2016 Reading Borough Council election

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The 2016 Reading Borough Council election took place on 5 May 2016 to elect members of Reading Borough Council in England.[2][3] 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 .[4]

Quick facts 16 out of 46 seats to Reading Borough Council 24 seats needed for a majority, Turnout ...
2016 Reading Borough Council election
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5 May 2016 (2016-05-05)
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16 out of 46 seats to Reading Borough Council
24 seats needed for a majority
Turnout33.8%[1] Decrease29.9pp
Winner of each seat at the 2016 Reading Borough Council election
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After the election, the composition of the council was:

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PartySeats  +/-  
Labour310
Conservative100
Green Party30
Liberal Democrats20
Labour hold
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Election result

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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 0.0 2.7 970 -5.2
  TUSC 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 55 0.0
  Liberal 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 44 0.0
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Ward results

Abbey

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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
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Battle

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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
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Caversham

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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
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Church

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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
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Katesgrove

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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
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Kentwood

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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
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Mapledurham

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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
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Minster

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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
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Norcot

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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
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Park

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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
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Peppard

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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
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Redlands

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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
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Southcote

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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
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Thames

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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
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Tilehurst

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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
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Whitley

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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
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By-elections between 2016 and 2018

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Southcote by-election 21 July 2016[5]
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
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