2001 Reading Borough Council election

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15 seats of 45 on council
23 seats needed for a majority

	First party	Second party	Third party
	Lab	LD	Con
Leader	David Sutton	Ian Fenwick	Fred Pugh
Party	Labour	Liberal Democrats	Conservative
Seats before	36	6	3
Seats after	36	6	3
Seat change
Popular vote	28,187	14,781	16,209
Percentage	46.8	24.5	26.9

The 2001 Reading Borough Council election was held on 7 June 2001, at the same time as other local elections across England and Northern Ireland, and on the same day as the general election. One third of the 45 seats on Reading Borough Council were up for election. No seats changed party at the election, and the council therefore continued to have a Labour majority, with David Sutton continuing as leader of the party and the council. The Liberal Democrat leader, Ian Fenwick, led his party into the election, but did not stand for re-election. He was replaced as party leader after the election by Bob Green.

Results

Reading Borough Council Election, 2001
	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes
Labour	12	0	0	0	80.0%	46.8%	28,187
Conservative	1	0	0	0	6.7%	26.9%	16,209
Liberal Democrats	2	0	0	0	13.3%	24.5%	14,781
Green	0				0%	1.8%	1,088

Ward results

The results in each ward were as follows:

Abbey Ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	June Orton	2,287	57.3
	Conservative	David Stevens	865	21.7
	Liberal Democrats	John Wood	839	21.0
Turnout			3,991
	Labour hold		Swing

Battle Ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Chris Maskell	2,194	62.6
	Conservative	Dharam Ahuja	687	19.6
	Liberal Democrats	Martin Reilly	621	17.7
Turnout			3,502
	Labour hold		Swing

Caversham Ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Steve Waite	2,474	46.5
	Conservative	Andrew Kitching	1,760	33.1
	Liberal Democrats	Diane Elliss	1,081	20.3
Turnout			5,315
	Labour hold		Swing

Church Ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Christine Grieve	1,638	54.9
	Conservative	Tim Milgate	818	27.4
	Liberal Democrats	Anthony Warrell	382	12.8
	Green	Richard Bradbury	148	5.0
Turnout			2,986
	Labour hold		Swing

Katesgrove Ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	David Sutton	1,582	51.4
	Liberal Democrats	James Smart	849	27.6
	Conservative	Shirley Mills	647	21.0
Turnout			3,078
	Labour hold		Swing

Kentwood Ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Vikki Lloyd	1,873	46.5
	Conservative	Tom Steele	1,282	31.9
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Duveen	870	21.6
Turnout			4,025
	Labour hold		Swing

Minster Ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Dave Dymond	2,078	49.2
	Conservative	Michael Wade	1,242	29.4
	Liberal Democrats	Nicolas Lawson	694	16.4
	Green	Hugh Swann	207	4.9
Turnout			4,221
	Labour hold		Swing

Norcot Ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Jo Lovelock	2,435	65.1
	Conservative	Alexandra Mowczan	765	20.4
	Liberal Democrats	Thomas Cook	543	14.5
Turnout			3,743
	Labour hold		Swing

Park Ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	John Howarth	2,047	51.5
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Hall	884	22.2
	Conservative	Vinod Sharma	690	17.4
	Green	Naomi Emmerson	355	8.9
Turnout			3,976
	Labour hold		Swing

Peppard Ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Chris Brown	2,551	50.5
	Conservative	John Oliver	1,684	33.4
	Labour	Azam Janjua	814	16.1
Turnout			5,049
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Redlands Ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Sarah Griffin	1,704	38.5
	Liberal Democrats	Chris Harris	1,593	36.0
	Conservative	Abdul Loyes	864	19.5
	Green	Mary Westley	269	6.1
Turnout			4,430
	Labour hold		Swing

Southcote Ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Pete Ruhemann	2,260	61.8
	Conservative	Matt Palmer	961	26.3
	Liberal Democrats	Sheila Myra Morley (Myra Morley)	434	11.9
Turnout			3,655
	Labour hold		Swing

Thames Ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Richard Willis	2,228	43.8
	Liberal Democrats	Robin Bentham	1,565	30.7
	Labour	Mary Waite	1,297	25.5
Turnout			5,090
	Conservative hold		Swing

Tilehurst Ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Beard	1,570	38.9
	Labour	Ray Richens	1,369	33.9
	Conservative	Iona Morris	992	24.6
	Green	Judith Green	109	2.7
Turnout			4,040
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Whitley Ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Mike Orton	2,135	67.5
	Conservative	Lee Clarke	724	22.9
	Liberal Democrats	Max Thomas Heydeman (Tom Heydeman)	305	9.6
Turnout			3,164
	Labour hold		Swing

References

"Jubliant Labour holds all seats". Get Reading. 11 June 2001. Retrieved 24 April 2022.

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