Reading council election, 2026

07/05/2026 · 16 wards · 17 seats contested

Most seats
7
Labour Party
Seats contested
17
across 16 wards
Turnout
40.1%
average of reporting wards

Summary

Party Seats +/− Votes Share +/−
Labour Party 7 -5 15,300 29.2% -17.5
Green Party 6 +3 15,113 28.8% +7.7
Conservative and Unionist Party 3 +3 9,179 17.5% -2.9
Liberal Democrats 1 +0 4,158 7.9% -2.5
Reform UK 0 +0 8,592 16.4% +15.9
The Liberal Party 0 +0 51 0.1% -0.0
Social Democratic Party 0 +0 29 0.1% —
Independent 0 +0 27 0.1% -0.1
Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition 0 +0 25 0.0% -0.7

Changes are against the previous council election on 02/05/2024. 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
Reform UK 17
Social Democratic Party 2
Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition 2
Independent 1
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 +/−
Green Party Jacqueline Dominguez Elected 792 37.6% +24.1
Labour Party Karen Jean Rowland 683 32.5% -12.1
Conservative and Unionist Party Robert Dalton 279 13.3% -19.0
Reform UK Paul Newton 202 9.6% —
Liberal Democrats Henry David Wright 139 6.6% -3.0
Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition James William Morgan 9 0.4% —
Majority109
Turnout32.4%
Registered electors6,512
Ballots cast2,104

Green Party gain from Labour Party

Battle

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Pratikshya Gurung Elected 1,180 41.6% -22.2
Green Party Zoe Elena Mann 998 35.2% +16.1
Reform UK Diana Alphonsine Stephanie Whitehouse 335 11.8% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Ben Blackmore 207 7.3% -3.1
Liberal Democrats John Berkeley Grout 118 4.2% -2.7
Majority182
Turnout38.2%
Registered electors7,470
Ballots cast2,839

Labour Party hold

Caversham

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Jacopo Lanzoni Elected 1,438 38.4% -16.9
Green Party Sam Wild 920 24.5% +9.3
Reform UK Jeff Lewis 600 16.0% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Andrew James Ballsdon 549 14.6% -2.4
Liberal Democrats Anthony Martin Spencer 225 6.0% -4.5
Social Democratic Party Bill Runacre 16 0.4% —
Majority518
Turnout49.4%
Registered electors7,608
Ballots cast3,749

Labour Party hold

Caversham Heights 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Isobel Ballsdon Elected 1,900 43.9% +9.2
Conservative and Unionist Party Saadia Saadat Elected 1,218 28.1% —
Labour Party Richard Martin Stainthorp 1,088 25.1% -16.1
Labour Party Jo Musominari 1,058 24.5% —
Green Party Danny McNamara 866 20.0% +2.5
Green Party Adil Khan 761 17.6% —
Reform UK James Robert Stothard 580 13.4% —
Reform UK Ilayda Molloy 496 11.5% —
Liberal Democrats Jo Ramsay 416 9.6% +3.0
Liberal Democrats Vania Costa-Krol 271 6.3% —
Majority130
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast (estimated)4,327

Conservative and Unionist Party gain from Labour Party · Conservative and Unionist Party gain

Church

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Ruth McEwan Elected 1,095 39.5% -28.1
Reform UK Matthew Reynolds 680 24.6% —
Green Party Jamie Whitham 468 16.9% +4.4
Conservative and Unionist Party Adam Phelps 362 13.1% -8.5
Liberal Democrats Mark Clifford Cole 163 5.9% -0.9
Majority415
Turnout34.0%
Registered electors8,174
Ballots cast2,769

Labour Party hold

Coley

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Green Party Richard Walkem Elected 973 33.4% +20.6
Labour Party Ellie Emberson 964 33.1% -21.7
Reform UK Petru Mereacre 445 15.3% —
Conservative and Unionist Party John David Angus 367 12.6% -7.2
Liberal Democrats Christopher Ward 166 5.7% -2.8
Majority9
Turnout41.8%
Registered electors7,008
Ballots cast2,915

Green Party gain from Labour and Co-operative Party

Emmer Green

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Alex Smith Elected 1,143 27.8% -8.9
Green Party Hannah Conibear 1,103 26.8% +13.5
Reform UK Clarence Mitchell 805 19.6% —
Labour Party Ollie White 770 18.7% -22.0
Liberal Democrats Nishikant Gupta 290 7.1% -2.1
Majority40
Turnout52.5%
Registered electors7,835
Ballots cast4,111

Conservative and Unionist Party gain from Labour Party

Katesgrove

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Green Party Louise Kaye Keane Elected 1,340 50.7% +5.9
Labour Party Richard Wong 604 22.9% -14.1
Conservative and Unionist Party Matthew Callow 281 10.6% +0.3
Reform UK Prabhdeep Singh 279 10.6% —
Liberal Democrats Sarah Lucy Dobson 109 4.1% -0.8
Independent Jean Louis Pascual 27 1.0% -0.1
Majority736
Turnout35.0%
Registered electors7,591
Ballots cast2,641

Green Party hold

Kentwood

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour and Co-operative Party Glenn Anthony Dennis Elected 1,014 32.4% -15.7
Conservative and Unionist Party David Milne-Buckley 775 24.8% -11.3
Reform UK Stephen Daniel Ruston 736 23.5% —
Green Party Tim Liddle 476 15.2% +5.1
Liberal Democrats Jibril Leite Al-Nabahani 127 4.1% -1.6
Majority239
Turnout46.6%
Registered electors6,720
Ballots cast3,127

Labour and Co-operative Party hold

Norcot

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Alison Foster Elected 967 35.4% -15.0
Reform UK Oliver Ross Maunder 641 23.5% +15.1
Green Party Isobel Claire Hoskins 558 20.4% +10.6
Conservative and Unionist Party Kes Williams 293 10.7% -3.3
Liberal Democrats Brandon Masih 221 8.1% -5.8
The Liberal Party Stephen Anthony Graham 51 1.9% +0.1
Majority326
Turnout36.1%
Registered electors7,598
Ballots cast2,731

Labour Party hold

Park

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Green Party Rob White Elected 1,872 65.2% +7.3
Labour Party James Anthony Cuggy 591 20.6% -13.2
Reform UK Stephen Richard Ham 190 6.6% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Kris Lund 149 5.2% -0.6
Liberal Democrats Jassien Adel Sabri 71 2.5% -0.1
Majority1,281
Turnout42.8%
Registered electors6,741
Ballots cast2,873

Green Party hold

Redlands

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Green Party Kathryn Elizabeth McCann Elected 1,549 54.8% +0.5
Labour and Co-operative Party Roy Rangarirai 708 25.0% -8.8
Reform UK Darren Christopher Seward 254 9.0% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Abdoulaye Sow 179 6.3% -0.4
Liberal Democrats Christopher James Wilson 122 4.3% +0.6
Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition Melanie Dent 16 0.6% -1.0
Majority841
Turnout40.2%
Registered electors7,065
Ballots cast2,828

Green Party hold

Southcote

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Ulrike Magyarosy Elected 1,032 36.0% -24.1
Reform UK Bev Heslin 623 21.7% —
Green Party Rosemary Anne Croft 614 21.4% +10.5
Conservative and Unionist Party Grace Holly Blackmore 408 14.2% -5.3
Liberal Democrats Benjamin Francis Sims 188 6.6% -2.9
Majority409
Turnout37.1%
Registered electors7,741
Ballots cast2,865

Labour Party hold

Thames

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Green Party David Graham Clarke Elected 1,031 39.1% +22.7
Labour Party Adele Barnett-Ward 750 28.5% -24.4
Reform UK Alexander Kelly 351 13.3% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Jaykumar Sanatbhai Patel 308 11.7% -6.9
Liberal Democrats Christopher Simon Burden 183 6.9% -5.3
Social Democratic Party James Halls 13 0.5% —
Majority281
Turnout42.4%
Registered electors6,226
Ballots cast2,636

Green Party gain from Labour Party

Tilehurst

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats Meri O'Connell Elected 1,144 38.4% -14.1
Reform UK Steven David Low 763 25.6% —
Labour Party Caroline Susan Basden 439 14.8% -6.5
Green Party Caroline Hearst 343 11.5% +4.7
Conservative and Unionist Party Raihana Rahimi 288 9.7% -9.6
Majority381
Turnout41.3%
Registered electors7,235
Ballots cast2,976

Liberal Democrats hold

Whitley

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour and Co-operative Party Rachel Claire Eden Elected 919 34.6% -23.4
Reform UK Richie Sahni 612 23.0% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Vani Goel 473 17.8% -3.5
Green Party Kathy Smith 449 16.9% +7.4
Liberal Democrats Pieter De Boiserie 205 7.7% -1.6
Majority307
Turnout32.0%
Registered electors8,346
Ballots cast2,659

Labour and Co-operative Party hold

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