2011 Reading Borough Council election

2011 UK local government election November 2013 March 2025 2011 Reading Borough Council election Berkshire parliamentary 2010 Reading Borough Council election 2010 2011 5 5 y 2012 Reading Borough Council election 2012 15 out of 46 seats to Reading Borough Council 24 40%https://images.reading.gov.uk/2020/01/Local-Election-May-2011.pdf PDF Local Election - 5 May 2011 Images.reading.gov.uk 3 July 2026 Reading Borough Council Electoral Make-up 2011.gif Winner of each seat at the 2011 Reading Borough Council election Elections to Reading Borough Council took place on Thursday 5 May 2011. There were 15 seats up for election, one third of the council. The election meant that the council continued to have no overall control but a Labour led minority administration replaced the previous Conservative Liberal Democrat coalition. The posts of leader of the council and mayor were filled at a meeting of the council on 25 May 2011. Labour member Deborah Edwards was elected mayor on the casting vote of outgoing mayor, Gul Khan. Councillor Edwards then used her casting vote in favour of the new Leader of the council, Jo Lovelock. The two Green Party councillors abstained in both votes. After the election, the composition of the council was: PartySeats  +/-  Labour 22 +3Conservative 16 -1Liberal Democrats 5 -4Green Party 2 +1Independent 1 +1 This figure refers to a Liberal Democrat councillor suspended from the party at the time of the election.No overall control hold Election result Reading Borough Council election, 2011 Labour Party (UK) 9 3 0 +3 60.0% 39.9% 17,788 +8.8% Conservative Party (UK) 5 1 2 -1 33.3% 34.1% 15,223 -1.1% Liberal Democrats (UK) 0 0 3 -3 0.0% 12.8% 5,719 -12.8% Green Party of England and Wales 1 1 0 +1 6.7% 11.2% 4,999 +4.5% Common Sense Party 0 0 0 ±0 0.0% 1.8% 816 +1.2% Independent (politician) 0 0 0 ±0 0.0% 0.1% 36 +0.0% The Roman Party Ave! 0 0 0 ±0 0.0% 0.1% 30 +0.0% Ward results Abbey Ward Labour Party (UK) Mohammed Ayub 1,298 46.7% +9.8% Conservative Party (UK) Richard Nante 699 25.2% -4.3% Liberal Democrats (UK) George Hughes 369 13.3% -15.6% Green Party of England and Wales Vivienne Johnson 293 10.5% +5.8% Common Sense Party Bob O'Neill 119 4.3% N/A 599 21.5% 2778 31% Labour Party (UK) +7.1% Battle Ward Labour Party (UK) Chris Maskell 1,373 53.1% +7.2% Conservative Party (UK) Imraan Ishtiaq 690 26.7% +2.6% Liberal Democrats (UK) John Oakley 230 8.9% -11.9% Green Party of England and Wales Alan Edward Lockey 181 7.0% +2.5% Common Sense Party Michael Diamond 81 3.1% -0.9% The Roman Party Ave! Jean-Louis Pascual 30 1.2% +0.5% 683 26.4% 2585 36% Labour Party (UK) +2.3% Caversham Ward Conservative Party (UK) Tom Stanway 1,335 42.8% +1.1% Labour Party (UK) Esther Walters 977 31.4% +7.3% Green Party of England and Wales Jenny Lawrence 438 14.1% +8.0% Liberal Democrats (UK) Jenny Claire Woods 366 11.7% -16.4% 358 11.4% 3116 43% Conservative Party (UK) -3.1% Church Ward Labour Party (UK) Paul Richard Woodward 1,229 45.1% +12.9% Conservative Party (UK) Geoff Poland 901 33.1% -6.7% Common Sense Party Kim Maysh 221 8.1% N/A Green Party of England and Wales Jon Roberts 192 7.0% +2.0% Liberal Democrats (UK) Anthony Warrell 181 6.6% -16.3% 328 12.0% 2724 35% Labour Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) +9.8% Katesgrove Ward Labour Party (UK) Matt Rodda 1,100 46.3% +12.3% Liberal Democrats (UK) Margaret McNeill 592 24.9% -11.2% Conservative Party (UK) Leo Lester 431 18.1% -5.9% Green Party of England and Wales Kizzi Murtagh 165 6.9% +2.2% Common Sense Party Luis Mendiz 54 2.3% N/A Independent (politician) Michael Turberville 36 1.5% +0.3% 508 21.4% 2378 34% Labour Party (UK) Liberal Democrats (UK) +11.8% Kentwood Ward Conservative Party (UK) James Anderson 1,369 44.4% +2.7% Labour Party (UK) Daya Pal Singh 1,159 37.6% +8.7% Liberal Democrats (UK) Meri O'Connell 247 8.0% -12.5% Green Party of England and Wales Kevin Jackson 177 5.7% +2.7% Common Sense Party Matthew James Plunkett 134 4.3% -1.7% 210 6.8% 3086 39% Conservative Party (UK) -3.0% Minster Ward Labour Party (UK) Paul Stephen Gittings 1,447 47.9% +9.3 Conservative Party (UK) Alanzo Nesta Seville 1,066 35.3% -1.6% Liberal Democrats (UK) Julie Hopkins 286 9.5% -10.8% Green Party of England and Wales Sunil Gandhi 220 7.3% +3.1% 381 12.6% 3019 41% Labour Party (UK) +5.5% Norcot Ward Labour Party (UK) Graeme William Hoskin 1,557 58.5% +13.9% Conservative Party (UK) Naz Bashir 650 24.4% -5.0% Liberal Democrats (UK) Roy Albert Teixeira Perestrelo 233 8.8% -12.5% Green Party of England and Wales David James Patterson 220 8.3% +3.5% 907 34.1% 2660 37% Labour Party (UK) +9.5% Park Ward Green Party of England and Wales Melanie Eastwood 1,585 43.4% +4.5% Labour Party (UK) Richard Mark Mckenzie 1,213 33.2% +6.4% Conservative Party (UK) Wazir Hussain 732 20.0% +2.6% Liberal Democrats (UK) Hoyte Paul Arnoud Swager 123 3.4% -13.5% 372 10.2% 3653 48% Green Party of England and Wales Conservative Party (UK) -1.0% Peppard Ward Conservative Party (UK) Richard James Willis 2,109 57.9% +4.7% Labour Party (UK) David Lawrence Absolom 671 18.4% +3.2% Liberal Democrats (UK) Madeleine Elizabeth Adams 523 14.4% -11.0% Green Party of England and Wales Kate Day 340 9.3% +6.4% 1,438 39.5% 3643 49% Conservative Party (UK) +0.8% Redlands Ward Labour Party (UK) Jan Gavin 1,295 44.3% +18.3% Liberal Democrats (UK) Kirsten Ruth Bayes 757 25.9% -18.1% Conservative Party (UK) Ed Hopper 526 18.0% -5.7% Green Party of England and Wales Mark Adrian Walker 345 11.8% +5.6% 538 18.4% 2923 39% Labour Party (UK) Liberal Democrats (UK) +18.2% Southcote Ward Labour Party (UK) Peter Martin Ruhemann 1,543 56.1% +10.7% Conservative Party (UK) Robert Douglas Vickers 858 31.2% -5.0% Liberal Democrats (UK) David Robert Warren 193 7.0% -8.7% Green Party of England and Wales James Eric Towell 157 5.7% +3.0% 685 24.9% 2751 43% Labour Party (UK) +7.9% Thames Ward Conservative Party (UK) Jeanette Mavis Skeats 2,139 54.6% +3.0% Labour Party (UK) Duncan Quay Bruce 821 20.9% +4.2% Liberal Democrats (UK) Guy Penman 522 13.3% -13.6% Green Party of England and Wales Danny Mcnamara 439 11.2% +6.4% 1318 33.7% 3921 54% Conservative Party (UK) -0.6% Tilehurst Ward Conservative Party (UK) Sandra Doreen Vickers 1,146 37.7% +3.1% Liberal Democrats (UK) Christopher John Harris 957 31.5% -8.5% Labour Party (UK) Rose Williams 774 25.5% +7.6% Green Party of England and Wales Doug Cresswell 159 5.2% +2.9% 189 6.2% 3036 43% Conservative Party (UK) Liberal Democrats (UK) +5.8% Whitley Ward Labour Party (UK) Kelly Liza Edwards 1,331 56.9% +8.5% Conservative Party (UK) Michael Charles Doyle 572 24.5% -7.5% Common Sense Party Howard Thomas 207 8.9% N/A Liberal Democrats (UK) Jamie Steven Wake 140 6.0% -10.3% Green Party of England and Wales Keith Martin Johnson 88 3.8% +0.5% 759 32.4% 2338 30% Labour Party (UK) +8.0% Notes References Reading headed for Labour return Reading Chronicle 12 May 2011 http://www.readingchronicle.co.uk/news/reading/articles/2011/05/12/52057-reading-headed-for-labour-return/ 12 May 2011 Linda Post Greens play cards close to their chest Reading Post 13 May 2011 http://www.getreading.co.uk/news/s/2092570_greens_play_cards_close_to_their_chest 21 May 2011 Local Election 5 May 2011 Reading Borough Council 6 May 2011 http://www.reading.gov.uk/electionsdata/2011/local/staticscoreboard.asp 12 May 2011 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20120322010939/http://www.reading.gov.uk/electionsdata/2011/local/staticscoreboard.asp 22 March 2012 Local Election 5 May 2011 Abbey Reading Borough Council 6 May 2011 http://www.reading.gov.uk/electionsdata/2011/local/staticwardboard.asp?ward=52 15 May 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110826041721/http://www.reading.gov.uk/electionsdata/2011/local/staticwardboard.asp?ward=52 26 August 2011 dead Local Election 5 May 2011 Battle Reading Borough Council 6 May 2011 http://www.reading.gov.uk/electionsdata/2011/local/staticwardboard.asp?ward=53 15 May 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110826044341/http://www.reading.gov.uk/electionsdata/2011/local/staticwardboard.asp?ward=53 26 August 2011 dead Local Election 5 May 2011 Caversham Reading Borough Council 6 May 2011 http://www.reading.gov.uk/electionsdata/2011/local/staticwardboard.asp?ward=54 15 May 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110826044046/http://www.reading.gov.uk/electionsdata/2011/local/staticwardboard.asp?ward=54 26 August 2011 dead Local Election 5 May 2011 Church Reading Borough Council 6 May 2011 http://www.reading.gov.uk/electionsdata/2011/local/staticwardboard.asp?ward=55 15 May 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110826045334/http://www.reading.gov.uk/electionsdata/2011/local/staticwardboard.asp?ward=55 26 August 2011 dead Tory councillors standing down Reading Post 15 March 2011 http://www.getreading.co.uk/news/s/2089325_tory_councillors_standing_down 15 May 2011 Local Election 5 May 2011 Katesgrove Reading Borough Council 6 May 2011 http://www.reading.gov.uk/electionsdata/2011/local/staticwardboard.asp?ward=56 15 May 2011 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20120322011013/http://www.reading.gov.uk/electionsdata/2011/local/staticwardboard.asp?ward=56 22 March 2012 Reading 2011 election results Reading Post 6 May 2011 http://www.getreading.co.uk/news/s/2092161_reading_2011_election_results 15 May 2011 Local Election 5 May 2011 Kentwood Reading Borough Council 6 May 2011 http://www.reading.gov.uk/electionsdata/2011/local/staticwardboard.asp?ward=57 15 May 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110826044743/http://www.reading.gov.uk/electionsdata/2011/local/staticwardboard.asp?ward=57 26 August 2011 dead Local Election 5 May 2011 Minster Reading Borough Council 6 May 2011 http://www.reading.gov.uk/electionsdata/2011/local/staticwardboard.asp?ward=58 15 May 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110826044346/http://www.reading.gov.uk/electionsdata/2011/local/staticwardboard.asp?ward=58 26 August 2011 dead Local Election 5 May 2011 Norcot Reading Borough Council 6 May 2011 http://www.reading.gov.uk/electionsdata/2011/local/staticwardboard.asp?ward=59 15 May 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110826045142/http://www.reading.gov.uk/electionsdata/2011/local/staticwardboard.asp?ward=59 26 August 2011 dead Local Election 5 May 2011 Park Reading Borough Council 6 May 2011 http://www.reading.gov.uk/electionsdata/2011/local/staticwardboard.asp?ward=60 15 May 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110826042848/http://www.reading.gov.uk/electionsdata/2011/local/staticwardboard.asp?ward=60 26 August 2011 dead Local Election Result 2007 Park Reading Borough Council May 2007 http://www.reading.gov.uk/elections2007/General.asp?id=SX9452-A78255A7 15 May 2011 August 2019 InternetArchiveBot yes Local Election 5 May 2011 Peppard Reading Borough Council 6 May 2011 http://www.reading.gov.uk/electionsdata/2011/local/staticwardboard.asp?ward=61 15 May 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110826045013/http://www.reading.gov.uk/electionsdata/2011/local/staticwardboard.asp?ward=61 26 August 2011 dead Local Election 5 May 2011 Redlands Reading Borough Council 6 May 2011 http://www.reading.gov.uk/electionsdata/2011/local/staticwardboard.asp?ward=62 21 May 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110826044051/http://www.reading.gov.uk/electionsdata/2011/local/staticwardboard.asp?ward=62 26 August 2011 dead Local Election 5 May 2011 Southcote Reading Borough Council 6 May 2011 http://www.reading.gov.uk/electionsdata/2011/local/staticwardboard.asp?ward=63 21 May 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110826043156/http://www.reading.gov.uk/electionsdata/2011/local/staticwardboard.asp?ward=63 26 August 2011 dead Local Election 5 May 2011 Thames Reading Borough Council 6 May 2011 http://www.reading.gov.uk/electionsdata/2011/local/staticwardboard.asp?ward=64 21 May 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110826045512/http://www.reading.gov.uk/electionsdata/2011/local/staticwardboard.asp?ward=64 26 August 2011 dead Local Election 5 May 2011 Tilehurst Reading Borough Council 6 May 2011 http://www.reading.gov.uk/electionsdata/2011/local/staticwardboard.asp?ward=65 21 May 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110826045520/http://www.reading.gov.uk/electionsdata/2011/local/staticwardboard.asp?ward=65 26 August 2011 dead Local Election Result 2007 Tilehurst Reading Borough Council May 2007 http://www.reading.gov.uk/results/General.asp?id=SX9452-A78255F2 21 May 2011 August 2019 InternetArchiveBot yes Local Election 5 May 2011 Whitley Reading Borough Council 6 May 2011 http://www.reading.gov.uk/electionsdata/2011/local/staticwardboard.asp?ward=66 21 May 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110826044542/http://www.reading.gov.uk/electionsdata/2011/local/staticwardboard.asp?ward=66 26 August 2011 dead Labour takes back control of council Reading Chronicle 25 May 2011 http://www.readingchronicle.co.uk/news/reading/articles/2011/05/12/52057-reading-headed-for-labour-return/ 30 May 2011 Reading 2011 Reading Borough Council election, 2011