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Local Election Results 2018

Reading

One-third of council up for election. No election this year in Mapledurham.

Other results for Reading: 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016 2019 2021 2022 2023
By-elections for Reading (may be incomplete): 4th May 2006 (Southcote; Thames) — 16th November 2006 (Tilehurst) — 3rd May 2007 (Church) — 22nd May 2014 (Park) — 24th July 2014 (Southcote) — 21st July 2016 (Southcote) — 12th December 2019 (Kentwood) — 3rd August 2023 (Norcot)

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Consolidated results — Reading 2018

Party Votes Percent Seats
Labour 18271 47.2% 12
Conservative 11288 29.1% 5
Green Party 4904 12.7% 1
Liberal Democrat 4066 10.5% 0
Women's Equality Party 94 0.2% 0
Independent 61 0.2% 0
Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition 30 0.1% 0
Liberal Party 26 0.1% 0

Abbey

Karen Rowland Lab 1542 60.1%
Alison Stevens C 510 19.9%
Brent Smith Grn 266 10.4%
Chris Burden LD 249 9.7%

Battle

Sarah Hacker Lab 1470 65.9%
Michael Hey C 420 18.8%
Fiona Cox Grn 184 8.2%
John Grout LD 158 7.1%

Caversham

Adele Barnett-Ward Lab 1531 53.4%
James Partington C 824 28.7%
Jo Ramsay LD 294 10.3%
David Foster Grn 219 7.6%

Church (2) [Resignation of Paul Woodward]

Ruth McEwan Lab 1129 52.1%
Ashley Pearce Lab 1088
Paul Carnell C 609 28.1%
Heather Laird C 605
Kathryn McCann Grn 268 12.4%
Francis Jakeman LD 161 7.4%
Riccardo Mancuso LD 115

Katesgrove (2) [Resignation of Matt Rodda MP]

Sophia James Lab 1361 61.7%
Gurvinder Kaur Lab 1164
Natalie Greenstreet C 332 15.0%
Louise Keane Grn 319 14.5%
Beth Vincent C 311
Peter Kinsley LD 194 8.8%
Margaret McNeill LD 191

Kentwood (2) [Resignation of Tom Steele; C gain from Lab]

Emma Warman C 1216 41.7%
Raj Singh C 1154
Glenn Dennis Lab 1148 39.3%
Ali Foster Lab 1056
Mark Cole LD 309 10.6%
Gary Coster LD 266
Richard Walkem Grn 245 8.4%

Minster

Ellie Emberson Lab 1308 50.3%
Nick Fudge C 852 32.7%
James Moore LD 333 12.8%
Willem Londeman Grn 109 4.2%

Norcot

Debs Absolom Lab 1403 59.2%
Zachary Okeyo C 640 27.0%
Jill Wigmore-Welsh Grn 140 5.9%
Stewart Elliott LD 100 4.2%
Alan Gulliver Ind 61 2.6%
Stephen Graham Lib 26 1.1%

Park

Rob White Grn 1704 52.5%
David McKenzie Lab 1231 37.9%
Adam Phelps C 238 7.3%
Christopher Dodson LD 75 2.3%

Peppard

Simon Robinson C 1461 50.6%
Benjamin Perry Lab 744 25.8%
Peter Boardley LD 401 13.9%
Doug Cresswell Grn 188 6.5%
Wendy Thomson WEP 94 3.3%

Redlands

David Absolom Lab 968 44.8%
Kizzi Johannessen Grn 630 29.2%
Charlie Evans C 350 16.2%
Graham Alexander LD 211 9.8%

Southcote

John Ennis Lab 1305 57.9%
Rob Vickers C 690 30.6%
Marie French LD 130 5.8%
Amanda Walsh Grn 129 5.7%

Thames

David Stevens C 1527 44.6%
Brian Murphy Lab 1175 34.3%
Guy Penman LD 420 12.3%
Sarah McNamara Grn 301 8.8%

Tilehurst [C gain from LD]

Helen Manghnani C 1092 41.4%
Ricky Duveen LD 905 34.3%
Matt Harrison Lab 544 20.6%
Jamie Whitham Grn 96 3.6%

Whitley

Rachel Eden Lab 1412 64.2%
Helen Hopper C 527 23.9%
John Illenden LD 126 5.7%
Lucy Mortlock Grn 106 4.8%
Neil Adams TUSC 30 1.4%

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