2004 Reading Borough Council election

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10 June 2004 (2004-06-10)

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46 sets (whole council)
24 seats needed for a majority

	First party	Second party	Third party
	Lab	Con	LD
Leader	David Sutton	Fred Pugh	Bob Green
Party	Labour	Conservative	Liberal Democrats
Seats before	35	4	6
Seats after	35	6	5
Seat change		2	1
Popular vote	39,510	32,952	26,158
Percentage	38.4	32.0	25.4
Swing	0.6	3.2	1.2

The 2004 Reading Borough Council election was held on 10 June 2004, at the same time as other local elections across England and Wales and the European elections. Following boundary changes the number of seats on Reading Borough Council had been increased from 45 to 46 with the creation of a new single-member ward called Mapledurham and changes to the boundaries of several existing wards. All 46 seats on the council were up for election. Labour, led by David Sutton, retained its 35 seats on the council and therefore kept its majority. The Conservatives, led by Fred Pugh, gained one seat at the election from the Liberal Democrats and won the new Mapledurham seat, meaning they overtook the Liberal Democrats to become the second largest party on the council with six seats. The Liberal Democrats, led by Bob Green, were left with five seats.

Results

Reading Borough Council Election, 2004
	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
Labour	35	0	0	0	76.1%	38.4%	39,510	-0.6
Conservative	6	2	0	+2	13.0%	31.4%	32,952	+3.2
Liberal Democrats	5	0	1	-1	10.9%	25.4%	26,158	-1.2
Green	0				0%	3.0%	3,055	+0.9
UKIP	0				0%	0.6%	625
Independent	0				0%	0.5%	487
Health and Community Issues Party	0				0%	0.2%	230

Ward results

The results in each ward were as follows:

Abbey Ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Antony Page	841
	Labour	June Orton	839
	Labour	Betty Tickner	725
	Liberal Democrats	Margaret Jordan	452
	Conservative	Humphry Crum-Ewing	417
	Conservative	Ashleigh Skeats	406
	Liberal Democrats	David Langshaw	359
	Conservative	Adam Woolhouse	339
	Green	Mark Walker	333
	Liberal Democrats	John Wood	329
Turnout			5,040	26.1
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Battle Ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Tom Crisp	987
	Labour	Chris Maskell	950
	Labour	Tony Jones	939
	Liberal Democrats	James Martin	507
	Conservative	Victoria Evans	474
	Liberal Democrats	Simon Heywood	464
	Liberal Democrats	Adam Canning	454
	Conservative	Patrick Moren	426
	Conservative	Ashley Robinson	411
Turnout			5,612	29.0
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Caversham Ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Stephen Waite	1,033
	Labour	Susan Stainthorp	1,025
	Conservative	Andrew Cumpsty	1,033
	Conservative	Timothy Harris	902
	Labour	Shirley Merriott	866
	Conservative	Dharam Ahuja	837
	Liberal Democrats	Diane Elliss	554
	Liberal Democrats	Margaret Martin	501
	Liberal Democrats	Robin Bentham	460
	Green	Harriet Marshall	431
Turnout			7,559	38.4
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Church Ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Christopher Goodall	821
	Labour	Christine Grieve	813
	Labour	Mohammed Azam Janjua	803
	Conservative	Paul Noades	672
	Conservative	Lee Clark	664
	Conservative	Howard Shaw	606
	Liberal Democrats	Jane Sharp	423
	Green	David Pledger	403
	Liberal Democrats	Guy Penman	402
Turnout			5,607	28.8
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Katesgrove Ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	David Sutton	742
	Labour	Gul Muwaz Khan	657
	Labour	Richard Stainthorp	633
	Liberal Democrats	Christopher Jones	441
	Liberal Democrats	Warren Swaine	396
	Green	Rachel Mills	324
	Liberal Democrats	Nina Webb	311
	Conservative	Thomas Stanway	291
	Conservative	Alan Skeats	289
	Independent	Adeyinka Oyekan	289
	Conservative	Anthony Devenish	272
	Independent	David Boobier	198
Turnout			4,843	27.6
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Kentwood Ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Victoria Lloyd	1,000
	Labour	Richard McKenzie	943
	Labour	Andrea Collins	922
	Conservative	Thomas Steele	917
	Conservative	Sandra Bowler	912
	Conservative	Jennifer Rynn	907
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Duveen	822
	Liberal Democrats	Graham Parry	768
	Liberal Democrats	Lee Glendon	679
Turnout			7,870	39.9
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Mapledurham Ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Fred Pugh	832	64.2
	Liberal Democrats	Jill Green	314	24.2
	Labour	Peter Winfield-Chislett	150	11.6
Turnout			1,296	54
	Conservative win (new seat)

Minster Ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Catherine Wilton	1,113
	Labour	Paul Gittings	1,084
	Labour	Dave Dymond	1,056
	Conservative	Henry Willsher	956
	Conservative	Michael Wade	900
	Conservative	Anthony Markham	893
	Liberal Democrats	Rosamund Otto	522
	Liberal Democrats	Mark Summers	496
Turnout			7,020	36.9
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Norcot Ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Josephine Lovelock	1,279
	Labour	Graeme Hoskin	1,244
	Labour	Peter Jones	1,140
	Conservative	Ashley Black	585
	Conservative	Alexandra Mowczan	539
	Conservative	Peter Sprules	510
	Liberal Democrats	Thomas Cook	459
	Liberal Democrats	Evelyn Bentham	453
Turnout			6,209	32.7
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Park Ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Jon Hartley	1,189
	Labour	John Howarth	1,041
	Labour	Christine Borgars	1,033
	Liberal Democrats	James Spackman	732
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Hall	689
	Liberal Democrats	John Summers	672
	Green	Hugh Swann	417
	Green	Robert White	410
	Conservative	Martyn Washbourne	353
	Conservative	Jean Pugh	343
	Conservative	James Barraclough	331
	Green	Adrian Windisch	235
	UKIP	Sylvia Chumbley	148
Turnout			7,593	36.1
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Peppard Ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Robert Green	1,566
	Liberal Democrats	Annette Hendry	1,504
	Conservative	Mark Ralph	1,401
	Liberal Democrats	Christopher Brown	1,330
	Conservative	John Oliver	1,272
	Conservative	Simon Blazley	1,240
	Labour	Helen Hathaway	371
	Labour	Keith Uden	298
	Labour	Adam Wood	292
Turnout			9,274	45.6
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Redlands Ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Riaz Chaudhri	1,091
	Labour	Peter Kayes	978
	Labour	Gul Faraz Khan	918
	Liberal Democrats	Nicholas Wright	632
	Liberal Democrats	Janek Mikulin	595
	Liberal Democrats	Ali Ashgar	514
	Green	Mary Westley	502
	Conservative	Alison Stevens	455
	Conservative	Carole Haskell	454
	Conservative	Augustine Aluko	377
Turnout			6,516	33
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Southcote Ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Christopher Swaine	1,266
	Labour	Peter Ruhemann	1,243
	Labour	John Ennis	1,212
	Conservative	Alan Hawkins	788
	Conservative	Patricia Steele	701
	Conservative	Philip Webb	654
	Liberal Democrats	Elizabeth Heydeman	330
	Liberal Democrats	Alan Hendry	322
Turnout			6,516	39.1
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Thames Ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Robert Wilson	1,870
	Conservative	Jeanette Skeats	1,843
	Conservative	David Stevens	1,674
	Liberal Democrats	Vera Bodman	1,151
	Liberal Democrats	James Emery	1,073
	Liberal Democrats	Christopher Harris	944
	Labour	Kathryn Peak	557
	Labour	Moira Dickenson	452
	Labour	Mohammad Nazir	429
Turnout			9,993	49
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Tilehurst Ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Beard	1,208
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Weston	1,052
	Liberal Democrats	Judith Fry	1,038
	Conservative	Terence Byrne	756
	Conservative	Iona Morris	733
	Labour	Raymond Richens	696
	Conservative	Bernard Garvie	672
	Labour	William Short	553
	Labour	Jaffar Syed	551
	Health and Community Issues Party	Richard Grimsdell	230
Turnout			7,489	37.7
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Whitley Ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Michael Orton	983
	Labour	James Hanley	903
	Labour	Mary Singleton-White	849
	Conservative	Barrie Cummings	420
	Conservative	Nicholas Brown	384
	Conservative	David Trim	324
	UKIP	Deano Jones	241
	Liberal Democrats	Max Heydeman	240
	UKIP	Abdul Ahad	236
Turnout			4,580	24.75
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

References

"Town is a key area on 'Super Thursday'". Get Reading. 6 May 2004. Retrieved 4 May 2022.
"Local election results". Get Reading. 11 June 2004. Retrieved 4 May 2022.

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Suburbs and areas within the borough	Caversham Caversham Heights Caversham Park Village Coley Coley Park East Reading Emmer Green Green Park Horncastle Katesgrove Lower Caversham Newtown Norcot Southcote Tilehurst West Reading Whitley Whitley Wood
Electoral wards within the borough	Abbey Battle Caversham Caversham Heights Church Coley Emmer Green Katesgrove Kentwood Norcot Park Redlands Southcote Thames Tilehurst Whitley
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