Wokingham District Council election, 2001
The 2001 Wokingham District Council election took place on 7 June 2001 to elect members of Wokingham Unitary Council in Berkshire, England. One third of the council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control.[1]
The previous election in 2000 saw both the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats win 27 seats.[2] The Liberal Democrats took control of the administration 2 months later after one of the Conservative councillors, Nigel Rose, abstained enabling the Liberal Democrats to get the mayor's casting vote.[2]
The results of the 2001 election saw no change with both main parties remaining on the same number of seats.[3] Overall turnout was significantly increased at 63.75% due to the election being held at the same time as the 2001 general election.[3]
After the election, the composition of the council was
Election result
Wokingham Local Election Result 2001[4][5] |
Party |
Seats |
Gains |
Losses |
Net gain/loss |
Seats % |
Votes % |
Votes |
+/− |
|
Conservative |
9 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
50.0 |
42.5 |
26,359 |
-6.0% |
|
Liberal Democrat |
9 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
50.0 |
39.9 |
24,749 |
-1.8% |
|
Labour |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
17.1 |
10,596 |
+8.0% |
|
Green |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.4 |
278 |
+0.4% |
|
Independent |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.1 |
76 |
+0.1% |
Ward results
Bulmershe[3][5] |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Liberal Democrat |
Sellam Rahmouni |
715 |
36.7 |
-10.7 |
|
Labour |
Nelson Bland |
701 |
35.9 |
+3.3 |
|
Conservative |
Robert Wood |
534 |
27.4 |
+7.4 |
Majority |
14 |
0.8 |
-14.0 |
Turnout |
1,950 |
64.0 |
|
|
Liberal Democrat hold |
Swing |
|
|
Coronation[3][5] |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Liberal Democrat |
Terence Dredge |
1,854 |
47.8 |
+0.2 |
|
Conservative |
Susan Doughty |
1,477 |
38.1 |
-7.4 |
|
Labour |
Ian Hills |
545 |
14.1 |
+7.2 |
Majority |
377 |
9.7 |
+7.6 |
Turnout |
3,876 |
66.9 |
+32.3 |
|
Liberal Democrat hold |
Swing |
|
|
Emmbrook[3][5] |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Liberal Democrat |
Keith Malvern |
1,508 |
46.9 |
|
|
Conservative |
Dennis Carver |
1,334 |
41.5 |
|
|
Labour |
John Baker |
376 |
11.7 |
|
Majority |
174 |
5.4 |
|
Turnout |
3,218 |
68.3 |
+30.4 |
|
Liberal Democrat hold |
Swing |
|
|
Little Hungerford[3][5] |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Liberal Democrat |
David Swindells |
2,278 |
43.9 |
-3.5 |
|
Conservative |
Christopher Edmunds |
2,001 |
38.6 |
-5.0 |
|
Labour |
Jacqueline Rupert |
907 |
17.5 |
+8.6 |
Majority |
277 |
5.3 |
+1.5 |
Turnout |
5,186 |
63.7 |
+36.0 |
|
Liberal Democrat hold |
Swing |
|
|
Loddon[3][5] |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Liberal Democrat |
Alan Clifford |
1,605 |
41.9 |
-9.2 |
|
Conservative |
Kathleen Henderson |
1,294 |
33.8 |
-2.8 |
|
Labour |
Janice Kite |
932 |
24.3 |
+12.1 |
Majority |
311 |
8.1 |
-6.4 |
Turnout |
3,831 |
60.1 |
+41.2 |
|
Liberal Democrat hold |
Swing |
|
|
Redhatch[3][5] |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Liberal Democrat |
David Hare |
3,284 |
45.4 |
-5.4 |
|
Conservative |
Norman Jorgensen |
2,558 |
35.4 |
+1.6 |
|
Labour |
Susan Salts |
1,038 |
14.3 |
+6.0 |
|
Green |
Mark Broad |
278 |
3.8 |
+3.8 |
|
Independent |
Colin Forrestal |
76 |
1.1 |
+1.1 |
Majority |
726 |
10.0 |
-7.0 |
Turnout |
7,234 |
59.4 |
+38.4 |
|
Liberal Democrat hold |
Swing |
|
|
South Lake[3][5] |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Liberal Democrat |
Coling Lawley |
1,407 |
51.2 |
-5.3 |
|
Conservative |
Gerald Pett |
688 |
25.0 |
-5.4 |
|
Labour |
David Kay |
653 |
23.8 |
+10.7 |
Majority |
719 |
26.2 |
+0.1 |
Turnout |
2,748 |
59.0 |
+39.4 |
|
Liberal Democrat hold |
Swing |
|
|
Twyford & Ruscombe[3][5] |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Liberal Democrat |
Stephen Conway |
2,203 |
57.2 |
-1.1 |
|
Conservative |
Gerald Garnett |
1,235 |
32.1 |
-1.1 |
|
Labour |
Roy Mantel |
412 |
10.7 |
+2.2 |
Majority |
968 |
25.1 |
+0.0 |
Turnout |
3,850 |
66.8 |
+27.8 |
|
Liberal Democrat hold |
Swing |
|
|
Whitegates[3][5] |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Liberal Democrat |
Jennifer Lissaman |
976 |
48.5 |
-5.5 |
|
Labour |
Pippa White |
534 |
26.5 |
+2.2 |
|
Conservative |
Paul Swaddle |
503 |
25.0 |
+3.4 |
Majority |
442 |
22.0 |
-7.7 |
Turnout |
2,013 |
67.5 |
+32.9 |
|
Liberal Democrat hold |
Swing |
|
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