Reading Borough Council election, 2008

Results

Reading Borough Council Election, 2008
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	6	+4	0	+4	37.5%	40.5%	15,466	+2.2%
	Labour	7	0	5	-4	43.7%	32.2%	12,321	+0.2%
	Liberal Democrat	3	+2	1	+1	18.7%	17.6%	6,729	-2.3%
	Green	0	0	0	0	0%	8.0%	3,061	-0.8%
	Independent	0	0	0	0	0%	0.9%	345	-1.4%
	Common Sense	0	0	0	0	0%	0.6%	247	+0.6%
	The Roman Party Ave!	0	0	0	0	0%	0.4%	18	-0.5%

Ward results

Abbey Ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Tony Page	968	48.0%	+10.1%
	Conservative	Andrew Waters	646	32.0%	-0.8%
	Liberal Democrat	Benjamin Mathis	221	10.9%	-4.1%
	Green	Douglas Cresswell	160	7.9%	-4.4%
	The Roman Party Ave!	Jean Louis Pascual	18	0.9%	+0.9
Majority			322	15.9%
Turnout			2,015	28%
	Labour hold		Swing	+5.4%

Battle Ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Gul Khan	911	48.5%	-2.9%
	Conservative	Ali Asghar	486	25.9%	+2.0%
	Liberal Democrat	Andrew Parsons	253	13.4%	+1.3%
	Green	Adrian Windisch	219	11.6%	-1.8%
Majority			425	22.6%
Turnout			1,876	27.3%
	Labour hold		Swing	-2.4%

Caversham Ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Luckett	1,257	51.2%	+0.9%
	Labour	Matt Rodda	669	27.2%	-1.0%
	Liberal Democrat	Christopher Burden	271	11.0%	-0.4%
	Green	David Patterson	250	10.2%	+0.3%
Majority			588	23.9%
Turnout			2,453	35.8%
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing	+1.0%

Church Ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Azam Janjua	969	45.3%	-2.0%
	Labour	Marian Livingston	782	36.6%	-0.2%
	Liberal Democrat	Karl Hobley	215	10.0%	+1.0%
	Green	Vivienne Joyce Johnson	166	7.7%	+1.1%
Majority			187	8.7%
Turnout			2,136	28.5%
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing	-1.1%

Katesgrove Ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Warren Swaine	757	38.7%	+4.0%
	Labour	David Sutton	727	37.1%	+4.4%
	Conservative	Nicholas Allen	341	17.4%	+3.3%
	Green	Russell Seymour	90	4.6%	-9.3%
	Independent	David Boobier	35	1.7%	-2.7%
Majority			30	0.5%
Turnout			1955	31%
	Liberal Democrat gain from Labour		Swing	-0.4%

Kentwood Ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Emma Warman	1,238	46.5%	+2.3%
	Labour	Richard McKenzie	667	25.0%	-8.6%
	Liberal Democrat	Matthew Platts	402	15.0%	-2.4%
	Common Sense	Howard Thomas	247	9.2%	+9.2%
	Green	Kevin Jackson	107	4.0%	-0.6%
Majority			571	21.4%
Turnout			2666	37%
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing	+5.5%

Mapledurham Ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Fred Pugh	821	61.0%	-3.1%
	Independent	Robert (Bob) O'Neill	310	23.0%	+23.0%
	Liberal Democrat	Michael Eggleton	121	8.9%	-15.3%
	Labour	Daya Pal Singh	67	4.9%	-6.6%
	Green	Caroline Anscombe	27	2.0%	+2.0%
Majority			511	37.9%
Turnout			1346	55%
	Conservative hold		Swing	-13.0%

Minster Ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Deborah Watson	1,186	44.7%	+0.9%
	Conservative	Philip Webb	1,115	42.0%	+3.0%
	Liberal Democrat	Michael Taylor	229	8.6%	-0.4%
	Green	Sunil Gandhi	114	4.2%	-3.8%
Majority			71	2.6%
Turnout			2653	38%
	Labour hold		Swing	-2.1%

Norcot Ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Josephine Lovelock	1,171	51.0%	+1.0%
	Conservative	James Cox	773	33.6%	+4.6%
	Liberal Democrat	Mark Mills	219	9.5%	-3.6%
	Green	Mark Walker	129	5.6%	-2.0%
Majority			398	17.3%
Turnout			2296	32.7%
	Labour hold		Swing	-3.6%

Park Ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jon Hartley	1,014	33.7%	+3.1%
	Green	Rob White	994	33.1%	+7.1%
	Conservative	Martyn Washbourne	704	23.4%	-7.4%
	Liberal Democrat	Neal Brown	286	9.5%	-2.9%
Majority			20	0.6%
Turnout			3006	43.8%
	Labour hold		Swing	-4.0%

Peppard Ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Amjad (Jamie) Chowdhary	1,857	56.0%	+5.1%
	Liberal Democrat	Annette Hendry	1,086	32.7%	-4.3%
	Labour	Helen Hathaway	246	7.4%	+0.9%
	Green	Patrick Little	116	3.5%	+1.1%
Majority			771	23.2%
Turnout			3,314	45.3%
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing	-4.7%

Redlands Ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Glenn Goodall	927	40.1%	-1.1%
	Labour	Peter Kayes	736	31.9%	-1.6%
	Conservative	Laurence Taylor	475	20.5%	+4.6%
	Green	Gabriel Berry	160	6.9%	-0.1%
Majority			191	8.2%
Turnout			2,307	32%
	Liberal Democrat gain from Labour		Swing	+0.5%

Southcote Ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Deborah Edwards	1,333	50.6%	+3.9%
	Conservative	Alan Hawkins	1,067	40.5%	-0.3%
	Liberal Democrat	Guy William Gipps Penman	139	5.2%	2.4%
	Green	James Towell	85	3.2%	-1.4%
Majority			266	10.1%
Turnout			2630	43%
	Labour hold		Swing	+2.1%

Thames Ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Isobel Ballsdon	2,107	65.0%	+1.3%
	Labour	Susan Stainthorpe	484	14.9%	+2.0%
	Liberal Democrat	Pauline Arthur	398	12.2%	-2.6%
	Green	Daniel McNamara	243	7.5%	+1.2%
Majority			1,623	50.1%
Turnout			3,237	45.6%
	Conservative hold		Swing	-0.7%

Tilehurst Ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Peter Beard	1,085	41.8%
	Conservative	Sandra Vickers	1,004	38.7%
	Labour	Raymond Richens	397	15.3%
	Green	Hugh Swann	97	3.7%
Majority
Turnout			2,590	36%
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Whitley Ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mike Orton	963	53.5%
	Conservative	James Wyman	606	33.6%
	Liberal Democrat	Christopher Brown	120	6.6%
	Green	Keith Martin Johnson	104	5.7%
Majority
Turnout			1,799	24.9%
	Labour hold		Swing

References

Local Election Results 2008

Council elections in Berkshire

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