Reading Borough Council Electoral Make-Up 2012

Elections to Reading Borough Council took place on 3 May 2012, with 16 council seats up for election. The Labour Party gained Church,

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, Redlands, Kentwood and Caversham wards, giving them a working majority and control of the council. The

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lost three seats but gained Peppard ward from an independent. The Liberal Democrats lost two seats but held Tilehurst ward, a seat they had lost the previous year to the Conservative Party. The

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gained

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ward from Labour but failed to make gains elsewhere seeing their percentage of the borough-wide vote fall slightly. After the election, the composition of the council was:

Election result

Ward results

References

Election Candidates UnveiledAbbey Ward Results 2012Battle Ward Results 2012Caversham Ward Results 2012Church Ward Results 2012Katesgrove Ward Results 2012Kentwood Ward Results 2012Mapledurham Ward Results 2012Minster Ward Results 2012Norcot Ward Results 2012Park Ward Results 2012Peppard Ward Results 2012Redlands Ward Results 2012Southcote Ward Results 2012Thames Ward Results 2012Tilehurst Ward Results 2012Whitley Ward Results 2012
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