READING Borough Council is one of 136 local authorities that saw seats up for re-election across England yesterday (Thursday, May 7).
Seventeen seats were up for re-election here in the town, representing over one-third of the make-up of the council as it stands.
Here are the results, as they happen, from tonight’s count:
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(Candidates in bold are duly elected)
ABBEY WARD – Green Party win (from Labour)
Robert Dalton (CONS) – 279
Jacqueline Dominguez (GREEN) – 792
James William Morgan (TUSC) – 9
Paul Newton (REFORM) – 202
Karen Jean Rowland (LAB) – 683
Henry David Wright (LIB DEM) – 139
BATTLE WARD – Labour Gain (from Independent)
Ben Blackmore (CONS) – 207
John Berkeley Grout (LIB DEM) – 118
Pratikshya Gurung (LAB) – 1,180
Zoe Elena Mann (GREEN) – 998
Diana Whitehouse (REFORM) – 335
CAVERSHAM WARD – Labour Hold
Andrew James Ballsdon (CON) – 549
Jacopo Lanzoni (LAB) – 1,438
Jeff Lewis (REFORM) – 600
Bill Runacre (SOCIAL DEMS) – 16
Anthony Martin Spencer (LIB DEM) – 225
Sam Wild (GREEN) – 920
CAVERSHAM HEIGHTS – Conservative Hold & Conservative Gain (From Labour)
Isobel Ballsdon (CONS) – 1,900
Vania Costa-Krol (LIB DEM) – 271
Adil Khan (GREEN) – 761
Danny McNamara (GREEN) – 866
Ilayda Molloy (REFORM) – 496
Jo Musominari (LAB) – 1,058
Jo Ramsay (LIB DEM) – 416
Saadia Saadat (CONS) – 1,218
Richard Martin Stainthorp (LAB) – 1,088
James Robert Stothard (REFORM) – 580
CHURCH WARD – Labour Hold
Mark Clifford Cole (LIB DEM) – 163
Ruth McEwan (LAB) – 1,095
Adam Phelps (CONS) – 362
Matthew Reynolds (REFORM) – 680
Jamie Whitham (GREEN) – 468
COLEY WARD – Green Gain (from Labour)
John David Angus (CONS) – 367
Ellie Emberson (LAB) – 964
Petru Mereacre (REFORM) – 445
Richard Walkem (GREEN) – 973
Christopher Ward (LIB DEM) – 166
EMMER GREEN – Conservative Gain (from Reform)*
Hannah Conibear (GREEN) – 1,103
Nishikant Gupta (LIB DEMS) – 290
Clarence Eden Mitchell (REFORM) – 805
Alex Smith (CONS) – 1,143
Ollie White (LAB) – 770
KATESGROVE – Green Hold
Matthew Callow (CONS) – 281
Sarah Lucy Dobson (LIB DEMS) – 109
Louise Keane (GREEN) – 1,340
Jean Louis Pascual (INDEPENDENT) – 27
Prabhdeep Singh (REFORM) – 279
Richard Wong (LABOUR) – 604
KENTWOOD WARD – Labour Hold
Jibril Leite Al-Nabahani (LIB DEM) – 127
Glenn Anthony Dennis (LAB) – 1,014
Tim Liddle (GREEN) – 476
David Milne-Buckley (CON) – 775
Stephen Daniel Ruston (REFORM) – 736
NORCOT – Labour Hold
Alison Foster (LAB) – 967
Stephen Anthony Graham (YOUR LOCAL LIBERAL) – 51
Isobel Claire Hoskins (GREEN) – 558
Blandon Masih (LIB DEM) – 221
Oliver Ross Maunder (REFORM) – 641
Kes Williams (CONS) – 293
James Anthony Cuggy (LAB) – 591
Stephen Richard Ham (REFORM) – 190
Kris Lund (CONS) – 149
Jassien Adel Sabri (LIB DEM) – 71
Rob White (GREEN) – 1,872
Melanie Dent (SOCIAL DEMOCRAT) – 16
Kathryn Elizabeth McCann (GREEN) – 1,549
Roy Rangarira (LAB) – 708
Darren Christopher Seward (REFORM) – 254
Abdoulaye Sow (CONS) – 179
Christopher James Wilson (LIB DEM) – 122
SOUTHCOTE – Labour Hold
Grace Holly Blackmore (CONS) – 408
Rosemary Anne Croft (GREEN) – 614
Bev Heslin (REFORM) – 623
Ulrike Magyarosy (LAB) – 1,032
Benjamin Frances Sims (LIB DEM) – 188
THAMES – Green Gain (From Labour)
Adele Barnett-Ward (LAB) – 750
Christopher Simon Burden (LIB DEM) – 183
David Graham Clarke (GREEN) – 1,031
James Halls (SOCIAL DEMOCRAT) – 13
Alexander Albert Kelly (REFORM) – 351
Jaykumar Sanatbhai Patel (CONS) – 308
TILEHURST – Lib Dem Hold
Caroline Susan Basden (LAB) – 439
Caroline Hearst (GREEN) – 343
Steven David Low (REFORM) – 763
Meri O’Connell (LIB DEM) – 1,144
Raihana Rahimi (CONS) – 288
WHITLEY – Labour Hold
Peter De Boiserie (LIB DEM) – 205
Rachel Claire Eden (LAB) – 919
Vani Goel (CONS) – 473
Richie Sahni (REFORM) – 612
Kathy Smith (GREEN) – 449
* Seat previously held by Clarence Mitchell, who defected from the Conservative Party to Reform UK
Overall, there are now three fewer Labour councillors, all in wards picked up by The Green Party, while The Conservatives gained a seat held by Reform.
The Liberal Democrats held on to all three of their seats up for re-election.
