Wokingham council election, 2022

05/05/2022 · 18 wards · 18 seats contested

Most seats
9
Liberal Democrats
Seats contested
18
across 18 wards
Turnout
40.1%
average of reporting wards

Summary

Party Seats +/− Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats 9 +3 17,401 40.9% +5.6
Conservative and Unionist Party 6 -6 15,675 36.9% -9.3
Labour Party 2 +2 7,620 17.9% +2.0
Independent 1 +1 506 1.2% —
Green Party 0 +0 1,317 3.1% +1.2

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 18
Conservative and Unionist Party 18
Labour Party 18
Liberal Democrats 17
Green Party 10
Independent 1

A party standing a full slate could field 18 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.

Arborfield

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Independent Gary Cowan Elected 506 75.0% +8.4
Conservative and Unionist Party Anthony Pollock 104 15.4% -12.1
Labour Party Anna Smith 65 9.6% +3.7
Majority402
Turnout33.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast675

Independent hold

Bulmershe and Whitegates

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Andy Croy Elected 1,531 51.1% +8.6
Conservative and Unionist Party Wazir Hussain 1,062 35.5% -8.4
Liberal Democrats Sheila Anne Jordan 237 7.9% +0.4
Green Party Samuel Langlois 165 5.5% +0.0
Majority469
Turnout43.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast2,995

Labour Party gain from Conservative and Unionist Party

Coronation

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Keith Baker Elected 1,078 61.9% +2.0
Liberal Democrats Paddy Power 302 17.3% -1.1
Labour Party Tony Skuse 218 12.5% +1.7
Green Party Emma-Louise Hamilton 143 8.2% -2.6
Majority776
Turnout42.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast1,741

Conservative and Unionist Party hold

Emmbrook

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats Imogen Shepherd-DuBey Elected 1,902 60.4% +11.8
Conservative and Unionist Party Mark Ashwell 926 29.4% -12.8
Labour Party Eleanor Crabb 189 6.0% -3.3
Green Party Lauren Seymour 133 4.2% —
Majority976
Turnout43.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast3,150

Liberal Democrats hold

Evendons

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats Sarah Louise Kerr Elected 1,900 64.4% +20.1
Conservative and Unionist Party Laurence Chacksfield 798 27.0% -13.6
Labour Party Alex Freeney 163 5.5% -4.0
Green Party Hayley Kearey 90 3.0% —
Majority1,102
Turnout42.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast2,951

Liberal Democrats hold

Finchampstead North

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Peter Harper Elected 983 51.5% -18.2
Liberal Democrats Joseph Boadu 592 31.0% +16.3
Labour Party Annette Laura Medhurst 170 8.9% +0.1
Green Party Martyn Graeme Foss 164 8.6% +1.8
Majority391
Turnout45.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast1,909

Conservative and Unionist Party hold

Finchampstead South

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats David Cornish Elected 1,131 56.4% +31.3
Conservative and Unionist Party Bernadette Mitra 774 38.6% -26.9
Labour Party Grace Tapping 102 5.1% -4.4
Majority357
Turnout42.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast2,007

Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative and Unionist Party

Hawkedon

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats David Hare Elected 1,476 61.9% +8.0
Conservative and Unionist Party Frank Smith 576 24.2% -9.0
Labour Party Mark Ambrose Craske 332 13.9% +1.0
Majority900
Turnout35.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast2,384

Liberal Democrats hold

Hillside

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats Al Neal Elected 1,591 54.1% +10.8
Conservative and Unionist Party Martyn Washbourne 1,070 36.4% -10.7
Labour Party Caroline Hill 282 9.6% -0.1
Majority521
Turnout47.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast2,943

Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative and Unionist Party

Loddon

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Bill Soane Elected 969 38.7% -7.7
Labour Party Majid Nagra 845 33.7% +10.5
Liberal Democrats Carol Ann Jewell 691 27.6% +2.6
Majority124
Turnout33.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast2,505

Conservative and Unionist Party hold

Maiden Erlegh

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats Mike Smith Elected 1,495 50.8% +19.8
Conservative and Unionist Party Andrew Terence Bradley 914 31.1% -10.0
Labour Party Andrew Gray 532 18.1% -4.4
Majority581
Turnout44.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast2,941

Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative and Unionist Party

Norreys

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Rachel Burgess Elected 1,884 53.7% +14.1
Conservative and Unionist Party Daniel Hinton 1,199 34.2% -12.3
Liberal Democrats Jane Ainslie 312 8.9% -5.0
Green Party David Victor Chapman 112 3.2% —
Majority685
Turnout42.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast3,507

Labour Party gain from Conservative and Unionist Party

Remenham, Wargrave and Ruscombe

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Graham Howe Elected 872 50.3% -12.8
Liberal Democrats Martijn Andrea 450 26.0% +2.4
Labour Party Stuart Cranier 237 13.7% +0.4
Green Party Merv Boniface 175 10.1% —
Majority422
Turnout41.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast1,734

Conservative and Unionist Party hold

Shinfield South

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats Chris Johnson Elected 1,328 45.2% +6.0
Conservative and Unionist Party Dave Edmonds 1,197 40.8% -7.7
Labour Party Marie-Loise Weighill 411 14.0% +1.8
Majority131
Turnout33.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast2,936

Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative and Unionist Party

South Lake

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats Beth Rowland Elected 955 48.3% +6.3
Conservative and Unionist Party Danny Errawalla 807 40.8% -3.5
Labour Party David Field 217 11.0% -2.8
Majority148
Turnout46.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast1,979

Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative and Unionist Party

Swallowfield

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Stuart Ian Munro Elected 478 51.2% -17.5
Liberal Democrats Catherine Glover 287 30.8% +14.1
Green Party Tom Blomley 103 11.0% —
Labour Party Paula Montie 65 7.0% -7.7
Majority191
Turnout36.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast933

Conservative and Unionist Party hold

Winnersh

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats Prue Bray Elected 1,710 63.8% +9.2
Conservative and Unionist Party Kirsty Jane Ross 668 24.9% -8.7
Labour Party Llewelyn Reed-Jones 190 7.1% -1.6
Green Party Steve Lloyd 112 4.2% —
Majority1,042
Turnout34.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast2,680

Liberal Democrats hold

Wokingham Without

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party David Owen Howell Davies Elected 1,200 47.1% -10.0
Liberal Democrats Jordan Montgomery 1,042 40.9% +5.4
Labour Party Marilyn Groves 187 7.3% -0.1
Green Party Danielle Louise Nora Ebbage 120 4.7% —
Majority158
Turnout40.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast2,549

Conservative and Unionist Party hold

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