2012 Reading Borough Council election

Elections to Reading Borough Council will take place on Thursday 3 May 2012.

There are 16 seats up for election, one third of the council.

Election result

Reading Borough Council Election, 2012

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	26	+5	-1	+4	68.0%	45.0%	15452	+5.1%
	Conservative	12	+1	-3	-2	18.0%	27.8%	9492	-6.3%
	Green	3	+1	0	+1	6.0%	11.1%	3787	-0.1%
	Liberal Democrats	4	0	-2	-2	6.0%	10.0%	3406	-2.8%
	Independent	1	0	-1	-1	0%	3.7%	1277	+3.6%
	Common Sense	0	0	0	0	0%	1.1%	391	-0.7%
	UKIP	0	0	0	0	0%	0.6%	220	N/A
	The Roman Party Ave!	0	0	0	0	0%	0.1%	42	0%

Ward results

Abbey Ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Tony Page	1,140	58.3%	+11.6%
	Conservative	Alex Coleman	354	18.1%	−7.1%
	Green	Hazel Mary Murphy	230	11.7%	+1.2%
	Liberal Democrats	Kirsten Ruth Bayes	135	6.9%	−8.7%
	Common Sense	Howard Thomas	87	4.4%	+0.1%
Majority			786	40.2%
Turnout			1,953	20.0%
	Labour hold		Swing	+9.3%

Battle Ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Gul Khan	1,015	54.0%	+0.9%
	Conservative	Imraan Ishtiaq	522	27.7%	+1.0%
	Green	Alan Edward Lockey	188	10.0%	+3.0%
	Liberal Democrats	Mark David Edward Whiley	106	5.6%	−3.3%
	The Roman Party Ave!	Jean-Louis Pascual	42	2.2%	+1.0%
Majority			493	26.2%
Turnout			1,879	25%
	Labour hold		Swing	-0.1%

Caversham Ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Richard Davies	1,258	49.0%	+17.6%
	Conservative	David Luckett	880	34.2%	−8.6%
	Green	Jenny Hicks	265	10.3%	−3.8%
	Liberal Democrats	Jenny Claire Woods	168	6.5%	−5.2%
Majority			378	14.7%
	Labour Co-op gain from Conservative		Swing	+13.1%

Church Ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Eileen McElligott	1,029	50.5%	+5.4%
	Conservative	Azam Janjau	700	34.3%	+1.2%
	Green	Vivienne Joyce Johnson	134	6.5%	−0.5%
	Liberal Democrats	Annette Hendry	94	4.6%	−2.0%
	Common Sense	Kim Maysh	79	3.8%	−4.3%
Majority			329	16.1%
Turnout			2,036	25.0%
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	+4.2%

Katesgrove Ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Rose Williams	890	55.9%	+9.6%
	Liberal Democrats	Janel Marie Blattler	257	16.1%	−8.8%
	Conservative	Richard Robeson	237	14.8%	−3.3%
	Green	James Eric Towell	157	9.8%	+2.9%
	Independent	Michael Turberville	42	2.6%	+0.9%
Majority			623	39.7%
Turnout			1592	22%
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing	+9.2%

Kentwood Ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Daya Pal Singh	1,052	46.7%	+9.1%
	Conservative	Emma Warman	796	35.3%	+9.1%
	Green	Kevin Jackson	144	6.4%	+0.7%
	Common Sense	Matthew James Plunkett	126	5.6%	+1.3%
	Liberal Democrats	Jon Walls	121	5.3%	−2.7%
Majority			256	11.3%
Turnout			2250	30%
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	+9.1%

Mapledurham Ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Isobel Ballsdon	695	66.6%	+6.5%
	Labour	Ashley Mark Edward Pearce	136	12.9%	+8.0%
	Liberal Democrats	Chris Burden	111	10.5%	+1.6%
	Green	Dougie Coulter	103	9.8%	+7.8%
Majority			559	53.2%
Turnout			1050	41%
	Conservative hold		Swing	-2.5%

Minster Ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Liz Terry	1,351	59.1%	+11.2%
	Conservative	Alanzo Nesta Seville	600	26.2%	−9.1%
	Liberal Democrats	Georgina Hughes	164	7.1%	−2.4%
	Green	Sunil Gandhi	162	7.0%	−0.3%
Majority			751	32.8%
Turnout			2284	29%
	Labour Co-op hold		Swing	+10.1%

Norcot Ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Josephine Lovelock	1,378	68.8%	+10.3%
	Conservative	Michael Fairfax	400	19.9%	−4.5%
	Green	David James Patterson	117	5.8%	−2.5%
	Liberal Democrats	Margaret McNeill	96	4.7%	−4.1%
Majority			978	48.8%
Turnout			2001	27%
	Labour hold		Swing	+7.4%

Park Ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Jamie Whitham	1,246	46.4%	+3.0%
	Labour Co-op	Rachael Chrisp	1,094	40.8%	+7.6%
	Conservative	Laurence Taylor	279	10.4%	−9.6%
	Liberal Democrats	Hoyte Paul Arnoud Swager	54	2.0%	−1.4%
Majority			152	5.6%
Turnout			2681	35%
	Green gain from Labour		Swing	-4.4%

Peppard Ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jane Stanford-Beale	1,090	38.4%	−19.9%
	Independent	Jamie Chowdhary	789	27.8%	+27.8%
	Labour	David Lawrence Absolom	434	15.3%	−2.9%
	Liberal Democrats	Mustafa Chaudhary	297	10.4%	−4.0%
	Green	Kate Day	210	7.4%	1.9%
Majority			301	10.6%
Turnout			2834	37%
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing	-23.8%

Redlands Ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Tony Jones	1,032	51.8%	+7.5%
	Liberal Democrats	James Moore	425	21.3%	−4.6%
	Conservative	Leo Lester	273	13.7%	−4.3%
	Green	Robert Alan Booth	251	12.6%	+1.2%
Majority			607	30.4%
Turnout			1992	26%
	Labour Co-op gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing	+6.0%

Southcote Ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Debs Edwards	1,364	65.0%	+8.9%
	Conservative	Ali Asghar	478	22.8%	−8.4%
	Liberal Democrats	David Robert Warren	142	6.7%	−0.3%
	Green	Kizzi Miranda Murtagh	112	5.3%	−0.4%
Majority			886	42.2%
Turnout			2096	32%
	Labour hold		Swing	+8.6%

Thames Ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ed Hooper	1,266	44.9%	−9.7%
	Labour Co-op	Duncan Quay Bruce	625	22.2%	+1.3%
	Independent	John Dickson	322	11.4%	+11.4%
	Green	Helen Isobel McNamara	311	11.0%	−0.2%
	Liberal Democrats	Guy William Gipps Penman	282	10.0%	−3.3%
Majority			641	22.7%
Turnout			2815	38%
	Conservative hold		Swing	-5.5%

Tilehurst Ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Meri O'Connell	897	38.6%	+7.1%
	Conservative	Robert Vickers	604	26.0%	−11.7%
	Labour	Haji Banaras	510	21.9%	−3.6%
	UKIP	William Stewart Graham MacPhee	220	9.4%	+9.4%
	Green	Doug Cresswell	89	3.7%	−1.5%
Majority			293	12.6%
Turnout			2321	32%
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	+9.4%

Whitley Ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mike Orton	1,144	64.4%	+7.5%
	Conservative	Nick Brown	318	17.9%	−6.6%
	Common Sense	Mike Diamond	99	5.5%	−3.4%
	Independent	Jamie Steven Wake	82	4.6%	+4.6%
	Green	Keith Martin Johnson	68	3.8%	−1.4%
	Liberal Democrats	Rebecca Ellen Chester	57	3.2%	2.0%
Majority			826	46.5%
Turnout			1775	22%

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