Local election results – 4 May 2023

Make up of the council

Labour: 32
Green: 7
Conservatives: 5
Liberal Democrats: 3
Independent: 1

• Abbey
• Battle
• Caversham
• Caversham Heights
• Church
• Coley
• Emmer Green
• Katesgrove
• Kentwood
• Norcot
• Park
• Redlands
• Southcote
• Thames
• Tilehurst
• Whitley

Abbey

Electorate: 6,600
Total votes cast: 1,266
Turnout: 24%
Spoilt: 12

Candidate	Party	Votes	Elected
AYUB Mohammed	Labour Party	819	Yes
BAZLEY Simon James	The Conservative Party Candidate	308
DARBY Howard John	The Green Party	264
GORE Steven Adam	Liberal Democrats	163

Battle

Electorate: 7,554
Total votes cast: 2,115
Turnout: 28%
Spoilt: 11

Candidate	Party	Votes	Elected
GROUT John Berkeley	Liberal Democrats	170
HARLING Callum Louis	The Green Party	256
MURRAY John Tattersall	The Conservative Party Candidate	302
TARAR Amjad Iqbal Tahir	Labour and Co-operative Party	1,374	Yes

Caversham

Electorate: 7,502
Total votes cast: 2,937
Turnout: 39%
Spoilt: 22

Candidate	Party	Votes	Elected
BURDEN Christopher Simon	Liberal Democrats	311
GAVIN Jan	Labour Party	1,563	Yes
PALMER Mark Peter Timothy	The Green Party	473
SAADAT Saadia Zafar	The Conservative Party Candidate	569

Caversham Heights

Electorate: 7,493
Total votes cast: 3,563
Turnout: 48%
Spoilt: 15

Candidate	Party	Votes	Elected
CARNELL Paul Alan	The Conservative Party Candidate	1,324
COSTA-KROL Vania	Liberal Democrats	270
JUTHANI Sam	Labour and Co-operative Party	1,454	Yes
MCNAMARA Danny	The Green Party	500

Church

Electorate: 8,224
Total votes cast: 2,083
Turnout: 25%
Spoilt: 17

Candidate	Party	Votes	Elected
COLE Mark Clifford	Liberal Democrats	152
MUGO James Mwaniki	The Conservative Party Candidate	448
SMITH Brent	The Green Party	198
WOODWARD Paul Richard	Labour Party	1,268	Yes

Coley

Electorate: 7,027
Total votes cast: 2,252
Turnout: 32%
Spoilt: 13

Candidate	Party	Votes	Elected
GITTINGS Paul Stephen	Labour Party	1,297	Yes
HOSKINS Isobel Claire	The Green Party	267
SHEPPARD Lizzy	The Conservative Party Candidate	462
SIMS Benjamin Francis	Liberal Democrats	213

Emmer Green

Electorate: 7,609
Total votes cast: 3,095
Turnout: 41%
Spoilt: 13

Candidate	Party	Votes	Elected
BUCKLEY Matt	Labour Party	1,133
DE BOISERIE Pieter Herman M	Liberal Democrats	336
GOSS Stephen James	The Conservative Party Candidate	1,233	Yes
ROOKE Wendy Jane	The Green Party	378

Katesgrove

Electorate: 7,643
Total votes cast: 2,257
Turnout: 30%
Spoilt: 10

Candidate	Party	Votes	Elected
BINGE Ian	The Conservative Party Candidate	213
CHALLICE Lily Jayne	Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition	58
COBB Marg	Labour and Co-operative Party	832
CRESSWELL Doug	The Green Party	1,048	Yes
MCNEILL Margaret	Liberal Democrats	80
PASCUAL Jean-Louis	Independent	16

Kentwood

Electorate: 6,737
Total votes cast: 2,583
Turnout: 38%
Spoilt: 7

Candidate	Party	Votes	Elected
BARKER Jonathan Peter	Liberal Democrats	187
HEARST Caroline	The Green Party	209
NAZ Mamuna	Labour Party	1,016
SINGH Raj	The Conservative Party Candidate	1,171	Yes

Norcot

Electorate: 7,550
Total votes cast: 2,082
Turnout: 28%
Spoilt: 9

Candidate	Party	Votes	Elected
BOTTOM Jen	Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition	39
DENNIS Colette Lolita	Labour Party	1,202	Yes
GRAHAM Stephen Anthony	You Local Liberal Party	57
GULLIVER Alan John	Independent	71
ROWE Suzanne	The Conservative Party Candidate	371
WALKEM Richard Peter	The Green Party	206
WARD Christopher	Liberal Democrats	126

Park

Electorate: 7,023
Total votes cast: 5,678
Turnout: 40%
Spoilt: 3

Candidate	Party	Votes	Elected
CARNELL Allison	Conservative Party Candidate	160
DODSON Chris	Liberal Democrats	86
GALAMI Ram Bahadur	Labour Party	1,087
MAGON Sarah	The Green Party	1,408	Yes
PHELPS Adam Iestyn	Conservative Party Candidate	164
WILLIAMS Josh	The Green Party	1,536	Yes
WILLIAMSON Ollie	Labour Party	1,070
WRIGHT Henry David	Liberal Democrats	57

Redlands

Electorate: 8,273
Total votes cast: 2,590
Turnout: 31%
Spoilt: 19

Candidate	Party	Votes	Elected
CROSS Will	Labour and Co-operative Party	1,194	Yes
DENT Melanie Samantha Jayne	Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition	36
JAKEMAN Francis David	Liberal Democrats	114
NIKULINA Kate	The Green Party	1,034
SOW Abdoulaye Diouma	The Conservative Party Candidate	193

Southcote

Electorate: 7,768
Total votes cast: 2,413
Turn out 31%
Spoilt: 19

Candidate	Party	Votes	Elected
ADAMS Neil Robert	Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition	31
BLACKMORE Ben Michael Brereton	The Conservative Party Candidate	547
ENNIS John Joseph	Labour Party	1,454	Yes
MANCUSO-MARCELLO Riccardo Giovanni	Liberal Democrats	136
WHITHAM Jamie	The Green Party	223

Thames

Electorate: 5,915
Total votes cast: 1,948
Turnout: 33%
Spoilt: 13

Candidate	Party	Votes	Elected
ASARE Ama	Labour Party	997	Yes
HARLING Mike	The Green Party	295
HAWALDAR Shivraj	The Conservative Party Candidate	395
RAMSAY Jo	Liberal Democrats	248

Tilehurst

Electorate: 7,250
Total votes cast: 2,282
Turnout: 31%
Spoilt: 6

Candidate	Party	Votes	Elected
BERRY-KHAN Gabriel	The Green Party	159
BYRNE Casey George Christopher	The Conservative Party Candidate	479
MIDDLETON Len	Labour and Co-operative Party	481
THOMPSON Anne	Liberal Democrats	1,158	Yes

Whitley

Electorate: 7,753
Total votes cast: 1,822
Turnout: 24%
Spoilt: 10

Candidate	Party	Votes	Elected
DOBSON Sarah Lucy	Liberal Democrats	176
GOEL Vani	The Conservative Party Candidate	383
MPOFU-COLES Alice	Labour and Co-operative Party	1,111	Yes
SMITH Kathy	The Green Party	141