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Elections to Reading Borough Council took place on Thursday 5 May 2011.
There were 15 seats up for election, one third of the council. The election meant that the council continued to have no overall control but a Labour led minority administration replaced the previous Conservative Liberal Democrat coalition.[1] The posts of leader of the council and mayor were filled at a meeting of the council on 25 May 2011.[2] Labour member Deborah Edwards was elected mayor on the casting vote of outgoing mayor, Gul Khan. Councillor Edwards then used her casting vote in favour of the new Leader of the council, Jo Lovelock. The two Green Party councillors abstained in both votes.[3]
After the election, the composition of the council was:
Party | Seats | +/- | |
---|---|---|---|
Labour | 22 | +3 | |
Conservative | 16 | -1 | |
Liberal Democrats | 5 | -4 | |
Green Party | 2 | +1 | |
Independent | 1 | +1 [a] | |
No overall control hold |
Election result
[edit]Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | 9 | 3 | 0 | +3 | 60.0% | 39.9% | 17,788 | +8.8% | |
Conservative | 5 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 33.3% | 34.1% | 15,223 | -1.1% | |
Liberal Democrats | 0 | 0 | 3 | -3 | 0.0% | 12.8% | 5,719 | -12.8% | |
Green | 1 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 6.7% | 11.2% | 4,999 | +4.5% | |
Common Sense Party | 0 | 0 | 0 | ±0 | 0.0% | 1.8% | 816 | +1.2% | |
Independent | 0 | 0 | 0 | ±0 | 0.0% | 0.1% | 36 | +0.0% | |
The Roman Party Ave! | 0 | 0 | 0 | ±0 | 0.0% | 0.1% | 30 | +0.0% |
Ward results
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Mohammed Ayub | 1,298 | 46.7% | +9.8% | |
Conservative | Richard Nante | 699 | 25.2% | −4.3% | |
Liberal Democrats | George Hughes | 369 | 13.3% | −15.6% | |
Green | Vivienne Johnson | 293 | 10.5% | +5.8% | |
Common Sense Party | Bob O'Neill | 119 | 4.3% | N/A | |
Majority | 599 | 21.5% | |||
Turnout | 2778 | 31% | |||
Labour hold | Swing | +7.1% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Chris Maskell | 1,373 | 53.1% | +7.2% | |
Conservative | Imraan Ishtiaq | 690 | 26.7% | +2.6% | |
Liberal Democrats | John Oakley | 230 | 8.9% | −11.9% | |
Green | Alan Edward Lockey | 181 | 7.0% | +2.5% | |
Common Sense Party | Michael Diamond | 81 | 3.1% | −0.9% | |
The Roman Party Ave! | Jean-Louis Pascual | 30 | 1.2% | +0.5% | |
Majority | 683 | 26.4% | |||
Turnout | 2585 | 36% | |||
Labour hold | Swing | +2.3% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Tom Stanway | 1,335 | 42.8% | +1.1% | |
Labour | Esther Walters | 977 | 31.4% | +7.3% | |
Green | Jenny Lawrence | 438 | 14.1% | +8.0% | |
Liberal Democrats | Jenny Claire Woods | 366 | 11.7% | −16.4% | |
Majority | 358 | 11.4% | |||
Turnout | 3116 | 43% | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | -3.1% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Paul Richard Woodward | 1,229 | 45.1% | +12.9% | |
Conservative | Geoff Poland | 901 | 33.1% | −6.7% | |
Common Sense Party | Kim Maysh | 221 | 8.1% | N/A | |
Green | Jon Roberts | 192 | 7.0% | +2.0% | |
Liberal Democrats | Anthony Warrell | 181 | 6.6% | −16.3% | |
Majority | 328 | 12.0% | |||
Turnout | 2724 | 35% | |||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | +9.8% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Matt Rodda | 1,100 | 46.3% | +12.3% | |
Liberal Democrats | Margaret McNeill | 592 | 24.9% | −11.2% | |
Conservative | Leo Lester | 431 | 18.1% | −5.9% | |
Green | Kizzi Murtagh | 165 | 6.9% | +2.2% | |
Common Sense Party | Luis Mendiz | 54 | 2.3% | N/A | |
Independent | Michael Turberville | 36 | 1.5% | +0.3% | |
Majority | 508 | 21.4% | |||
Turnout | 2378 | 34% | |||
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | +11.8% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | James Anderson | 1,369 | 44.4% | +2.7% | |
Labour | Daya Pal Singh | 1,159 | 37.6% | +8.7% | |
Liberal Democrats | Meri O'Connell | 247 | 8.0% | −12.5% | |
Green | Kevin Jackson | 177 | 5.7% | +2.7% | |
Common Sense Party | Matthew James Plunkett | 134 | 4.3% | −1.7% | |
Majority | 210 | 6.8% | |||
Turnout | 3086 | 39% | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | -3.0% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Paul Stephen Gittings | 1,447 | 47.9% | +9.3 | |
Conservative | Alanzo Nesta Seville | 1,066 | 35.3% | −1.6% | |
Liberal Democrats | Julie Hopkins | 286 | 9.5% | −10.8% | |
Green | Sunil Gandhi | 220 | 7.3% | +3.1% | |
Majority | 381 | 12.6% | |||
Turnout | 3019 | 41% | |||
Labour hold | Swing | +5.5% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Graeme William Hoskin | 1,557 | 58.5% | +13.9% | |
Conservative | Naz Bashir | 650 | 24.4% | −5.0% | |
Liberal Democrats | Roy Albert Teixeira Perestrelo | 233 | 8.8% | −12.5% | |
Green | David James Patterson | 220 | 8.3% | +3.5% | |
Majority | 907 | 34.1% | |||
Turnout | 2660 | 37% | |||
Labour hold | Swing | +9.5% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Green | Melanie Eastwood | 1,585 | 43.4% | +4.5% | |
Labour | Richard Mark Mckenzie | 1,213 | 33.2% | +6.4% | |
Conservative | Wazir Hussain | 732 | 20.0% | +2.6% | |
Liberal Democrats | Hoyte Paul Arnoud Swager | 123 | 3.4% | −13.5% | |
Majority | 372 | 10.2% | |||
Turnout | 3653 | 48% | |||
Green gain from Conservative | Swing | -1.0% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Richard James Willis | 2,109 | 57.9% | +4.7% | |
Labour | David Lawrence Absolom | 671 | 18.4% | +3.2% | |
Liberal Democrats | Madeleine Elizabeth Adams | 523 | 14.4% | −11.0% | |
Green | Kate Day | 340 | 9.3% | +6.4% | |
Majority | 1,438 | 39.5% | |||
Turnout | 3643 | 49% | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | +0.8% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Jan Gavin | 1,295 | 44.3% | +18.3% | |
Liberal Democrats | Kirsten Ruth Bayes | 757 | 25.9% | −18.1% | |
Conservative | Ed Hopper | 526 | 18.0% | −5.7% | |
Green | Mark Adrian Walker | 345 | 11.8% | +5.6% | |
Majority | 538 | 18.4% | |||
Turnout | 2923 | 39% | |||
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | +18.2% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Peter Martin Ruhemann | 1,543 | 56.1% | +10.7% | |
Conservative | Robert Douglas Vickers | 858 | 31.2% | −5.0% | |
Liberal Democrats | David Robert Warren | 193 | 7.0% | −8.7% | |
Green | James Eric Towell | 157 | 5.7% | +3.0% | |
Majority | 685 | 24.9% | |||
Turnout | 2751 | 43% | |||
Labour hold | Swing | +7.9% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Jeanette Mavis Skeats | 2,139 | 54.6% | +3.0% | |
Labour | Duncan Quay Bruce | 821 | 20.9% | +4.2% | |
Liberal Democrats | Guy Penman | 522 | 13.3% | −13.6% | |
Green | Danny Mcnamara | 439 | 11.2% | +6.4% | |
Majority | 1318 | 33.7% | |||
Turnout | 3921 | 54% | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | -0.6% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Sandra Doreen Vickers | 1,146 | 37.7% | +3.1% | |
Liberal Democrats | Christopher John Harris | 957 | 31.5% | −8.5% | |
Labour | Rose Williams | 774 | 25.5% | +7.6% | |
Green | Doug Cresswell | 159 | 5.2% | +2.9% | |
Majority | 189 | 6.2% | |||
Turnout | 3036 | 43% | |||
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | +5.8% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Kelly Liza Edwards | 1,331 | 56.9% | +8.5% | |
Conservative | Michael Charles Doyle | 572 | 24.5% | −7.5% | |
Common Sense Party | Howard Thomas | 207 | 8.9% | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | Jamie Steven Wake | 140 | 6.0% | −10.3% | |
Green | Keith Martin Johnson | 88 | 3.8% | +0.5% | |
Majority | 759 | 32.4% | |||
Turnout | 2338 | 30% | |||
Labour hold | Swing | +8.0% |
Notes
[edit]- ^ This figure refers to a Liberal Democrat councillor suspended from the party at the time of the election.
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