# 2001 Wokingham District Council election

The 2001 Wokingham District Council election took place on 7 June 2001 to elect members of Wokingham Unitary Council in Berkshire, England. One third of the council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control.
The previous election in 2000 saw both the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats win 27 seats. The Liberal Democrats took control of the administration 2 months later after one of the Conservative councillors, Nigel Rose, abstained enabling the Liberal Democrats to get the mayor's casting vote.
The results of the 2001 election saw no change with both main parties remaining on the same number of seats. Overall turnout was significantly increased at 63.75% due to the election being held at the same time as the 2001 general election.
After the election, the composition of the council was:
* Conservative 27
* Liberal Democrat 27

## Election result

Wokingham Local Election Result 2001 :
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
| Conservative | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50.0 | 42.5 | 26,359 | -6.0% |
| Liberal Democrats | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50.0 | 39.9 | 24,749 | -1.8% |
| Labour | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17.1 | 10,596 | +8.0% |
| Green | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.4 | 278 | +0.4% |
| Independent | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | 76 | +0.1% |

## Ward results

Bulmershe :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Sellam Rahmouni | 715 | 36.7 | −10.7 |
| | Labour | Nelson Bland | 701 | 35.9 | +3.3 |
| | Conservative | Robert Wood | 534 | 27.4 | +7.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 14 | 0.8 | −14.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,950 | 64.0 | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
Charvil :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Pamela Graddon | 713 | 47.7 |
| | Liberal Democrats | John Saunders | 541 | 36.2 |
| | Labour | Christofer Hall | 241 | 16.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 172 | 11.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,495 | 68.9 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
Coronation :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Terence Dredge | 1,854 | 47.8 | +0.2 |
| | Conservative | Susan Doughty | 1,477 | 38.1 | −7.4 |
| | Labour | Ian Hills | 545 | 14.1 | +7.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 377 | 9.7 | +7.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,876 | 66.9 | +32.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
Emmbrook :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Keith Malvern | 1,508 | 46.9 | |
| | Conservative | Dennis Carver | 1,334 | 41.5 | |
| | Labour | John Baker | 376 | 11.7 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 174 | 5.4 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,218 | 68.3 | +30.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
Evendons :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Dianne King | 2,539 | 46.0 | −0.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Nicholas Wright | 2,326 | 42.1 | −5.0 |
| | Labour | Paul French | 659 | 11.9 | +5.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 213 | 3.9 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,524 | 66.0 | +41.5 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Finchampstead North :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Tim Charlesworth | 1,622 | 52.8 | +5.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Celia May | 1,449 | 47.2 | −5.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 173 | 5.6 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,071 | 68.1 | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Hurst :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Annette Drake | 702 | 71.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Patrick Hull | 186 | 18.8 |
| | Labour | Stuart Crainer | 100 | 10.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 516 | 52.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 988 | 66.8 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
Little Hungerford :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | David Swindells | 2,278 | 43.9 | −3.5 |
| | Conservative | Christopher Edmunds | 2,001 | 38.6 | −5.0 |
| | Labour | Jacqueline Rupert | 907 | 17.5 | +8.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 277 | 5.3 | +1.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,186 | 63.7 | +36.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
Loddon :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Alan Clifford | 1,605 | 41.9 | −9.2 |
| | Conservative | Kathleen Henderson | 1,294 | 33.8 | −2.8 |
| | Labour | Janice Kite | 932 | 24.3 | +12.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 311 | 8.1 | −6.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,831 | 60.1 | +41.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
Norreys :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Iain Brown | 2,053 | 50.9 | −14.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Michael Harper | 1,108 | 27.4 | +12.6 |
| | Labour | Paul Sharples | 876 | 21.7 | +2.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 945 | 23.5 | −22.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,037 | 64.9 | +35.0 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Redhatch :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | David Hare | 3,284 | 45.4 | −5.4 |
| | Conservative | Norman Jorgensen | 2,558 | 35.4 | +1.6 |
| | Labour | Susan Salts | 1,038 | 14.3 | +6.0 |
| | Green | Mark Broad | 278 | 3.8 | +3.8 |
| | Independent | Colin Forrestal | 76 | 1.1 | +1.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 726 | 10.0 | −7.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 7,234 | 59.4 | +38.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
Shinfield :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Malcolm Bryant | 1,857 | 52.4 | −8.9 |
| | Liberal Democrats | John Shockley | 917 | 25.9 | −1.1 |
| | Labour | Owen Waite | 772 | 21.8 | +10.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 940 | 26.5 | −7.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,546 | 60.1 | +37.0 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
South Lake :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Coling Lawley | 1,407 | 51.2 | −5.3 |
| | Conservative | Gerald Pett | 688 | 25.0 | −5.4 |
| | Labour | David Kay | 653 | 23.8 | +10.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 719 | 26.2 | +0.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,748 | 59.0 | +39.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
Twyford & Ruscombe :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Stephen Conway | 2,203 | 57.2 | −1.1 |
| | Conservative | Gerald Garnett | 1,235 | 32.1 | −1.1 |
| | Labour | Roy Mantel | 412 | 10.7 | +2.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 968 | 25.1 | 0.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,850 | 66.8 | +27.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
Wescott :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Robert Wyatt | 1,261 | 49.7 | −6.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Peter Evans | 942 | 37.1 | +3.6 |
| | Labour | John Woodward | 333 | 13.1 | +2.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 319 | 12.6 | −9.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,536 | 65.0 | +35.2 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Whitegates :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Jennifer Lissaman | 976 | 48.5 | −5.5 |
| | Labour | Pippa White | 534 | 26.5 | +2.2 |
| | Conservative | Paul Swaddle | 503 | 25.0 | +3.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 442 | 22.0 | −7.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,013 | 67.5 | +32.9 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
Winnersh :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Elizabeth Siggery | 1,807 | 49.2 | +1.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats | David Glover | 1,450 | 39.5 | −8.4 |
| | Labour | Elizabeth Vincent | 413 | 11.3 | +6.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 357 | 9.7 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,670 | 62.7 | +31.8 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Wokingham Without :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Pauline Helliar-Symons | 2,181 | 66.4 | −6.2 |
| | Labour | Rosemary Chapman | 1,104 | 33.6 | +18.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,077 | 32.8 | −24.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,285 | 61.9 | +35.1 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |