Wokingham Borough Council elections

Year	Conservative	Liberal Democrats^[a]	Labour	Independents & Others	Council control after election
Year					Council control after election
Local government reorganisation; council established (52 seats)
1973	24	14	0	14		No overall control
1976	37	8	0	7		Conservative
New ward boundaries (54 seats)
1979	50	4	0	0		Conservative
1980	45	8	1	0		Conservative
1982	46	7	1	0		Conservative
1983	46	7	1	0		Conservative
1984	46	7	1	0		Conservative
1986	39	14	1	0		Conservative
1987	36	17	1	0		Conservative
1988	37	15	2	0		Conservative
1990	37	14	3	0		Conservative
1991	35	17	2	0		Conservative
1992	34	19	1	0		Conservative
1994	34	20	0	0		Conservative
1995	27	26	0	1		No overall control
1996	24	29	0	1		Liberal Democrats
Wokingham becomes a unitary authority; new ward boundaries (54 seats)
1997	31	23	0	0		Conservative
1999	30	24	0	0		Conservative
2000	27	27	0	0		No overall control
2001	27	27	0	0		No overall control
2002	30	22	1	1		Conservative
2003	34	19	1	0		Conservative
New ward boundaries (54 seats)
2004	38	16	0	0		Conservative
2006	41	13	0	0		Conservative
2007	43	11	0	0		Conservative
2008	44	10	0	0		Conservative
2010	43	11	0	0		Conservative
2011	45	9	0	0		Conservative
2012	43	10	0	1		Conservative
2014	44	7	1	2		Conservative
2015	47	5	1	1		Conservative
2016	48	5	1	0		Conservative
2018	42	8	3	1		Conservative
2019	31	16	4	3		Conservative
2021	31	18	3	2		Conservative
2022	26	23	3	2		No overall control
2023	22	26	5	1		No overall control
New ward boundaries (54 seats)
2024	19	27	8	0		No overall control
2026	19	29	5	1^[b]		Liberal Democrats

Party		Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	540	44.3	+2.7
	Labour	456	37.4	+3.7
	Conservative	222	18.2	−6.5
Majority		84	6.9
Turnout		1,218	39.6
	Liberal Democrats hold	Swing

Party		Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	303	78.1	−2.8
	UKIP	45	11.6	+11.6
	Liberal Democrats	40	10.3	−0.8
Majority		258	66.5
Turnout		388	22.7
	Conservative hold	Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Malcolm Armstrong	751	51.5	+13.1
	Conservative		622	42.6	+1.0
	UKIP		86	5.9	−8.5
Majority			129	8.9
Turnout			1,459	24.0
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Stuart Munro	405	60.5	−18.3
	Independent	Max Bowker	120	17.9	+17.9
	Liberal Democrats	Caroline Smith	109	16.3	−4.9
	UKIP	Vince Pearson	35	5.2	+5.2
Majority			254	42.6
Turnout			669
	Conservative hold		Swing

Council elections

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Paul Swaddle	1,027	51.0	+8.6
	Liberal Democrats	Dave Swindells	835	41.5	+11.5
	Labour	Jacqueline Rupert	97	4.8	−5.3
	UKIP	David Lamb	55	2.7	−8.1
Majority			192	9.5
Turnout			2,014	28.2
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Kersley	913	70.6	−2.9
	Liberal Democrats	Martin Alder	237	18.3	−0.5
	UKIP	Franklin Carstairs	83	6.4	+2.5
	Labour	Brian Scott	60	4.6	+0.8
Majority			676	52.3
Turnout			1,293
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Katherine Povey	850	53.2	+0.0
	Liberal Democrats	Coling Lawley	675	42.2	+4.6
	UKIP	Amy Thornton	74	4.6	−0.2
Majority			175	11.0
Turnout			1,599
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Sleight	1,809	67.3	−8.9
	Liberal Democrats	David Vaughan	711	26.5	+13.0
	BNP	Mark Burke	166	6.2	+6.2
Majority			1,098	40.8
Turnout			2,686	44.5
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Halsall	850	65.9	+0.6
	Liberal Democrats	Martin Alder	272	21.1	−7.1
	Labour	Matthew Dent	94	7.3	+0.7
	UKIP	Andy Heape	55	4.3	+4.3
	Green	Martyn Foss	19	1.5	+1.5
Majority			578	44.8
Turnout			1,290	29.4
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Alison Swaddle	726	35.4	+8.5
	Labour	Greg Bello	498	24.3	−10.0
	Liberal Democrats	Munir Ahmed	448	21.8	+4.1
	UKIP	Peter Jackson	275	13.4	−1.6
	Green	Adrian Windisch	105	5.1	−1.0
Majority			228	11.1
Turnout			2,052
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Imogen Shepherd-DuBey	1,575	59.7	+22.6
	Conservative	Kevin Morgan	879	33.3	−4.2
	UKIP	Phil Ray	104	3.9	−11.5
	Labour	Christopher Everett	79	3.0	−6.9
Majority			696	26.4
Turnout			2,637	39.7	–3.4
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Sarah Kerr	1,441	63.1	+16.3
	Conservative	Daniel Clawson	729	31.9	−8.8
	Labour	Timothy Lloyd	115	5.0	−7.5
Majority			713	31.2
Turnout			2,294	32.7	−8.3
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Jackie Rance	765	49.0
	Labour	Becca Brown	387	24.8
	Liberal Democrats	Chris Johnson	336	21.5
	Green	Gary Shacklady	73	4.7
Majority			378	24.2
Turnout			1,561
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Chetna Jamthe	1,177	52.7
	Conservative	Nick Kilby	833	37.3
	Labour	Parvinder Singh	126	5.6
	Green	Samuel Langlois	99	4.4
Majority			344	15.4
Turnout			2,235
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Maiden Erlegh & Whitegates by-election 5 June 2025^[20]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Mike Smith	1,028	31.2	3.2
	Labour	Andy Croy	793	24.1	−0.2
	Conservative	Guy Grandison	788	23.9	−4.2
	Reform	Andrew Harris	486	14.8
	Green	Samuel Langlois	180	5.5	−6.2
	TUSC	Sara Gillman	17	0.5
Majority			235	7.1
Turnout			3,300	39.95
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing