2022 Reading Borough Council election

An election to Reading Borough Council is due to be held on 5 May 2022. Following boundary changes all the seats on the council will be up for election.[1]

Previous council composition
After 2021 election Before 2022 election[2]
Party Seats Party Seats
Labour 29 Labour 29
Conservative 10 Conservative 9
Green 5 Green 5
Liberal Democrats 2 Liberal Democrats 2
Independent 0 Independent 1

Changes:

  • January 2022: Chris Maskell leaves Labour to sit as an independent,[3] David Stevens leaves Conservatives for Labour[4]

Results
2022 Reading Borough Council election
Party This election Full council This election
Seats Net Seats % Other Total Total % Votes Votes % +/−
  Conservative
  Green
  Labour
  Liberal Democrats
  TUSC
  Independent

Candidates

The Notice of Poll and Statement of Persons Nominated was published on 6 April 2022.[5]

Abbey
Abbey
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Mohammed Ayub
Conservative Simon Bazley
Conservative Jim Brennan
Green Howard Darby
Conservative Stephen Goss
Labour Tony Page
Labour Karen Rowland
Liberal Democrats Christopher Ward

Battle
Battle
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Wendy Griffith
Liberal Democrats John Grout
Labour Sarah Hacker
Green Callum Harling
Conservative Michael Hey
Labour Gul Khan
Conservative John Murray
Conservative Lizzy Sheppard

Caversham
Caversham
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Andrew Ballsdon
Conservative Ian Binge
Liberal Democrats Juliet England
Labour Jan Gavin
Labour Jacopo Lanzoni
Green Sally Newman
Conservative Saadia Saadat
Labour Matt Yeo

Caversham Heights
Caversham Heights
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Isobel Ballsdon
Labour Matt Buckley
Liberal Democrats Christopher Burden
Conservative Paul Carnell
Labour Vikram Duhan
Labour Sue Kitchingham
Conservative Dave Luckett
Green Danny McNamara
Liberal Democrats Joanna Ramsay
Liberal Democrats Thomas Weir

Church
Church
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Peter Boardley
Green Mike Harling
Labour Andrew Hornsby-Smith
Labour Ruth McEwan
Conservative James Mugo
Conservative Adam Phelps
Conservative Alanzo Seville
Labour Paul Woodward

Coley
Coley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Ellie Emberson
Labour Paul Gittings
Green Isobel Hoskins
Conservative David McMahon
Conservative Mas Shepherd
Liberal Democrats Benjamin Sims
Conservative Grace Taylor
Labour Liz Terry

Emmer Green
Emmer Green
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Green Mazin Abdalla
Liberal Democrats Pieter De Boiserie
Labour Robert Dimmick
Labour Rachel Jones
Conservative Harry Kretchmer
Labour Len Middleton
Conservative Clarence Mitchell
Conservative Simon Robinson

Katesgrove
Katesgrove
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Edward Belderbos
Labour Liam Challenger
Green Doug Cresswell
Conservative Daniel Hughes
Green Louise Keane
Labour George Mathew
Liberal Democrats Margaret McNeill
Conservative Mike Milner
Labour Mamuna Naz
Green Kate Nikulina

Kentwood
Kentwood
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Jonathan Barker
Labour Glenn Dennis
Conservative Nick Fudge
Green Caroline Hearst
Labour Mark Keeping
Conservative Jenny Rynn
Conservative Raj Singh
Green Brent Smith
Labour David Stevens

Norcot
Norcot
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
TUSC Jen Bottom
Labour Colette Dennis
Conservative Luke Ellis
Liberal Democrats Dorothy Gibert
Independent Alan Gulliver
Labour Graeme Hoskin
Labour Jo Lovelock
Conservative Zach Okeyo
Conservative Suzanne Rowe
Green Richard Walkem

Park
Park
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Sheldon Allen
Liberal Democrats Chris Dodson
Labour Andy Gilpin
Conservative Niki Haywood
Green Brenda McGonigle
Conservative Nathan O'Brien
Conservative Sagar Patel
Green Rob White
Green Josh Williams
Labour Oliver Williamson

Redlands
Redlands
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Allison Carnell
Labour Marg Cobb
Labour Will Cross
Conservative Shivraj Hawaldar
Conservative Simon Holden
Liberal Democrats Francis Jakeman
Green Kathryn McCann
Green David McElroy
Labour Amjad Tarar
Green Jamie Whitham

Southcote
Southcote
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
TUSC Neil Adams
Conservative Ben Blackmore
Labour Jason Brock
Labour Debs Edwards
Labour John Ennis
Conservative Gabriella Kirkby
Liberal Democrats Riccardo Mancuso-Marcello
Conservative Robert Vickers
Green Sarah Watchman

Thames
Thames
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Adele Barnett-Ward
Liberal Democrats Vania Costa-Krol
Conservative David Cozens
Labour Richard Davies
Conservative Daisy Parsons
Conservative Abdoulaye Sow
Labour Nusrat Sultan
Green Anthea West

Tilehurst
Tilehurst
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Green Gabriel Berry-Khan
Conservative Casey Byrne
Conservative Russell Frain
Labour Sikandar Hayat
Liberal Democrats James Moore
Liberal Democrats Meri O'Connell
Labour Benjamin Perry-Stone
Labour Malcolm Powers
Liberal Democrats Anne Thompson
Conservative Sandra Vickers

Whitley
Whitley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Femi Afolabi
Conservative Nick Brown
Labour Rachel Eden
Conservative Vani Goel
Labour Micky Leng
Labour Alice Mpofu-Coles
Green Kathleen Smith
Liberal Democrats Ian Westby

References
  1. "New political map for Reading Borough Council". Local Government Boundary Commission for England. 29 September 2020. Archived from the original on 5 February 2021. Retrieved 5 February 2021.
  2. "Your Councillors by Party". reading.gov. Retrieved 26 April 2022.
  3. Morl, Lily (29 January 2022). "Former Reading Mayor quits Labour Party". BerkshireLive. Retrieved 26 April 2022.
  4. Roberts, Hannah (10 January 2022). "Reading councillor defects for first time in council's history". BerkshireLive. Retrieved 26 April 2022.
  5. "Notice of Poll and Statement of Persons Nominated 2022". Reading Borough Council. 6 April 2022. Archived from the original on 15 April 2022. Retrieved 15 April 2022.
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