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The 2008 Reading Borough Council election to the Reading Borough Council resulted in gains for the Conservatives and the Liberal Democrats and losses for the Labour Party. The Labour leader of the council, David Sutton, lost his seat in the election.

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 Democrats 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 Democrats 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 16.0%
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 Democrats 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 Democrats Christopher Burden 271 11.0% -0.4%
Green David Patterson 250 10.2% +0.3%
Majority 588 24.0%
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 Democrats 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 Democrats 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 1.6%
Turnout 1955 31%
Liberal Democrats 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 Democrats 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 21.5%
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 Democrats 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 38.0%
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 Democrats Michael Taylor 229 8.6% -0.4%
Green Sunil Gandhi 114 4.2% -3.8%
Majority 71 2.7%
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 Democrats Mark Mills 219 9.5% -3.6%
Green Mark Walker 129 5.6% -2.0%
Majority 398 17.4%
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 Democrats 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 Democrats 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 23.3%
Turnout 3,314 45.3%
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing -4.7%
Redlands Ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats 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 Democrats 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 Democrats 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 Democrats 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 Democrats 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 81 3.1%
Turnout 2,590 36%
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Whitley Ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Mike Orton 963 53.5%
Conservative James Wyman 606 33.6%
Liberal Democrats Christopher Brown 120 6.6%
Green Keith Martin Johnson 104 5.7%
Majority 357 19.9%
Turnout 1,799 24.9%
Labour hold Swing

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