2008_Reading_Borough_Council_election
The 2008 Reading Borough Council election to the Reading Borough Council resulted in gains for the Conservatives and the Liberal Democrats and losses for the Labour Party. The Labour leader of the council, David Sutton, lost his seat in the election.
This article relies largely or entirely on a single source. (July 2019) |
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Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
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Conservative | 6 | +4 | 0 | +4 | 37.5% | 40.5% | 15,466 | +2.2% | |
Labour | 7 | 0 | 5 | -4 | 43.7% | 32.2% | 12,321 | +0.2% | |
Liberal Democrats | 3 | +2 | 1 | +1 | 18.7% | 17.6% | 6,729 | -2.3% | |
Green | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | 8.0% | 3,061 | -0.8% | |
Independent | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | 0.9% | 345 | -1.4% | |
Common Sense | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | 0.6% | 247 | +0.6% | |
The Roman Party Ave! | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | 0.4% | 18 | -0.5% | |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Tony Page | 968 | 48.0% | +10.1% | |
Conservative | Andrew Waters | 646 | 32.0% | -0.8% | |
Liberal Democrats | Benjamin Mathis | 221 | 10.9% | -4.1% | |
Green | Douglas Cresswell | 160 | 7.9% | -4.4% | |
The Roman Party Ave! | Jean Louis Pascual | 18 | 0.9% | +0.9 | |
Majority | 322 | 16.0% | |||
Turnout | 2,015 | 28% | |||
Labour hold | Swing | +5.4% | |||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Gul Khan | 911 | 48.5% | -2.9% | |
Conservative | Ali Asghar | 486 | 25.9% | +2.0% | |
Liberal Democrats | Andrew Parsons | 253 | 13.4% | +1.3% | |
Green | Adrian Windisch | 219 | 11.6% | -1.8% | |
Majority | 425 | 22.6% | |||
Turnout | 1,876 | 27.3% | |||
Labour hold | Swing | -2.4% | |||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | David Luckett | 1,257 | 51.2% | +0.9% | |
Labour | Matt Rodda | 669 | 27.2% | -1.0% | |
Liberal Democrats | Christopher Burden | 271 | 11.0% | -0.4% | |
Green | David Patterson | 250 | 10.2% | +0.3% | |
Majority | 588 | 24.0% | |||
Turnout | 2,453 | 35.8% | |||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | +1.0% | |||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Azam Janjua | 969 | 45.3% | -2.0% | |
Labour | Marian Livingston | 782 | 36.6% | -0.2% | |
Liberal Democrats | Karl Hobley | 215 | 10.0% | +1.0% | |
Green | Vivienne Joyce Johnson | 166 | 7.7% | +1.1% | |
Majority | 187 | 8.7% | |||
Turnout | 2,136 | 28.5% | |||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | -1.1% | |||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Warren Swaine | 757 | 38.7% | +4.0% | |
Labour | David Sutton | 727 | 37.1% | +4.4% | |
Conservative | Nicholas Allen | 341 | 17.4% | +3.3% | |
Green | Russell Seymour | 90 | 4.6% | -9.3% | |
Independent | David Boobier | 35 | 1.7% | -2.7% | |
Majority | 30 | 1.6% | |||
Turnout | 1955 | 31% | |||
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Swing | -0.4% | |||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Emma Warman | 1,238 | 46.5% | +2.3% | |
Labour | Richard McKenzie | 667 | 25.0% | -8.6% | |
Liberal Democrats | Matthew Platts | 402 | 15.0% | -2.4% | |
Common Sense | Howard Thomas | 247 | 9.2% | +9.2% | |
Green | Kevin Jackson | 107 | 4.0% | -0.6% | |
Majority | 571 | 21.5% | |||
Turnout | 2666 | 37% | |||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | +5.5% | |||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Fred Pugh | 821 | 61.0% | -3.1% | |
Independent | Robert (Bob) O'Neill | 310 | 23.0% | +23.0% | |
Liberal Democrats | Michael Eggleton | 121 | 8.9% | -15.3% | |
Labour | Daya Pal Singh | 67 | 4.9% | -6.6% | |
Green | Caroline Anscombe | 27 | 2.0% | +2.0% | |
Majority | 511 | 38.0% | |||
Turnout | 1346 | 55% | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | -13.0% | |||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Deborah Watson | 1,186 | 44.7% | +0.9% | |
Conservative | Philip Webb | 1,115 | 42.0% | +3.0% | |
Liberal Democrats | Michael Taylor | 229 | 8.6% | -0.4% | |
Green | Sunil Gandhi | 114 | 4.2% | -3.8% | |
Majority | 71 | 2.7% | |||
Turnout | 2653 | 38% | |||
Labour hold | Swing | -2.1% | |||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Josephine Lovelock | 1,171 | 51.0% | +1.0% | |
Conservative | James Cox | 773 | 33.6% | +4.6% | |
Liberal Democrats | Mark Mills | 219 | 9.5% | -3.6% | |
Green | Mark Walker | 129 | 5.6% | -2.0% | |
Majority | 398 | 17.4% | |||
Turnout | 2296 | 32.7% | |||
Labour hold | Swing | -3.6% | |||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Jon Hartley | 1,014 | 33.7% | +3.1% | |
Green | Rob White | 994 | 33.1% | +7.1% | |
Conservative | Martyn Washbourne | 704 | 23.4% | -7.4% | |
Liberal Democrats | Neal Brown | 286 | 9.5% | -2.9% | |
Majority | 20 | 0.6% | |||
Turnout | 3006 | 43.8% | |||
Labour hold | Swing | -4.0% | |||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Amjad (Jamie) Chowdhary | 1,857 | 56.0% | +5.1% | |
Liberal Democrats | Annette Hendry | 1,086 | 32.7% | -4.3% | |
Labour | Helen Hathaway | 246 | 7.4% | +0.9% | |
Green | Patrick Little | 116 | 3.5% | +1.1% | |
Majority | 771 | 23.3% | |||
Turnout | 3,314 | 45.3% | |||
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | -4.7% | |||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Glenn Goodall | 927 | 40.1% | -1.1% | |
Labour | Peter Kayes | 736 | 31.9% | -1.6% | |
Conservative | Laurence Taylor | 475 | 20.5% | +4.6% | |
Green | Gabriel Berry | 160 | 6.9% | -0.1% | |
Majority | 191 | 8.2% | |||
Turnout | 2,307 | 32% | |||
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Swing | +0.5% | |||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Deborah Edwards | 1,333 | 50.6% | +3.9% | |
Conservative | Alan Hawkins | 1,067 | 40.5% | -0.3% | |
Liberal Democrats | Guy William Gipps Penman | 139 | 5.2% | 2.4% | |
Green | James Towell | 85 | 3.2% | -1.4% | |
Majority | 266 | 10.1% | |||
Turnout | 2630 | 43% | |||
Labour hold | Swing | +2.1% | |||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Isobel Ballsdon | 2,107 | 65.0% | +1.3% | |
Labour | Susan Stainthorpe | 484 | 14.9% | +2.0% | |
Liberal Democrats | Pauline Arthur | 398 | 12.2% | -2.6% | |
Green | Daniel McNamara | 243 | 7.5% | +1.2% | |
Majority | 1,623 | 50.1% | |||
Turnout | 3,237 | 45.6% | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | -0.7% | |||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Peter Beard | 1,085 | 41.8% | ||
Conservative | Sandra Vickers | 1,004 | 38.7% | ||
Labour | Raymond Richens | 397 | 15.3% | ||
Green | Hugh Swann | 97 | 3.7% | ||
Majority | 81 | 3.1% | |||
Turnout | 2,590 | 36% | |||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Mike Orton | 963 | 53.5% | ||
Conservative | James Wyman | 606 | 33.6% | ||
Liberal Democrats | Christopher Brown | 120 | 6.6% | ||
Green | Keith Martin Johnson | 104 | 5.7% | ||
Majority | 357 | 19.9% | |||
Turnout | 1,799 | 24.9% | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
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