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15 out of 46 seats toReading Borough Council 24 seats needed for a majority | ||||
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Winner of each seat at the 2011 Reading Borough Council election | ||||
Elections to Reading Borough Council took place on Thursday 5 May 2011. There were 15 seats up for election, one third of the council. The election meant that the council continued to haveno overall control but aLabour led minority administration replaced the previousConservativeLiberal Democrat coalition.[1] The posts ofleader of the council andmayor were filled at a meeting of the council on 25 May 2011.[2] Labour member Deborah Edwards was elected mayor on thecasting vote of outgoing mayor, Gul Khan. Councillor Edwards then used her casting vote in favour of the new Leader of the council, Jo Lovelock. The twoGreen Party councillors abstained in both votes.[3]
After the election, the composition of the council was:
| Party | Seats | +/- | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | 22 | +3 | |
| Conservative | 16 | -1 | |
| Liberal Democrats | 5 | -4 | |
| Green Party | 2 | +1 | |
| Independent | 1 | +1[a] | |
| No overall controlhold | |||
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | 9 | 3 | 0 | +3 | 60.0% | 39.9% | 17,788 | +8.8% | |
| Conservative | 5 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 33.3% | 34.1% | 15,223 | -1.1% | |
| Liberal Democrats | 0 | 0 | 3 | -3 | 0.0% | 12.8% | 5,719 | -12.8% | |
| Green | 1 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 6.7% | 11.2% | 4,999 | +4.5% | |
| Common Sense Party | 0 | 0 | 0 | ±0 | 0.0% | 1.8% | 816 | +1.2% | |
| Independent | 0 | 0 | 0 | ±0 | 0.0% | 0.1% | 36 | +0.0% | |
| The Roman Party Ave! | 0 | 0 | 0 | ±0 | 0.0% | 0.1% | 30 | +0.0% | |
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Mohammed Ayub | 1,298 | 46.7% | +9.8% | |
| Conservative | Richard Nante | 699 | 25.2% | −4.3% | |
| Liberal Democrats | George Hughes | 369 | 13.3% | −15.6% | |
| Green | Vivienne Johnson | 293 | 10.5% | +5.8% | |
| Common Sense Party | Bob O'Neill | 119 | 4.3% | N/A | |
| Majority | 599 | 21.5% | |||
| Turnout | 2778 | 31% | |||
| Labourhold | Swing | +7.1% | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Chris Maskell | 1,373 | 53.1% | +7.2% | |
| Conservative | Imraan Ishtiaq | 690 | 26.7% | +2.6% | |
| Liberal Democrats | John Oakley | 230 | 8.9% | −11.9% | |
| Green | Alan Edward Lockey | 181 | 7.0% | +2.5% | |
| Common Sense Party | Michael Diamond | 81 | 3.1% | −0.9% | |
| The Roman Party Ave! | Jean-Louis Pascual | 30 | 1.2% | +0.5% | |
| Majority | 683 | 26.4% | |||
| Turnout | 2585 | 36% | |||
| Labourhold | Swing | +2.3% | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Tom Stanway | 1,335 | 42.8% | +1.1% | |
| Labour | Esther Walters | 977 | 31.4% | +7.3% | |
| Green | Jenny Lawrence | 438 | 14.1% | +8.0% | |
| Liberal Democrats | Jenny Claire Woods | 366 | 11.7% | −16.4% | |
| Majority | 358 | 11.4% | |||
| Turnout | 3116 | 43% | |||
| Conservativehold | Swing | -3.1% | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Paul Richard Woodward | 1,229 | 45.1% | +12.9% | |
| Conservative | Geoff Poland | 901 | 33.1% | −6.7% | |
| Common Sense Party | Kim Maysh | 221 | 8.1% | N/A | |
| Green | Jon Roberts | 192 | 7.0% | +2.0% | |
| Liberal Democrats | Anthony Warrell | 181 | 6.6% | −16.3% | |
| Majority | 328 | 12.0% | |||
| Turnout | 2724 | 35% | |||
| Labourgain fromConservative | Swing | +9.8% | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Matt Rodda | 1,100 | 46.3% | +12.3% | |
| Liberal Democrats | Margaret McNeill | 592 | 24.9% | −11.2% | |
| Conservative | Leo Lester | 431 | 18.1% | −5.9% | |
| Green | Kizzi Murtagh | 165 | 6.9% | +2.2% | |
| Common Sense Party | Luis Mendiz | 54 | 2.3% | N/A | |
| Independent | Michael Turberville | 36 | 1.5% | +0.3% | |
| Majority | 508 | 21.4% | |||
| Turnout | 2378 | 34% | |||
| Labourgain fromLiberal Democrats | Swing | +11.8% | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | James Anderson | 1,369 | 44.4% | +2.7% | |
| Labour | Daya Pal Singh | 1,159 | 37.6% | +8.7% | |
| Liberal Democrats | Meri O'Connell | 247 | 8.0% | −12.5% | |
| Green | Kevin Jackson | 177 | 5.7% | +2.7% | |
| Common Sense Party | Matthew James Plunkett | 134 | 4.3% | −1.7% | |
| Majority | 210 | 6.8% | |||
| Turnout | 3086 | 39% | |||
| Conservativehold | Swing | -3.0% | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Paul Stephen Gittings | 1,447 | 47.9% | +9.3 | |
| Conservative | Alanzo Nesta Seville | 1,066 | 35.3% | −1.6% | |
| Liberal Democrats | Julie Hopkins | 286 | 9.5% | −10.8% | |
| Green | Sunil Gandhi | 220 | 7.3% | +3.1% | |
| Majority | 381 | 12.6% | |||
| Turnout | 3019 | 41% | |||
| Labourhold | Swing | +5.5% | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Graeme William Hoskin | 1,557 | 58.5% | +13.9% | |
| Conservative | Naz Bashir | 650 | 24.4% | −5.0% | |
| Liberal Democrats | Roy Albert Teixeira Perestrelo | 233 | 8.8% | −12.5% | |
| Green | David James Patterson | 220 | 8.3% | +3.5% | |
| Majority | 907 | 34.1% | |||
| Turnout | 2660 | 37% | |||
| Labourhold | Swing | +9.5% | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green | Melanie Eastwood | 1,585 | 43.4% | +4.5% | |
| Labour | Richard Mark Mckenzie | 1,213 | 33.2% | +6.4% | |
| Conservative | Wazir Hussain | 732 | 20.0% | +2.6% | |
| Liberal Democrats | Hoyte Paul Arnoud Swager | 123 | 3.4% | −13.5% | |
| Majority | 372 | 10.2% | |||
| Turnout | 3653 | 48% | |||
| Greengain fromConservative | Swing | -1.0% | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Richard James Willis | 2,109 | 57.9% | +4.7% | |
| Labour | David Lawrence Absolom | 671 | 18.4% | +3.2% | |
| Liberal Democrats | Madeleine Elizabeth Adams | 523 | 14.4% | −11.0% | |
| Green | Kate Day | 340 | 9.3% | +6.4% | |
| Majority | 1,438 | 39.5% | |||
| Turnout | 3643 | 49% | |||
| Conservativehold | Swing | +0.8% | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Jan Gavin | 1,295 | 44.3% | +18.3% | |
| Liberal Democrats | Kirsten Ruth Bayes | 757 | 25.9% | −18.1% | |
| Conservative | Ed Hopper | 526 | 18.0% | −5.7% | |
| Green | Mark Adrian Walker | 345 | 11.8% | +5.6% | |
| Majority | 538 | 18.4% | |||
| Turnout | 2923 | 39% | |||
| Labourgain fromLiberal Democrats | Swing | +18.2% | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Peter Martin Ruhemann | 1,543 | 56.1% | +10.7% | |
| Conservative | Robert Douglas Vickers | 858 | 31.2% | −5.0% | |
| Liberal Democrats | David Robert Warren | 193 | 7.0% | −8.7% | |
| Green | James Eric Towell | 157 | 5.7% | +3.0% | |
| Majority | 685 | 24.9% | |||
| Turnout | 2751 | 43% | |||
| Labourhold | Swing | +7.9% | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Jeanette Mavis Skeats | 2,139 | 54.6% | +3.0% | |
| Labour | Duncan Quay Bruce | 821 | 20.9% | +4.2% | |
| Liberal Democrats | Guy Penman | 522 | 13.3% | −13.6% | |
| Green | Danny Mcnamara | 439 | 11.2% | +6.4% | |
| Majority | 1318 | 33.7% | |||
| Turnout | 3921 | 54% | |||
| Conservativehold | Swing | -0.6% | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Sandra Doreen Vickers | 1,146 | 37.7% | +3.1% | |
| Liberal Democrats | Christopher John Harris | 957 | 31.5% | −8.5% | |
| Labour | Rose Williams | 774 | 25.5% | +7.6% | |
| Green | Doug Cresswell | 159 | 5.2% | +2.9% | |
| Majority | 189 | 6.2% | |||
| Turnout | 3036 | 43% | |||
| Conservativegain fromLiberal Democrats | Swing | +5.8% | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Kelly Liza Edwards | 1,331 | 56.9% | +8.5% | |
| Conservative | Michael Charles Doyle | 572 | 24.5% | −7.5% | |
| Common Sense Party | Howard Thomas | 207 | 8.9% | N/A | |
| Liberal Democrats | Jamie Steven Wake | 140 | 6.0% | −10.3% | |
| Green | Keith Martin Johnson | 88 | 3.8% | +0.5% | |
| Majority | 759 | 32.4% | |||
| Turnout | 2338 | 30% | |||
| Labourhold | Swing | +8.0% | |||