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Wokingham Borough Council Elections
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) * 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) * 1992 Wokingham District Council election * 1994 Wokingham District Council election * 1995 Wokingham District Council election *1996 Wokingham D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wokingham Borough Council
Wokingham Borough Council is the local authority of the Borough of Wokingham in Berkshire, England. It is a unitary authority A unitary authority is a local authority responsible for all local government functions within its area or performing additional functions that elsewhere are usually performed by a higher level of sub-national government or the national governmen ..., being a district council (but designated a borough council) also exercising the functions of a county council. Elections Elections to the council are held in three out of every four years, with one third of the 54 seats on the council being elected at each election. At the 2022 election the Conservative party lost their majority on the council, moving it into no overall control. A joint administration was subsequently formed by the Liberal Democrats, Labour and independent councilors. Following the 2022 Wokingham Borough Council election, the council is composed of the following councillors: P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1991 Wokingham District Council Election
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2006 Wokingham District Council Election
The 2006 Wokingham District Council election took place on 4 May 2006 to elect members of Wokingham Unitary Council in Berkshire, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative Party stayed in overall control of the council. After the election, the composition of the council was: *Conservative 41 *Liberal Democrat 13 Campaign The election saw the United Kingdom Independence Party put forward a candidate in all of the 18 wards which were being contested. This was the first time they had done this and meant they put forward more candidates than Labour who contested 16 of the wards. During the campaign the Liberal Democrat leader on the council, Coling Lawley, received death threats, which led the police launch an investigation. Election result The results saw the Conservatives strengthen their control of the council after gaining three seats from the Liberal Democrats. The gains came in Coronation, Loddon and Hillside wards with one of the defeated Lib ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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2004 Wokingham District Council Election
The 2004 Wokingham District Council election took place on 10 June 2004 to elect members of Wokingham Unitary Council in Berkshire, England. The whole council was up for election with boundary changes since the last election in 2003. The Conservative Party stayed in overall control of the council. Background Since 2003 boundary changes meant that almost every ward was changed from the previous election with the only ones that remained the same being Charvil, Norreys and Winnersh. The number of wards was also increased from 24 to 25, but the number of seats on the council remaining the same. The boundary changes meant the whole council was up for election for the first time since the unitary authority was founded in 1997. Before the election the Conservatives had 33 seats and had controlled the council since the 2002 election. Election result The results saw the Conservatives strengthen their control of the council after gaining 6 seats to hold 39 of the 54 seats. The Liberal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2003 Wokingham District Council Election
The 2003 Wokingham District Council election took place on 1 May 2003 to elect members of Wokingham Unitary Council in Berkshire, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative Party stayed in overall control of the council. After the election, the composition of the council was: *Conservative 33 *Liberal Democrat 20 *Labour 1 Election result 18 seats were contested with the Liberal Democrats defending 10, the Conservatives 7, while 1 seat was held by an independent. The results saw this situation turned round with the Conservatives winning 10 seats as compared to 8 for the Liberal Democrats. The Conservatives gained seats from the Liberal Democrats in Emmbrook and Little Hungerford wards, while also recovering Sonning which had been held by an independent who had defected from the Conservatives. There was controversy over the result in Whitegates when the Returning Officer initially read the results out as a Conservative gain, while the actual vote c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2002 Wokingham District Council Election
The 2002 Wokingham District Council election took place on 2 May 2002 to elect members of Wokingham Unitary Council in Berkshire, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative Party gained overall control of the council from no overall control. After the election, the composition of the council was: *Conservative 30 *Liberal Democrat 22 *Labour 1 *Independent 1 Election result The results saw the Conservatives win a majority on the council, after having had the same number of seats as the Liberal Democrats for the previous 2 elections. The Conservatives won 14 of the 20 seats which were up for election, including one uncontested seat in Wokingham Without. They made 4 gains from the Liberal Democrats in the wards of Coronation, Finchampstead North and Little Hungerford to finish the election with 30 seats as compared to 22 for the Liberal Democrats. Meanwhile, Labour won their first seat on the council since 1994 after making a gain in Bulmershe ward ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2001 Wokingham District Council Election
The 2001 Wokingham District Council election took place on 7 June 2001 to elect members of Wokingham Unitary Council in Berkshire, England. One third of the council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control. The previous election in 2000 saw both the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats win 27 seats. The Liberal Democrats took control of the administration 2 months later after one of the Conservative councillors, Nigel Rose, abstained enabling the Liberal Democrats to get the mayor's casting vote. The results of the 2001 election saw no change with both main parties remaining on the same number of seats. Overall turnout was significantly increased at 63.75% due to the election being held at the same time as the 2001 general election. After the election, the composition of the council was: *Conservative 27 *Liberal Democrat 27 Election result Ward results ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2000 Wokingham District Council Election
The 2000 Wokingham District Council election took place on 4 May 2000 to elect members of Wokingham Unitary Council in Berkshire, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative Party lost overall control of the council to no overall control. After the election, the composition of the council was: *Conservative 27 *Liberal Democrat 27 Election result Ward results References {{United Kingdom local elections, 2000 Wokingham 2000 File:2000 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Protests against Bush v. Gore after the 2000 United States presidential election; Heads of state meet for the Millennium Summit; The International Space Station in its infant form as seen from ... 2000s in Berkshire ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1999 Wokingham District Council Election
The 1999 Wokingham District Council election took place on 6 May 1999 to elect members of Wokingham Unitary Council in Berkshire, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative party stayed in overall control of the council. Overall turnout was 29%. After the election, the composition of the council was *Conservative 30 *Liberal Democrat 24 Election result Ward results References {{Berkshire elections Wokingham 1999 File:1999 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The funeral procession of King Hussein of Jordan in Amman; the 1999 İzmit earthquake kills over 17,000 people in Turkey; the Columbine High School massacre, one of the first major school shootin ... 1990s in Berkshire ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1997 Wokingham District Council Election
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1996 Wokingham District Council Election
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