Wokingham Borough Council is the local authority for the Borough of Wokingham, a unitary authority in Berkshire, England. Until 1 April 1998 it was a non-metropolitan district.

Council elections

Non-metropolitan district elections

  • 1973 Wokingham District Council election
  • 1976 Wokingham District Council election
  • 1979 Wokingham District Council election (New ward boundaries)[1]
  • 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 Wokingham District Council election (District boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same)[2]
  • 1992 Wokingham District Council election
  • 1994 Wokingham District Council election
  • 1995 Wokingham District Council election
  • 1996 Wokingham District Council election

Unitary authority elections

Borough result maps

By-election results

1997–2005

Bulmershe By-Election 28 May 1998
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats 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 Democrats hold Swing
Barkham By-Election 8 November 2001[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative 303 78.1 -2.8
UKIP 45 11.6 +11.6
Liberal Democrats 40 10.3 -0.8
Majority 258 66.5
Turnout 388 22.7
Conservative hold Swing
Winnersh By-Election 25 November 2004[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats 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 Democrats 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 Democrats 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[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Paul Swaddle 1,027 51.0 +8.6
Liberal Democrats 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[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative John Kersley 913 70.6 -2.9
Liberal Democrats 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[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Katherine Povey 850 53.2 +0.0
Liberal Democrats 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[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative David Sleight 1,809 67.3 -8.9
Liberal Democrats 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[12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative John Halsall 850 65.9 +0.6
Liberal Democrats 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

2013–present

Emmbrook by-election 17 February 2017[13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Imogen Shepherd-DuBey 1,575 59.7 +22.6
Conservative Kevin Morgan 879 33.3 -4.2
UKIP Phil Ray 104 3.9 -11.5
Labour Christopher Everett 79 3.0 -6.9
Majority 696 26.4
Turnout 2,637 39.7 –3.4
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing
Evendons by-election 7th February 2019[14]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Sarah Kerr 1,441 63.1 16.3
Conservative Daniel Clawson 729 31.9 -8.8
Labour Timothy Lloyd 115 5 -7.5
Majority 713 31 35.1
Turnout 2,294 32.7 -8.3
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

References

  1. ↑ The District of Wokingham (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1978
  2. ↑ legislation.gov.uk – The Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Hampshire, Oxfordshire and Surrey (County Boundaries) Order 1991. Retrieved on 5 November 2015.
  3. ↑ legislation.gov.uk – The District of Wokingham (Electoral Changes) Order 2002. Retrieved on 4 October 2015.
  4. ↑ "Wokingham council". BBC News Online. Retrieved 9 January 2010.
  5. ↑ "Decision making and structure". Wokingham Borough Council. Retrieved 9 January 2010.
  6. ↑ "Tories inch ahead". guardian.co.uk. London. 9 November 2001. Retrieved 9 January 2010.
  7. ↑ "Tories suffer triple defeat". guardian.co.uk. London. 26 November 2004. Retrieved 9 January 2010.
  8. ↑ "Tories claim clean sweep in council byelections". guardian.co.uk. London. 4 November 2005. Retrieved 9 January 2010.
  9. ↑ "Election results for Remenham, Wargrave and Ruscombe by-election". Wokingham Borough Council. Retrieved 9 January 2010.
  10. ↑ "Woodley by-election results". Wokingham Borough Council. Retrieved 9 January 2010.
  11. ↑ "Election results for Wokingham Without Ward by-election 4 June 2009". Wokingham Borough Council. Retrieved 9 January 2010.
  12. ↑ "Tories seal comfortable by-election victory". Reading Chronicle. 22 July 2011. Retrieved 22 July 2011.
  13. ↑ "Election results for Emmbrook, 17 February 2017". Wokingham Borough Council. Retrieved 19 February 2017.
  14. ↑ "Election results for Evendons, 7th February 2017". Wokingham Borough Council. Retrieved 9 February 2019.
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