2024 Reading Borough Council election

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2024 Reading Borough Council election
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16 out of 48 seats to Reading Borough Council
25 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
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Leader Jason Brock Rob White Clarence Mitchell
Party Labour Green Conservative
Last election 32 seats, 47.3% 7 seats, 21.0% 5 seats, 21.3%
Seats before 32 7 5
  Fourth party Fifth party
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Leader James Moore
Party Liberal Democrats Independent
Last election 3 seats, 9.7% 1 seat, 0.2%
Seats before 3 1
Leader before election

Jason Brock
Labour

Leader after election

TBD

The 2024 Reading Borough Council election will take place on 2 May 2024 to elect members of Reading Borough Council in Berkshire, England.[1] This will be on the same day as other local elections.

Summary[edit]

Election result[edit]

2024 Reading Borough Council election
Party This election Full council This election
Seats Net Seats % Other Total Total % Votes Votes % +/−
  Labour 12 Steady 75 20 32 66.7 18,318 47.4 +0.1
  Green 3 Increase 1 18.8 5 8 16.7 8,042 20.8 -0.2
  Conservative 0 Decrease 1 0 4 4 8.3 7,773 20.1 -1.2
  Liberal Democrats 1 Steady 6.3 2 3 6.3 3,966 10.3 +0.6
  Independent 0 Steady 0 1 1 2.1 45 0.1 -0.1
  TUSC 0 Steady 0 0 0 0 296 0.8 +0.4
  Reform UK 0 Steady 0 0 0 0 182 0.5 N/A
  Liberal 0 Steady 0 0 0 0 39 0.1 ±0.0

Ward results[edit]

The Statement of Persons Nominated, which details the candidates standing in each ward, was released by Reading Borough Council following the close of nominations on 8 April 2024.[2] Votes were counted overnighted and the results published on the council's website on 3 May.[3]

Abbey[edit]

Abbey
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour David Stevens 820 44.2 -8.5
Conservative Santhosh Batchu 594 32.0 +12.2
Green Jamie Whitham 250 13.5 -3.5
Liberal Democrats Henry Wright 177 9.6 -1.0
Majority 226 12.2 -20.7
Turnout 1,854 27.8 +4.3
Registered electors 6,689
Labour hold Swing +10.4

Battle[edit]

Battle
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Wendy Griffith* 1,290 63.8 -1.6
Green Tahira Kulsoom 386 19.1 +6.9
Conservative Abdoulaye Sow 210 10.4 -4.0
Liberal Democrats John Grout 136 6.7 -1.4
Majority 904 44.7 -6.3
Turnout 2,022 26.8 -1.2
Registered electors 7,648
Labour hold Swing -4.3

Caversham[edit]

Caversham
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Matt Yeo* 1,603 55.2 +1.6
Conservative Grace Taylor 494 17.0 -2.5
Green Anthea West 441 15.2 -1.0
Liberal Democrats Christopher Burden 305 10.5 -0.2
TUSC Chloe-Anne Stoakes 61 2.1 New
Majority 1,109 38.2 +4.1
Turnout 2,902 38.4 -0.7
Registered electors 7,595
Labour hold Swing +2.1

Caversham Heights[edit]

Caversham Heights
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Jenny McGrother 1,405 41.2 +0.2
Conservative Paul Carnell 1,183 34.7 -2.6
Green Danny McNamara 597 17.5 +3.4
Liberal Democrats Vania Costa-Krol 225 6.6 -1.0
Majority 222 6.5 +2.8
Turnout 3,410 45.7 -1.9
Registered electors 7,507
Labour hold Swing +1.4

Church[edit]

Church
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Co-op Andrew Hornsby-Smith* 1,241 59.1 -2.3
Conservative Adam Phelps 453 21.6 -0.1
Green Brent Smith 263 12.5 +2.9
Liberal Democrats Mark Cole 143 6.8 -0.6
Majority 788 37.5 -2.2
Turnout 2,100 25.3 0.0
Registered electors 8,361
Labour Co-op hold Swing -1.1

Coley[edit]

Coley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Co-op Liz Terry* 1,232 54.8 -3.1
Conservative Casey George Christopher Byrne 444 19.7 -0.9
Green Isobel Hoskins 287 12.8 +0.9
Liberal Democrats Jon Hill 190 8.4 -1.1
TUSC Sadiqua Khan 96 4.3 New
Majority 788 35.0 -2.3
Turnout 2,249 31.6 -0.4
Registered electors 7,157
Labour Co-op hold Swing -1.1

Emmer Green[edit]

Emmer Green
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Daya Pal Singh 1,148 40.8 +4.0
Conservative Simon Robinson* 1,035 36.7 -3.3
Green Wendy Rooke 376 13.3 +1.0
Liberal Democrats Pieter de Boiserie 258 9.2 -1.7
Majority 113 4.0 +7.2
Turnout 2,817 37.2 -3.5
Registered electors 7,634
Labour gain from Conservative Swing +3.7

Katesgrove[edit]

Katesgrove
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Green Kate Nikulina 1,045 44.7 -2.3
Labour Navjit Kaur Gill 861 36.8 -0.5
Conservative John Angus 240 10.3 +0.8
Liberal Democrats Margaret McNeill 115 4.9 +1.3
Independent Jean-Louis Pascual 27 1.2 New
TUSC Sam Church 25 1.1 -1.5
Independent Michael Jeffrey Turberville 18 0.8 New
Majority 184 7.9 -1.8
Turnout 2,340 29.9 +0.4
Registered electors 7,825
Green gain from Labour Swing -0.9

Kentwood[edit]

Kentwood
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Mark Keeping* 1,136 48.1 +8.8
Conservative Nick Fudge 852 36.1 -9.2
Green Caroline Hearst 240 10.2 +2.1
Liberal Democrats Riccardo Mancuso-Marcello 134 5.7 -1.5
Majority 284 12.0 +18.0
Turnout 2,362 35.3 -3.0
Registered electors 6,720
Labour hold Swing +9.0

Norcot[edit]

Norcot
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Mamuna Naz 1,100 50.4 -7.6
Conservative Lizzy Sheppard 306 14.0 -3.9
Liberal Democrats Marie French 303 13.9 +7.6
Green Richard Walkem 215 9.9 0.0
Reform UK Alan Gulliver 182 8.3 New
Liberal Stephen Graham 39 1.8 -1.0
TUSC Jen Bottom 36 1.7 -0.2
Majority 794 36.4 -3.7
Turnout 2,181 28.7 +1.1
Registered electors 7,636
Labour hold Swing -1.9

Park[edit]

Park
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Green Sarah Magon* 1,569 57.6 +2.9
Labour Ollie Williamson 915 33.6 -5.1
Conservative James Mugo 157 5.8 0.0
Liberal Democrats Chris Dodson 71 2.6 -0.5
Majority 654 24.0 +8.0
Turnout 2,725 38.4 -2.1
Registered electors 7,093
Green hold Swing +4.0

Redlands[edit]

Redlands
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Green Dave McElroy* 1,478 53.9 +13.7
Labour Co-op Sunila Lobo 921 33.6 -12.8
Conservative Richard Williams 182 6.6 -0.9
Liberal Democrats Francis Jakeman 101 3.7 -0.7
TUSC Melanie Dent 42 1.5 +0.1
Majority 557 20.3 +26.5
Turnout 2,742 32.8 +1.5
Registered electors 8,363
Green hold Swing +13.3

Southcote[edit]

Southcote
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Graeme Hoskin † 1,354 59.6 -1.2
Conservative Allison Carnell 439 19.3 -3.6
Green Josie Downey 247 10.9 +1.6
Liberal Democrats Benjamin Sims 212 9.3 +3.6
Majority 915 40.3 +2.4
Turnout 2,270 29.2 -1.9
Registered electors 7,765
Labour hold Swing +1.2
† Incumbent councillor for Norcot ward.

Thames[edit]

Thames
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Richard Davies* 1,015 52.6 +1.1
Conservative Shivraj Hawaldar 347 18.5 -1.9
Green Mike Harling 315 16.3 +1.1
Liberal Democrats Jo Ramsay 235 12.2 +0.3
Majority 668 34.6 +3.5
Turnout 1930 31.9 -1.0
Registered electors 6,054
Labour hold Swing +1.5

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Tilehurst[edit]

Tilehurst
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats James Moore* 1,186 52.1 +1.2
Labour Co-op Elliott Gardiner 480 21.1 0.0
Conservative Ben Blackmore 436 19.2 -1.8
Green Gabriel Berry-Khan 154 6.8 -0.2
Majority 706 31.0 +1.2
Turnout 2,275 31.3 -0.2
Registered electors 7,269
Liberal Democrats hold Swing +0.6

Whitley[edit]

Whitley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Micky Leng* 1,091 57.7 -3.6
Conservative Vani Goel 401 21.1 +0.1
Green Kathleen Smith 179 9.5 +1.7
Liberal Democrats Thomas Weir 175 9.2 -0.5
TUSC Saffi Hussam 36 1.9 New
Majority 690 36.5 -3.7
Turnout 1,892 23.7 +0.2
Registered electors 7,980
Labour hold Swing -1.9

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Notice of Election". Reading Borough Council. 22 March 2024. Retrieved 11 April 2024.
  2. ^ "Statement of Persons Nominated". Reading Borough Council. 8 April 2024. Retrieved 11 April 2024.
  3. ^ "Local election results 2 May 2024". Reading Borough Council. 3 May 2024. Archived from the original on 3 May 2024. Retrieved 3 May 2024.
  4. ^ https://www.reading.gov.uk/the-council-and-democracy/elections-and-voting/election-results/local-election-results-2-may-2024/#thames
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