Thames was an
electoral ward
A ward is a local authority area, typically used for electoral purposes. In some countries, wards are usually named after neighbourhoods, thoroughfares, parishes, landmarks, geographical features and in some cases historical figures connected to t ...
of the
Borough of Reading
Reading ( ) is a town and borough in Berkshire, southeast England. Located in the Thames Valley at the confluence of the rivers Thames and Kennet, the Great Western Main Line railway and the M4 motorway serve the town. Reading is east of ...
, in the
English county of
Berkshire
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, until it was abolished in the boundary changes prior to the
2022 Reading Borough Council election
An election to Reading Borough Council took place as of 5 May 2022. Following boundary changes all the seats on the council were up for election.
Previous council composition
Changes:
* January 2022: Chris Maskell leaves Labour to sit as a ...
. It should not be confused with the
ward of the same name that was created by those boundary changes, but which has no area in common with this former ward.
Thames was one of four wards in
Caversham which describes the area in the borough on the north side of the River Thames and is immediately north of Reading town centre. It was bordered by
Caversham ward and two wards in the direction of neighbouring villages, named after them, but not including them:
Peppard and
Mapledurham, (straddling Peppard and Mapledurham roads). Across the river was
Abbey ward.
As with all wards, apart from smaller Mapledurham, it elected three councillors to
Reading Borough Council. Elections since 2004 were held by thirds, with elections in three years out of four.
Results
Since the Council has adopted elections by thirds (the people electing one councillor per three-seat ward every election (2006 onwards)) the Council's records show it has been won by
Conservative candidates.
In the 2004 local elections before the electoral format change, Thames was won by three Conservatives, one of whom,
Rob Wilson went on to become the MP for a wider area (
Reading East
Reading East is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2017 by Matt Rodda, of the Labour Party. The seat is one of two won (held or gained) by a Labour candidate in 2017 from a total of eight covering ...
) including the ward from 2005 until his defeat in 2017 by
Matt Rodda.
2016 Results
Local Election Results - 5 May 2016. Retrieved 2016-05-06
References
{{Reading, Berkshire
Wards of Reading