Reading council election, 2022

05/05/2022 · 16 wards · 48 seats contested

Most seats
32
Labour Party
Seats contested
48
across 16 wards
Turnout
34.5%
average of reporting wards

Summary

Party Seats +/− Votes Share +/−
Labour Party 32 +22 55,803 48.9% +8.4
Green Party 7 +5 18,663 16.3% -0.1
Conservative and Unionist Party 6 +2 29,153 25.5% -6.1
Liberal Democrats 3 +2 10,178 8.9% -1.4
Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition 0 +0 199 0.2% +0.1
Independent 0 +0 180 0.2% -0.6

Changes are against the previous council election on 06/05/2021. Vote share is each party's share of all votes cast across the borough.

Candidates

Party Candidates Of a possible 48
Conservative and Unionist Party 48
Labour Party 48
Green Party 23
Liberal Democrats 20
Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition 2
Independent 1

A party standing a full slate could field 48 candidates, one per seat.

Results by ward

Share is each candidate's share of ballots cast in the ward. Change compares each party's lead candidate with the ward's previous contest. Bold rows are elected candidates.

Abbey 3 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Karen Jean Rowland Elected 936 65.5% —
Labour Party Tony Page Elected 876 61.3% —
Labour Party Mohammed Ayub Elected 861 60.3% —
Green Party Howard John Darby 450 31.5% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Jim Brennan 314 22.0% —
Liberal Democrats Christopher Ward 291 20.4% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Stephen James Goss 288 20.2% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Simon James Bazley 269 18.8% —
Majority411
Turnout24.0%
Registered electors6,396
Ballots cast (estimated)1,428

Battle 3 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Sarah Hacker Elected 1,410 77.0% —
Labour Party Wendy Pamela Griffith Elected 1,330 72.6% —
Labour Party Gul Khan Elected 1,180 64.4% —
Green Party Callum Louis Harling 422 23.0% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Michael Hey 308 16.8% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Lizzy Sheppard 288 15.7% —
Conservative and Unionist Party John Tattersall Murray 287 15.7% —
Liberal Democrats John Berkeley Grout 267 14.6% —
Majority758
Turnout27.0%
Registered electors7,412
Ballots cast (estimated)1,831

Caversham 3 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Jacopo Lanzoni Elected 1,915 63.0% —
Labour Party Matt Yeo Elected 1,793 59.0% —
Labour Party Jan Gavin Elected 1,622 53.4% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Andrew James Ballsdon 895 29.5% —
Green Party Sally Newman 873 28.7% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Ian Binge 771 25.4% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Saadia Saadat 704 23.2% —
Liberal Democrats Juliet Laetita England 545 17.9% —
Majority727
Turnout43.0%
Registered electors7,614
Ballots cast (estimated)3,039

Caversham Heights 3 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Isobel Ballsdon Elected 1,629 45.6% —
Labour Party Sue Kitchingham Elected 1,343 37.6% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Paul Alan Carnell Elected 1,340 37.5% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Dave Luckett 1,283 35.9% —
Labour Party Matt Buckley 1,141 32.0% —
Labour Party Vikram Jeet Duhan 974 27.3% —
Liberal Democrats Jo Ramsay 937 26.2% —
Green Party Danny McNamara 901 25.2% —
Liberal Democrats Christopher Simon Burden 741 20.8% —
Liberal Democrats Thomas David Douglas Weir 421 11.8% —
Majority57
Turnout50.0%
Registered electors7,521
Ballots cast (estimated)3,570

Church 3 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Ruth McEwan Elected 1,337 59.8% —
Labour Party Andrew Hornsby-Smith Elected 1,277 57.1% —
Labour Party Paul Richard Woodward Elected 1,156 51.7% —
Conservative and Unionist Party James Mwaniki Mugo 842 37.7% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Adam Phelps 755 33.8% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Alanzo Seville 663 29.7% —
Green Party Mike Harling 381 17.0% —
Liberal Democrats Peter Boardley 296 13.2% —
Majority314
Turnout29.0%
Registered electors8,232
Ballots cast (estimated)2,236

Coley 3 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Ellie Emberson Elected 1,529 69.1% —
Labour Party Liz Terry Elected 1,368 61.8% —
Labour Party Paul Stephen Gittings Elected 1,335 60.3% —
Green Party Isobel Claire Hoskins 529 23.9% —
Conservative and Unionist Party David James McMahon 509 23.0% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Grace Holly Taylor 508 23.0% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Mas Shepherd 457 20.7% —
Liberal Democrats Benjamin Francis Sims 403 18.2% —
Majority806
Turnout34.0%
Registered electors7,013
Ballots cast (estimated)2,213

Emmer Green 3 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Clarence Mitchell Elected 1,380 46.8% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Simon Howard Robinson Elected 1,372 46.5% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Harry John George Kretchmer Elected 1,299 44.0% —
Labour Party Robert Stephen Dimmick 1,235 41.9% —
Labour Party Rachel Jones 1,123 38.1% —
Green Party Mazin Khalid Abdalla 888 30.1% —
Labour Party Len Middleton 858 29.1% —
Liberal Democrats Pieter De Boiserie 698 23.7% —
Majority64
Turnout42.0%
Registered electors7,595
Ballots cast (estimated)2,951

Katesgrove 3 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Green Party Louise Kaye Keane Elected 1,177 52.9% —
Labour Party Liam Clifford Jefferson Challenger Elected 1,025 46.1% —
Green Party Doug Cresswell Elected 1,002 45.1% —
Green Party Kate Nikulina 952 42.8% —
Labour Party Mamuna Naz 801 36.0% —
Labour Party George Charles Mathew 789 35.5% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Edward Michael Otto Belderbos 260 11.7% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Daniel James Hughes 243 10.9% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Mike Milner 238 10.7% —
Liberal Democrats Margaret McNeill 182 8.2% —
Majority50
Turnout31.0%
Registered electors7,632
Ballots cast (estimated)2,223

Kentwood 3 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Glenn Anthony Dennis Elected 1,322 50.6% —
Labour Party Mark Keeping Elected 1,236 47.3% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Raj Singh Elected 1,120 42.9% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Jenny Rynn 1,105 42.3% —
Labour Party David Stevens 1,091 41.8% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Nick Fudge 1,017 39.0% —
Green Party Caroline Hurst 357 13.7% —
Liberal Democrats Jonathan Peter Barker 316 12.1% —
Green Party Brent Smith 268 10.3% —
Majority15
Turnout40.0%
Registered electors6,759
Ballots cast (estimated)2,611

Norcot 3 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Jo Lovelock Elected 1,390 66.1% —
Labour Party Graeme William Hoskin Elected 1,319 62.7% —
Labour Party Colette Lolita Dennis Elected 1,286 61.1% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Luke Thomas Ellis 473 22.5% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Suzanne Rowe 439 20.9% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Zach Okeyo 422 20.1% —
Green Party Richard Walkem 419 19.9% —
Liberal Democrats Dorothy Anne Gibert 271 12.9% —
Independent Alan Gulliver 180 8.6% —
Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition Jen Bottom 114 5.4% —
Majority813
Turnout29.0%
Registered electors7,633
Ballots cast (estimated)2,104

Park 3 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Green Party Rob White Elected 1,736 60.6% —
Green Party Brenda McGonigle Elected 1,607 56.1% —
Green Party Josh Williams Elected 1,504 52.5% —
Labour Party Sheldon Allen 1,083 37.8% —
Labour Party Andy Gilpin 982 34.3% —
Labour Party Ollie Williamson 950 33.1% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Niki Haywood 224 7.8% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Nathan Sean O'Brien 200 7.0% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Sagar Patel 195 6.8% —
Liberal Democrats Chris Dodson 120 4.2% —
Majority421
Turnout42.0%
Registered electors7,111
Ballots cast (estimated)2,867

Redlands 3 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Green Party Kathryn Elizabeth McCann Elected 1,308 48.7% —
Green Party Dave McElroy Elected 1,246 46.4% —
Labour and Co-operative Party Will Cross Elected 1,193 44.4% —
Green Party Jamie Whitham 1,156 43.1% —
Labour and Co-operative Party Marg Cobb 1,148 42.8% —
Labour and Co-operative Party Amjad Iqbal Tahir Tarar 1,057 39.4% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Allison Carnell 282 10.5% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Simon John Holden 243 9.1% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Shivraj Hawaldar 242 9.0% —
Liberal Democrats Francis David Jakeman 180 6.7% —
Majority37
Turnout34.0%
Registered electors8,206
Ballots cast (estimated)2,685

Southcote 3 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Debs Edwards Elected 1,569 67.6% —
Labour Party Jason Nicholas Brock Elected 1,424 61.4% —
Labour Party John Joseph Ennis Elected 1,356 58.4% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Gabriella Victoria Kirkby 651 28.0% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Robert Vickers 609 26.2% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Ben Blackmore 578 24.9% —
Green Party Sarah Leigh Watchman 408 17.6% —
Liberal Democrats Riccardo Giovanni Mancuso-Marcello 283 12.2% —
Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition Neil Adams 85 3.7% —
Majority705
Turnout32.0%
Registered electors7,755
Ballots cast (estimated)2,321

Thames 3 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Adele Barnett-Ward Elected 1,272 69.4% —
Labour Party Richard Davies Elected 1,143 62.3% —
Labour Party Nusrat Sultan Elected 1,027 56.0% —
Green Party Anthea Helen West 507 27.6% —
Conservative and Unionist Party David James Cozens 466 25.4% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Daisy Parsons 438 23.9% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Abdoulaye Sow 354 19.3% —
Liberal Democrats Vania Costa-Krol 294 16.0% —
Majority520
Turnout35.0%
Registered electors5,574
Ballots cast (estimated)1,834

Tilehurst 3 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats Meri O'Connell Elected 1,427 60.7% —
Liberal Democrats James William John Moore Elected 1,160 49.3% —
Liberal Democrats Anne Thompson Elected 1,129 48.0% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Sandra Vickers 634 27.0% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Casey George Christopher Byrne 633 26.9% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Russell Lee Frain 586 24.9% —
Labour Party Benjamin Perry-Stone 410 17.4% —
Labour Party Malcolm Geoffrey Powers 406 17.3% —
Labour Party Sikandar Hayat 400 17.0% —
Green Party Gabriel Berry-Khan 272 11.6% —
Majority495
Turnout34.0%
Registered electors8,206
Ballots cast (estimated)2,352

Whitley 3 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Rachel Claire Eden Elected 1,285 71.6% —
Labour Party Micky Leng Elected 1,153 64.3% —
Labour Party Alice Mpofu-Coles Elected 1,087 60.6% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Nick Brown 484 27.0% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Femi David Afolabi 450 25.1% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Vani Goel 406 22.6% —
Green Party Kathleen Anne Smith 300 16.7% —
Liberal Democrats Ian Westby 217 12.1% —
Majority603
Turnout26.0%
Registered electors7,622
Ballots cast (estimated)1,794

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