2021 Reading Borough Council election

The 2021 Reading Council election took place in 2021 to elect members of Reading Borough Council.^[1] This was on the same day as other local elections.^[2] The election was originally due to take place in May 2020, but was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[3]

Council elections for the Reading Borough Council were last held on 2 May 2019 as part of the 2019 United Kingdom local elections. The council will undergo a major boundary revision to apply from the 2022 elections.^[4]

All locally registered electors (British, Irish, Commonwealth and European Union citizens) who are aged 18 or over on polling day are entitled to vote in the local elections.

Results summary

2021 Reading Borough Council election
Party		This election			Full council			This election
Party		Seats	Net	Seats %	Other	Total	Total %	Votes	Votes %	+/−
	Labour	10	1	58.8	19	29	63.0	18,625	41.1	+1.7
	Conservative	4		23.5	6	10	21.7	14,281	31.5	+5.7
	Green	2	1	11.8	3	5	10.9	7,395	16.3	-2.8
	Liberal Democrats	1		5.9	1	2	4.3	4,644	10.2	-4.5
	Independent	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	248	0.5	+0.1
	Reform UK	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	81	0.2	New
	TUSC	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	50	0.1	New
	Liberal	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	23	0.1	±0.0
	SDP	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	17	<0.1	New

Ward Results

Abbey

Abbey
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Tony Page	1,444	51.5	+2.8
	Conservative	David Cozens	689	24.6	+7.0
	Green	Howard Darby	432	15.4	−3.6
	Liberal Democrats	Anne Thompson	238	8.5	−4.8
Majority			755
Turnout			2,832	27.73
	Labour hold		Swing

Battle

Battle
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Gul Khan	1,168	52.7	−2.3
	Conservative	Michael Hey	472	21.3	+4.9
	Green	Sarah Watchman	308	13.9	−3.2
	Liberal Democrats	John Grout	170	7.7	−3.6
	Independent	Yemi Awolola	99	4.5	N/A
Majority			696
Turnout			2,246	27.66
	Labour hold		Swing

Caversham

Caversham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Richard Davies	1,480	47.6	+3.5
	Conservative	Ian Binge	906	29.1	+5.5
	Green	Sally Newman	407	13.1	−3.9
	Liberal Democrats	Christopher Ward	174	5.6	−9.8
	Independent	Sara Fulbrook	128	4.1	N/A
	SDP	Damian Skelton	17	0.5	N/A
Majority			574
Turnout			3,136	42.32
	Labour hold		Swing

Church

Church
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ashley Pearce	995	46.5	−0.7
	Conservative	Adam Phelps	820	38.3	+14.6
	Green	Kathryn McCann	220	10.3	−4.7
	Liberal Democrats	Mark Cole	106	5.0	−7.7
Majority			175
Turnout			2,152	31.22
	Labour hold		Swing

Katesgrove

Katesgrove
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Rose Williams	938	41.2	−15.2
	Green	Louise Keane	868	38.1	+21.2
	Conservative	Abdoulaye Sow	344	15.1	+0.5
	Liberal Democrats	Margaret McNeill	93	4.1	−6.5
	Independent	Jean-Louis Pascual	36	1.6	N/A
Majority			70
Turnout			2,305	31.14
	Labour hold		Swing

Kentwood

Kentwood
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Daya Pal Singh	1,173	43.3	+5.3
	Conservative	Nick Fudge	1,135	41.9	+0.3
	Green	Anthea West	204	7.5	−2.0
	Liberal Democrats	Gary Coster	198	7.3	−2.4
Majority			38
Turnout			2,731	37.10
	Labour hold		Swing

Mapledurham

Mapledurham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Isobel Ballsdon	724	51.5	−2.1
	Liberal Democrats	Chris Burden	330	23.5	−0.3
	Labour	Bouba Dembele	208	14.8	+0.2
	Green	Brent Smith	143	10.2	+2.3
Majority			394
Turnout			1,415	56.15
	Conservative hold		Swing

Minster

Minster
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Liz Terry	1,256	44.8	−0.1
	Conservative	Alanzo Seville	904	32.2	+0.6
	Green	Isobel Hoskins	352	12.6	+2.5
	Liberal Democrats	Ben Sims	292	10.4	−1.8
Majority			352
Turnout			2,833	36.48
	Labour hold		Swing

Norcot

Norcot
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jo Lovelock	1,301	55.8	+1.5
	Conservative	Zachary Okeyo	683	29.3	+7.2
	Green	Richard Walkem	191	8.2	−2.6
	Liberal Democrats	James Moore	114	4.9	−2.7
	Liberal	Stephen Graham	23	1.0	−1.1
	TUSC	Neil Adams	21	0.9	N/A
Majority			618
Turnout			2,344	30.15
	Labour hold		Swing

Park

Park
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Brenda McGonigle	1,631	50.6	−3.9
	Labour	Amjad Tarar	1,253	38.8	+1.8
	Conservative	Abi Jones	263	8.2	+5.8
	Liberal Democrats	Chris Dodson	79	2.4	−0.1
Majority			378
Turnout			3,245	44.45
	Green hold		Swing

Peppard

Peppard
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jane Stanford-Beale	1,498	43.7	−4.7
	Conservative	Clarence Mitchell	1,457	42.5	−5.9
	Labour	James Denny	1,005	29.3	+7.5
	Labour	Benjamin Perry	765	22.3	+0.5
	Green	Doug Cresswell	528	15.4	+0.6
	Liberal Democrats	Hilary Smart	378	11.0	−2.6
	Liberal Democrats	Pieter de Boiserie	359	10.5	−3.1
	Green	Sarah McNamara	248	7.2	−7.6
	Reform UK	Vincent Ruane	81	2.4	N/A
Majority
Turnout			3,432	45.68
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Redlands

Redlands
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	David McElroy	1,009	41.8	−4.5
	Labour	Andrew Hornsby-Smith	999	41.4	+5.3
	Conservative	Shekhar Natarajan	319	13.2	+2.6
	Liberal Democrats	Francis Jakeman	84	3.5	−2.5
Majority			10
Turnout			2,433	36.61
	Green gain from Labour		Swing

Southcote

Southcote
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Debs Edwards	1,303	55.0	+2.8
	Conservative	Gabriella Kirkby	814	34.4	+8.6
	Green	Asad Feroz	166	7.0	−4.3
	Liberal Democrats	Riccardo Mancuso-Marcello	85	3.6	−5.6
Majority			489
Turnout			2,394	35.13
	Labour hold		Swing

Thames

Thames
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Paul Carnell	1,561	40.9	+7.1
	Labour	Caroline McArthur	1,221	32.0	+7.9
	Liberal Democrats	Joanna Ramsay	619	16.2	−5.8
	Green	Danny McNamara	419	11.0	−9.1
Majority			340
Turnout			3,857	51.59
	Conservative hold		Swing

Tilehurst

Tilehurst
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Meri O'Connell	1,218	44.8	−2.2
	Conservative	Jay Varley	944	34.8	+7.1
	Labour	Indy Singh	412	15.2	+1.6
	Green	Gabriel Berry-Khan	113	4.2	−0.3
	TUSC	Jen Bottom	29	1.1	N/A
Majority			274
Turnout			2,735	37.01
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Whitley

Whitley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Alice Mpofu-Coles	1,326	54.8	−4.2
	Conservative	Elizabeth Sheppard	748	30.9	+12.0
	Green	Kathy Smith	156	6.4	−5.3
	Liberal Democrats	Ian Westby	107	4.4	−4.3
	Independent	Bala Sani	84	3.5	N/A
Majority			578
Turnout			2,439	25.20
	Labour hold		Swing

References

^ 2021 Local Borough Elections Archived 7 December 2020 at the Wayback Machine Reading Borough Council
^ "Local government elections". www.local.gov.uk. Retrieved 7 January 2020.
^ "Local elections postponed for a year over coronavirus". BBC News. 13 March 2020. Retrieved 13 March 2020.
^ "New political map for Reading Borough Council". Local Government Boundary Commission for England. 29 September 2020. Archived from the original on 5 February 2021. Retrieved 5 February 2021.

[1] 2021 Local Borough Elections Archived 7 December 2020 at the Wayback Machine Reading Borough Council

[2] "Local government elections". www.local.gov.uk. Retrieved 7 January 2020.

[3] "Local elections postponed for a year over coronavirus". BBC News. 13 March 2020. Retrieved 13 March 2020.

[4] "New political map for Reading Borough Council". Local Government Boundary Commission for England. 29 September 2020. Archived from the original on 5 February 2021. Retrieved 5 February 2021.

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