Wokingham Borough Council elections

Wokingham Borough Council is the local authority for the Borough of Wokingham, a unitary authority in Berkshire, England. Until 1 April 1998 it was a non-metropolitan district.

Council elections

Composition of the council[1]

Year	Conservative	Liberal Democrats [a]	Labour	Independents & Others	Council control after election
Year					Council control after election
Local government reorganisation; council established (52 seats)
1973	24	14	0	14		No overall control
1976	37	8	0	7		Conservative
New ward boundaries (54 seats)
1979	50	4	0	0		Conservative
1980	45	8	1	0		Conservative
1982	46	7	1	0		Conservative
1983	46	7	1	0		Conservative
1984	46	7	1	0		Conservative
1986	39	14	1	0		Conservative
1987	36	17	1	0		Conservative
1988	37	15	2	0		Conservative
1990	37	14	3	0		Conservative
1991	35	17	2	0		Conservative
1992	34	19	1	0		Conservative
1994	34	20	0	0		Conservative
1995	27	26	0	1		No overall control
1996	24	29	0	1		Liberal Democrats
Wokingham becomes a unitary authority; new ward boundaries (54 seats)
1997	31	23	0	0		Conservative
1999	30	24	0	0		Conservative
2000	27	27	0	0		No overall control
2001	27	27	0	0		No overall control
2002	30	22	1	1		Conservative
2003	34	19	1	0		Conservative
New ward boundaries (54 seats)
2004	38	16	0	0		Conservative
2006	41	13	0	0		Conservative
2007	43	11	0	0		Conservative
2008	44	10	0	0		Conservative
2010	43	11	0	0		Conservative
2011	45	9	0	0		Conservative
2012	43	10	0	1		Conservative
2014	44	7	1	2		Conservative
2015	47	5	1	1		Conservative
2016	48	5	1	0		Conservative
2018	42	8	3	1		Conservative
2019	31	16	4	3		Conservative
2021	31	18	3	2		Conservative
2022	26	23	3	2		No overall control
2023	22	26	5	1		No overall control
New ward boundaries (54 seats)
2024	19	27	8	0		No overall control
2026

Non-metropolitan district elections

1973 Wokingham District Council election
1976 Wokingham District Council election
1979 Wokingham District Council election (New ward boundaries)[2]
1980 Wokingham District Council election
1982 Wokingham District Council election
1983 Wokingham District Council election
1984 Wokingham District Council election
1986 Wokingham District Council election
1987 Wokingham District Council election
1988 Wokingham District Council election
1990 Wokingham District Council election
1991 Wokingham District Council election (District boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same)[3]
1992 Wokingham District Council election
1994 Wokingham District Council election
1995 Wokingham District Council election
1996 Wokingham District Council election

Unitary authority elections

Borough result maps

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2010 results map
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2018 results map
2019 results map
2021 results map
2022 result map
2023 result map
2024 results map

By-election results

1997–2002

Bulmershe By-Election 28 May 1998

Party		Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	540	44.3	+2.7
	Labour	456	37.4	+3.7
	Conservative	222	18.2	−6.5
Majority		84	6.9
Turnout		1,218	39.6
	Liberal Democrats hold	Swing

Barkham By-Election 8 November 2001[8]

Party		Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	303	78.1	−2.8
	UKIP	45	11.6	+11.6
	Liberal Democrats	40	10.3	−0.8
Majority		258	66.5
Turnout		388	22.7
	Conservative hold	Swing

2002–2006

Winnersh By-Election 25 November 2004[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Malcolm Armstrong	751	51.5	+13.1
	Conservative		622	42.6	+1.0
	UKIP		86	5.9	−8.5
Majority			129	8.9
Turnout			1,459	24.0
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Swallowfield By-Election 17 February 2005

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Stuart Munro	405	60.5	−18.3
	Independent	Max Bowker	120	17.9	+17.9
	Liberal Democrats	Caroline Smith	109	16.3	−4.9
	UKIP	Vince Pearson	35	5.2	+5.2
Majority			254	42.6
Turnout			669
	Conservative hold		Swing

Maiden Erlegh By-Election 3 November 2005[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Paul Swaddle	1,027	51.0	+8.6
	Liberal Democrats	Dave Swindells	835	41.5	+11.5
	Labour	Jacqueline Rupert	97	4.8	−5.3
	UKIP	David Lamb	55	2.7	−8.1
Majority			192	9.5
Turnout			2,014	28.2
	Conservative hold		Swing

2006–2010

Remenham, Wargrave and Ruscombe By-Election 6 December 2007[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Kersley	913	70.6	−2.9
	Liberal Democrats	Martin Alder	237	18.3	−0.5
	UKIP	Franklin Carstairs	83	6.4	+2.5
	Labour	Brian Scott	60	4.6	+0.8
Majority			676	52.3
Turnout			1,293
	Conservative hold		Swing

Coronation By-Election 13 November 2008[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Katherine Povey	850	53.2	+0.0
	Liberal Democrats	Coling Lawley	675	42.2	+4.6
	UKIP	Amy Thornton	74	4.6	−0.2
Majority			175	11.0
Turnout			1,599
	Conservative hold		Swing

Wokingham Without By-Election 4 June 2009[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Sleight	1,809	67.3	−8.9
	Liberal Democrats	David Vaughan	711	26.5	+13.0
	BNP	Mark Burke	166	6.2	+6.2
Majority			1,098	40.8
Turnout			2,686	44.5
	Conservative hold		Swing

2010–2014

Remenham, Wargrave and Ruscombe By-Election 21 July 2011[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Halsall	850	65.9	+0.6
	Liberal Democrats	Martin Alder	272	21.1	−7.1
	Labour	Matthew Dent	94	7.3	+0.7
	UKIP	Andy Heape	55	4.3	+4.3
	Green	Martyn Foss	19	1.5	+1.5
Majority			578	44.8
Turnout			1,290	29.4
	Conservative hold		Swing

2014–2018

Bulmershe and Whitegates by-election 13 November 2014[15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Alison Swaddle	726	35.4	+8.5
	Labour	Greg Bello	498	24.3	−10.0
	Liberal Democrats	Munir Ahmed	448	21.8	+4.1
	UKIP	Peter Jackson	275	13.4	−1.6
	Green	Adrian Windisch	105	5.1	−1.0
Majority			228	11.1
Turnout			2,052
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Emmbrook by-election 17 February 2017[16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Imogen Shepherd-DuBey	1,575	59.7	+22.6
	Conservative	Kevin Morgan	879	33.3	−4.2
	UKIP	Phil Ray	104	3.9	−11.5
	Labour	Christopher Everett	79	3.0	−6.9
Majority			696	26.4
Turnout			2,637	39.7	–3.4
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

2018–2022

Evendons by-election 7 February 2019[17]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Sarah Kerr	1,441	63.1	+16.3
	Conservative	Daniel Clawson	729	31.9	−8.8
	Labour	Timothy Lloyd	115	5.0	−7.5
Majority			713	31.2
Turnout			2,294	32.7	−8.3
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

2022–2026

Shinfield by-election 5 December 2024[18]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Jackie Rance	765	49.0
	Labour	Becca Brown	387	24.8
	Liberal Democrats	Chris Johnson	336	21.5
	Green	Gary Shacklady	73	4.7
Majority			378	24.2
Turnout			1,561
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Winnersh by-election 6 February 2025[19]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Chetna Jamthe	1,177	52.7
	Conservative	Nick Kilby	833	37.3
	Labour	Parvinder Singh	126	5.6
	Green	Samuel Langlois	99	4.4
Majority			344	15.4
Turnout			2,235
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Maiden Erlegh & Whitegates by-election 5 June 2025[20]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Mike Smith	1,028	31.2	3.2
	Labour	Andy Croy	793	24.1	−0.2
	Conservative	Guy Grandison	788	23.9	−4.2
	Reform	Andrew Harris	486	14.8
	Green	Samuel Langlois	180	5.5	−6.2
	TUSC	Sara Gillman	17	0.5
Majority			235	7.1
Turnout			3,300	39.95
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

References

^ Includes totals for the predecessors of the Liberal Democrats, the Liberal Party and SDP (both of which participated in the Alliance).

^ "Composition calculator". Colin Rallings & Michael Thrasher. The Elections Centre, Plymouth University. Retrieved 14 May 2025.
^ The District of Wokingham (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1978
^ legislation.gov.uk – The Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Hampshire, Oxfordshire and Surrey (County Boundaries) Order 1991. Retrieved on 5 November 2015.
^ legislation.gov.uk – The District of Wokingham (Electoral Changes) Order 2002. Retrieved on 4 October 2015.
^ "Wokingham council". BBC News Online. Retrieved 9 January 2010.
^ "Decision making and structure". Wokingham Borough Council. Retrieved 9 January 2010.
^ The Wokingham (Electoral Changes) Order 2023.
^ "Tories inch ahead". guardian.co.uk. London. 9 November 2001. Retrieved 9 January 2010.
^ "Tories suffer triple defeat". guardian.co.uk. London. 26 November 2004. Retrieved 9 January 2010.
^ "Tories claim clean sweep in council byelections". guardian.co.uk. London. 4 November 2005. Retrieved 9 January 2010.
^ "Election results for Remenham, Wargrave and Ruscombe by-election". Wokingham Borough Council. Retrieved 9 January 2010.
^ "Woodley by-election results". Wokingham Borough Council. Retrieved 9 January 2010.
^ "Election results for Wokingham Without Ward by-election 4 June 2009". Wokingham Borough Council. Retrieved 9 January 2010.
^ "Tories seal comfortable by-election victory". Reading Chronicle. 22 July 2011. Retrieved 22 July 2011.
^ "Local Elections Archive Project — Bulmershe and Whitegates Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 22 February 2024.
^ "Election results for Emmbrook, 17 February 2017". Wokingham Borough Council. Retrieved 19 February 2017.
^ "Election results for Evendons, 7th February 2019". Wokingham Borough Council. Retrieved 9 February 2019.
^ "Local Elections Archive Project — Shinfield Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 7 February 2025.
^ "Winnersh Ward by-election results". Wokingham Borough Council. 12 May 2024. Retrieved 7 February 2025.
^ "Maiden Erlegh & Whitegates Ward by-election results". Wokingham Borough Council. 7 June 2025. Retrieved 7 June 2025.

External links

[2] Includes totals for the predecessors of the Liberal Democrats, the Liberal Party and SDP (both of which participated in the Alliance).

[1] "Composition calculator". Colin Rallings & Michael Thrasher. The Elections Centre, Plymouth University. Retrieved 14 May 2025.

[3] The District of Wokingham (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1978

[4] slation.gov.uk – The Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Hampshire, Oxfordshire and Surrey (County Boundaries) Order 1991. Retrieved on 5 November 2015.

[5] slation.gov.uk – The District of Wokingham (Electoral Changes) Order 2002. Retrieved on 4 October 2015.

[hold-6] "Wokingham council". BBC News Online. Retrieved 9 January 2010.

[decision-7] "Decision making and structure". Wokingham Borough Council. Retrieved 9 January 2010.

[8] The Wokingham (Electoral Changes) Order 2023.

[inch-9] "Tories inch ahead". guardian.co.uk. London. 9 November 2001. Retrieved 9 January 2010.

[triple-10] "Tories suffer triple defeat". guardian.co.uk. London. 26 November 2004. Retrieved 9 January 2010.

[sweep-11] "Tories claim clean sweep in council byelections". guardian.co.uk. London. 4 November 2005. Retrieved 9 January 2010.

[remenham-12] "Election results for Remenham, Wargrave and Ruscombe by-election". Wokingham Borough Council. Retrieved 9 January 2010.

[woodley-13] "Woodley by-election results". Wokingham Borough Council. Retrieved 9 January 2010.

[without-14] "Election results for Wokingham Without Ward by-election 4 June 2009". Wokingham Borough Council. Retrieved 9 January 2010.

[comfortable-15] "Tories seal comfortable by-election victory". Reading Chronicle. 22 July 2011. Retrieved 22 July 2011.

[16] "Local Elections Archive Project — Bulmershe and Whitegates Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 22 February 2024.

[emmbrook17-17] "Election results for Emmbrook, 17 February 2017". Wokingham Borough Council. Retrieved 19 February 2017.

[Evendons19-18] "Election results for Evendons, 7th February 2019". Wokingham Borough Council. Retrieved 9 February 2019.

[19] "Local Elections Archive Project — Shinfield Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 7 February 2025.

[20] "Winnersh Ward by-election results". Wokingham Borough Council. 12 May 2024. Retrieved 7 February 2025.

[21] "Maiden Erlegh & Whitegates Ward by-election results". Wokingham Borough Council. 7 June 2025. Retrieved 7 June 2025.

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