2001 Wokingham District Council election

The 2001 Wokingham District Council election took place on 7 June 2001 to elect members of Wokingham Unitary Council in Berkshire, England. One third of the council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control.^[1]

The previous election in 2000 saw both the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats win 27 seats.^[2] The Liberal Democrats took control of the administration 2 months later after one of the Conservative councillors, Nigel Rose, abstained enabling the Liberal Democrats to get the mayor's casting vote.^[2]

The results of the 2001 election saw no change with both main parties remaining on the same number of seats.^[3] Overall turnout was significantly increased at 63.75% due to the election being held at the same time as the 2001 general election.^[3]

After the election, the composition of the council was:

Conservative 27
Liberal Democrat 27^[4]

Election result

Wokingham Local Election Result 2001^[4]^[5]
	Seats	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
Conservative	9	50.0	42.5	26,359	-6.0%
Liberal Democrats	9	50.0	39.9	24,749	-1.8%
Labour	0	0	17.1	10,596	+8.0%
Green	0	0	0.4	278	+0.4%
Independent	0	0	0.1	76	+0.1%

Ward results

Bulmershe^[3]^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Sellam Rahmouni	715	36.7	−10.7
	Labour	Nelson Bland	701	35.9	+3.3
	Conservative	Robert Wood	534	27.4	+7.4
Majority			14	0.8	−14.0
Turnout			1,950	64.0
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Charvil^[3]^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Pamela Graddon	713	47.7
	Liberal Democrats	John Saunders	541	36.2
	Labour	Christofer Hall	241	16.1
Majority			172	11.5
Turnout			1,495	68.9
	Conservative hold		Swing

Coronation^[3]^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Terence Dredge	1,854	47.8	+0.2
	Conservative	Susan Doughty	1,477	38.1	−7.4
	Labour	Ian Hills	545	14.1	+7.2
Majority			377	9.7	+7.6
Turnout			3,876	66.9	+32.3
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Emmbrook^[3]^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Keith Malvern	1,508	46.9
	Conservative	Dennis Carver	1,334	41.5
	Labour	John Baker	376	11.7
Majority			174	5.4
Turnout			3,218	68.3	+30.4
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Evendons^[3]^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Dianne King	2,539	46.0	−0.6
	Liberal Democrats	Nicholas Wright	2,326	42.1	−5.0
	Labour	Paul French	659	11.9	+5.7
Majority			213	3.9
Turnout			5,524	66.0	+41.5
	Conservative hold		Swing

Finchampstead North^[3]^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Tim Charlesworth	1,622	52.8	+5.6
	Liberal Democrats	Celia May	1,449	47.2	−5.6
Majority			173	5.6
Turnout			3,071	68.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

Hurst^[3]^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Annette Drake	702	71.1
	Liberal Democrats	Patrick Hull	186	18.8
	Labour	Stuart Crainer	100	10.1
Majority			516	52.3
Turnout			988	66.8
	Conservative hold		Swing

Little Hungerford^[3]^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	David Swindells	2,278	43.9	−3.5
	Conservative	Christopher Edmunds	2,001	38.6	−5.0
	Labour	Jacqueline Rupert	907	17.5	+8.6
Majority			277	5.3	+1.5
Turnout			5,186	63.7	+36.0
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Loddon^[3]^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Alan Clifford	1,605	41.9	−9.2
	Conservative	Kathleen Henderson	1,294	33.8	−2.8
	Labour	Janice Kite	932	24.3	+12.1
Majority			311	8.1	−6.4
Turnout			3,831	60.1	+41.2
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Norreys^[3]^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Iain Brown	2,053	50.9	−14.8
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Harper	1,108	27.4	+12.6
	Labour	Paul Sharples	876	21.7	+2.2
Majority			945	23.5	−22.7
Turnout			4,037	64.9	+35.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

Redhatch^[3]^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	David Hare	3,284	45.4	−5.4
	Conservative	Norman Jorgensen	2,558	35.4	+1.6
	Labour	Susan Salts	1,038	14.3	+6.0
	Green	Mark Broad	278	3.8	+3.8
	Independent	Colin Forrestal	76	1.1	+1.1
Majority			726	10.0	−7.0
Turnout			7,234	59.4	+38.4
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Shinfield^[3]^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Malcolm Bryant	1,857	52.4	−8.9
	Liberal Democrats	John Shockley	917	25.9	−1.1
	Labour	Owen Waite	772	21.8	+10.1
Majority			940	26.5	−7.8
Turnout			3,546	60.1	+37.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

South Lake^[3]^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Coling Lawley	1,407	51.2	−5.3
	Conservative	Gerald Pett	688	25.0	−5.4
	Labour	David Kay	653	23.8	+10.7
Majority			719	26.2	+0.1
Turnout			2,748	59.0	+39.4
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Twyford & Ruscombe^[3]^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Stephen Conway	2,203	57.2	−1.1
	Conservative	Gerald Garnett	1,235	32.1	−1.1
	Labour	Roy Mantel	412	10.7	+2.2
Majority			968	25.1	0.0
Turnout			3,850	66.8	+27.8
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Wescott^[3]^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Robert Wyatt	1,261	49.7	−6.0
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Evans	942	37.1	+3.6
	Labour	John Woodward	333	13.1	+2.3
Majority			319	12.6	−9.6
Turnout			2,536	65.0	+35.2
	Conservative hold		Swing

Whitegates^[3]^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Jennifer Lissaman	976	48.5	−5.5
	Labour	Pippa White	534	26.5	+2.2
	Conservative	Paul Swaddle	503	25.0	+3.4
Majority			442	22.0	−7.7
Turnout			2,013	67.5	+32.9
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Winnersh^[3]^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Elizabeth Siggery	1,807	49.2	+1.6
	Liberal Democrats	David Glover	1,450	39.5	−8.4
	Labour	Elizabeth Vincent	413	11.3	+6.8
Majority			357	9.7
Turnout			3,670	62.7	+31.8
	Conservative hold		Swing

Wokingham Without^[3]^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Pauline Helliar-Symons	2,181	66.4	−6.2
	Labour	Rosemary Chapman	1,104	33.6	+18.6
Majority			1,077	32.8	−24.8
Turnout			3,285	61.9	+35.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

References

^ "Wokingham". BBC News Online. Retrieved 10 January 2010.
^ ^a ^b "Affordable housing is top of Lib Dems' list". Reading Evening Post. 14 May 2001. Retrieved 10 January 2010.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t "Shared seats deadlock leaves council in limbo". Reading Evening Post. 12 June 2001. Retrieved 10 January 2010.
^ ^a ^b "Council results". Evening Standard. 8 June 2001. p. 51.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s "Wokingham District Council Election Results 2002 & 2001". Wokingham District Council. Archived from the original on 1 November 2002. Retrieved 10 January 2010.

[change-1] "Wokingham". BBC News Online. Retrieved 10 January 2010.

[housing-2] "Affordable housing is top of Lib Dems' list". Reading Evening Post. 14 May 2001. Retrieved 10 January 2010.

[limbo-3] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t "Shared seats deadlock leaves council in limbo". Reading Evening Post. 12 June 2001. Retrieved 10 January 2010.

[council-4] "Council results". Evening Standard. 8 June 2001. p. 51.

[results-5] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s "Wokingham District Council Election Results 2002 & 2001". Wokingham District Council. Archived from the original on 1 November 2002. Retrieved 10 January 2010.

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