West Berkshire Council elections

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West Berkshire Council is the local authority for West Berkshire, a unitary authority in Berkshire, England. Until 1 April 1998 it was a non-metropolitan district called Newbury.

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Council elections

Non-metropolitan district elections

Unitary authority elections

Year Liberal Democrats Conservative Green Labour Independent Notes
2000 [4] 2825001
2003 [5] 2626000New ward boundaries [6] [7]
2007 [8] 1636000
2011 [9] 1339000
2015 [10] 448000
2019 [11] 1624300New ward boundaries [12]
2023 [13] 2911210

Results maps

By-elections

2003-2007

Victoria By-Election 4 December 2003 [14] [15]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Roger Hunneman72758.6-5.3
Conservative Jeffrey Beck46137.2+6.8
Labour Barry Lambert524.2+4.2
Majority26621.5
Turnout 1,240
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Thatcham North By-Election 5 May 2005 [16] [17]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Sheila Ellison1,43153.3+15.3
Liberal Democrats Graham Reeves1,25646.7-15.3
Majority1756.6
Turnout 2,687
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
Pangbourne By-Election 20 April 2006 [18]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative 72574.6+0.4
Liberal Democrats 15115.5-0.4
Labour 969.9+0.0
Majority57459.1
Turnout 972
Conservative hold Swing

2007-2011

Thatcham South and Crookham By-Election 22 July 2010 [19]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Bob Morgan93658.6+1.9
Conservative Dominic Boeck78745.7-1.9
Majority1498.6
Turnout 1,723
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

2011-2015

Hungerford By-Election 15 August 2013 [20] [21]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative James Podger81048.4-12.6
Liberal Democrats Denise Gaines75144.8+5.8
Labour Gary Puffett865.1+5.1
Independent Andrew Stott281.7+1.7
Majority593.5
Turnout 1,675
Conservative hold Swing
Purley on Thames By-Election 28 January 2015 [22]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Rick Jones93668.1+1.0
Labour Ian Stevens17212.5-8.7
UKIP Catherine Anderson16311.9+11.9
Liberal Democrats Steve Bown1047.6-4.1
Majority76455.6
Turnout 1,375
Conservative hold Swing

2015-2019

Thatcham South and Crookham By-Election 8 June 2017 [23]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Jason Collis1,82348.7-0.6
Liberal Democrats Owen Jeffery82222.0-6.1
Green Stephen Masters59015.8+3.6
Labour Nicholas East50513.5+3.0
Majority1,00126.8
Turnout 3,740
Conservative hold Swing

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Thatcham West 19 April 2018 [24] [25]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Jeff Brooks82048.4%+11.2%
Conservative Ellen Crumly52330.9%-18.1%
Labour Louise Coulson1307.7%-6.2%
Green Jane Livermore1307.7%+7.7%
UKIP Gary Johnson915.4%+5.4%
Registered electors 4,957
Turnout 1,70234.3%-34.3%
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing 14.7%

2019-2023

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Tilehurst South & Holybrook, 16 December 2021 [26]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Akinbiyi Oloko54842%-18.5%
Labour Charles Croal38730%+4.7%
Liberal Democrats Steve Bown35928%+10.3%
Registered electors 5,652
Turnout 1,30223%-5%
Conservative hold Swing -11.6%

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  2. ↑ legislation.gov.uk - The Berkshire, Dorset and Wiltshire (County Boundaries) Order 1989. Retrieved on 5 November 2015.
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