1999 Reading Borough Council election |
16 seats of 45 on council 23 seats needed for a majority |
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The 1999 Reading Borough Council election was held on 6 May 1999, at the same time as other local elections across Britain. Sixteen of the 45 seats on Reading Borough Council were up for election, being the usual third of the council (15 seats) plus a by-election in Abbey ward, where Labour's Jane Griffiths had resigned her seat on the council.
Labour gained one seat in Abbey ward which had been held by Mohammad Iqbal, who had been elected as a Labour councillor in 1997 but expelled from the party later that year.[1] He had continued to hold his council seat since then as an independent councillor, but did not stand for re-election in 1999. Apart from that change, no other seats changed party in 1999.
Results
Reading Borough Council Election, 1999 Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
| Labour | 13 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 81.3% | 48.7% | 14,094 | +4.2 |
| Conservative | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.3% | 27.4% | 7,945 | -2.9 |
| Liberal Democrats | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12.5% | 22.5% | 6,532 | -1.9 |
| Green | 0 | | | | 0% | 1.4% | 397 | +0.6 |
Ward results
The results in each ward were as follows:[2]
Abbey Ward Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | Jim Durkin | 932 | 61.1 | |
| Conservative | Richard Willis | 387 | 25.6 | |
| Liberal Democrats | John Wood | 201 | 13.3 | |
Turnout | 1,511 | | |
| Labour gain from Independent | Swing | | |
Abbey Ward (by-election) Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | June Orton | 987 | 65.6 | |
| Conservative | Paul Swaddle | 325 | 21.6 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Tony Warrell | 192 | 12.8 | |
Turnout | 1,504 | | |
| Labour hold | Swing | | |
Battle Ward Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | Tony Jones | 925 | 67.6 | |
| Conservative | Dharam Ahuja | 309 | 22.6 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Thomas Cook | 135 | 9.9 | |
Turnout | 1,369 | | |
| Labour hold | Swing | | |
Caversham Ward Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | Kathryn Peak | 1,236 | 45.2 | |
| Conservative | Robert Wilson | 1,154 | 42.2 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Robin Bentham | 342 | 12.5 | |
Turnout | 2,732 | | |
| Labour hold | Swing | | |
Church Ward Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | Wilf Wild | 659 | 59.0 | |
| Conservative | Philip Gibbs | 255 | 22.8 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Elizabeth Heydeman | 146 | 13.1 | |
| Green | Richard Bradbury | 57 | 5.1 | |
Turnout | 1,117 | | |
| Labour hold | Swing | | |
Katesgrove Ward Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | Trish Thomas | 764 | 67.5 | |
| Conservative | Simon O'Sullivan | 222 | 19.6 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Andrew Colman | 146 | 12.9 | |
Turnout | 1,132 | | |
| Labour hold | Swing | | |
Kentwood Ward Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | Sandy Scaife | 952 | 44.9 | |
| Conservative | Ruth Bennett | 689 | 32.5 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Dennis Morgan | 432 | 20.4 | |
| Green | John Gooch | 48 | 2.3 | |
Turnout | 2,121 | | |
| Labour hold | Swing | | |
Minster Ward Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | Stuart White | 1,225 | 58.0 | |
| Conservative | Emma Warman | 683 | 32.4 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Christopher Harris | 203 | 9.6 | |
Turnout | 2,111 | | |
| Labour hold | Swing | | |
Norcot Ward Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | Peter Jones | 971 | 67.8 | |
| Conservative | Alexandra Mowczan | 249 | 17.4 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Martin Scott | 213 | 14.9 | |
Turnout | 1,433 | | |
| Labour hold | Swing | | |
Park Ward Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | Christine Borgars | 1,063 | 61.5 | |
| Conservative | Vinod Sharma | 302 | 17.5 | |
| Liberal Democrats | George Hamish Hew Preston Hamish Preston | 244 | 14.1 | |
| Green | Mary Westley | 119 | 6.9 | |
Turnout | 1,728 | | |
| Labour hold | Swing | | |
Peppard Ward Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Liberal Democrats | Bob Green | 1,608 | 61.6 | |
| Conservative | Edward Brazil | 746 | 28.6 | |
| Labour | Keith Uden | 257 | 9.8 | |
Turnout | 2,611 | | |
| Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
Redlands Ward Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | Liz Winfield-Chislett | 900 | 49.2 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Martin Reilly | 450 | 24.6 | |
| Conservative | Abdul Loyes | 345 | 18.9 | |
| Green | Elisabeth Brelstaff | 133 | 7.3 | |
Turnout | 1,828 | | |
| Labour hold | Swing | | |
Southcote Ward Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | Askar Sheibani | 1,177 | 67.8 | |
| Conservative | Charlotte Hawkins | 413 | 23.8 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Sheila Myra Morley Myra Morley | 147 | 8.5 | |
Turnout | 1,737 | | |
| Labour hold | Swing | | |
Thames Ward Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Jeanette Skeats | 1,320 | 48.1 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Annette Hendry | 939 | 34.2 | |
| Labour | Christine Grieve | 486 | 17.7 | |
Turnout | 2,745 | | |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Tilehurst Ward Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Liberal Democrats | Dick Ferriday | 1,030 | 47.9 | |
| Labour | Catherine Wilton | 738 | 34.3 | |
| Conservative | Iona Morris | 344 | 16.0 | |
| Green | Judith Green | 40 | 1.9 | |
Turnout | 2,152 | | |
| Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
Whitley Ward Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | Lawrence Silverman | 831 | 73.1 | |
| Conservative | Paul Atkinson | 202 | 17.8 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Max Thomas Heydeman Tom Heydeman | 104 | 9.1 | |
Turnout | 1,137 | | |
| Labour hold | Swing | | |
References
- ^ "Councillor asked to quit by Labour". Evening Post. Reading. 28 November 1997. p. 1. Retrieved 23 April 2022.
- ^ "Voter apathy spoils Labour's party as Tory comeback flops". Evening Post. Reading. 7 May 1999. p. 7. Retrieved 22 April 2022.
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