Reading Borough Council

Reading Borough Council
Reading Borough Council
Third of council elected three years out of four
	Coat of arms
	Council logo
Type
Type	Unitary authority
History
Founded	1 April 1974
Preceded by	The Council of the Royal County of Berkshire Berkshire County Council
Leadership
Mayor of Reading	Cllr David Stevens, Conservative ; since 27 May 2020
Leader of the Council	Cllr Jason Brock, Labour ; since 22 May 2019
Chief executive	Peter Sloman ; since 28 March 2017
Structure
Seats	46 councillors
Political groups	Administration Labour Party (30) Other parties Conservative Party (10) Green Party (4) Liberal Democrats (2)
Length of term	4 years
Elections
Voting system	Plurality-at-large
Last election	2015 (one third of councillors); 2016 (one third of councillors); 2018 (one third of councillors)
Next election	2019 (one third of councillors); 2021 (one third of councillors); (one third of councillors)
Motto
	A Deo et Regina
Meeting place
	Reading Civic Centre
Website
	www.reading.gov.uk

Reading Borough Council is the local authority for the Borough of Reading in the English county of Berkshire. It is a unitary authority, having the powers of a non-metropolitan county and district council combined. Berkshire is purely a ceremonial county, with no administrative responsibilities.

Governance[]

Reading Borough Council has adopted the committee system of governance, and the current leader of the council is Councillor Jason Brock of the Labour Party. The largely ceremonial post of mayor is held by Councillor David Stevens.^[1]

Area[]

The area covered by the Borough of Reading is one definition of the town of Reading. However, in common usage, the town often encompasses suburbs that lie beyond the borough boundary, in the adjoining local authority areas of Wokingham, West Berkshire, and South Oxfordshire. These suburbs are outside the control of Reading Borough Council.

Wards[]

Reading's councillors are elected by 16 wards:^[1]

Abbey
Battle
Caversham
Church
Katesgrove
Kentwood
Mapledurham
Minster
Norcot
Park
Peppard
Redlands
Southcote
Thames
Tilehurst
Whitley

Councillor Woodward and mayoress Lindsay Montgomery

Of these wards, 15 are represented by three councillors each, with one councillor elected in each of three years out of four. The exception is Mapledurham ward, which has a single councillor elected in one year out of four.

References[]

^ Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c "Councillors Poster 2018-19" (PDF). Reading Borough Council. Retrieved 25 June 2018.
^ "Our Mayor".

External links[]

[poster-1] Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c "Councillors Poster 2018-19" (PDF). Reading Borough Council. Retrieved 25 June 2018.

[2] "Our Mayor".

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