Wokingham Borough Council elections

One third of Wokingham Borough Council in Berkshire, England is elected each year, followed by one year without election. Since the last boundary changes in 2004, 54 councillors have been elected from 25 wards.^[1]

Political control

Since 1997 political control of the council has been held by the following parties:^[2]

Party in control	Years
Conservative	1997–2000
No overall control	2000–2002
Conservative	2002 – present

Council elections

Non-metropolitan district elections

Wokingham District Council election, 1973
Wokingham District Council election, 1976
Wokingham District Council election, 1979 (New ward boundaries)^[3]
Wokingham District Council election, 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 (District boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same)^[4]
Wokingham District Council election, 1992
Wokingham District Council election, 1994
Wokingham District Council election, 1995
Wokingham District Council election, 1996

Unitary authority elections

Borough result maps

2004 results map
2006 results map
2007 results map
2008 results map
2010 results map
2011 results map

By-election results

1997–2005

Bulmershe By-Election 28 May 1998
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat		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 Democrat hold		Swing

Barkham By-Election 8 November 2001^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative		303	78.1	-2.8
	UKIP		45	11.6	+11.6
	Liberal Democrat		40	10.3	-0.8
Majority			258	66.5
Turnout			388	22.7
	Conservative hold		Swing

Winnersh By-Election 25 November 2004^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	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 Democrat 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 Democrat	Caroline Smith	109	16.3	-4.9
	UKIP	Vince Pearson	35	5.2	+5.2
Majority			254	42.6
Turnout			669
	Conservative hold		Swing

2005–2009

Maiden Erlegh By-Election 3 November 2005^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Paul Swaddle	1,027	51.0	+8.6
	Liberal Democrat	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

Remenham, Wargrave and Ruscombe By-Election 6 December 2007^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Kersley	913	70.6	-2.9
	Liberal Democrat	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^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Katherine Povey	850	53.2	+0.0
	Liberal Democrat	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

2009–2013

Wokingham Without By-Election 4 June 2009^[12]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Sleight	1,809	67.3	-8.9
	Liberal Democrat	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

Remenham, Wargrave and Ruscombe By-Election 21 July 2011^[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Halsall	850	65.9	+0.6
	Liberal Democrat	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

References

↑ "Decision making and structure". Wokingham Borough Council. Retrieved 9 January 2010.
↑ "Wokingham". BBC News Online. 19 April 2008. Retrieved 9 January 2010.
↑ 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.
↑ "Wokingham council". BBC News Online. Retrieved 9 January 2010.
↑ legislation.gov.uk - The District of Wokingham (Electoral Changes) Order 2002. Retrieved on 4 October 2015.
↑ "Tories inch ahead". London: guardian.co.uk. 9 November 2001. Retrieved 9 January 2010.
↑ "Tories suffer triple defeat". London: guardian.co.uk. 26 November 2004. Retrieved 9 January 2010.
↑ "Tories claim clean sweep in council byelections". London: guardian.co.uk. 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.

By-election results

External links

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Council elections in Berkshire

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