2021 Wokingham Borough Council election

The 2021 Wokingham Borough Council election took place on 6 May 2021 to elect members of Wokingham Borough Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections and had been postponed from May 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

2021 Wokingham Borough Council election

6 May 2021
18 seats, one-third of all council seats.
Con LD Lab Leader John Halsall Lindsay Ferris Rachel Burgess Party Conservative Liberal Democrats Labour Leader since 6 May 2019 2016 Leader's seat Remenham, Wargrave and Ruscombe Twyford Norreys Last election 31 seats, 57.4% 18 seats, 33.3% 3 seats, 5.6% Seats needed 4 9 24   Ind Grn WEP Leader N/A Louise Tomlin Party Independent Green Women's Equality Leader since N/A Leader's seat N/A Running in Evendons Last election 2 seats, 3.3% 0 seats, 0.6% 0 Seats needed 25 27 27
Ward results map for Wokingham Borough Council
Incumbent Leader of the Council John Halsall Conservative

The composition of the council before the election was as follows:

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31	15	4	3
CON	LD	LAB	IND

There was one vacancy.

After the election, the composition of the council became:

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31	18	3	2
CON	LD	LAB	IND

Election result

The Conservatives retained control of the council and gained one seat from Labour. They regained a seat from an Independent who had originally been elected as a Conservative, and also regained a vacant seat, which had been won by a Conservative in 2016, who joined the Liberal Democrats in 2017, and had resigned from the Council in 2020. The Liberal Democrats gained three seats from the Conservatives.

Total Election result

2021 Wokingham Borough Council election
Party		This election			Full council			This election
		Seats	Net	Seats %	Other	Total	Total %	Votes	Votes %	+/−
	Conservative	12	2	66.7	19	31	57.4	21,540	46.4	9.1
	Liberal Democrats	6	3	33.3	12	18	33.3	16,492	35.5	3.9
	Labour	0	1	0	3	3	5.6	7,439	16.0	0.4
	Independent	0		0	2	2	3.7	0	0	5.4
	Green	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	695	1.5	0.9
	Women's Equality	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	175	0.4	0.1
	Freedom Alliance	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	114	0.2	New

A total of 46,771 votes were cast for 62 candidates. (46,445 unspoilt)

Ward results

Bulmershe and Whitegates

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Shahid Younis (E)	1,489	43.5	5.6
	Labour	Andy Croy	1443	42.2	−0.2
	Liberal Democrats	Shiela Jordan	256	7.4	−12.3
	Green	Samuel Langlois	186	5.4	5.4
	Freedom Alliance	Fiona Morley	23	0.6	0.6
Majority			46	1.3	−3.2
Turnout			3419	48%	6%
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

22 ballot papers were rejected

Charvil Ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sam Akhtar (E)	728	58.7	11.7
	Liberal Democrats	Martin Alder	367	29.5	29.5
	Labour	Brian Scott	81	6.5	−0.4
	Green	Kathy Smith	55	4.4	4.4
Majority			361	29.1	28.0
Turnout			1240	52%	7%
	Conservative hold		Swing

9 ballot papers were rejected

Emmbrook

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Morag Malvern	1,675	48.2	−13.4
	Conservative	Ullakarin Clark	1,454	41.8	10.7
	Labour	Llewelyn Reed-Jones	320	9.2	−1.6
Majority			221	6.4	−24.1
Turnout			3475	47%	3%
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

26 ballot papers were rejected

Evendons

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Ian Shenton (E)	1,390	44.0	−4.5
	Conservative	Daniel Hinton	1277	40.4	15.6
	Labour	Annette Medhurst	299	9.5	3.8
	Women's Equality	Louise Timlin	175	5.5	−0.5
Majority			113	3.6	−20.1
Turnout			3158	44%	7%
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

17 ballot papers were rejected

Finchampstead North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Charles Margetts	1,341	69.0	11.9
	Liberal Democrats	Jordon Montgomery	283	14.7	−17.4
	Labour	Alex Freeney	170	8.7	3.6
	Green	Martyn Foss	130	6.7	1.6
Majority			1058	54.5	29.5
Turnout			1941	45%	1%
	Conservative hold		Swing

17 ballot papers were rejected

Finchampstead South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Rebecca Margetts	1,188	65.0	9.5
	Liberal Democrats	Mike Eytle	454	24.8	−8.2
	Labour	Grace Tapping	172	9.2	−1.8
Majority			734	40.1	17.6
Turnout			1827	39%	−1%
	Conservative hold		Swing

13 ballot papers were rejected

Hawkedon

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Clive Jones	1,411	53.6	−2.8
	Conservative	Eileen Kessel	869	33.0	1.2
	Labour	Mark Craske	339	12.8	1.0
Majority			542	20.5	−4.1
Turnout			2632	38%	2%
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

13 ballot papers were rejected

Hillside

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Pauline Jorgensen	1,472	46.8	9.2
	Liberal Democrats	Wes Budd	1354	43.0	−8.2
	Labour	Hari Sarasan	303	9.6	−1.5
Majority			118	3.6	−10.0
Turnout			3144	49%	5%
	Conservative hold		Swing

15 ballot papers were rejected

Hurst

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Wayne Smith	749	70.4	−5.8
	Liberal Democrats	Sam Turvey	211	19.8	6.7
	Labour	Paula Monte	100	9.4	−1.3
Majority			538	50.6	−12.5
Turnout			1063	50%	14%
	Conservative hold		Swing

3 ballot papers were rejected.

Loddon

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Anne Chadwick	1,377	46.1	1.8
	Liberal Democrats	Beth Rowland	741	24.8	−9.6
	Labour	Majid Nagra	689	23.0	5.2
	Green	James Towell	163	5.4	5.4
Majority			636	21.2	7.7
Turnout			2986	39%	6%
	Conservative hold		Swing

16 ballot papers were rejected

Maiden Erlegh

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Norman Jorgensen	1,235	40.7	6.8
	Liberal Democrats	Mike Smith	931	30.7	−6.3
	Labour	Andrew Gray	676	22.2	−6.9
	Green	Russell Seymour	161	5.3	5.3
Majority			304	10.0	6.9
Turnout			3032	45%	−1%
	Conservative hold		Swing

29 ballot papers were rejected

Norreys

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Phil Cunnington	1,610	46.1	5.6
	Labour	Nick Fox	1375	39.4	0.2
	Liberal Democrats	Jane Ainslie	481	13.7	−6.6
Majority			235	6.7	5.4
Turnout			3489	42%	5%
	Conservative hold		Swing

23 ballot papers were rejected

Remenham, Wargrave and Ruscombe

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Halsall	1,137	62.7	−4.8
	Liberal Democrats	Andrea Martijn	425	23.4	1.7
	Labour	Stuart Crainer	239	13.1	−2.9
Majority			712	39.2	−6.6
Turnout			1813	42%	11%
	Conservative hold		Swing

12 ballot papers were rejected.

Shinfield South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jackie Rance	1,423	48.1	17.3
	Liberal Democrats	Chris Johnson	1152	39.0	39.0
	Labour	Marcus McDowell	359	12.1	2.2
Majority			271	9.17	−9.5
Turnout			2953	35%	1%
	Conservative hold		Swing

19 ballot papers were rejected

Twyford

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Lindsay Ferris	1,677	70.6	−2.4
	Conservative	Grant Woolner	562	23.6	0.9
	Labour	Caroline Hill	118	4.9	0.6
Majority			1115	46.9	−3.4
Turnout			2374	54%	6%
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

17 ballot papers were rejected

Wescott

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Dennis	1,052	44.2	9.1
	Conservative	Jullian McGhee-Sumner	1011	42.4	8.8
	Labour	Colin Heath	288	12.1	−11.3
Majority			41	1.7	0.2
Turnout			2379	43%	1%
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

28 ballot papers were rejected

Winnersh

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Rachelle Shepherd-Dubey	1,627	54.1	−10.6
	Conservative	Bernadette Mitra	1002	33.3	10.5
	Labour	Allan Murungi	258	8.6	3.0
	Freedom Alliance	Karen Clyde	91	3.0	3.0
Majority			625	20.8	−21.1
Turnout			3003	38%	4%
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

25 ballot papers were rejected

Wokingham Without

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Pauline Helliar-Symmons	1,616	56.8	4.7
	Liberal Democrats	Robert Comber	1005	35.3	−4.0
	Labour	Brent Lees	210	7.4	−1.3
Majority			611	21.4	8.6
Turnout			2843	44%	7%
	Conservative hold		Swing

12 ballot papers were rejected