Reading Borough Council election, 2011

Map of the results of the 2011 Reading Borough Council election. Labour in red, Conservatives in blue and the Greens in green.

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:

	Seats	+/-
Labour	22	+3
Conservative	16	-1
Liberal Democrats	5	-4
Green Party	2	+1
Independent	1	+1 ^{[lower-alpha 1]}
No overall control hold

Election result

Reading Borough Council Election, 2011^[4]
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 Democrat	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	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

Abbey Ward^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Mohammed Ayub	1,298	46.7%	+9.8%
	Conservative	Richard Nante	699	25.2%	-4.3%
	Liberal Democrat	George Hughes	369	13.3%	-15.6%
	Green	Vivienne Johnson	293	10.5%	+5.8%
	Common Sense	Bob O'Neill	119	4.3%	N/A
Majority			599	21.6%
Turnout			2778	31%
	Labour hold		Swing	+7.1%

Battle Ward^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Chris Maskell	1,373	53.1%	+7.2%
	Conservative	Imraan Ishtiaq	690	26.7%	+2.6%
	Liberal Democrat	John Oakley	230	8.9%	-11.9%
	Green	Alan Edward Lockey	181	7.0%	+2.5%
	Common Sense	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%

Caversham Ward^[7]
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 Democrat	Jenny Claire Woods	366	11.7%	-16.4%
Majority			358	11.5%
Turnout			3116	43%
	Conservative hold		Swing	-3.1%

Church Ward^[8]^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Paul Richard Woodward	1,229	45.1%	+12.9%
	Conservative	Geoff Poland	901	33.1%	-6.7%
	Common Sense	Kim Maysh	221	8.1%	N/A
	Green	Jon Roberts	192	7.0%	+2.0%
	Liberal Democrat	Anthony Warrell	181	6.6%	-16.3%
Majority			328	12.0%
Turnout			2724	35%
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	+9.8%

Katesgrove Ward^[10]^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Matt Rodda	1,100	46.3%	+12.3%
	Liberal Democrat	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	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 Democrat		Swing	+11.8%

Kentwood Ward^[12]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	James Anderson	1,369	44.4%	+2.7%
	Labour	Daya Pal Singh	1,159	37.6%	+8.7%
	Liberal Democrat	Meri O'Connell	247	8.0%	-12.5%
	Green	Kevin Jackson	177	5.7%	+2.7%
	Common Sense	Matthew James Plunkett	134	4.3%	-1.7%
Majority			210	6.8%
Turnout			3086	39%
	Conservative hold		Swing	-3.0%

Minster Ward^[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Paul Stephen Gittings	1,447	47.9%	+9.3
	Conservative	Alanzo Nesta Seville	1,066	35.3%	-1.6%
	Liberal Democrat	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%

Norcot Ward^[14]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Graeme William Hoskin	1,557	58.5%	+13.9%
	Conservative	Naz Bashir	650	24.4%	-5.0%
	Liberal Democrat	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%

Park Ward^[15]^[16]
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 Democrat	Hoyte Paul Arnoud Swager	123	3.4%	-13.5%
Majority			372	10.2%
Turnout			3653	48%
	Green gain from Conservative		Swing	-1.0%

Peppard Ward^[17]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Richard James Willis	2,109	57.9%	+4.7%
	Labour	David Lawrence Absolom	671	18.4%	+3.2%
	Liberal Democrat	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%

Redlands Ward^[18]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Jan Gavin	1,295	44.3%	+18.3%
	Liberal Democrat	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 Democrat		Swing	+18.2%

Southcote Ward^[19]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Peter Martin Ruhemann	1,543	56.1%	+10.7%
	Conservative	Robert Douglas Vickers	858	31.2%	-5.0%
	Liberal Democrat	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%

Thames Ward^[20]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Jeanette Mavis Skeats	2,139	54.6%	+3.0%
	Labour	Duncan Quay Bruce	821	20.9%	+4.2%
	Liberal Democrat	Guy Penman	522	13.3%	-13.6%
	Green	Danny Mcnamara	439	11.2%	+6.4%
Majority			1318	33.6%
Turnout			3921	54%
	Conservative hold		Swing	-0.6%

Tilehurst Ward^[21]^[22]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Sandra Doreen Vickers	1,146	37.7%	+3.1%
	Liberal Democrat	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 Democrat		Swing	+5.8%

Whitley Ward^[23]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Kelly Liza Edwards	1,331	56.9%	+8.5%
	Conservative	Michael Charles Doyle	572	24.5%	-7.5%
	Common Sense	Howard Thomas	207	8.9%	N/A
	Liberal Democrat	Jamie Steven Wake	140	6.0%	-10.3%
	Green	Keith Martin Johnson	88	3.8%	+0.5%
Majority			759	32.5%
Turnout			2338	30%
	Labour hold		Swing	+8.0%

Notes

↑ This figure refers to a Liberal Democrat councillor suspended from the party at the time of the election.

References

↑ "Reading headed for Labour return". Reading Chronicle. 12 May 2011. Retrieved 12 May 2011.
↑ Post, Linda (13 May 2011). "Greens play cards close to their chest". Reading Post. Retrieved 21 May 2011.
↑ "Labour takes back control of council". Reading Chronicle. 25 May 2011. Retrieved 30 May 2011.
↑ "Local Election 5 May 2011". Reading Borough Council. 6 May 2011. Retrieved 12 May 2011.
↑ "Local Election 5 May 2011 Abbey". Reading Borough Council. 6 May 2011. Retrieved 15 May 2011.
↑ "Local Election 5 May 2011 Battle". Reading Borough Council. 6 May 2011. Retrieved 15 May 2011.
↑ "Local Election 5 May 2011 Caversham". Reading Borough Council. 6 May 2011. Retrieved 15 May 2011.
↑ "Local Election 5 May 2011 Church". Reading Borough Council. 6 May 2011. Retrieved 15 May 2011.
↑ "Tory councillors standing down". Reading Post. 15 March 2011. Retrieved 15 May 2011.
↑ "Local Election 5 May 2011 Katesgrove". Reading Borough Council. 6 May 2011. Retrieved 15 May 2011.
↑ "Reading 2011 election results". Reading Post. 6 May 2011. Retrieved 15 May 2011.
↑ "Local Election 5 May 2011 Kentwood". Reading Borough Council. 6 May 2011. Retrieved 15 May 2011.
↑ "Local Election 5 May 2011 Minster". Reading Borough Council. 6 May 2011. Retrieved 15 May 2011.
↑ "Local Election 5 May 2011 Norcot". Reading Borough Council. 6 May 2011. Retrieved 15 May 2011.
↑ "Local Election 5 May 2011 Park". Reading Borough Council. 6 May 2011. Retrieved 15 May 2011.
↑ "Local Election Result 2007 Park". Reading Borough Council. May 2007. Retrieved 15 May 2011.
↑ "Local Election 5 May 2011 Peppard". Reading Borough Council. 6 May 2011. Retrieved 15 May 2011.
↑ "Local Election 5 May 2011 Redlands". Reading Borough Council. 6 May 2011. Retrieved 21 May 2011.
↑ "Local Election 5 May 2011 Southcote". Reading Borough Council. 6 May 2011. Retrieved 21 May 2011.
↑ "Local Election 5 May 2011 Thames". Reading Borough Council. 6 May 2011. Retrieved 21 May 2011.
↑ "Local Election 5 May 2011 Tilehurst". Reading Borough Council. 6 May 2011. Retrieved 21 May 2011.
↑ "Local Election Result 2007 Tilehurst". Reading Borough Council. May 2007. Retrieved 21 May 2011.
↑ "Local Election 5 May 2011 Whitley". Reading Borough Council. 6 May 2011. Retrieved 21 May 2011.

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