# 1999 Reading Borough Council election

The 1999 Reading Borough Council election was held on 6 May 1999, at the same time as other local elections across Britain. Sixteen of the 45 seats on Reading Borough Council were up for election, being the usual third of the council (15 seats) plus a by-election in Abbey ward, where Labour's Jane Griffiths had resigned her seat on the council.
Labour gained one seat in Abbey ward which had been held by Mohammad Iqbal, who had been elected as a Labour councillor in 1997 but expelled from the party later that year. He had continued to hold his council seat since then as an independent councillor, but did not stand for re-election in 1999. Apart from that change, no other seats changed party in 1999.

## Results

Reading Borough Council Election, 1999 :
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
| Labour | 13 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 81.3% | 48.7% | 14,094 | +4.2 |
| Conservative | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.3% | 27.4% | 7,945 | -2.9 |
| Liberal Democrats | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12.5% | 22.5% | 6,532 | -1.9 |
| Green | 0 | | | | 0% | 1.4% | 397 | +0.6 |

### Ward results

The results in each ward were as follows:
Abbey Ward :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Jim Durkin | 932 | 61.1 |
| | Conservative | Richard Willis | 387 | 25.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats | John Wood | 201 | 13.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,511 | |
| | Labour gain from Independent | Labour gain from Independent | Swing | |
Abbey Ward (by-election) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | June Orton | 987 | 65.6 |
| | Conservative | Paul Swaddle | 325 | 21.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Tony Warrell | 192 | 12.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,504 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
Battle Ward :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Tony Jones | 925 | 67.6 |
| | Conservative | Dharam Ahuja | 309 | 22.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Thomas Cook | 135 | 9.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,369 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
Caversham Ward :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Kathryn Peak | 1,236 | 45.2 |
| | Conservative | Robert Wilson | 1,154 | 42.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Robin Bentham | 342 | 12.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,732 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
Church Ward :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Wilf Wild | 659 | 59.0 |
| | Conservative | Philip Gibbs | 255 | 22.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Elizabeth Heydeman | 146 | 13.1 |
| | Green | Richard Bradbury | 57 | 5.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,117 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
Katesgrove Ward :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Trish Thomas | 764 | 67.5 |
| | Conservative | Simon O'Sullivan | 222 | 19.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Andrew Colman | 146 | 12.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,132 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
Kentwood Ward :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Sandy Scaife | 952 | 44.9 |
| | Conservative | Ruth Bennett | 689 | 32.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Dennis Morgan | 432 | 20.4 |
| | Green | John Gooch | 48 | 2.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,121 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
Minster Ward :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Stuart White | 1,225 | 58.0 |
| | Conservative | Emma Warman | 683 | 32.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Christopher Harris | 203 | 9.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,111 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
Norcot Ward :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Peter Jones | 971 | 67.8 |
| | Conservative | Alexandra Mowczan | 249 | 17.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Martin Scott | 213 | 14.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,433 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
Park Ward :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Christine Borgars | 1,063 | 61.5 |
| | Conservative | Vinod Sharma | 302 | 17.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats | George Hamish Hew Preston Hamish Preston | 244 | 14.1 |
| | Green | Mary Westley | 119 | 6.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,728 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
Peppard Ward :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democrats | Bob Green | 1,608 | 61.6 |
| | Conservative | Edward Brazil | 746 | 28.6 |
| | Labour | Keith Uden | 257 | 9.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,611 | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | |
Redlands Ward :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Liz Winfield-Chislett | 900 | 49.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Martin Reilly | 450 | 24.6 |
| | Conservative | Abdul Loyes | 345 | 18.9 |
| | Green | Elisabeth Brelstaff | 133 | 7.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,828 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
Southcote Ward :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Askar Sheibani | 1,177 | 67.8 |
| | Conservative | Charlotte Hawkins | 413 | 23.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Sheila Myra Morley Myra Morley | 147 | 8.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,737 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
Thames Ward :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Jeanette Skeats | 1,320 | 48.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Annette Hendry | 939 | 34.2 |
| | Labour | Christine Grieve | 486 | 17.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,745 | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
Tilehurst Ward :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democrats | Dick Ferriday | 1,030 | 47.9 |
| | Labour | Catherine Wilton | 738 | 34.3 |
| | Conservative | Iona Morris | 344 | 16.0 |
| | Green | Judith Green | 40 | 1.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,152 | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | |
Whitley Ward :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Lawrence Silverman | 831 | 73.1 |
| | Conservative | Paul Atkinson | 202 | 17.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Max Thomas Heydeman Tom Heydeman | 104 | 9.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,137 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |