Reading council election, 2023

04/05/2023 · 16 wards · 17 seats contested

Most seats
11
Labour Party
Seats contested
17
across 16 wards
Turnout
32.4%
average of reporting wards

Summary

Party Seats +/− Votes Share +/−
Labour Party 11 -21 19,352 47.2% -1.6
Green Party 3 -4 8,605 21.0% +4.7
Conservative and Unionist Party 2 -4 8,722 21.3% -4.2
Liberal Democrats 1 -2 3,983 9.7% +0.8
Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition 0 +0 164 0.4% +0.2
Independent 0 +0 87 0.2% +0.1
The Liberal Party 0 +0 57 0.1% —

Changes are against the previous council election on 05/05/2022. Vote share is each party's share of all votes cast across the borough.

Candidates

Party Candidates Of a possible 17
Conservative and Unionist Party 17
Green Party 17
Labour Party 17
Liberal Democrats 17
Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition 4
Independent 2
The Liberal Party 1

A party standing a full slate could field 17 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

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Mohammed Ayub Elected 819 65.3% -0.2
Conservative and Unionist Party Simon James Bazley 308 24.6% +2.6
Green Party Howard John Darby 264 21.1% -10.5
Liberal Democrats Steven Adam Gore 163 13.0% -7.4
Majority511
Turnout19.0%
Registered electors6,600
Ballots cast1,254

Labour Party hold

Battle

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour and Co-operative Party Amjad Iqbal Tahir Tarar Elected 1,374 65.3% -11.7
Conservative and Unionist Party John Tattersall Murray 302 14.4% -2.5
Green Party Callum Louis Harling 256 12.2% -10.9
Liberal Democrats John Berkeley Grout 170 8.1% -6.5
Majority1,072
Turnout28.0%
Registered electors7,554
Ballots cast2,104

Labour and Co-operative Party hold

Caversham

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Jan Gavin Elected 1,563 53.6% -9.4
Conservative and Unionist Party Saadia Saadat 569 19.5% -9.9
Green Party Mark Peter Timothy Palmer 473 16.2% -12.5
Liberal Democrats Christopher Simon Burden 311 10.7% -7.3
Majority994
Turnout39.0%
Registered electors7,502
Ballots cast2,915

Labour Party hold

Caversham Heights

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour and Co-operative Party Sam Juthani Elected 1,454 41.0% +3.4
Conservative and Unionist Party Paul Alan Carnell 1,324 37.3% -8.3
Green Party Danny McNamara 500 14.1% -11.1
Liberal Democrats Vania Costa-Krol 270 7.6% -18.6
Majority130
Turnout48.0%
Registered electors7,493
Ballots cast3,548

Labour and Co-operative Party hold

Church

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Paul Richard Woodward Elected 1,268 61.4% +1.6
Conservative and Unionist Party James Mwaniki Mugo 448 21.7% -16.0
Green Party Brent Smith 198 9.6% -7.5
Liberal Democrats Mark Clifford Cole 152 7.4% -5.9
Majority820
Turnout25.0%
Registered electors8,224
Ballots cast2,066

Labour Party hold

Coley

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Paul Stephen Gittings Elected 1,297 57.9% -11.2
Conservative and Unionist Party Lizzy Sheppard 462 20.6% -2.4
Green Party Isobel Claire Hoskins 267 11.9% -12.0
Liberal Democrats Benjamin Francis Sims 213 9.5% -8.7
Majority835
Turnout32.0%
Registered electors7,027
Ballots cast2,239

Labour Party hold

Emmer Green

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Stephen James Goss Elected 1,233 40.0% -6.8
Labour Party Matt Buckley 1,133 36.8% -5.1
Green Party Wendy Jane Rooke 378 12.3% -17.8
Liberal Democrats Pieter De Boiserie 336 10.9% -12.8
Majority100
Turnout41.0%
Registered electors7,609
Ballots cast3,082

Conservative and Unionist Party hold

Katesgrove

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Green Party Doug Cresswell Elected 1,048 46.6% -6.3
Labour and Co-operative Party Marg Cobb 832 37.0% -9.1
Conservative and Unionist Party Ian Binge 213 9.5% -2.2
Liberal Democrats Margaret McNeill 80 3.6% -4.6
Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition Lily Jayne Challice 58 2.6% —
Independent Jean Louis Pascual 16 0.7% —
Majority216
Turnout30.0%
Registered electors7,643
Ballots cast2,247

Green Party hold

Kentwood

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Raj Singh Elected 1,171 45.5% +2.6
Labour Party Mamuna Naz 1,016 39.4% -11.2
Green Party Caroline Hearst 209 8.1% -5.6
Liberal Democrats Jonathan Peter Barker 187 7.3% -4.8
Majority155
Turnout38.0%
Registered electors6,837
Ballots cast2,576

Conservative and Unionist Party hold

Norcot

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Colette Lolita Dennis Elected 1,202 58.0% -8.1
Conservative and Unionist Party Suzanne Rowe 371 17.9% -4.6
Green Party Richard Walkem 206 9.9% -10.0
Liberal Democrats Christopher Ward 126 6.1% -6.8
Independent Alan Gulliver 71 3.4% -5.1
The Liberal Party Stephen Anthony Graham 57 2.7% —
Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition Jen Bottom 39 1.9% -3.5
Majority831
Turnout28.0%
Registered electors7,550
Ballots cast2,073

Labour Party hold

Park 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Green Party Josh Williams Elected 1,536 54.1% -6.4
Green Party Sarah Magon Elected 1,418 49.9% —
Labour Party Ram Bahadur Galami 1,087 38.3% +0.5
Labour Party Ollie Williamson 1,070 37.7% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Adam Phelps 164 5.8% -2.0
Conservative and Unionist Party Allison Carnell 160 5.6% —
Liberal Democrats Chris Dodson 86 3.0% -1.2
Liberal Democrats Henry David Wright 57 2.0% —
Majority331
Turnout40.0%
Registered electors7,023
Ballots cast2,839

Green Party hold

Redlands

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour and Co-operative Party Will Cross Elected 1,194 46.4% +2.0
Green Party Kate Nukulina 1,034 40.2% -8.5
Conservative and Unionist Party Abdoulaye Sow 193 7.5% -3.0
Liberal Democrats Francis David Jakeman 114 4.4% -2.3
Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition Melanie Dent 36 1.4% —
Majority160
Turnout31.0%
Registered electors8,273
Ballots cast2,571

Labour and Co-operative Party hold

Southcote

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party John Joseph Ennis Elected 1,454 60.7% -6.9
Conservative and Unionist Party Ben Blackmore 547 22.8% -5.2
Green Party Jamie Whitham 223 9.3% -8.3
Liberal Democrats Riccardo Giovanni Mancuso-Marcello 136 5.7% -6.5
Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition Neil Adams 31 1.3% -2.4
Majority907
Turnout31.0%
Registered electors7,768
Ballots cast2,394

Labour Party hold

Thames

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Ama Asare Elected 997 51.5% -17.8
Conservative and Unionist Party Shivraj Hawaldar 395 20.4% -5.0
Green Party Mike Harling 295 15.2% -12.4
Liberal Democrats Jo Ramsay 248 12.8% -3.2
Majority602
Turnout33.0%
Registered electors5,915
Ballots cast1,935

Labour Party hold

Tilehurst

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats Anne Thompson Elected 1,158 50.9% -9.8
Labour and Co-operative Party Len Middleton 481 21.1% +3.7
Conservative and Unionist Party Casey George Christopher Byrne 479 21.0% -5.9
Green Party Gabriel Berry-Khan 159 7.0% -4.6
Majority677
Turnout31.0%
Registered electors7,250
Ballots cast2,276

Liberal Democrats hold

Whitley

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour and Co-operative Party Alice Mpofu-Coles Elected 1,111 61.3% -10.3
Conservative and Unionist Party Vani Goel 383 21.1% -5.8
Liberal Democrats Sarah Lucy Dobson 176 9.7% -2.4
Green Party Kathy Smith 141 7.8% -8.9
Majority728
Turnout24.0%
Registered electors7,753
Ballots cast1,812

Labour and Co-operative Party hold

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