# 2022 Wokingham Borough Council election

The 2022 Wokingham Borough Council election took place as of Thursday 5 May 2022. That was the same day as other United Kingdom local elections in order to elect members of Wokingham Unitary Council in Berkshire, England. One third of the council, 18 seats, was up for election and the Conservative Party lost control of the council, but was the largest group.
The composition of the council before the election was as follows:
| 31 | 18 | 2 | 3 |
| CON | LD | LAB | IND |
After the election, the composition of the council became:
| 26 | 23 | 3 | 2 |
| CON | LD | LAB | IND |
Wokingham Borough Council is No Overall Control

## Background

A total of 64 candidates contested the 18 seats which were up for election. After the election, Wokingham Borough Council became No Overall Control.
After this election, the Wokingham Borough Partnership was formed from the 23 Liberal Democrat Councillors, 3 Labour Councillors and the 2 Independent Councillors. Together, they formed a majority and collectively agreed to work together in the best interests of the residents.

## Election result

These are the results as of 6 May 2022
2022 Wokingham Borough Council election :
| Party | Party | This election | This election | This election | Full council | Full council | Full council | This election | This election | This election |
| Party | Party | Seats | Net | Seats % | Other | Total | Total % | Votes | Votes % | +/− |
| | Conservative | 6 | 5 | 33.3 | 20 | 26 | 48.1 | 15,675 | 36.9 | 9.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats | 9 | 5 | 50.0 | 14 | 23 | 42.5 | 17,401 | 40.9 | 5.4 |
| | Labour | 2 | 1 | 11.0 | 1 | 3 | 5.5 | 7,620 | 17.9 | 1.9 |
| | Independent | 1 | 1 | 5.5 | 1 | 2 | 3.7 | 506 | 1.2 | 1.2 |
| | Green | 0 | | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1,317 | 3.1 | 1.6 |
There were a total of 42,711 votes cast, including 192 spoiled ballots.

## Ward results

Arborfield :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Independent | Gary Cowan | 506 | 75.0 | +8.9 |
| | Conservative | Anthony Pollock | 104 | 15.4 | −13.0 |
| | Labour | Anna Smith | 65 | 9.6 | +3.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 402 | 59.6 | 21.9 |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 675 | 99.4 |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 4 | 0.6 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 679 | 33.15 | −7.8 |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing | 10.9 | |
Bulmershe & Whitegates :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Andy Croy | 1,531 | 51.1 | +8.6 |
| | Conservative | Wazir Hussain | 1,062 | 35.5 | −8.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Sheila Jordan | 237 | 7.9 | +0.4 |
| | Green | Samuel Langlois | 165 | 5.5 | 0.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 469 | 15.7 | 14.2 |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 2,995 | 99.5 |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 15 | 0.5 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,010 | 42.85 | −5.15 |
| | Labour gain from Independent | Labour gain from Independent | Swing | 8.4 | |
Coronation :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Keith Baker | 1,078 | 61.9 | +2.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Paddy Power | 302 | 17.3 | −1.1 |
| | Labour | Tony Skuse | 218 | 12.5 | +6.7 |
| | Green | Emma Hamilton | 143 | 8.2 | −2.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 776 | 44.6 | 3.0 |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 1,741 | 99.3 |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 12 | 0.7 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,753 | 41.82 | −0.18 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | 1.5 | |
Emmbrook :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Imogen Shepherd-DuBey | 1,902 | 60.4 | +11.9 |
| | Conservative | Mark Ashwell | 926 | 29.4 | −12.6 |
| | Labour | Elanor Crabb | 189 | 6.0 | −3.3 |
| | Green | Lauren Seymour | 133 | 4.2 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 976 | 31.0 | 24.4 |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 3,150 | 99.7 |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 11 | 0.3 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,161 | 42.56 | −4.44 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | 12.2 | |
Evendons :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Sarah Kerr | 1,900 | 64.4 | +20.2 |
| | Conservative | Lawrence Chacksfield | 798 | 27.0 | −13.5 |
| | Labour | Alex Freeney | 163 | 5.5 | −4.0 |
| | Green | Hayley Kearey | 90 | 3.0 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,102 | 37.3 | 33.6 |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 2,951 | 99.7 |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 8 | 0.3 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,959 | 42.1 | −1.9 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | 16.8 | |
Finchampstead North :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Peter Harper | 983 | 51.5 | −17.7 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Joseph Boadu | 592 | 31.0 | +16.2 |
| | Labour | Annette Medhurst | 170 | 8.9 | +0.1 |
| | Green | Martyn Foss | 164 | 8.6 | +1.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 391 | 20.5 | −34.1 |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 1,909 | 99.7 |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 5 | 0.3 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,914 | 44.72 | −0.28 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | -16.9 | |
Finchampstead South :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | David Cornish | 1,131 | 56.4 | +31.5 |
| | Conservative | Bernadette Mitra | 774 | 38.6 | −26.5 |
| | Labour | Grace Tapping | 102 | 5.1 | −4.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 357 | 17.8 | −22.4 |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 2,007 | 99.5 |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 10 | 0.5 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,017 | 42.21 | 3.21 |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | 29.0 | |
Hawkedon :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | David Hare | 1,476 | 61.9 | +8.1 |
| | Conservative | Frank Smith | 576 | 24.2 | −9.0 |
| | Labour | Mark Craske | 332 | 13.9 | −1.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 900 | 37.8 | 17.1 |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 2,384 | 99.7 |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 7 | 0.3 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,391 | 35.13 | −2.87 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | 8.5 | |
Hillside :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Alistair Neal | 1,591 | 54.1 | +10.7 |
| | Conservative | Martyn Washbourne | 1,070 | 36.4 | −10.7 |
| | Labour | Caroline Hill | 282 | 9.6 | −0.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 521 | 17.7 | 14.1 |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 2,943 | 99.5 |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 16 | 0.5 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,959 | 46.82 | |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | 10.7 | |
Loddon :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Bill Soane | 969 | 38.7 | −7.8 |
| | Labour | Majid Nagra | 845 | 33.7 | +10.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Carol Jewell | 691 | 27.6 | +2.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 124 | 5.0 | −16.2 |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 2,505 | 99.2 |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 20 | 0.8 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,525 | 33.24 | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | -9.1 | |
Maiden Erlegh :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Mike Smith | 1,495 | 50.8 | +19.9 |
| | Conservative | Andrew Bradley | 914 | 31.1 | −9.8 |
| | Labour | Andrew Gray | 532 | 18.1 | −4.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 581 | 19.8 | 9.8 |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 2,941 | 99.6 |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 12 | 0.4 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,953 | 44.04 | |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | 14.8 | |
Norreys :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Rachel Burgess | 1,884 | 53.7 | +14.1 |
| | Conservative | Daniel Hinton | 1,199 | 34.2 | −12.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Jane Ainslie | 312 | 8.9 | −4.9 |
| | Green | David Chapman | 112 | 3.2 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 685 | 19.5 | 12.8 |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 3,507 | 99.7 |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 12 | 0.3 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,519 | 42.22 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | 13.1 | |
Remenham, Wargrave and Ruscombe :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Graham Howe | 872 | 50.3 | −12.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Martijn Andrea | 450 | 26.0 | +2.4 |
| | Labour | Stuart Crainer | 237 | 13.7 | +0.5 |
| | Green | Merv Boniface | 175 | 10.1 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 422 | 24.3 | |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 1,734 | 99.7 |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 6 | 0.3 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,740 | 40.88 | −1.12 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | -7.2 | |
Shinfield South :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Chris Johnson | 1,328 | 45.2 | +5.9 |
| | Conservative | Dave Edmonds | 1,197 | 40.8 | −7.6 |
| | Labour | Marie-Louise Weighill | 411 | 14.0 | +1.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 131 | 4.5 | −4.67 |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 2,936 | 99.4 |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 17 | 0.6 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,953 | 33.1 | |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | 6.7 | |
South Lake :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Beth Rowland | 955 | 48.3 | +6.0 |
| | Conservative | Danny Errawalla | 807 | 40.8 | −3.7 |
| | Labour | David Field | 217 | 11.0 | −2.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 148 | 7.5 | 5.3 |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 1,979 | 99.5 |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 9 | 0.5 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,988 | 46.0 | |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | 4.8 | |
Swallowfield :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Stuart Munro | 478 | 51.2 | −17.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Catherine Glover | 287 | 30.8 | +14.1 |
| | Green | Tom Blomley | 103 | 11.0 | N/A |
| | Labour | Paula Monte | 65 | 7.0 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 191 | 20.5 | −31.5 |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 933 | 99.6 |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 4 | 0.4 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 937 | 36.49 | 1.49 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | -15.7 | |
Winnersh :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Prue Bray | 1,710 | 63.8 | +9.3 |
| | Conservative | Kirsty Ross | 668 | 24.9 | −8.6 |
| | Labour | Llewelyn Reed-Jones | 190 | 7.1 | |
| | Green | Steve Lloyd | 112 | 4.2 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,042 | 38.9 | |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 2,680 | 99.4 |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 15 | 0.6 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,695 | 34.35 | −14.17 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | 8.9 | |
Wokingham Without :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Dave Davies | 1,200 | 47.1 | −9.7 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Jordan Montgomery | 1,042 | 40.9 | +5.6 |
| | Labour | Marilyn Groves | 187 | 7.3 | −0.1 |
| | Green | Danielle Ebbage | 120 | 4.7 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 158 | 6.2 | −15.2 |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 2,549 | 99.6 |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 9 | 0.4 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,558 | 34.35 | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | -7.6 | |

## Council Membership by party after each election 2010–2022

Election results 2010–2022 :
| Party | Party | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2018 | 2019 | 2021 | 2022 |
| | Conservative | 43 | 45 | 43 | 44 | 47 | 47 | 42 | 31 | 31 | 26 |
| | Liberal Democrats | 11 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 16 | 18 | 23 |
| | Labour | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 |
| | Other parties | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 |
| Total Seats | Total Seats | 54 | 54 | 54 | 54 | 54 | 54 | 54 | 54 | 54 | 54 |