2016 UK local government election
Map of the results of the 2016 Reading Borough Council election. Labour in red, Liberal Democrats in yellow, Conservatives in blue and the Greens in green. The 2016 Reading Borough Council election took place on 5 May 2016 to elect members of Reading Borough Council in England.[1] [2] The election for Police and Crime Commissioner was held on the same day. The Labour Party increased their borough-wide vote by over 7% and held on to marginal seats in Church, Kentwood and Caversham, the latter receiving the highest number of votes recorded for any candidate at this election .[3]
After the election, the composition of the council was:
Party Seats +/- Labour 31 0 Conservative 10 0 Green Party 3 0 Liberal Democrats 2 0 Labour hold
Election result Reading Borough Council Election, 2016 Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/− Labour 11 0 0 0 68.7% 45.0% 15,888 +7.5% Conservative 3 0 0 0 18.7% 28.3% 10,017 -7.0% Green 1 0 0 0 6.2% 12.2% 4,318 +1.1% Liberal Democrats 1 0 0 0 6.2% 11.5% 4,075 +3.7% UKIP 0 0 0 0 0% 2.7% 970 -5.2% TUSC 0 0 0 0 0% 0.0% 55 0.0% Liberal 0 0 0 0 0% 0.0% 44 0.0%
Ward results Abbey Abbey Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour Tony Page 1,281 58.2% +15.9% Conservative Trevor Slack 466 21.1% Green Joe Sylvester 236 10.7% Liberal Democrats Kirsten Bayes 218 9.9% Majority 815 37.1% Labour hold Swing
Battle Battle 2016 Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour Gul Khan 1,174 Conservative Michael Hey 401 Green Alan Lockey 209 Liberal Democrats John Grout 183 Majority 773 Labour hold Swing
Caversham Caversham 2016 Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour Richard Davies 1,481 50.8 Conservative Ed Hogan 961 33.0 Green David Foster 270 9.3 Liberal Democrats Christopher Burden 203 7.0 Majority 520 17.8 Labour hold Swing
Church Church 2016 Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour Eileen McElligott 985 Conservative Paul Carnell 646 Green Kathryn McCann 220 Liberal Democrats Ben Thomas 100 Majority 339 Labour hold Swing
Katesgrove Katesgrove 2016 Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour Rose Williams 1,106 60.8% Conservative Syed Abbas 302 16.6% Green Louise Keane 239 13.1% Liberal Democrats Margaret McNeill 172 9.5% Majority 804 44.2% Labour hold Swing
Kentwood Kentwood 2016 Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour Daya Pal Singh 1,054 Conservative Emma Warman 810 UKIP Howard Thomas 254 Green Ruth Shaffrey 150 Liberal Democrats Glenn Goodall 145 Majority Labour hold Swing
Mapledurham Mapledurham 2016 Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Isobel Ballsdon 590 Liberal Democrats Jenny Woods 262 Labour Simon Rogers 161 Green Brent Smith 87 Majority Conservative hold Swing
Minster Minster 2016 Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour Liz Terry 1,139 Conservative Alanzo Seville 572 UKIP Linda Ann Giles 224 Liberal Democrats James Moore 166 Green Keith Johnson 141 Majority Labour hold Swing
Norcot Norcot 2016 Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour Jo Lovelock 1,305 Conservative Robert Masterson 358 UKIP Philip Martin Giles 232 Green Jill Wigmore-Welsh 126 Liberal Democrats Jon Walls 95 Liberal Stephen Graham 44 Majority Labour hold Swing
Park Park 2016 Party Candidate Votes % ±% Green Brenda McGonigle 1,375 Labour Dave Dymond 1,011 Conservative Roland Hazell 260 Liberal Democrats Rebecca Rye 83 Majority Green hold Swing
Peppard Peppard 2016 Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Jane Beale-Stanford 1,299 Labour Leighton Yeo 542 Liberal Democrats Peter Boardley 489 Green Sally Newman 219 Majority Conservative hold Swing
Redlands Redlands 2016 Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour Tony Jones 1,096 Green Kizzi Murtagh 383 Conservative Natalie Greenstreet 343 Liberal Democrats Francis Jakeman 206 Majority Labour hold Swing
Southcote Southcote 2016 Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour Debs Edwards 1,325 Conservative Russell Martin 515 Liberal Democrats Mark Cole 129 Green Doug Cresswell 106 Majority Labour hold Swing
Thames Thames 2016 Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Ed Hopper 1,383 Labour Karen Rowland 665 Liberal Democrats Guy Penman 467 Green Sarah McNamara 353 Majority Conservative hold Swing
Tilehurst Tilehurst 2016 Party Candidate Votes % ±% Liberal Democrats Meri O’Connell 1,044 Conservative Robert Vickers 641 Labour Matt Harrison 468 UKIP Stephen George James 260 Green Miriam Kennet 56 Majority Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Whitley Whitley 2016 Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour Emmett McKenna 1,095 Conservative James Kiriamiti 470 Green Richard Black 148 Liberal Democrats Roy Haines 115 TUSC Neil Adams 55 Majority Labour hold Swing
By-elections between 2016 and 2018 Southcote by-election 21 July 2016[4] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour Jason Brook 934 64.1 +0.2 Conservative Russell Martin 381 26.1 +1.3 Liberal Democrats Mark Cole 77 5.3 −0.9 Green Alan Lockey 66 4.5 −0.6 Majority 553 37.9 Turnout 1,458 Labour hold Swing
References ^ "Guide to May 2016 elections in Scotland, Wales, England and Northern Ireland". BBC News . Retrieved 21 April 2016 . ^ "2016 Local Borough Elections". Reading City Council . Retrieved 23 April 2016 . [permanent dead link ] ^ "Local Election Results - 5 May 2016". Reading City Council . Retrieved 6 May 2016 . ^ "Local Elections Archive Project — Southcote Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk . Retrieved 21 February 2024 .
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