| Majority | 731 | 26.6 | +1.9 | ||
| Turnout | 2,746 | 37.1 | −1.0 | ||
| Conservativehold | Swing | +1.8 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green | Jamie Whitham | 1,002 | 46.3 | +17.3 | |
| Labour Co-op | Mo McSevney | 782 | 36.1 | −8.4 | |
| Conservative | Beth Vincent | 230 | 10.6 | −6.1 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Graham Alexander | 131 | 6.0 | −3.7 | |
| Majority | 220 | 10.2 | +25.7 | ||
| Turnout | 2,163 | 40.5 | +4.8 | ||
| Greengain fromLabour Co-op | Swing | +12.8 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Jason Brock | 1,074 | 52.2 | −5.4 | |
| Conservative | Dipika Upadhyay | 531 | 25.8 | −4.8 | |
| Green | Amanda Walsh | 234 | 11.3 | +5.7 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Marie French | 189 | 9.2 | +3.4 | |
| Majority | 543 | 26.4 | −0.7 | ||
| Turnout | 2,055 | 31.3 | −2.7 | ||
| Labourhold | Swing | -0.6 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Jeanette Skeats | 1,244 | 36.5 | −7.9 | |
| Conservative | Paul Carnell | 1,153 | 33.8 | −10.6 | |
| Labour | Boubacar Dembele | 822 | 24.1 | −10.1 | |
| Labour | Benjamin Perry | 796 | 23.3 | −10.9 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Jo Ramsay | 746 | 22.0 | +9.8 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Guy William Penman | 700 | 20.5 | +8.3 | |
| Green | Sarah McNamara | 684 | 20.1 | +11.4 | |
| Green | Sally Anne Newman | 458 | 13.4 | +4.7 | |
| Majority | 422 | 12.4 | +2.2 | ||
| Majority | 357 | 8.8 | −1.4 | ||
| Turnout | 3,402 | 46.7 | +0.1 | ||
| Conservativehold | Swing | +2.2 | |||
| Conservativehold | Swing | +0.3 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Ricky Duveen | 1,264 | 47.0 | +12.8 | |
| Conservative | Sandra Vickers | 745 | 27.7 | −13.5 | |
| Labour | Ali Foster | 367 | 13.6 | −6.9 | |
| UKIP | William MacPhee | 175 | 6.5 | +6.5 | |
| Green | Deborah Wilson | 122 | 4.5 | +0.9 | |
| Majority | 519 | 19.3 | +13.0 | ||
| Turnout | 2,684 | 37.6 | +1.1 | ||
| Liberal Democratsgain fromConservative | Swing | +13.2 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Micky Leng | 1,179 | 59.0 | −4.8 | |
| Conservative | Robert Vickers | 379 | 18.9 | −4.9 | |
| Green | Lucy Mortlock | 235 | 11.7 | +7.0 | |
| Liberal Democrats | John Illenden | 174 | 8.7 | +3.0 | |
| Majority | 800 | 40.0 | N/C | ||
| Turnout | 1,996 | 22.6 | −2.7 | ||
| Labourhold | Swing | +0.1 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Jenny Rynn | 2,181 | 45.2 | +3.1 | |
| Labour | Glenn Dennis | 1,789 | 37.1 | −1.3 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Gary Coster | 556 | 11.5 | +1.7 | |
| Green | Richard Walker | 302 | 6.3 | −3.4 | |
| Majority | 392 | 8.1 | |||
| Turnout | 4,828 | ||||
| Conservativehold | Swing | ||||