2021 Wokingham Borough Council election

2021 Wokingham Borough Council election

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18 seats, one-third of all council seats.
Con LD Lab Leader John Halsall Lindsay Ferris Rachel Burgess Party Conservative Liberal Democrats Labour Leader since 6 May 2019 2016[1] Leader's seat Remenham, Wargrave and Ruscombe Twyford Norreys Last election 31 seats, 57.4% 18 seats, 33.3% 3 seats, 5.6% Seats needed 4 9 24   Ind Grn WEP Leader N/A Louise Tomlin Party Independent Green Women's Equality Leader since N/A Leader's seat N/A Running in Evendons Last election 2 seats, 3.3% 0 seats, 0.6% 0 Seats needed 25 27 27
Ward results map for Wokingham Borough Council
Incumbent Leader of the Council John Halsall Conservative

The 2021 Wokingham Borough Council election took place on 6 May 2021 to elect members of Wokingham Borough Council in England.^[2] This was on the same day as other local elections and had been postponed from May 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

The composition of the council before the election was as follows:

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31	15	4	3
CON	LD	LAB	IND

There was one vacancy.^[3]

After the election, the composition of the council became:

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31	18	3	2
CON	LD	LAB	IND

Election result[]

The Conservatives retained control of the council and gained one seat from Labour.^[4] They regained a seat from an Independent who had originally been elected as a Conservative, and also regained a vacant seat, which had been won by a Conservative in 2016, who joined the Liberal Democrats in 2017,^[5] and had resigned from the Council in 2020.^[3] The Liberal Democrats gained three seats from the Conservatives.

Total Election result[]

2021 Wokingham Borough Council election
Party		This election			Full council			This election
		Seats	Net	Seats %	Other	Total	Total %	Votes	Votes %	+/−
	Conservative	12	2	66.7	19	31	57.4	21,540	46.4	9.1
	Liberal Democrats	6	3	33.3	12	18	33.3	16,492	35.5	3.9
	Labour	0	1	0	3	3	5.6	7,439	16.0	0.4
	Independent	0		0	2	2	3.7	0	0	5.4
	Green	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	695	1.5	0.9
	Women's Equality	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	175	0.4	0.1
	Freedom Alliance	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	114	0.2	New

A total of 46,771 votes were cast for 62 candidates. (46,445 unspoilt)

Ward results[]

Bulmershe and Whitegates

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Shahid Younis (E)	1,489	43.5	5.6
	Labour	Andy Croy	1443	42.2	-0.2
	Liberal Democrats	Shiela Jordan	256	7.4	-12.3
	Green	Samuel Langlois	186	5.4	5.4
	Freedom Alliance	Fiona Morley	23	0.6	0.6
Majority			46	1.3	-3.2
Turnout			3419	48%	6%
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

22 ballot papers were rejected

Charvil Ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sam Akhtar (E)	728	58.7	11.7
	Liberal Democrats	Martin Alder	367	29.5	29.5
	Labour	Brian Scott	81	6.5	-0.4
	Green	Kathy Smith	55	4.4	4.4
Majority			361	29.1	28.0
Turnout			1240	52%	7%
	Conservative hold		Swing

9 ballot papers were rejected

Emmbrook

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Morag Malvern	1,675	48.2	-13.4
	Conservative	Ullakarin Clark	1,454	41.8	10.7
	Labour	Llewelyn Reed-Jones	320	9.2	-1.6
Majority			221	6.4	-24.1
Turnout			3475	47%	3%
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

26 ballot papers were rejected

Evendons

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Ian Shenton (E)	1,390	44.0	-4.5
	Conservative	Daniel Hinton	1277	40.4	15.6
	Labour	Annette Medhurst	299	9.5	3.8
	Women's Equality	Louise Timlin	175	5.5	-0.5
Majority			113	3.6	-20.1
Turnout			3158	44%	7%
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

17 ballot papers were rejected

Finchampstead North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Charles Margetts	1,341	69.0	11.9
	Liberal Democrats	Jordon Montgomery	283	14.7	-17.4
	Labour	Alex Freeney	170	8.7	3.6
	Green	Martyn Foss	130	6.7	1.6
Majority			1058	54.5	29.5
Turnout			1941	45%	1%
	Conservative hold		Swing

17 ballot papers were rejected

Finchampstead South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Rebecca Margetts	1,188	65.0	9.5
	Liberal Democrats	Mike Eytle	454	24.8	-8.2
	Labour	Grace Tapping	172	9.2	-1.8
Majority			734	40.1	17.6
Turnout			1827	39%	-1%
	Conservative hold		Swing

13 ballot papers were rejected

Hawkedon

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Clive Jones	1,411	53.6	-2.8
	Conservative	Eileen Kessel	869	33.0	1.2
	Labour	Mark Craske	339	12.8	1.0
Majority			542	20.5	-4.1
Turnout			2632	38%	2%
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

13 ballot papers were rejected

Hillside

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Pauline Jorgensen	1,472	46.8	9.2
	Liberal Democrats	Wes Budd	1354	43.0	-8.2
	Labour	Hari Sarasan	303	9.6	-1.5
Majority			118	3.6	-10.0
Turnout			3144	49%	5%
	Conservative hold		Swing

15 ballot papers were rejected

Hurst

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Wayne Smith	749	70.4	-5.8
	Liberal Democrats	Sam Turvey	211	19.8	6.7
	Labour	Paula Monte	100	9.4	-1.3
Majority			538	50.6	-12.5
Turnout			1063	50%	14%
	Conservative hold		Swing

3 ballot papers were rejected.

Loddon

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Anne Chadwick	1,377	46.1	1.8
	Liberal Democrats	Beth Rowland	741	24.8	-9.6
	Labour	Majid Nagra	689	23.0	5.2
	Green	James Towell	163	5.4	5.4
Majority			636	21.2	7.7
Turnout			2986	39%	6%
	Conservative hold		Swing

16 ballot papers were rejected

Maiden Erlegh

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Norman Jorgensen	1,235	40.7	6.8
	Liberal Democrats	Mike Smith	931	30.7	-6.3
	Labour	Andrew Gray	676	22.2	-6.9
	Green	Russell Seymour	161	5.3	5.3
Majority			304	10.0	6.9
Turnout			3032	45%	-1%
	Conservative hold		Swing

29 ballot papers were rejected

Norreys

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Phil Cunnington	1,610	46.1	5.6
	Labour	Nick Fox	1375	39.4	0.2
	Liberal Democrats	Jane Ainslie	481	13.7	-6.6
Majority			235	6.7	5.4
Turnout			3489	42%	5%
	Conservative hold		Swing

23 ballot papers were rejected

Remenham, Wargrave and Ruscombe

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Halsall	1,137	62.7	-4.8
	Liberal Democrats	Andrea Martijn	425	23.4	1.7
	Labour	Stuart Crainer	239	13.1	-2.9
Majority			712	39.2	-6.6
Turnout			1813	42%	11%
	Conservative hold		Swing

12 ballot papers were rejected.

Shinfield South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jackie Rance	1,423	48.1	17.3
	Liberal Democrats	Chris Johnson	1152	39.0	39.0
	Labour	Marcus McDowell	359	12.1	2.2
Majority			271	9.17	-9.5
Turnout			2953	35%	1%
	Conservative hold		Swing

19 ballot papers were rejected

Twyford

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Lindsay Ferris	1,677	70.6	-2.4
	Conservative	Grant Woolner	562	23.6	0.9
	Labour	Caroline Hill	118	4.9	0.6
Majority			1115	46.9	-3.4
Turnout			2374	54%	6%
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

17 ballot papers were rejected

Wescott

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Dennis	1,052	44.2	9.1
	Conservative	Jullian McGhee-Sumner	1011	42.4	8.8
	Labour	Colin Heath	288	12.1	-11.3
Majority			41	1.7	0.2
Turnout			2379	43%	1%
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

28 ballot papers were rejected

Winnersh

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Rachelle Shepherd-Dubey	1,627	54.1	-10.6
	Conservative	Bernadette Mitra	1002	33.3	10.5
	Labour	Allan Murungi	258	8.6	3.0
	Freedom Alliance	Karen Clyde	91	3.0	3.0
Majority			625	20.8	-21.1
Turnout			3003	38%	4%
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

25 ballot papers were rejected

Wokingham Without

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Pauline Helliar-Symmons	1,616	56.8	4.7
	Liberal Democrats	Robert Comber	1005	35.3	-4.0
	Labour	Brent Lees	210	7.4	-1.3
Majority			611	21.4	8.6
Turnout			2843	44%	7%
	Conservative hold		Swing

12 ballot papers were rejected

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