2023_Reading_Borough_Council_election

2023 Reading Borough Council election
17 out of 48 seats to Reading Borough Council; 25 seats needed for a majority
	Winner of each seat at the 2023 Reading Borough Council election
Leader before election; Jason Brock; Labour	Leader after election ; Jason Brock; Labour

2023 Reading Borough Council election

The 2023 Reading Borough Council election was held on 4 May 2023 to elect members of Reading Borough Council in Berkshire, England.^[1] It coincided with local elections across England. There were 17 of the 48 seats on the council up for election, being the usual third of the council plus a by-election in Park ward following the resignation of Green councillor Brenda McGonigle.^[2]

Quick Facts 17 out of 48 seats to Reading Borough Council 25 seats needed for a majority, First party ...

Labour retained its majority on the council. Only one seat changed party at this election, being a Labour gain from the Conservatives in Caversham Heights ward. All other seats were unchanged, with the Greens regaining their vacant seat in Park ward.^[3]^[4]

A by-election was held on 3 August 2023 following the death of a Norcot councillor.^[5] Labour retained the seat with a marginally increased share of the vote.^[6]

Ward results

The Statement of Persons Nominated was published on 5 April 2023.^[7] Votes were counted overnight and the results posted on the Council's website on 5 May.^[8]^[9]

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2023 Reading Borough Council election
Party		This election			Full council			This election
Party		Seats	Net	Seats %	Other	Total	Total %	Votes	Votes %	+/−
	Labour	11	1	64.7	21	32	66.7	19,352	47.3	±0.0
	Green	3		17.6	4	7	14.6	8,595	21.0	+4.2
	Conservative	2	1	11.8	3	5	10.4	8,722	21.3	-5.0
	Liberal Democrats	1		5.9	2	3	6.3	3,983	9.7	+0.5
	Independent	0		0.0	1	1	2.1	71	0.2	±0.0
	TUSC	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	164	0.4	+0.2
	Liberal	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	57	0.1	N/A

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mohammed Ayub*	819	52.7	-3.4
	Conservative	Simon James Bazley	308	19.8	+2.3
	Green	Howard John Darby	264	17.0	-12.3
	Liberal Democrats	Steven Adam Gore	163	10.5	-8.5
Majority			511	32.9
Turnout			1,266	19.2
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Amjad Iqbal Tahir Tarar	1,374	65.4	+6.4
	Conservative	John Tattersall Murray	302	14.4	+0.1
	Green	Callum Louis Harling	256	12.2	-8.9
	Liberal Democrats	John Berkeley Grout	170	8.1	-5.2
Majority			1,072	51.0
Turnout			2,115	28.0
	Labour Co-op hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jan Gavin*	1,563	53.6	+4.1
	Conservative	Saadia Zafar Saadat	569	19.5	-2.0
	Green	Mark Peter Timothy Palmer	473	16.2	-10.5
	Liberal Democrats	Christopher Simon Burden	311	10.7	-5.9
Majority			994	34.1
Turnout			2,937	39.1
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Sam Juthani	1,454	41.0	+10.7
	Conservative	Paul Alan Carnell*	1,324	37.3	+1.7
	Green	Danny McNamara	500	14.1	-9.9
	Liberal Democrats	Vania Costa-Krol	270	7.6	-17.3
Majority			130	3.7
Turnout			3,563	47.6
	Labour Co-op gain from Conservative		Swing

2023_Reading_Borough_Council_election

2023 Reading Borough Council election

Summary

Election result

Ward results

Abbey

Battle

Caversham

Caversham Heights

Church

Coley

Emmer Green

Katesgrove

Kentwood

Norcot

Park

Redlands

Southcote

Thames

Tilehurst

Whitley

By-Elections

References

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Paul Richard Woodward*	1,268	61.4	+9.7
	Conservative	James Mwaniki Mugo	448	21.7	-16.0
	Green	Brent Smith	198	9.6	-7.4
	Liberal Democrats	Mark Clifford Cole	152	7.4	-5.8
Majority			820	39.7
Turnout			2,083	25.3
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Paul Stephen Gittings*	1,297	57.9	-2.4
	Conservative	Lizzy Sheppard	462	20.6	-2.4
	Green	Isobel Claire Hoskins	267	11.9	-12.0
	Liberal Democrats	Benjamin Francis Sims	213	9.5	-8.7
Majority			835	37.3
Turnout			2,252	32.0
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Stephen James Goss	1,233	40.0	-0.7
	Labour	Matt Buckley	1,133	36.8	-1.9
	Green	Wendy Jane Rooke	378	12.3	-15.5
	Liberal Democrats	Pieter Herman M De Boiserie	336	10.9	-11.0
Majority			100	3.2
Turnout			3,095	40.7
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Doug Cresswell*	1,048	47.0	+4.6
	Labour Co-op	Marg Cobb	832	37.3	+3.4
	Conservative	Ian Binge	213	9.5	-1.5
	Liberal Democrats	Margaret McNeill	80	3.6	-4.1
	TUSC	Lily Jayne Challice	58	2.6	N/A
Majority			216	9.7
Turnout			2,257	29.5
	Green hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Raj Singh*	1,171	45.3	+5.4
	Labour	Mamuna Naz	1,016	39.3	+0.4
	Green	Caroline Hearst	209	8.1	-4.6
	Liberal Democrats	Jonathan Peter Barker	187	7.2	-4.1
Majority			155	6.0
Turnout			2,583	38.3
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Colette Lolita Dennis*	1,202	58.0	+1.2
	Conservative	Suzanne Rowe	371	17.9	-0.8
	Green	Richard Peter Walkem	206	9.9	-8.6
	Liberal Democrats	Christopher Ward	126	6.1	-5.9
	Independent	Alan John Gulliver	71	3.4	-4.6
	Liberal	Stephen Anthony Graham	57	2.8	N/A
	TUSC	Jen Bottom	39	1.9	-3.1
Majority			831	40.1
Turnout			2,082	27.6
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Josh Williams*	1,536	54.7	+5.9
	Green	Sarah Magon	1,408	50.1	-2.0
	Labour	Ram Bahadur Galami	1,087	38.7	+3.6
	Labour	Ollie Williamson	1,070	38.1	+7.3
	Conservative	Adam Iestyn Phelps	164	5.8	-1.5
	Conservative	Allison Carnell	160	5.7	-0.8
	Liberal Democrats	Chris Dodson	86	3.1	-0.8
	Liberal Democrats	Henry David Wright	57	2.0	N/A
Turnout			2,842	40.5
	Green hold		Swing
	Green hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Will Cross*	1,194	46.4	+5.1
	Green	Kate Nikulina	1,034	40.2	+0.2
	Conservative	Abdoulaye Diouma Sow	193	7.5	-2.3
	Liberal Democrats	Francis David Jakeman	114	4.4	-1.8
	TUSC	Melanie Samantha Jayne Dent	36	1.4	N/A
Majority			160	6.2
Turnout			2,590	31.3
	Labour Co-op hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Joseph Ennis*	1,454	60.8	+6.2
	Conservative	Ben Michael Brereton Blackmore	547	22.9	-0.4
	Green	Jamie Whitham	223	9.3	-7.1
	Liberal Democrats	Riccardo Giovanni Mancuso-Marcello	136	5.7	-5.7
	TUSC	Neil Robert Adams	31	1.3	-2.1
Majority			907	37.9
Turnout			2,413	31.1
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ama Asare	997	51.5	-1.1
	Conservative	Shivraj Hawaldar	395	20.4	-3.5
	Green	Mike Harling	295	15.2	-10.8
	Liberal Democrats	Jo Ramsay	248	12.8	-2.3
Majority			602	31.1
Turnout			1,948	32.9
	Labour hold		Swing

Tilehurst
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Anne Thompson*	1,158	50.9	+6.3
	Labour Co-op	Len Middleton	481	21.1	+4.9
	Conservative	Casey George Christopher Byrne	479	21.0	-4.0
	Green	Gabriel Berry-Khan	159	7.0	-3.8
Majority			677	29.8
Turnout			2,282	31.5
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Alice Mpofu-Coles*	1,111	61.3	+5.0
	Conservative	Vani Goel	383	21.1	+0.1
	Liberal Democrats	Sarah Lucy Dobson	176	9.7	-1.5
	Green	Kathy Smith	141	7.8	-7.8
Majority			728	40.2
Turnout			1,822	23.5
	Labour Co-op hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Finn McGoldrick	929	58.2	+0.2
	Liberal Democrats	Marie French	280	17.5	+11.4
	Conservative	Lizzy Sheppard	209	13.1	-4.8
	Green	Richard Peter Walkem	101	6.3	-3.6
	Independent	Alan John Gulliver	47	3.1	-0.4
	TUSC	Jen Bottom	28	1.8	-0.1
Majority			649	40.6	+0.5
Turnout			1,598	21.1	-6.5
	Labour hold		Swing