Emmer Green (Reading ward)

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Emmer Green
Motto(s): 
From God and the Queen
Country United Kingdom
Constituent country England
Region Reading
County Berkshire
Government
  Body Reading Borough Council
  Leader of the councilJason Brock (Labour)
  CouncillorClarence Mitchell
  CouncillorSimon Robinson
  CouncillorStephen Goss

Emmer Green is an electoral ward of the Borough of Reading, in the English county of Berkshire. Until the 2022 Reading Borough Council election, it was known as Peppard ward and had slightly different boundaries.

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Extent

The ward is north and north-east of the commercial centre of the suburb of Caversham, namely its Thames and Caversham wards. [1] [2] It covers all of Emmer Green including wholly residential and smaller 'Caversham Park Village' which is not marked on many maps. It includes a small proportion of Caversham proper, which was until the early 20th century the parish of (and had the main amenities of) Emmer Green. They have some interdependence to this day, such as in education, voluntary and sporting organisations, small shops and supermarkets. The proportion of socially rented housing has consistently been lower than the borough average in the 2001 and 2011 censuses and is mentioned in the Emmer Green and Caversham articles.

Councillors

As with all Reading wards, Emmer Green elects three councillors to Reading Borough Council, elected by thirds in each local election.

The current councillors are in order of election: Simon Robinson, Clarence Mitchell and Stephen Goss who are all Conservatives. [3] [4]

Historic composition

In 2004 the election was held under the previous system adopted by the Borough of 'whole council' elections. The three councillors were all elected in one election, who were two Liberal Democrats and one Conservative. [5]

In 2006 one of the seats was contested and resulted in the re-election of Mark Ralph for the Conservative Party, who was re-elected four years later. [6]

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References

  1. "Wards". Reading Borough Council. Archived from the original on 9 May 2012. Retrieved 5 May 2012.
  2. "Final recommendations on the future electoral arrangements for Reading" (PDF). Report to the Electoral Commission. Boundary Committee for England. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 June 2012. Retrieved 5 May 2012.
  3. https://www.reading.gov.uk/the-council-and-democracy/elections-and-voting/election-results/local-election-results-5-may-2022/#emmer-green Reading Borough Council
  4. https://www.reading.gov.uk/the-council-and-democracy/elections-and-voting/election-results/local-election-results-4-may-2023/#emmer-green Reading Borough Council
  5. 2004 results Archived 2015-09-24 at the Wayback Machine Reading Borough Council
  6. 2006 results Archived 2014-12-05 at the Wayback Machine and 2010 results Archived 2015-09-24 at the Wayback Machine Reading Borough Council.