2004 Reading Borough Council election

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2004 Reading Borough Council election
  2003 10 June 2004 (2004-06-10) 2006  

46 sets (whole council)
24 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond partyThird party
 
Lab
Con
LD
Leader David Sutton Fred PughBob Green
Party Labour Conservative Liberal Democrats
Seats before3546
Seats after3565
Seat changeSteady2.svgIncrease2.svg2Decrease2.svg1
Popular vote39,51032,95226,158
Percentage38.432.025.4
SwingDecrease2.svg0.6Increase2.svg3.2Decrease2.svg1.2

The 2004 Reading Borough Council election was held on 10 June 2004, at the same time as other local elections across England and Wales and the European elections. Following boundary changes the number of seats on Reading Borough Council had been increased from 45 to 46 with the creation of a new single-member ward called Mapledurham and changes to the boundaries of several existing wards. All 46 seats on the council were up for election. Labour, led by David Sutton, retained its 35 seats on the council and therefore kept its majority. The Conservatives, led by Fred Pugh, gained one seat at the election from the Liberal Democrats and won the new Mapledurham seat, meaning they overtook the Liberal Democrats to become the second largest party on the council with six seats. The Liberal Democrats, led by Bob Green, were left with five seats. [1] [2]

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Results

Reading Borough Council Election, 2004
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Labour 3500076.1%38.4%39,510-0.6
  Conservative 620+213.0%31.4%32,952+3.2
  Liberal Democrats 501-110.9%25.4%26,158-1.2
  Green 00%3.0%3,055+0.9
  UKIP 00%0.6%625
  Independent 00%0.5%487
  Health and Community Issues Party 00%0.2%230

Ward results

The results in each ward were as follows:

Abbey Ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Antony Page 841
Labour June Orton 839
Labour Betty Tickner 725
Liberal Democrats Margaret Jordan452
Conservative Humphry Crum-Ewing417
Conservative Ashleigh Skeats406
Liberal Democrats David Langshaw359
Conservative Adam Woolhouse339
Green Mark Walker333
Liberal Democrats John Wood329
Turnout 5,04026.1
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Battle Ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Tom Crisp 987
Labour Chris Maskell 950
Labour Tony Jones 939
Liberal Democrats James Martin507
Conservative Victoria Evans474
Liberal Democrats Simon Heywood464
Liberal Democrats Adam Canning454
Conservative Patrick Moren426
Conservative Ashley Robinson411
Turnout 5,61229.0
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Caversham Ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Stephen Waite 1,033
Labour Susan Stainthorp 1,025
Conservative Andrew Cumpsty 1,033
Conservative Timothy Harris902
Labour Shirley Merriott866
Conservative Dharam Ahuja837
Liberal Democrats Diane Elliss554
Liberal Democrats Margaret Martin501
Liberal Democrats Robin Bentham460
Green Harriet Marshall431
Turnout 7,55938.4
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Church Ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Christopher Goodall 821
Labour Christine Grieve 813
Labour Mohammed Azam Janjua 803
Conservative Paul Noades672
Conservative Lee Clark664
Conservative Howard Shaw606
Liberal Democrats Jane Sharp423
Green David Pledger403
Liberal Democrats Guy Penman402
Turnout 5,60728.8
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Katesgrove Ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour David Sutton 742
Labour Gul Muwaz Khan 657
Labour Richard Stainthorp 633
Liberal Democrats Christopher Jones441
Liberal Democrats Warren Swaine396
Green Rachel Mills324
Liberal Democrats Nina Webb311
Conservative Thomas Stanway291
Conservative Alan Skeats289
Independent Adeyinka Oyekan289
Conservative Anthony Devenish272
Independent David Boobier198
Turnout 4,84327.6
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Kentwood Ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Victoria Lloyd 1,000
Labour Richard McKenzie 943
Labour Andrea Collins 922
Conservative Thomas Steele917
Conservative Sandra Bowler912
Conservative Jennifer Rynn907
Liberal Democrats Richard Duveen822
Liberal Democrats Graham Parry768
Liberal Democrats Lee Glendon679
Turnout 7,87039.9
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Mapledurham Ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Fred Pugh 832 64.2
Liberal Democrats Jill Green31424.2
Labour Peter Winfield-Chislett15011.6
Turnout 1,29654
Conservative win (new seat)
Minster Ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Catherine Wilton 1,113
Labour Paul Gittings 1,084
Labour Dave Dymond 1,056
Conservative Henry Willsher956
Conservative Michael Wade900
Conservative Anthony Markham893
Liberal Democrats Rosamund Otto522
Liberal Democrats Mark Summers496
Turnout 7,02036.9
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Norcot Ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Josephine Lovelock 1,279
Labour Graeme Hoskin 1,244
Labour Peter Jones 1,140
Conservative Ashley Black585
Conservative Alexandra Mowczan539
Conservative Peter Sprules510
Liberal Democrats Thomas Cook459
Liberal Democrats Evelyn Bentham453
Turnout 6,20932.7
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Park Ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Jon Hartley 1,189
Labour John Howarth 1,041
Labour Christine Borgars 1,033
Liberal Democrats James Spackman732
Liberal Democrats Richard Hall689
Liberal Democrats John Summers672
Green Hugh Swann417
Green Robert White410
Conservative Martyn Washbourne353
Conservative Jean Pugh343
Conservative James Barraclough331
Green Adrian Windisch235
UKIP Sylvia Chumbley148
Turnout 7,59336.1
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Peppard Ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Robert Green 1,566
Liberal Democrats Annette Hendry 1,504
Conservative Mark Ralph 1,401
Liberal Democrats Christopher Brown1,330
Conservative John Oliver1,272
Conservative Simon Blazley1,240
Labour Helen Hathaway371
Labour Keith Uden298
Labour Adam Wood292
Turnout 9,27445.6
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
Redlands Ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Riaz Chaudhri 1,091
Labour Peter Kayes 978
Labour Gul Faraz Khan 918
Liberal Democrats Nicholas Wright632
Liberal Democrats Janek Mikulin595
Liberal Democrats Ali Ashgar514
Green Mary Westley502
Conservative Alison Stevens455
Conservative Carole Haskell454
Conservative Augustine Aluko377
Turnout 6,51633
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Southcote Ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Christopher Swaine 1,266
Labour Peter Ruhemann 1,243
Labour John Ennis 1,212
Conservative Alan Hawkins788
Conservative Patricia Steele701
Conservative Philip Webb654
Liberal Democrats Elizabeth Heydeman330
Liberal Democrats Alan Hendry322
Turnout 6,51639.1
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Thames Ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Robert Wilson 1,870
Conservative Jeanette Skeats 1,843
Conservative David Stevens 1,674
Liberal Democrats Vera Bodman1,151
Liberal Democrats James Emery1,073
Liberal Democrats Christopher Harris944
Labour Kathryn Peak557
Labour Moira Dickenson452
Labour Mohammad Nazir429
Turnout 9,99349
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Tilehurst Ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Peter Beard 1,208
Liberal Democrats Peter Weston 1,052
Liberal Democrats Judith Fry 1,038
Conservative Terence Byrne756
Conservative Iona Morris733
Labour Raymond Richens696
Conservative Bernard Garvie672
Labour William Short553
Labour Jaffar Syed551
Health and Community Issues Party Richard Grimsdell230
Turnout 7,48937.7
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Whitley Ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Michael Orton 983
Labour James Hanley 903
Labour Mary Singleton-White 849
Conservative Barrie Cummings420
Conservative Nicholas Brown384
Conservative David Trim324
UKIP Deano Jones241
Liberal Democrats Max Heydeman240
UKIP Abdul Ahad236
Turnout 4,58024.75
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

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