2019 West Berkshire Council election

2019 West Berkshire Council election
All 43 seats to West Berkshire Council; 22 seats needed for a majority
	Winner of each seat at the 2019 West Berkshire Council election
Council control before election; ; Conservative	Council control after election ; ; Conservative

The 2019 West Berkshire Council election took place on 2 May 2019 to elect members of West Berkshire Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections. The whole council was up for election and the Conservative Party retained overall control of the council, despite significant gains by the Liberal Democrats and the election of the first Green Party councillors in West Berkshire.^[1]

Background

At the last election in 2015, the Conservatives won a majority of seats, with 48 councillors, compared to 4 for the Liberal Democrats. No other parties had representation on the council.^[2]

There were boundary changes between the 2015 and 2019 elections, reducing the total number of seats from 52 to 43, and the number of wards from 30 to 24. The new wards elected between one and three district councillors depending on their population.^[3]

Summary

Election result

2019 West Berkshire Council election^[4]
Party		Candidates	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	43	24	N/A	N/A	24	55.8	37.4	18,258
	Liberal Democrats	36	16	N/A	N/A	12	37.2	31.9	15,657
	Green	16	3	N/A	N/A	3	7.0	19.3	9,497
	Labour	43	0	N/A	N/A		0.0	9.7	4,767
	UKIP	4	0	N/A	N/A		0.0	1.7	816

Ward Results

Winning candidates are highlighted in bold.

Aldermaston

Aldermaston (1 seat)^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Dominic Kevin Boeck	529	55.1
	Liberal Democrats	Warren Fox	318	33.1
	Labour	Steve Sutton	113	11.8
Majority			211	22.0
Turnout			983	33%
	Conservative win (new seat)

Basildon

Basildon (1 seat)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Alan Law	595	55.6
	Liberal Democrats	Laura Coyle	256	23.9
	Green	Alex Carter	156	14.6
	Labour	Jonathan Ashley	64	6.0
Majority			339	31.7
Turnout			1,087	38%
	Conservative win (new seat)

Bradfield

Bradfield (1 seat)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Ross MacKinnon	543	62.3
	Liberal Democrats	Ian Park	237	27.2
	Labour	Ian McKay	92	10.6
Majority			306	35.1
Turnout			947	33%
	Conservative win (new seat)

Bucklebury

Bucklebury (1 seat)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Graham Pask	745	62.5
	Liberal Democrats	Mike Cole	235	19.7
	Green	Jacqueline Paynter	164	13.8
	Labour	Frank Greenwood	48	4.0
Majority			510	42.8
Turnout			1,212	43%
	Conservative win (new seat)

Burghfield and Mortimer

Burghfield and Mortimer (3 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Royce Longton	1,293	45.1
	Liberal Democrats	Geoffrey Mayes	1,173	40.9
	Conservative	Graham Bridgman	1,148	40.0
	Conservative	Carol Jackson-Doerge	1,126	39.2
	Conservative	Ian Morrin	1,028	35.8
	Green	Alison May	880	30.7
	Labour	John Hannawin	556	19.4
	Labour	Janet Bishop	315	11.0
	Labour	Graham Hudson	206	7.2
Majority			22	0.8
Turnout			2,908	36%
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Chieveley and Cold Ash

Chieveley and Cold Ash (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Hilary Cole	1,073	52.8
	Conservative	Garth Simpson	1,000	49.2
	Green	Jill Hoblin	572	28.1
	Liberal Democrats	David Lister	530	26.1
	Green	James Thomas	377	18.5
	Labour	Marc Charon	103	5.1
	Labour	Chris Evans	93	4.6
Majority			428	21.1
Turnout			2,073	38%
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Downlands

Downlands (1 seat)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Clive Hooker	716	62.2
	Liberal Democrats	Martin Colston	320	27.8
	Labour	Grahame Murphy	115	10.0
Majority			396	34.4
Turnout			1,168	39%
	Conservative win (new seat)

Hungerford and Kintbury

Hungerford and Kintbury (3 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Dennis Benneyworth	1,772	48.5
	Conservative	James Cole	1,669	45.7
	Conservative	Claire Rowles	1,605	44.0
	Liberal Democrats	Denise Gaines	1,446	39.6
	Liberal Democrats	Rob Chicken	1,359	37.2
	Liberal Democrats	Shaun Wood	1,085	29.7
	Green	Tim Davis	763	20.9
	Labour	Paul Pugh	154	4.2
	Labour	Ron Blindell	153	4.2
	Labour	Matt Wilson	146	4.0
Majority			159	4.4
Turnout			3,695	41%
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Lambourn

Lambourn (1 seat)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Howard Woollaston	667	63.1
	Liberal Democrats	Charlie Christopher	254	24.0
	Labour	Moz Reynolds	136	12.9
Majority			413	39.1
Turnout			1,077	33%
	Conservative win (new seat)

Newbury Central

Newbury Central (2 seats)^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Martha Vickers	979	48.6
	Liberal Democrats	Andy Moore	957	47.5
	Conservative	Anthony Stretton	562	27.9
	Conservative	Joseph Clarke	535	26.6
	Green	Susan Millington	450	22.3
	Labour	Mark Beach	196	9.7
	Labour	Caroline Blake	178	8.8
Majority			395	19.6
Turnout			2,040	37%
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Newbury Clay Hill

Newbury Clay Hill (2 seats)^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Jeff Beck	632	43.7
	Conservative	Jeff Cant	532	36.8
	Liberal Democrats	Pam Taylor	519	35.9
	Liberal Democrats	Simon Pike	354	24.5
	Green	Danielle Bryan	316	21.9
	Labour	Gemma Lowe	211	14.6
	Labour	Lee McDougall	163	11.3
Majority			13	0.9
Turnout			2,727	27%
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Newbury Greenham

Newbury Greenham (3 seats)^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Billy Drummond	1,375	49.8
	Liberal Democrats	Phil Barnett	1,337	48.5
	Liberal Democrats	Erik Pattenden	1,151	41.7
	Conservative	Sarah Greenall	752	27.3
	Conservative	Miles Evans	751	27.2
	Conservative	Mark Jones	694	25.2
	Green	Matthew Lowe	567	20.6
	Labour	Christine Copeland	273	9.9
	Labour	Gary Puffett	263	9.5
	UKIP	Malik Azam	245	8.9
	Labour	Michael Wakelyn-Green	183	6.6
Majority			399	14.4
Turnout			2,782	32%
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Newbury Speen

Newbury Speen (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Green	Steve Masters	1,324	56.7
	Conservative	Lynne Doherty	827	35.4
	Conservative	Jeanette Clifford	812	34.8
	Liberal Democrats	Tony Harris	777	33.3
	Labour	Robert Chapman	177	7.6
	Labour	Bert Clough	145	6.2
Majority			15	0.6
Turnout			2,352	41%
	Green win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Newbury Wash Common

Newbury Wash Common (3 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Adrian Abbs	1,830	54.5
	Liberal Democrats	Tony Vickers	1,829	54.5
	Green	David Marsh	1,794	53.5
	Conservative	Adrian Edwards	1,118	33.3
	Conservative	Anthony Pick	916	27.3
	Conservative	Stuart Davenport	842	25.1
	Labour	Julie Wintrup	253	7.5
	Labour	Andrew Wallace	168	5.0
	Labour	Peter Tullett	167	5.0
Majority			676	20.2
Turnout			3,389	47%
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
	Green win (new seat)

Pangbourne

Pangbourne (1 seat)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Gareth Hurley	593	51.7
	Liberal Democrats	Matthew Shakespeare	350	30.5
	Labour	Suzie Ferguson	205	17.9
Majority			243	21.2
Turnout			1,117	39%
	Conservative win (new seat)

Ridgeway

Ridgeway (1 seat)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Green	Carolyne Culver	917	61.9
	Conservative	Virginia Celsing	458	30.9
	UKIP	Michael Palmer	73	4.9
	Labour	Charlotte Blackman	33	2.2
Majority			459	31.0
Turnout			1,483	47%
	Green win (new seat)

Thatcham Central

Thatcham Central (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Owen Jeffrey	907	47.2
	Liberal Democrats	Nassar Kessell	766	39.9
	Conservative	Richard Crumly	603	31.4
	Conservative	Marigold Jacques	516	26.8
	Green	Paul Field	289	15.0
	UKIP	David McMahon	242	12.6
	Labour	Dave Burns	129	6.7
	Labour	Gary Huntley	121	6.3
Majority			395	19.6
Turnout			1,934	35
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Thatcham Colthrop and Crookham

Thatcham Colthrop and Crookham (1 seat)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Steve Ardagh-Walter	480	49.8
	Liberal Democrats	John Boyd	409	42.4
	Labour	James Wilder	75	7.8
Majority			71	7.4
Turnout			986	37%
	Conservative win (new seat)

Thatcham North East

Thatcham North East (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Lee Dillon	1,088	55.3
	Liberal Democrats	Jeremy Cottam	1,054	53.5
	Conservative	Jason Collis	706	35.9
	Conservative	Robert Denton-Powell	622	31.6
	Labour	Neale Hall	167	8.5
	Labour	Teresa McDowell	156	7.9
Majority			348	17.6
Turnout			2,007	33%
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Thatcham West

Thatcham West (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Jeff Brooks	885	49.9
	Liberal Democrats	Keith Woodhams	809	45.6
	Conservative	Ellen Crumly	472	26.6
	Conservative	Helen Pciken	419	23.6
	UKIP	Gary Johnson	256	14.4
	Green	Jane Livermore	255	14.4
	Labour	Sarah Berrington	109	6.1
	Labour	Susan Turauskis	82	4.6
Majority			337	19.0
Turnout			1,792	33%
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Theale

Theale (1 seat)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Alan Macro	601	67.6
	Conservative	Alex Traves	203	22.8
	Labour	Chris Ryder	85	9.6
Majority			398	44.8
Turnout			920	39%
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Tilehurst and Purley

Tilehurst and Purley (3 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Richard Jones	1,419	52.6
	Conservative	Andrew Williamson	1,375	51.0
	Conservative	Thomas Marino	1,318	48.9
	Green	Steve Young	701	26.0
	Labour	Elizabeth Bell	666	24.7
	Labour	Ben Rayner	650	24.1
	Liberal Democrats	Steve Bown	547	20.3
	Labour	Stuart Lythgoe	471	17.5
Majority			617	22.9
Turnout			2,736	33%
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Tilehurst Birch Copse

Tilehurst Birch Copse (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Joanne Stewart	835	48.8
	Conservative	Anthony Linden	829	48.5
	Labour	Clive Taylor	412	24.1
	Labour	Lousie Coulson	385	22.5
	Green	Gary Brampton	349	20.4
	Liberal Democrats	Elizabeth O'Keefe	235	13.7
	Liberal Democrats	Gary Norman	198	11.6
Majority			417	24.4
Turnout			1,741	28%
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Tilehurst South and Holybrook

Tilehurst South and Holybrook (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Richard Somner	910	58.2
	Conservative	Peter Argyle	865	55.3
	Labour	Charles Croal	395	25.3
	Labour	Emma Gillespie	367	23.5
	Liberal Democrats	Sarah Lowes	266	17.0
	Liberal Democrats	Vaughan Miller	206	13.2
Majority			470	30.0
Turnout			1,596	28%
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

By-elections

Tilehurst South and Holybrook

Tilehurst South and Holybrook: 16 December 2021
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Akinbiyi Oloko	548	42.3	−15.6
	Labour	Charles Croal	387	29.9	+4.8
	Liberal Democrats	Steve Bown	359	27.7	+10.8
Majority			161	12.4
Turnout			1,302	23.0
	Conservative hold		Swing	10.2

References

^ Cooper, Dan (3 May 2019). "Conservatives keep control of district council as Greens gain first ever seats". Newbury Weekly News. Retrieved 6 May 2019.
^ "West Berkshire Council - election results by party, 7 May 2015". West Berkshire Council. 7 May 2015. Retrieved 6 May 2019.
^ "New electoral arrangements for West Berkshire, final recommendations" (PDF). Local Government Boundary Commission for England. Retrieved 6 May 2019.
^ "West Berkshire Council election 2019". BBC.co.uk. Archived from the original on 6 May 2019. Retrieved 6 May 2019.
^ "Election results for Newbury Central, 2 May 2019". West Berkshire Council. 2 May 2019. Retrieved 12 May 2019.
^ "Election results for Newbury Central, 2 May 2019". West Berkshire Council. 2 May 2019. Retrieved 12 May 2019.
^ "Election results for Newbury Clay Hill, 2 May 2019". West Berkshire Council. 2 May 2019. Retrieved 12 May 2019.
^ "Election results for Newbury Greenham, 2 May 2019". West Berkshire Council. 2 May 2019. Retrieved 12 May 2019.

[1] Cooper, Dan (3 May 2019). "Conservatives keep control of district council as Greens gain first ever seats". Newbury Weekly News. Retrieved 6 May 2019.

[2] "West Berkshire Council - election results by party, 7 May 2015". West Berkshire Council. 7 May 2015. Retrieved 6 May 2019.

[3] "New electoral arrangements for West Berkshire, final recommendations" (PDF). Local Government Boundary Commission for England. Retrieved 6 May 2019.

[4] "West Berkshire Council election 2019". BBC.co.uk. Archived from the original on 6 May 2019. Retrieved 6 May 2019.

[5] "Election results for Newbury Central, 2 May 2019". West Berkshire Council. 2 May 2019. Retrieved 12 May 2019.

[6] "Election results for Newbury Central, 2 May 2019". West Berkshire Council. 2 May 2019. Retrieved 12 May 2019.

[7] "Election results for Newbury Clay Hill, 2 May 2019". West Berkshire Council. 2 May 2019. Retrieved 12 May 2019.

[8] "Election results for Newbury Greenham, 2 May 2019". West Berkshire Council. 2 May 2019. Retrieved 12 May 2019.

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