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2024 Wokingham Borough Council election

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2024 Wokingham Borough Council election

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54 out of 54 seats to Wokingham Borough Council
28 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party
  Blank Blank
Leader Stephen Conway Pauline Jorgensen
Party Liberal Democrats Conservative
Last election 26 seats, 41.3% 22 seats, 36.6%
Seats before 26 22
Seats after 27 19
Seat change Increase 1 Decrease 3
Popular vote 61,794 56,938
Percentage 41.2% 37.9%
Swing Decrease 0.1% Increase 1.3%

  Third party Fourth party
  Blank Blank
Leader Andy Croy
Party Labour Independent
Last election 5 seats, 16.3% 1 seat, 1.7%
Seats before 5 1
Seats after 8 0
Seat change Increase 3 Decrease 1
Popular vote 27,173 336
Percentage 18.1% 0.2%
Swing Increase 1.8% Decrease 1.5%

Winner of each seat at the 2024 Wokingham Borough Council election

Leader before election

Stephen Conway
Liberal Democrat
No overall control

Leader after election

Stephen Conway
Liberal Democrat
No overall control

The 2024 Wokingham Borough Council election took place on Thursday 2 May 2024, to elect members of Wokingham Borough Council in Berkshire, England. This was on the same day as other local elections across England. Due to boundary changes all seats were up for election. The main impact of the boundary changes is that all wards in the Borough are now three member wards; the number of seats remained the same at 54. The old warding system had a mix of one, two and three member wards.[1]

Prior to the election, the council was under no overall control. The Liberal Democrats were the largest party and had been so since the 2022 election. At the 2024 election, the council remained under no overall control. The Liberal Democrats made a net gain of one seat, giving them exactly half the seats on the council, leaving them one seat short of a majority.[2][3]

The composition of the council before the election was as follows:

26 5 1 22
LD LAB IND CON

After the election, the composition of the council became:

27 8 19
LD LAB CON

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After the 'all-up' elections in 2024, the Borough will continue to elect councilors by thirds, with one member in every ward being elected every year. 2025 will be a 'fallow year', i.e. a year with no elections with the next elections being in 2026, 2027 and 2028 and the next fallow year in 2029.

Election Summary

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2024 Wokingham Borough Council election
Party Candidates Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Liberal Democrats 54 27 1 0 Increase 1 50.0 41.2 61,794 Decrease 0.1
  Conservative 54 19 0 3 Decrease 3 35.2 37.9 56,938 Increase 1.3
  Labour 54 8 3 0 Increase 3 14.8 18.1 27,173 Increase 1.8
  Green 8 0 0 0 Steady 0 0 2.3 3,383 Decrease 0.6
  Independent 1 0 0 1 Decrease 1 0 0.2 336 Decrease 1.5
  TUSC 2 0 0 0 Steady 0 0 0.1 152 Increase 0.1

There were a total of 150,073 votes cast with a total of 297 spoiled ballots.[5]

Ward results

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Sitting councilors are marked with an asterisk (*).

Barkham & Arborfield

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Barkham and Arborfied Election - Results by Party in 2024

  Labour Party (UK) (10.4%)

Barkham & Arborfield was formed from the former single-member wards of Barkham and Arborfield, plus the West of Finchampstead South centred on Arborfield Green, and a very small part of the old Swallowfield ward.[6]

It was the only ward with no incumbent councillors standing. Both Barkham's Ian Pittock (Liberal Democrat) and Arborfield's Gary Cowan (Independent) stood down, and both Finchampstead South councillors, David Cornish (Liberal Democrat) and Rebecca Margetts (Conservative) contested the new Finchampstead ward.[7] Annette Medhurst was the Labour candidate for Wokingham in the 2019 General Election, finishing third with 10.4% of the vote.[8]

Barkham & Arborfield[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Adrian Betteridge 1,018 42.7
Conservative Joseph Barley 982 41.2
Conservative George Evans 973 40.8
Liberal Democrats Joseph Boadu 964 40.5
Liberal Democrats Heather Richards 940 39.4
Conservative Sebastian Graabek 840 35.2
Green Asad Feroz 322 13.5
Labour Jane Francis 257 10.8
Labour Annette Medhurst 242 10.2
Labour Tim Jinkerson 202 8.5
Rejected ballots 7
Turnout 2,390 32.2
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Bulmershe & Coronation

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Bulmershe & Coronation Election Results by Party in 2024

  Labour Party (UK) (21.2%)

Bulmershe & Coronation contains almost all of the former Coronation ward, the part of the former Sonning ward which was in the parish of Woodley, and much of the Bulmershe part of the three-member Bulmershe and Whitegates ward.[6]

Alison Swaddle was one the two incumbent councillors for Coronation, whilst Shahid Younis was an incumbent councillor for the abolished Bulmershe & Whitegates ward.[9] Younis' fellow Bulmershe & Whitegates councillor Tony Skuse (Labour) contested Maiden Erlegh & Whitegates which contains the other half of their former ward, whilst the other incumbent councillor Andy Croy (Labour) contested Wescott in Wokingham Town.[7]

Bulmershe & Coronation
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Alison Swaddle* 1,468 51.8
Conservative Shahid Younis* 1,318 46.5
Conservative Yusra Salman 1,173 41.4
Liberal Democrats Paul Barton 632 22.3
Labour Charlotte Mcfarlane 591 20.9
Liberal Democrats Steve Nash 584 20.6
Labour Will Evans 576 20.3
Green Gary Shacklady 542 19.1
Labour David Sharp 510 18.0
Liberal Democrats Sheila Jordan 467 16.5
Rejected ballots 18
Turnout 2,850 40.2
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Emmbrook

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Emmbrook Election Results by Party in 2024

  Labour Party (UK) (10.2%)

Emmbrook was not affected by the boundary changes. Rachel Bishop-Firth and Imogen Shepherd-DuBey were both incumbents for Emmbrook.[9] David Lee was a former councillor for Norreys and was Leader of the Council for six years before stepping down in 2014.[10] Kate Haines was a former Conservative Councillor for Coronation Ward in 2015, but did not stand again in 2019.[11]

Emmbrook
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Rachel Bishop-Firth* 1,760 54.7 N/A
Liberal Democrats Imogen Shepherd-DuBey* 1,736 54.0 N/A
Liberal Democrats Basit Alvi 1,562 48.6 N/A
Conservative David Lee 1,069 33.2 N/A
Conservative Kate Haines 918 28.5 N/A
Conservative John McDermott 813 25.3 N/A
Green Lauren Seymour 369 11.5 N/A
Labour Barrie Callender 356 11.1 N/A
Labour Marilyn Groves 293 9.1 N/A
Labour John Ferguson 291 9.0 N/A
Rejected ballots 22
Turnout 3,238 40.65 −2.04
Liberal Democrats hold
Liberal Democrats hold
Liberal Democrats hold

Evendons

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Evendons Election Results by Party in 2024

Evendons was not affected by the boundary changes. Incumbent councillors Sarah Kerr and Ian Shenton, both Liberal Democrats, are standing down.[9] Mark Ashwell was a former Conservative Councillor for Evendons ward, but is now standing for the Liberal Democrats [12] Louise Timlin has also previously stood for the Women's Equality Party and is now standing for the Liberal Democrats[13]

Evendons
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Mark Ashwell 1,668 57.4
Liberal Democrats Louise Timlin 1,580 54.4
Liberal Democrats Adrian Mather* 1,552 53.4
Conservative Jasmine Waters 876 30.2
Conservative Jeff Cant 873 30.1
Conservative Martin Jeater 839 28.9
Labour Alwyn Jones 324 11.2
Labour Mary Morris 306 10.5
Labour Colin Heath 284 9.8
Rejected ballots 22
Turnout 2,927 42.2
Liberal Democrats hold
Liberal Democrats hold
Liberal Democrats hold

Finchampstead

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Finchampstead Election Results by Party in 2024

Finchampstead was formed by merging Finchampstead North with the majority of Finchampstead South, excluding the Western part of the ward centred on Arborfield Green which is part of Barkham & Arborfield.[6]

Both former Finchampstead wards elected two councillors. David Cornish and Rebecca Margetts were incumbent councillors for Finchampstead South, whilst Peter Harper and Charles Margetts were incumbent councillors for Finchampstead North.[9] As all four incumbents standing in Finchampstead, it was one of two wards in the election (the other being Maiden Erlegh & Whitegates) with more incumbents standing than there were seats available.[7]

Finchampstead
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Charles Margetts* 1,715 47.4
Conservative Rebecca Margetts* 1,707 47.2
Conservative Peter Harper* 1,677 46.4
Liberal Democrats David Cornish* 1,635 45.2
Liberal Democrats Becky Eytle 1,498 41.4
Liberal Democrats Fiona Dignan 1,404 38.8
Labour Judy Clark 246 6.8
Labour Grace Tapping 238 6.6
Labour Ian Hills 196 5.4
Rejected ballots 24
Turnout 3,641 44.8
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Hawkedon

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Hawkedon Election Results by Party in 2024

  Labour Party (UK) (13.3%)

Hawkedon gained a part of the former Maiden Erlegh ward in the North. Incumbent councillor Clive Jones (Liberal Democrat) stood down to focus on his parliamentary candidacy in the Wokingham constituency.[14]

Hawkedon
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats David Hare* 1,433 43.6
Conservative Rohit Ahlawat 1,413 43.0
Liberal Democrats Melanie De Jong 1,356 41.2
Liberal Democrats Andrew Mickleburgh* 1,355 41.2
Conservative Tim Holton 1,293 39.3
Conservative Guy Grandison 1,274 38.8
Labour Mark Craske 527 16.0
Labour Carmel Law-Sinha 386 11.7
Labour Harry McKeown 338 10.3
Rejected ballots 13
Turnout 3,300 42.2
Liberal Democrats hold
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats
Liberal Democrats hold

Hillside

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Hillside Election Results by Party in 2024

  Labour Party (UK) (11.4%)

Hillside gained part of the former Maiden Erlegh Ward, notably that part of the ward which included parts of the Reading University campus and a few roads from Shinfield. Three incumbent Hillside councillors stood - Pauline Jorgensen, Al Neale and Caroline Smith. Jorgensen also stood as the Conservative Parliamentary candidate for the new seat of Earley and Woodley which includes this ward.

Hillside
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Pauline Jorgensen* 1,699 48.7
Conservative Moses Iyengunmwena 1,399 40.1
Liberal Democrats Caroline Smith* 1,376 39.4
Liberal Democrats Al Neal* 1,324 37.9
Liberal Democrats Ryan Browne 1,307 37.4
Conservative Salman Afzal 1,263 36.2
Labour Evan Ainsworth 421 12.1
Labour Hari Sarasan 401 11.5
Green Harrison Watson 353 10.1
Labour Jacqueline Rupert 305 8.7
Rejected ballots 14
Turnout 3,504 46.7
Conservative hold
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats
Liberal Democrats hold

Loddon

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Loddon Election Results by Party in 2024

  Labour Party (UK) (49.8%)

Under the new boundaries, the most South West part of Loddon was instead included in South Lake. Loddon's Eastern boundary remained unchanged, continuing to follow the Woodley parish boundary.[6]

Loddon
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Greg Bello 1,338 49.1
Labour Majid Nagra 1,316 48.3
Labour Alex Freeney 1,159 42.5
Conservative David Bragg 1,033 37.9
Conservative Bill Soane* 1,003 36.8
Conservative Abdul Loyes* 869 31.9
Liberal Democrats Alex Heap 406 14.9
Liberal Democrats Ally Fraser 254 9.3
Liberal Democrats Irene Khayinza 240 8.8
Rejected ballots 23
Turnout 2,748 40.2
Labour gain from Conservative
Labour gain from Conservative
Labour gain from Conservative

Maiden Erlegh & Whitegates

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Maiden Erlegh & Whitegates Election Results by Party in 2024

  Labour Party (UK) (27.5%)

The new ward consists of the Whitegates area of the former Bulmershe & Whitegates ward merged with a reduced Maiden Erlegh ward. Parts of Maiden Erlegh ward were lost to Hillside and Hawkedon wards.

Norman Jorgensen, Stephen Newton and Mike Smith were incumbent councillors for Maiden Erlegh, whilst Tony Skuse was an incumbent councillor for Bulmershe & Whitegates.[9] This makes it one of two wards, alongside Finchampstead, where there were more incumbent councillors standing than there are seats available.

Skuse's fellow Bulmershe & Whitegates councillors stood in different wards. Shahid Younis (Conservative) stood in the new Bulmershe & Coronation ward and Andy Croy (Labour) stood in Wescott in the East of the Borough.[7]

Andy Siu-Hong Ng was a Democratic Party Councillor in Hong Kong. On relocating to Wokingham he stood again as a Councillor, for the Liberal Democrats.

Maiden Erlegh & Whitegates
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Norman Jorgensen* 1,187 31.8
Liberal Democrats Stephen Newton* 1,182 31.7
Liberal Democrats Andy Siu-Hong Ng 1,162 31.1
Liberal Democrats Mike Smith* 1,133 30.4
Conservative Wazir Hussain 1,110 29.8
Labour Richard McKenzie 1,026 27.5
Labour Vikram Duhan 959 25.7
Conservative Ranga Madhu 956 25.6
Labour Tony Skuse* 898 24.1
Green Samuel Langlois 493 13.2
Independent Ibrahim Mohammed 336 9.0
Rejected ballots 21
Turnout 3,752 46.07
Conservative win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Norreys

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Norreys Election Results by Party in 2024

  Labour Party (UK) (46.4%)

Norreys lost part of the ward to Wescott with a small part of Wescott moving the other way for this election.

Norreys
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Rachel Burgess* 1,398 52.0
Labour Marie-Louise Weighill* 1,128 42.0
Labour Nagi Nagella 1,063 39.6
Conservative Phil Cunnington* 963 35.9
Conservative Lisa Jane Fairweather 853 31.8
Conservative Roger Greer 786 29.3
Liberal Democrats Matteo Fumagalli 524 19.5
Liberal Democrats Warren Dixon 495 18.4
Liberal Democrats Paul Sayers 421 15.7
TUSC Sara Gillman 69 2.6
Rejected ballots 14
Turnout 2,700 39.6
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour gain from Conservative

Shinfield

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Shinfield Election Results by Party in 2024

  Labour Party (UK) (43.0%)

The new Shinfield ward was made up of the former Shinfield North ward and part of Shinfield South to form one three-councillor ward. Labour's Andrew Gray is the incumbent councillor for Shinfield North, whilst Conservative Jackie Rance is an incumbent councillor for Shinfield South,[9] Rance's two fellow incumbents for Shinfield South, Catherine Glover and Chris Johnson (both Liberal Democrats), chose to instead stand in Spencers Wood and Swallowfield.[7]

Shinfield
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Sarah Bell 997 42.9
Labour Andrew Gray* 923 39.7
Conservative Vishal Srinivasan 881 37.9
Conservative Jackie Rance* 868 37.3
Labour Varinder Anand 867 37.3
Conservative Hilary Pollock 855 36.8
Liberal Democrats Shanks Garg 405 17.4
Liberal Democrats Nicola Brock 397 17.1
Liberal Democrats Bob Wharton 253 10.9
Rejected ballots 17
Turnout 2,341 33.36
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

South Lake

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South Lake Election Results by Party in 2024

  Labour Party (UK) (20.2%)

South Lake gained part of the Loddon ward, as well as a smaller part of the former Bulmershe and Whitegates ward. South Lake previously elected two members, whilst the new South Lake, as with all the new wards, has three members.[6]

Beth Rowland served as Wokingham Borough Mayor, presiding over meetings of the Council.[15] The other South Lake incumbent councillor, Laura Blumenthal (Conservative) stood down to focus on her parliamentary candidacy in Brentford & Isleworth.[16]

South Lake
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Kay Gilder 1,180 41.6
Liberal Democrats Beth Rowland* 1,080 38.1
Liberal Democrats Carol Jewel 1,065 37.6
Conservative James Bourke 1056 37.2
Liberal Democrats Nigel Harman 1008 35.5
Conservative Michaela Dalton 994 35.0
Labour Tom Clark 616 21.7
Labour Ann Dally 571 20.1
Labour Stevie Horton 435 15.3
Rejected ballots 19
Turnout 2,855 38.58
Conservative hold
Liberal Democrats hold
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Spencers Wood & Swallowfield

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Spencers Wood and Swallowfield Election Results by Party in 2024

Spencers Wood and Swallowfield comprises the former Swallowfield ward and part of the former Shinfield South ward to make a single three member ward. Catherine Glover and Chris Johnson were incumbent councillors for Shinfield South, whilst Stuart Munro was the incumbent councillor for Swallowfield. Glover and Johnson's fellow Shinfield South incumbent, Conservative Jackie Rance, stood instead in Shinfield.

Adam Gillman sought to stand in Spencers Wood and Swallowfield for the Trade Union and Socialist Coalition, however his candidacy was rejected on the grounds that '[t]he particulars of the candidate are not as required by law'. Adam would later write to the Socialist clarifying “Despite being 18 years old and eligible to vote in the 2 May election, they explained that I couldn’t stand, because the nomination deadline was three days before my 18th birthday.”[17] Gillman was the only candidate whose nomination was not accepted by the Returning Officer in the election.[7]

Spencers Wood & Swallowfield
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Catherine Glover* 1,189 43.6
Conservative Dave Edmonds 1,103 40.4
Conservative Stuart Munro* 1,077 39.5
Conservative Anthony Pollock 1047 38.4
Liberal Democrats Chris Johnson* 1020 37.4
Liberal Democrats Dominic Rider 856 31.4
Green Tom Blomley 418 15.3
Labour June Taylor 259 9.5
Labour Will Gale 252 9.2
Labour Stuart Hooper 224 8.2
Rejected ballots 18
Turnout 2,748 35.38
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Thames

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Thames Election Results by Party in 2024

  Labour Party (UK) (12.6%)

Thames ward comprised the parishes of Charvil, Sonning, Remenham and Wargrave. Charvil and Sonning which were previously their own single-member wards, although the Sonning ward did not strictly follow the parish boundary and included a small part of North Woodley. Remenham and Wargrave were combined with the parish of Ruscombe into the two-member ward of Remenham, Wargrave & Ruscombe. Ruscombe is now part of the new Twyford, Ruscombe & Hurst ward.[6]

Sam Akhtar was the incumbent councillor for Charvil and Michael Firmager was the incumbent councillor for Sonning. Wayne Smith was the incumbent for the ward of Hurst, which was combined into the new ward of Twyford, Remenham & Hurst.[9]

Both incumbents for Remenham, Wargrave & Ruscombe, John Halsall and Graham Howe (both Conservative), stood down.[9] Halsall served as Leader of the Council during the Covid-19 pandemic.[18]

Thames
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Sam Akhtar* 1,416 53.6
Conservative Wayne Smith* 1,284 48.6
Liberal Democrats Katrin Harding 1,217 46.1
Conservative Michael Firmager* 1,186 44.9
Liberal Democrats Yonni Wilson 1,172 44.4
Liberal Democrats Paddy Power 1,027 38.9
Labour Stuart Crainer 380 14.4
Labour Tracy Hugman 355 13.4
Labour Brian Scott 317 12.0
Rejected ballots 12 0.1
Turnout 2,953 41.5
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Twyford, Ruscombe & Hurst

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Twyford, Ruscombe & Hurst Election Results by Party in 2024

Twyford, Ruscombe & Hurst was created from the parishes of Hurst, Ruscombe and Twyford. Hurst and Twyford were previously their own wards, electing one and two members respectively. Ruscombe was previously part of the two-member Wargrave, Remenham & Ruscombe ward.[6]

Stephen Conway is an incumbent councillor for Twyford,[9] and the current Leader of the Council.[19] The incumbent councillor for Hurst, Wayne Smith (Conservative), is standing in the new Thames ward.

Twyford, Ruscombe & Hurst
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Stephen Conway* 2,456 72.6
Liberal Democrats Martin Alder 2,027 60.0
Liberal Democrats Martijn Andrea 2,008 59.4
Conservative John Jarvis 719 21.3
Conservative Grant Woolner 579 17.1
Conservative George Malcolm 576 17.0
Green Merv Boniface 453 13.4
Labour Rona Noble 250 7.4
Labour Roy Mantel 211 6.2
Labour Peter Tang 170 5.0
Rejected ballots 14
Turnout 3,395 43.1
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Wescott

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Wescott Election Results by Party in 2024

  Labour Party (UK) (17.8%)

Wescott gained part of the Norreys ward and lost a small part to Norreys as a result of the boundary review. Wescott ward was previously a two member ward, but it will now be a three member ward. Jane Ainslie was a councillor for Wescott under the previous boundaries, whilst Andy Croy was a councillor for the abolished Bulmershe & Whitegates ward in the West of the Borough.[9]

Wescott[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Jane Ainslie* 1,318 46.8
Liberal Democrats Rob Comber 1,202 42.6
Liberal Democrats Chris Cooke 990 35.1
Conservative Gregor Murray 964 34.2
Conservative James Pett 879 31.2
Conservative Raj Sharma 791 28.1
Labour Andy Croy* 661 23.4
Green Dave Chapman 433 15.4
Labour Paula Montie 392 13.9
Labour Aaron Pearson 370 13.1
Rejected ballots 7
Turnout 2,826 37.4
Liberal Democrats hold
Liberal Democrats hold
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Winnersh

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Winnersh Election Results by Party in 2024

  Labour Party (UK) (11.4%)

Winnersh ward was unaffected by the boundary changes. Accordingly, Prue Bray, Paul Fishwick and Rachelle Shepherd-DuBey were also councillors for Winnersh under the previous boundaries.

Winnersh[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Prue Bray* 1,703 63.4
Liberal Democrats Rachelle Shepherd-DuBey* 1,473 54.8
Liberal Democrats Paul Fishwick* 1,460 54.4
Conservative Anne Chadwick 755 28.1
Conservative Jonathan Pollock 620 23.1
Conservative Martyn Washbourne 609 22.7
Labour David Evans 305 11.4
Labour Paul Eastaugh 301 11.2
Labour Allan Murungi 263 9.8
TUSC John Gillman 83 3.1
Rejected ballots 14
Turnout 2,700 34.0
Liberal Democrats hold
Liberal Democrats hold
Liberal Democrats hold

Wokingham Without

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Wokingham Without Election Results by Party in 2024

Wokingham Without was unchanged by the boundary review. Accordingly, David Davies and Jordan Montgomery were also councillors for Wokingham Without under the previous boundaries.

Wokingham Without[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Marc Brunel-Walker 1,267 49.6 N/A
Liberal Democrats Jordan Montgomery* 1,256 49.2 N/A
Conservative Séona Turtle 1,117 43.7 N/A
Conservative David Davies* 1082 42.3 N/A
Liberal Democrats Chris Salmon 977 38.2 N/A
Conservative Ullakarin Clark 958 37.5 N/A
Labour Joyce Lam 181 7.1 N/A
Labour Alex Fry 161 6.3 N/A
Labour Jac Pluves 137 5.4 N/A
Rejected ballots 18
Turnout 2,573 40.31 N/A
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative
Liberal Democrats hold
Conservative hold

Council Membership by party after each election 2010–2024

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Election results 2010–2024
Party 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016 2018 2019 2021 2022 2023 2024
Conservative 43 45 43 44 47 47 42 31 31 26 22 19
Labour 0 0 0 1 1 1 3 4 3 3 5 8
Liberal Democrats 11 9 10 7 5 5 8 16 18 23 26 27
Other parties 0 0 1 2 1 1 1 3 2 2 1 0
Total Seats 54 54 54 54 54 54 54 54 54 54 54 54

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