# 2016 Reading Borough Council election

The 2016 Reading Borough Council election took place on 5 May 2016 to elect members of Reading Borough Council in England. The election for Police and Crime Commissioner was held on the same day. The Labour Party increased their borough-wide vote by over 7% and held on to marginal seats in Church, Kentwood and Caversham, the latter receiving the highest number of votes recorded for any candidate at this election .
After the election, the composition of the council was:
| Party | Seats | +/- |
| Labour | 31 | 0 |
| Conservative | 10 | 0 |
| Green Party | 3 | 0 |
| Liberal Democrats | 2 | 0 |
| Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |

## Election result

Reading Borough Council Election, 2016 :
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
| Labour | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 68.7% | 45.0% | 15,888 | +7.5% |
| Conservative | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18.7% | 28.3% | 10,017 | -7.0% |
| Green | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.2% | 12.2% | 4,318 | +1.1% |
| Liberal Democrats | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.2% | 11.5% | 4,075 | +3.7% |
| UKIP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | 2.7% | 970 | -5.2% |
| TUSC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | 0.0% | 55 | 0.0% |
| Liberal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | 0.0% | 44 | 0.0% |

## Ward results
### Abbey

Abbey :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Tony Page | 1,281 | 58.2% | +15.9% |
| | Conservative | Trevor Slack | 466 | 21.1% | |
| | Green | Joe Sylvester | 236 | 10.7% | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Kirsten Bayes | 218 | 9.9% | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 815 | 37.1% | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Battle

Battle 2016 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Labour | Gul Khan | 1,174 |
| | Conservative | Michael Hey | 401 |
| | Green | Alan Lockey | 209 |
| | Liberal Democrats | John Grout | 183 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 773 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing |

### Caversham

Caversham 2016 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Richard Davies | 1,481 | 50.8 |
| | Conservative | Ed Hogan | 961 | 33.0 |
| | Green | David Foster | 270 | 9.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Christopher Burden | 203 | 7.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 520 | 17.8 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |

### Church

Church 2016 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Labour | Eileen McElligott | 985 |
| | Conservative | Paul Carnell | 646 |
| | Green | Kathryn McCann | 220 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Ben Thomas | 100 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 339 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing |

### Katesgrove

Katesgrove 2016 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Rose Williams | 1,106 | 60.8% |
| | Conservative | Syed Abbas | 302 | 16.6% |
| | Green | Louise Keane | 239 | 13.1% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Margaret McNeill | 172 | 9.5% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 804 | 44.2% |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |

### Kentwood

Kentwood 2016 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Labour | Daya Pal Singh | 1,054 |
| | Conservative | Emma Warman | 810 |
| | UKIP | Howard Thomas | 254 |
| | Green | Ruth Shaffrey | 150 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Glenn Goodall | 145 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing |

### Mapledurham

Mapledurham 2016 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Conservative | Isobel Ballsdon | 590 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Jenny Woods | 262 |
| | Labour | Simon Rogers | 161 |
| | Green | Brent Smith | 87 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing |

### Minster

Minster 2016 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Labour | Liz Terry | 1,139 |
| | Conservative | Alanzo Seville | 572 |
| | UKIP | Linda Ann Giles | 224 |
| | Liberal Democrats | James Moore | 166 |
| | Green | Keith Johnson | 141 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing |

### Norcot

Norcot 2016 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Labour | Jo Lovelock | 1,305 |
| | Conservative | Robert Masterson | 358 |
| | UKIP | Philip Martin Giles | 232 |
| | Green | Jill Wigmore-Welsh | 126 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Jon Walls | 95 |
| | Liberal | Stephen Graham | 44 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing |

### Park

Park 2016 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Green | Brenda McGonigle | 1,375 |
| | Labour | Dave Dymond | 1,011 |
| | Conservative | Roland Hazell | 260 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Rebecca Rye | 83 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | |
| | Green hold | Green hold | Swing |

### Peppard

Peppard 2016 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Conservative | Jane Beale-Stanford | 1,299 |
| | Labour | Leighton Yeo | 542 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Peter Boardley | 489 |
| | Green | Sally Newman | 219 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing |

### Redlands

Redlands 2016 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Labour | Tony Jones | 1,096 |
| | Green | Kizzi Murtagh | 383 |
| | Conservative | Natalie Greenstreet | 343 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Francis Jakeman | 206 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing |

### Southcote

Southcote 2016 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Labour | Debs Edwards | 1,325 |
| | Conservative | Russell Martin | 515 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Mark Cole | 129 |
| | Green | Doug Cresswell | 106 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing |

### Thames

Thames 2016 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Conservative | Ed Hopper | 1,383 |
| | Labour | Karen Rowland | 665 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Guy Penman | 467 |
| | Green | Sarah McNamara | 353 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing |

### Tilehurst

Tilehurst 2016 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Liberal Democrats | Meri O’Connell | 1,044 |
| | Conservative | Robert Vickers | 641 |
| | Labour | Matt Harrison | 468 |
| | UKIP | Stephen George James | 260 |
| | Green | Miriam Kennet | 56 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |

### Whitley

Whitley 2016 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Labour | Emmett McKenna | 1,095 |
| | Conservative | James Kiriamiti | 470 |
| | Green | Richard Black | 148 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Roy Haines | 115 |
| | TUSC | Neil Adams | 55 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing |

## By-elections between 2016 and 2018

Southcote by-election 21 July 2016 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Jason Brook | 934 | 64.1 | +0.2 |
| | Conservative | Russell Martin | 381 | 26.1 | +1.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Mark Cole | 77 | 5.3 | −0.9 |
| | Green | Alan Lockey | 66 | 4.5 | −0.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 553 | 37.9 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,458 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |