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2008 Reading Borough Council election Berkshire parliamentary 2007 Reading Borough Council election 2007 2008 5 1 y 2010 Reading Borough Council election 2010 16 out of 46 seats to Reading Borough Council 24 Reading UK local election 2008.svg Winner of each seat at the 2008 Reading Borough Council election
The 2008 Reading Borough Council election to the Reading Borough Council resulted in gains for the Conservatives and the Liberal Democrats and losses for the Labour Party. The Labour leader of the council, David Sutton, lost his seat in the election.
Results
Reading Borough Council Election, 2008
Conservative Party (UK)
6
+4
0
+4
37.5%
40.5%
15,466
+2.2%
Labour Party (UK)
7
0
5
-4
43.7%
32.2%
12,321
+0.2%
Liberal Democrats (UK)
3
+2
1
+1
18.7%
17.6%
6,729
-2.3%
Green Party of England and Wales
0
0
0
0
0%
8.0%
3,061
-0.8%
Independent (politician)
0
0
0
0
0%
0.9%
345
-1.4%
Common Sense Party (UK)
0
0
0
0
0%
0.6%
247
+0.6%
The Roman Party Ave!
0
0
0
0
0%
0.4%
18
-0.5%
Ward results
Abbey Ward
Labour Party (UK)
Tony Page
968
48.0%
+10.1%
Conservative Party (UK)
Andrew Waters
646
32.0%
-0.8%
Liberal Democrats (UK)
Benjamin Mathis
221
10.9%
-4.1%
Green Party of England and Wales
Douglas Cresswell
160
7.9%
-4.4%
The Roman Party Ave!
Jean Louis Pascual
18
0.9%
+0.9
322
16.0%
2,015
28%
Labour Party (UK)
+5.4%
Battle Ward
Labour Party (UK)
Gul Khan
911
48.5%
-2.9%
Conservative Party (UK)
Ali Asghar
486
25.9%
+2.0%
Liberal Democrats (UK)
Andrew Parsons
253
13.4%
+1.3%
Green Party of England and Wales
Adrian Windisch
219
11.6%
-1.8%
425
22.6%
1,876
27.3%
Labour Party (UK)
-2.4%
Caversham Ward
Conservative Party (UK)
David Luckett
1,257
51.2%
+0.9%
Labour Party (UK)
Matt Rodda
669
27.2%
-1.0%
Liberal Democrats (UK)
Christopher Burden
271
11.0%
-0.4%
Green Party of England and Wales
David Patterson
250
10.2%
+0.3%
588
24.0%
2,453
35.8%
Conservative Party (UK)
Labour Party (UK)
+1.0%
Church Ward
Conservative Party (UK)
Azam Janjua
969
45.3%
-2.0%
Labour Party (UK)
Marian Livingston
782
36.6%
-0.2%
Liberal Democrats (UK)
Karl Hobley
215
10.0%
+1.0%
Green Party of England and Wales
Vivienne Joyce Johnson
166
7.7%
+1.1%
187
8.7%
2,136
28.5%
Conservative Party (UK)
Labour Party (UK)
-1.1%
Katesgrove Ward
Liberal Democrats (UK)
Warren Swaine
757
38.7%
+4.0%
Labour Party (UK)
David Sutton
727
37.1%
+4.4%
Conservative Party (UK)
Nicholas Allen
341
17.4%
+3.3%
Green Party of England and Wales
Russell Seymour
90
4.6%
-9.3%
Independent (politician)
David Boobier
35
1.7%
-2.7%
30
1.6%
1955
31%
Liberal Democrats (UK)
Labour Party (UK)
-0.4%
Kentwood Ward
Conservative Party (UK)
Emma Warman
1,238
46.5%
+2.3%
Labour Party (UK)
Richard McKenzie
667
25.0%
-8.6%
Liberal Democrats (UK)
Matthew Platts
402
15.0%
-2.4%
Common Sense Party (UK)
Howard Thomas
247
9.2%
+9.2%
Green Party of England and Wales
Kevin Jackson
107
4.0%
-0.6%
571
21.5%
2666
37%
Conservative Party (UK)
Labour Party (UK)
+5.5%
Mapledurham Ward
Conservative Party (UK)
Fred Pugh
821
61.0%
-3.1%
Independent (politician)
Robert (Bob) O'Neill
310
23.0%
+23.0%
Liberal Democrats (UK)
Michael Eggleton
121
8.9%
-15.3%
Labour Party (UK)
Daya Pal Singh
67
4.9%
-6.6%
Green Party of England and Wales
Caroline Anscombe
27
2.0%
+2.0%
511
38.0%
1346
55%
Conservative Party (UK)
-13.0%
Minster Ward
Labour Party (UK)
Deborah Watson
1,186
44.7%
+0.9%
Conservative Party (UK)
Philip Webb
1,115
42.0%
+3.0%
Liberal Democrats (UK)
Michael Taylor
229
8.6%
-0.4%
Green Party of England and Wales
Sunil Gandhi
114
4.2%
-3.8%
71
2.7%
2653
38%
Labour Party (UK)
-2.1%
Norcot Ward
Labour Party (UK)
Josephine Lovelock
1,171
51.0%
+1.0%
Conservative Party (UK)
James Cox
773
33.6%
+4.6%
Liberal Democrats (UK)
Mark Mills
219
9.5%
-3.6%
Green Party of England and Wales
Mark Walker
129
5.6%
-2.0%
398
17.4%
2296
32.7%
Labour Party (UK)
-3.6%
Park Ward
Labour Party (UK)
Jon Hartley
1,014
33.7%
+3.1%
Green Party of England and Wales
Rob White
994
33.1%
+7.1%
Conservative Party (UK)
Martyn Washbourne
704
23.4%
-7.4%
Liberal Democrats (UK)
Neal Brown
286
9.5%
-2.9%
20
0.6%
3006
43.8%
Labour Party (UK)
-4.0%
Peppard Ward
Conservative Party (UK)
Amjad (Jamie) Chowdhary
1,857
56.0%
+5.1%
Liberal Democrats (UK)
Annette Hendry
1,086
32.7%
-4.3%
Labour Party (UK)
Helen Hathaway
246
7.4%
+0.9%
Green Party of England and Wales
Patrick Little
116
3.5%
+1.1%
771
23.3%
3,314
45.3%
Conservative Party (UK)
Liberal Democrats (UK)
-4.7%
Redlands Ward
Liberal Democrats (UK)
Glenn Goodall
927
40.1%
-1.1%
Labour Party (UK)
Peter Kayes
736
31.9%
-1.6%
Conservative Party (UK)
Laurence Taylor
475
20.5%
+4.6%
Green Party of England and Wales
Gabriel Berry
160
6.9%
-0.1%
191
8.2%
2,307
32%
Liberal Democrats (UK)
Labour Party (UK)
+0.5%
Southcote Ward
Labour Party (UK)
Deborah Edwards
1,333
50.6%
+3.9%
Conservative Party (UK)
Alan Hawkins
1,067
40.5%
-0.3%
Liberal Democrats (UK)
Guy William Gipps Penman
139
5.2%
2.4%
Green Party of England and Wales
James Towell
85
3.2%
-1.4%
266
10.1%
2630
43%
Labour Party (UK)
+2.1%
Thames Ward
Conservative Party (UK)
Isobel Ballsdon
2,107
65.0%
+1.3%
Labour Party (UK)
Susan Stainthorpe
484
14.9%
+2.0%
Liberal Democrats (UK)
Pauline Arthur
398
12.2%
-2.6%
Green Party of England and Wales
Daniel McNamara
243
7.5%
+1.2%
1,623
50.1%
3,237
45.6%
Conservative Party (UK)
-0.7%
Tilehurst Ward
Liberal Democrats (UK)
Peter Beard
1,085
41.8%
Conservative Party (UK)
Sandra Vickers
1,004
38.7%
Labour Party (UK)
Raymond Richens
397
15.3%
Green Party of England and Wales
Hugh Swann
97
3.7%
81
3.1%
2,590
36%
Liberal Democrats (UK)
Whitley Ward
Labour Party (UK)
Mike Orton
963
53.5%
Conservative Party (UK)
James Wyman
606
33.6%
Liberal Democrats (UK)
Christopher Brown
120
6.6%
Green Party of England and Wales
Keith Martin Johnson
104
5.7%
357
19.9%
1,799
24.9%
Labour Party (UK)
References
Local Election Results 2008
Reading
2008
Reading Borough Council election, 2008