2012 Reading Borough Council election

2012 UK local government election November 2013 May 2024 2012 Reading Borough Council election Berkshire parliamentary 2011 Reading Borough Council election 2011 2012 5 3 y 2014 Reading Borough Council election 2014 16 out of 46 seats to Reading Borough Council 24 29.0%https://lginform.local.gov.uk/render/fullscreen/617/chart-8?mod-area=E09000027&mod-group=AllSingleTierAndCountyLaInCountry_England&mod-metric=3361&mod-period=20&mod-type=namedComparisonGroup 10.9pp Reading Borough Council Electoral Make-Up 2012.gif Winner of each seat at the 2012 Reading Borough Council election Elections to Reading Borough Council took place on 3 May 2012, with 16 council seats up for election. The Labour Party gained Church, Katesgrove, Redlands, Kentwood and Caversham wards, giving them a working majority and control of the council. The Conservative Party lost three seats but gained Peppard ward from an independent. The Liberal Democrats lost two seats but held Tilehurst ward, a seat they had lost the previous year to the Conservative Party. The Green Party gained Park ward from Labour but failed to make gains elsewhere seeing their percentage of the borough-wide vote fall slightly. After the election, the composition of the council was: PartySeats  +/-  Labour 26 +4Conservative 12 -2Liberal Democrats 4 -2Green Party 3 +1Independent 1 -1Labour gain from No overall control Election result Reading Borough Council election, 2012 Labour Party (UK) 11 5 1 +4 68.8% 45.0% 15452 +5.1% Conservative Party (UK) 3 1 3 -2 18.8% 27.8% 9492 -6.3% Green Party of England and Wales 1 1 0 +1 6.3% 11.1% 3787 -0.1% Liberal Democrats (UK) 1 0 2 -2 6.3% 10.0% 3406 -2.8% Independent (politician) 0 0 1 -1 0% 3.7% 1277 +3.6% Common Sense Party (UK) 0 0 0 0 0% 1.1% 391 -0.7% United Kingdom Independence Party 0 0 0 0 0% 0.6% 220 +0.6% The Roman Party Ave! 0 0 0 0 0% 0.1% 42 0% Ward results Abbey Ward Labour Party (UK) Tony Page 1,140 58.3% +11.6% Conservative Party (UK) Alex Coleman 354 18.1% -7.1% Green Party of England and Wales Hazel Mary Murphy 230 11.7% +1.2% Liberal Democrats (UK) Kirsten Ruth Bayes 135 6.9% -8.7% Common Sense Party (UK) Howard Thomas 87 4.4% +0.1% 786 40.2% 1,953 20.0% Labour Party (UK) +9.3% Battle Ward Labour Party (UK) Gul Khan 1,015 54.0% +0.9% Conservative Party (UK) Imraan Ishtiaq 522 27.7% +1.0% Green Party of England and Wales Alan Edward Lockey 188 10.0% +3.0% Liberal Democrats (UK) Mark David Edward Whiley 106 5.6% -3.3% The Roman Party Ave! Jean-Louis Pascual 42 2.2% +1.0% 493 26.3% 1,879 25% Labour Party (UK) -0.1% Caversham Ward Labour Co-operative Richard Davies 1,258 49.0% +17.6% Conservative Party (UK) David Luckett 880 34.2% -8.6% Green Party of England and Wales Jenny Hicks 265 10.3% -3.8% Liberal Democrats (UK) Jenny Claire Woods 168 6.5% -5.2% 378 14.8% 2,535 35.0% Labour Co-operative Conservative Party (UK) +13.1% Church Ward Labour Party (UK) Eileen McElligott 1,029 50.5% +5.4% Conservative Party (UK) Azam Janjua 700 34.3% +1.2% Green Party of England and Wales Vivienne Joyce Johnson 134 6.5% -0.5% Liberal Democrats (UK) Annette Hendry 94 4.6% -2.0% Common Sense Party (UK) Kim Maysh 79 3.8% -4.3% 329 16.2% 2,036 25.0% Labour Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) +4.2% Katesgrove Ward Labour Party (UK) Rose Williams 890 55.9% +9.6% Liberal Democrats (UK) Janel Marie Blattler 257 16.1% -8.8% Conservative Party (UK) Richard Robeson 237 14.8% -3.3% Green Party of England and Wales James Eric Towell 157 9.8% +2.9% Independent (politician) Michael Turberville 42 2.6% +0.9% 623 39.8% 1592 22% Labour Party (UK) Liberal Democrats (UK) +9.2% Kentwood Ward Labour Party (UK) Daya Pal Singh 1,052 46.8% +9.2% Conservative Party (UK) Emma Warman 796 35.4% -9.0% Green Party of England and Wales Kevin Jackson 144 6.4% +0.7% Common Sense Party (UK) Matthew James Plunkett 126 5.6% +1.3% Liberal Democrats (UK) Jon Walls 121 5.4% -2.7% 256 11.4% 2250 30% Labour Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) +9.1% Mapledurham Ward Conservative Party (UK) Isobel Ballsdon 695 66.6% +6.5% Labour Party (UK) Ashley Mark Edward Pearce 136 12.9% +8.0% Liberal Democrats (UK) Chris Burden 111 10.5% +1.6% Green Party of England and Wales Dougie Coulter 103 9.8% +7.8% 559 53.7% 1050 41% Conservative Party (UK) -2.5% Minster Ward Labour Co-operative Liz Terry 1,351 59.2% +11.2% Conservative Party (UK) Alanzo Nesta Seville 600 26.3% -9.1% Liberal Democrats (UK) Georgina Hughes 164 7.2% -2.4% Green Party of England and Wales Sunil Gandhi 162 7.1% -0.3% 751 32.9% 2284 29% Labour Co-operative +10.1% Norcot Ward Labour Party (UK) Josephine Lovelock 1,378 68.8% +10.3% Conservative Party (UK) Michael Fairfax 400 19.9% -4.5% Green Party of England and Wales David James Patterson 117 5.8% -2.5% Liberal Democrats (UK) Margaret McNeill 96 4.7% -4.1% 978 48.9% 2001 27% Labour Party (UK) +7.4% Park Ward Green Party of England and Wales Jamie Whitham 1,246 46.4% +3.0% Labour Co-operative Rachael Chrisp 1,094 40.8% +7.6% Conservative Party (UK) Laurence Taylor 279 10.4% -9.6% Liberal Democrats (UK) Hoyte Paul Arnoud Swager 54 2.0% -1.4% 152 5.6% 2681 35% Green Party of England and Wales Labour Party (UK) -4.4% Peppard Ward Conservative Party (UK) Jane Stanford-Beale 1,090 38.4% -19.9% Independent (politician) Jamie Chowdhary 789 27.8% +27.8% Labour Party (UK) David Lawrence Absolom 434 15.3% -2.9% Liberal Democrats (UK) Mustafa Chaudhary 297 10.4% -4.0% Green Party of England and Wales Kate Day 210 7.4% +1.9% 301 10.6% 2834 37% Conservative Party (UK) Independent (politician) -23.8% Redlands Ward Labour Co-operative Tony Jones 1,032 51.8% +7.5% Liberal Democrats (UK) James Moore 425 21.3% -4.6% Conservative Party (UK) Leo Lester 273 13.7% -4.3% Green Party of England and Wales Robert Alan Booth 251 12.6% +1.2% 607 30.5% 1992 26% Labour Co-operative Liberal Democrats (UK) +6.0% Southcote Ward Labour Party (UK) Debs Edwards 1,364 65.0% +8.9% Conservative Party (UK) Ali Asghar 478 22.8% -8.4% Liberal Democrats (UK) David Robert Warren 142 6.7% -0.3% Green Party of England and Wales Kizzi Miranda Murtagh 112 5.3% -0.4% 886 42.2% 2096 32% Labour Party (UK) +8.6% Thames Ward Conservative Party (UK) Ed Hopper 1,266 44.9% -9.7% Labour Co-operative Duncan Quay Bruce 625 22.2% +1.3% Independent (politician) John Dickson 322 11.4% +11.4% Green Party of England and Wales Helen Isobel McNamara 311 11.0% -0.2% Liberal Democrats (UK) Guy William Gipps Penman 282 10.0% -3.3% 641 22.7% 2815 38% Conservative Party (UK) -5.5% Tilehurst Ward Liberal Democrats (UK) Meri O'Connell 897 38.6% +7.1% Conservative Party (UK) Robert Vickers 604 26.0% -11.7% Labour Party (UK) Haji Banaras 510 21.9% -3.6% United Kingdom Independence Party William Stewart Graham MacPhee 220 9.4% +9.4% Green Party of England and Wales Doug Cresswell 89 3.7% -1.5% 293 12.6% 2321 32% Liberal Democrats (UK) +9.4% Whitley Ward Labour Party (UK) Mike Orton 1,144 64.4% +7.5% Conservative Party (UK) Nick Brown 318 17.9% -6.6% Common Sense Party (UK) Mike Diamond 99 5.5% -3.4% Independent (politician) Jamie Steven Wake 82 4.6% +4.6% Green Party of England and Wales Keith Martin Johnson 68 3.8% -1.4% Liberal Democrats (UK) Rebecca Ellen Chester 57 3.2% 2.0% 826 46.5% 1775 22% Labour Party (UK) +7.0% References Election Candidates Unveiled Abbey Ward results 2012 Battle Ward results 2012 Caversham Ward results 2012 Church Ward results 2012 Katesgrove Ward results 2012 Kentwood Ward results 2012 Mapledurham Ward results 2012 Minster Ward results 2012 Norcot Ward results 2012 Park Ward results 2012 Peppard Ward results 2012 Redlands Ward results 2012 Southcote Ward results 2012 Thames Ward results 2012 Tilehurst Ward results 2012 Whitley Ward results 2012 Reading 2012 Reading Borough Council election, 2012