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   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   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		75	20	32	66.7	18,318	47.4	+0.1
	Green	3	1	18.8	5	8	16.7	8,042	20.8	-0.2
	Conservative	0	1	0	4	4	8.3	7,773	20.1	-1.2
	Liberal Democrats	1		6.3	2	3	6.3	3,966	10.3	+0.6
	Independent	0		0	1	1	2.1	45	0.1	-0.1
	TUSC	0		0	0	0	0	296	0.8	+0.4
	Reform UK	0		0	0	0	0	182	0.5	N/A
	Liberal	0		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
	Conservative	Santhosh Batchu	594	32.04	12.24
	Green	Jamie Whitham	250	13.48	-3.52
	Liberal Democrats	Henry Wright	177	9.55	-0.95
Majority			226	12.19
Turnout			1,854	27.75
Registered electors			6,689

Battle[edit]

Battle

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Wendy Griffith*	1,290
	Green	Tahira Kulsoom	386
	Conservative	Abdoulaye Sow	210
	Liberal Democrats	John Grout	136

Caversham[edit]

Caversham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Matt Yeo*	1,603
	Conservative	Grace Taylor	494
	Green	Anthea West	441
	Liberal Democrats	Christopher Burden	305
	TUSC	Chloe-Anne Stoakes	61

Caversham Heights[edit]

Caversham Heights

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jenny McGrother	1,405
	Conservative	Paul Carnell	1,183
	Green	Danny McNamara	597
	Liberal Democrats	Vania Costa-Krol	225

Church[edit]

Church

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Andrew Hornsby-Smith*	1,241
	Conservative	Adam Phelps	453
	Green	Brent Smith	263
	Liberal Democrats	Mark Cole	143

Coley[edit]

Coley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Liz Terry*	1,232
	Conservative	Casey George Christopher Byrne	444
	Green	Isobel Hoskins	287
	Liberal Democrats	Jon Hill	190
	TUSC	Sadiqua Khan	96

Emmer Green[edit]

Emmer Green

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Daya Singh	1,148
	Conservative	Simon Robinson*	1,035
	Green	Wendy Rooke	376
	Liberal Democrats	Pieter de Boiserie	258

Katesgrove[edit]

Katesgrove

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Kate Nikulina	1,045
	Labour	Navjit Gill	861
	Conservative	John Angus	240
	Liberal Democrats	Margaret McNeill	115
	Independent	Jean-Louis Pascual	27
	TUSC	Sam Church	25
	Independent	Michael Jeffrey Turberville	18

Kentwood[edit]

Kentwood

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mark Keeping*	1,136
	Conservative	Nick Fudge	852
	Green	Caroline Hearst	240
	Liberal Democrats	Riccardo Mancuso-Marcello	134

Norcot[edit]

Norcot

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mamuna Naz	1,100
	Conservative	Lizzy Sheppard	306
	Liberal Democrats	Marie French	303
	Green	Richard Walkem	215
	Reform UK	Alan Gulliver	182
	Liberal	Stephen Graham	39
	TUSC	Jen Bottom	36

Park[edit]

Park

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Sarah Magon*	1,569
	Labour	Ollie Williamson	915
	Conservative	James Mugo	157
	Liberal Democrats	Chris Dodson	71

Redlands[edit]

Redlands

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Dave McElroy*	1,478
	Labour Co-op	Sunila Lobo	921
	Conservative	Richard Williams	182
	Liberal Democrats	Francis Jakeman	101
	TUSC	Melanie Dent	42

Southcote[edit]

Southcote

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Graeme Hoskin*	1,354
	Conservative	Allison Carnell	439
	Green	Josie Downey	247
	Liberal Democrats	Benjamin Sims	212

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	34.61
Turnout			1930	31.88	-1
Registered electors			6,054

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Tilehurst[edit]

Tilehurst

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	James Moore*	1,186
	Labour Co-op	Elliott Gardiner	480
	Conservative	Ben Blackmore	436
	Green	Gabriel Berry-Khan	154

Whitley[edit]

Whitley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Micky Leng*	1,091
	Conservative	Vani Goel	401
	Green	Kathleen Smith	179
	Liberal Democrats	Thomas Weir	175
	TUSC	Saffi Hussam	36

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