2012_Reading_Borough_Council_election
Elections to Reading Borough Council took place on 3 May 2012, with 16 council seats up for election. The Labour Party gained Church, Katesgrove, Redlands, Kentwood and Caversham wards, giving them a working majority and control of the council. The Conservative Party lost three seats but gained Peppard ward from an independent. The Liberal Democrats lost two seats but held Tilehurst ward, a seat they had lost the previous year to the Conservative Party. The Green Party gained Park ward from Labour but failed to make gains elsewhere seeing their percentage of the borough-wide vote fall slightly.
After the election, the composition of the council was:
More information Party, Seats ...
Party | Seats | +/- | |
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Labour | 26 | +4 | |
Conservative | 12 | -2 | |
Liberal Democrats | 4 | -2 | |
Green Party | 3 | +1 | |
Independent | 1 | -1 | |
Labour gain from No overall control |
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More information Party, Seats ...
Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
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Labour | 11 | 5 | 1 | +4 | 68.8% | 45.0% | 15452 | +5.1% | |
Conservative | 3 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 18.8% | 27.8% | 9492 | -6.3% | |
Green | 1 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 6.3% | 11.1% | 3787 | -0.1% | |
Liberal Democrats | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 6.3% | 10.0% | 3406 | -2.8% | |
Independent | 0 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0% | 3.7% | 1277 | +3.6% | |
Common Sense | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | 1.1% | 391 | -0.7% | |
UKIP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | 0.6% | 220 | +0.6% | |
The Roman Party Ave! | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | 0.1% | 42 | 0% | |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Tony Page | 1,140 | 58.3% | +11.6% | |
Conservative | Alex Coleman | 354 | 18.1% | -7.1% | |
Green | Hazel Mary Murphy | 230 | 11.7% | +1.2% | |
Liberal Democrats | Kirsten Ruth Bayes | 135 | 6.9% | -8.7% | |
Common Sense | Howard Thomas | 87 | 4.4% | +0.1% | |
Majority | 786 | 40.2% | |||
Turnout | 1,953 | 20.0% | |||
Labour hold | Swing | +9.3% | |||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Gul Khan | 1,015 | 54.0% | +0.9% | |
Conservative | Imraan Ishtiaq | 522 | 27.7% | +1.0% | |
Green | Alan Edward Lockey | 188 | 10.0% | +3.0% | |
Liberal Democrats | Mark David Edward Whiley | 106 | 5.6% | -3.3% | |
The Roman Party Ave! | Jean-Louis Pascual | 42 | 2.2% | +1.0% | |
Majority | 493 | 26.3% | |||
Turnout | 1,879 | 25% | |||
Labour hold | Swing | -0.1% | |||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour Co-op | Richard Davies | 1,258 | 49.0% | +17.6% | |
Conservative | David Luckett | 880 | 34.2% | -8.6% | |
Green | Jenny Hicks | 265 | 10.3% | -3.8% | |
Liberal Democrats | Jenny Claire Woods | 168 | 6.5% | -5.2% | |
Majority | 378 | 14.8% | |||
Turnout | 2,535 | 35.0% | |||
Labour Co-op gain from Conservative | Swing | +13.1% | |||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Eileen McElligott | 1,029 | 50.5% | +5.4% | |
Conservative | Azam Janjua | 700 | 34.3% | +1.2% | |
Green | Vivienne Joyce Johnson | 134 | 6.5% | -0.5% | |
Liberal Democrats | Annette Hendry | 94 | 4.6% | -2.0% | |
Common Sense | Kim Maysh | 79 | 3.8% | -4.3% | |
Majority | 329 | 16.2% | |||
Turnout | 2,036 | 25.0% | |||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | +4.2% | |||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Rose Williams | 890 | 55.9% | +9.6% | |
Liberal Democrats | Janel Marie Blattler | 257 | 16.1% | -8.8% | |
Conservative | Richard Robeson | 237 | 14.8% | -3.3% | |
Green | James Eric Towell | 157 | 9.8% | +2.9% | |
Independent | Michael Turberville | 42 | 2.6% | +0.9% | |
Majority | 623 | 39.8% | |||
Turnout | 1592 | 22% | |||
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | +9.2% | |||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Daya Pal Singh | 1,052 | 46.8% | +9.2% | |
Conservative | Emma Warman | 796 | 35.4% | -9.0% | |
Green | Kevin Jackson | 144 | 6.4% | +0.7% | |
Common Sense | Matthew James Plunkett | 126 | 5.6% | +1.3% | |
Liberal Democrats | Jon Walls | 121 | 5.4% | -2.7% | |
Majority | 256 | 11.4% | |||
Turnout | 2250 | 30% | |||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | +9.1% | |||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Isobel Ballsdon | 695 | 66.6% | +6.5% | |
Labour | Ashley Mark Edward Pearce | 136 | 12.9% | +8.0% | |
Liberal Democrats | Chris Burden | 111 | 10.5% | +1.6% | |
Green | Dougie Coulter | 103 | 9.8% | +7.8% | |
Majority | 559 | 53.7% | |||
Turnout | 1050 | 41% | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | -2.5% | |||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour Co-op | Liz Terry | 1,351 | 59.2% | +11.2% | |
Conservative | Alanzo Nesta Seville | 600 | 26.3% | -9.1% | |
Liberal Democrats | Georgina Hughes | 164 | 7.2% | -2.4% | |
Green | Sunil Gandhi | 162 | 7.1% | -0.3% | |
Majority | 751 | 32.9% | |||
Turnout | 2284 | 29% | |||
Labour Co-op hold | Swing | +10.1% | |||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Josephine Lovelock | 1,378 | 68.8% | +10.3% | |
Conservative | Michael Fairfax | 400 | 19.9% | -4.5% | |
Green | David James Patterson | 117 | 5.8% | -2.5% | |
Liberal Democrats | Margaret McNeill | 96 | 4.7% | -4.1% | |
Majority | 978 | 48.9% | |||
Turnout | 2001 | 27% | |||
Labour hold | Swing | +7.4% | |||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Green | Jamie Whitham | 1,246 | 46.4% | +3.0% | |
Labour Co-op | Rachael Chrisp | 1,094 | 40.8% | +7.6% | |
Conservative | Laurence Taylor | 279 | 10.4% | -9.6% | |
Liberal Democrats | Hoyte Paul Arnoud Swager | 54 | 2.0% | -1.4% | |
Majority | 152 | 5.6% | |||
Turnout | 2681 | 35% | |||
Green gain from Labour | Swing | -4.4% | |||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Jane Stanford-Beale | 1,090 | 38.4% | -19.9% | |
Independent | Jamie Chowdhary | 789 | 27.8% | +27.8% | |
Labour | David Lawrence Absolom | 434 | 15.3% | -2.9% | |
Liberal Democrats | Mustafa Chaudhary | 297 | 10.4% | -4.0% | |
Green | Kate Day | 210 | 7.4% | +1.9% | |
Majority | 301 | 10.6% | |||
Turnout | 2834 | 37% | |||
Conservative gain from Independent | Swing | -23.8% | |||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour Co-op | Tony Jones | 1,032 | 51.8% | +7.5% | |
Liberal Democrats | James Moore | 425 | 21.3% | -4.6% | |
Conservative | Leo Lester | 273 | 13.7% | -4.3% | |
Green | Robert Alan Booth | 251 | 12.6% | +1.2% | |
Majority | 607 | 30.5% | |||
Turnout | 1992 | 26% | |||
Labour Co-op gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | +6.0% | |||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Debs Edwards | 1,364 | 65.0% | +8.9% | |
Conservative | Ali Asghar | 478 | 22.8% | -8.4% | |
Liberal Democrats | David Robert Warren | 142 | 6.7% | -0.3% | |
Green | Kizzi Miranda Murtagh | 112 | 5.3% | -0.4% | |
Majority | 886 | 42.2% | |||
Turnout | 2096 | 32% | |||
Labour hold | Swing | +8.6% | |||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Ed Hopper | 1,266 | 44.9% | -9.7% | |
Labour Co-op | Duncan Quay Bruce | 625 | 22.2% | +1.3% | |
Independent | John Dickson | 322 | 11.4% | +11.4% | |
Green | Helen Isobel McNamara | 311 | 11.0% | -0.2% | |
Liberal Democrats | Guy William Gipps Penman | 282 | 10.0% | -3.3% | |
Majority | 641 | 22.7% | |||
Turnout | 2815 | 38% | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | -5.5% | |||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Meri O'Connell | 897 | 38.6% | +7.1% | |
Conservative | Robert Vickers | 604 | 26.0% | -11.7% | |
Labour | Haji Banaras | 510 | 21.9% | -3.6% | |
UKIP | William Stewart Graham MacPhee | 220 | 9.4% | +9.4% | |
Green | Doug Cresswell | 89 | 3.7% | -1.5% | |
Majority | 293 | 12.6% | |||
Turnout | 2321 | 32% | |||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | +9.4% | |||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Mike Orton | 1,144 | 64.4% | +7.5% | |
Conservative | Nick Brown | 318 | 17.9% | -6.6% | |
Common Sense | Mike Diamond | 99 | 5.5% | -3.4% | |
Independent | Jamie Steven Wake | 82 | 4.6% | +4.6% | |
Green | Keith Martin Johnson | 68 | 3.8% | -1.4% | |
Liberal Democrats | Rebecca Ellen Chester | 57 | 3.2% | 2.0% | |
Majority | 826 | 46.5% | |||
Turnout | 1775 | 22% | |||
Labour hold | Swing | +7.0% | |||
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- Election Candidates Unveiled
- Abbey Ward Results 2012
- Battle Ward Results 2012
- Caversham Ward Results 2012
- Church Ward Results 2012
- Katesgrove Ward Results 2012
- Kentwood Ward Results 2012
- Mapledurham Ward Results 2012
- Minster Ward Results 2012
- Norcot Ward Results 2012
- Park Ward Results 2012
- Peppard Ward Results 2012
- Redlands Ward Results 2012
- Southcote Ward Results 2012
- Thames Ward Results 2012
- Tilehurst Ward Results 2012
- Whitley Ward Results 2012