1990 Reading Borough Council election

none April 2022 April 2022 1990 Reading Borough Council election Berkshire parliamentary 1988 Reading Borough Council election 1988 1990 5 3 y 1991 Reading Borough Council election 1991 15 seats of 45 on council 23 Lab Mike Orton Labour Party (UK) 25 27 2 21,868 48.9% 9.0% Con Pauline Palmer Conservative Party (UK) 15 13 2 12,924 28.9% 11.5% LD Jim Day Liberal Democrats (UK) 5 5 5,896 13.3% 0.9% The 1990 Reading Borough Council election was held on 3 May 1990, at the same time as other local elections across England and Scotland. One third of Reading Borough Council's 45 seats were up for election. The election saw the Labour Party increase its majority on the council, gaining two seats from the Conservatives. Results Reading Borough Council Election, 1990 Labour Party (UK) 11 2 0 +2 73.3 48.9 21,868 +9.0 Conservative Party (UK) 2 0 2 -2 13.3 28.9 12,924 -11.5 Liberal Democrats (UK) 2 0 0 0 13.3 13.2 5,896 -0.9 Green Party of England and Wales 0 0.0 8.9 3,991 +7.7 Ward results The results in each ward were as follows (candidates with an asterisk* were the previous incumbent standing for re-election):Reading candidates https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/ 15 April 2022 Evening Post 11 April 1990 Reading 9 22 September 2023 https://web.archive.org/web/20230922212722/https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/ live Labour's grip tightened by two key gains https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/ 6 April 2022 Evening Post 4 May 1990 Reading 13 22 September 2023 https://web.archive.org/web/20230922212722/https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/ live Abbey Ward Labour Party (UK) David Llewellyn Geary* 1,636 67.5 +4.6 Conservative Party (UK) John Gordon Cleminson 408 16.8 -8.7 Liberal Democrats (UK) John William Wood 212 8.7 +1.7 Green Party of England and Wales Timothy Albert James Rowe 169 7.0 +2.3 2,425 Labour Party (UK) +6.65 Battle Ward Labour Party (UK) Richard Martin Stainthorp 1,576 68.0 0.0 Conservative Party (UK) Margaret Mary Gibbons 480 20.7 -4.7 Green Party of England and Wales Howard John Darby(John Darby) 260 11.2 n/a 2,316 Labour Party (UK) +2.35 Caversham Ward Labour Party (UK) Judith Valerie MacDevitt(Judy MacDevitt) 1,752 43.5 +20.6 Conservative Party (UK) Frederick Llywelyn Pugh*(Fred Pugh) 1,530 38.0 -28.9 Green Party of England and Wales David Brian Wright 395 9.8 n/a Liberal Democrats (UK) Maureen Ann Stagg 346 8.6 +2.4 4,023 Labour Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) +24.75 Church Ward Labour Party (UK) Wilfred John Wild 1,658 65.2 +13.2 Conservative Party (UK) Colin Douglas Snider 566 22.3 -14.0 Green Party of England and Wales Richard John Kerr Bradbury 318 12.5 +12.5 2,542 Labour Party (UK) +13.6 Katesgrove Ward Labour Party (UK) Kevin Michael Hogarth(Mike Hogarth) 1,434 67.4 +10.0 Conservative Party (UK) Shirley Muriel Mills 405 19.0 -9.3 Green Party of England and Wales Christine Frances Critchfield 290 13.6 n/a 2,129 Labour Party (UK) +9.65 Kentwood Ward Liberal Democrats (UK) George Henry Ford* 1,085 35.2 +4.4 Conservative Party (UK) Simon Marcus Gilmour Beckingham 924 30.0 -16.6 Labour Party (UK) Philip Robert Grafton 896 29.1 +10.0 Green Party of England and Wales John Christian Gibson 179 5.8 n/a 3,084 Liberal Democrats (UK) +10.5 Minster Ward Labour Party (UK) Margaret Mary Ounsley 1,659 48.8 +10.8 Conservative Party (UK) Charles Frederick Sage* 1,282 37.7 -13.7 Liberal Democrats (UK) Richard Neill Dutton 275 8.1 n/a Green Party of England and Wales Elizabeth Maria Darby 181 5.3 n/a 3,397 Labour Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) +12.25 Norcot Ward Labour Party (UK) Josephine Mary Lovelock*(Jo Lovelock) 2,089 72.1 +12.0 Green Party of England and Wales David Alfred Chaplin 535 18.5 +17.1 Conservative Party (UK) Susan Elizabeth White(Sue White) 272 9.4 -15.1 2,896 Labour Party (UK) -2.55 Park Ward Labour Party (UK) Gillian Parker* 1,821 64.9 +2.7 Conservative Party (UK) Derek John Ching 500 17.8 -10.8 Green Party of England and Wales Philip John Unsworth 251 8.9 +5.1 Liberal Democrats (UK) Stephen Hope Begg 233 8.3 +2.7 2,805 Labour Party (UK) +8.8 Peppard Ward Conservative Party (UK) Geoffrey Walter Canning*(Geoff Canning) 1,759 45.5 -12.2 Liberal Democrats (UK) John Outhwaite 1,050 27.2 -0.4 Labour Party (UK) Robert Brian Bastin(Brian Bastin) 842 21.8 +10.0 Green Party of England and Wales Andrew John McPhee 211 5.5 n/a 3,862 Conservative Party (UK) -5.9 Redlands Ward Labour Party (UK) Rajinder Sohpal* 1,548 51.0 +5.8 Conservative Party (UK) Martyn Jon Boxall 792 26.1 -5.1 Green Party of England and Wales Sallie Ann Sullivan 389 12.8 n/a Liberal Democrats (UK) Jonathan Timothy Ashby Ball 304 10.0 -1.4 3,033 Labour Party (UK) +5.45 Southcote Ward Labour Party (UK) Christine Ann Howell* 1,857 59.7 +7.5 Conservative Party (UK) Daphne Janet Holmes 885 28.5 -11.8 Liberal Democrats (UK) David William Kerrison 234 7.5 n/a Green Party of England and Wales Moira Anne Elizabeth Astin 134 4.3 n/a 3,110 Labour Party (UK) +9.65 Thames Ward Conservative Party (UK) Adel Hamza Fuad*(Hamza Fuad) 1,341 37.3 n/a Conservative Party (UK) Alan Arthur Charles Collier 764 21.2 n/a Labour Party (UK) Janet Mary Gavin 657 18.3 +7.8 Liberal Democrats (UK) Annette Hendry 556 15.5 -5.9 Green Party of England and Wales Anne Margaret McCubbin 279 7.8 +2.5 3,597 Conservative Party (UK) n/a Tilehurst Ward Liberal Democrats (UK) Nicola Jane Canning 1,601 53.5 -6.1 Conservative Party (UK) Anthony Maurice Owen 631 21.1 -3.8 Labour Party (UK) Mohammad Iqbal 623 20.8 +5.3 Green Party of England and Wales Timothy Robert Astin 137 4.6 n/a 2,992 Liberal Democrats (UK) -1.15 Whitley Ward Labour Party (UK) Michael Edward Orton*(Mike Orton) 1,820 73.7 +7.6 Conservative Party (UK) Barrie James Cummings 385 15.6 -10.2 Green Party of England and Wales Daphne Joan Lawrence 263 10.7 n/a 2,468 Labour Party (UK) +8.9 References Reading 1990 Reading Borough Council election, 1990