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
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 19 29 5 1[b] Liberal Democrats

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

By-election results

1997–2002

Bulmershe By-Election 28 May 1998
Party Candidate 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 Candidate 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

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