LIVE - Reading Borough Council election results 2012
Published 3 May 2012 22:00
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UPDATED: RESULT - LABOUR HAVE WON AN OVERALL MAJORITY
Council composition:
LABOUR 26
TORY 12
LIB DEM 4
GREEN 3
INDEPENDENT 1
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Minster: LABOUR HOLD
Sunil Gandhi (Grn) 162
Georgina Hughes (LD) 164
Alanzo Seville (Con) 600
Liz Terry (Lab/Co-op) 1,351
Spoilt: 7
Turnout: 29.36%
Electorate: 7,823
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Park: GREEN GAIN
Rachael Chrisp (Lab/Co-op) 1,094
Hoyte Swager (LD) 54
Laurence Taylor (Con) 279
Jamie Whitham (Grn) 1,246
Spoilt: 8
Turnout: 35%
Electorate: 7,615
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Whitley: LABOUR HOLD
Nick Brown (Con) 318
Rebecca Chester (LD) 57
Mike Diamond (CS) 99
Keith Johnson (Grn) 68
Mike Orton (Lab) 1,144
Jamie Wake (Ind) 82
Spoilt: 7
Turnout: 21.6%
Electorate: 8,254
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Tilehurst: LIB DEM HOLD
Haji Banaras (Lab) 510
Doug Cresswell (Grn) 89
William Macphee (UKIP) 220
Meri O'Connel (LD) 897
Rob Vickers (Con) 604
Spoilt: 1
Turnout: 32.14%
Electorate: 7,266
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Peppard: TORY HOLD
David Absolom (Lab) 434
Mustafa Chaudhary (LD) 297
Jamie Chowdhary (Ind) 789
Kate Day (Grn) 210
Jane Standford-Beale (Con) 1,090
Spoilt: 14
Turnout: 37.48%
Electorate: 7,650
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Kentwood: LABOUR GAIN
Kevin Jackson (Grn) 144
Matt Plunkett (CS) 126
Daya Singh (Lab) 1,052
Jon Walls (LD) 121
Emma Warman (Con) 796
Spoilt: 11
Turnout: 29.96%
Electorate: 7,561
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Church: LABOUR GAIN
Annette Hendry (LD) 94
Azam Janjua (Con) 700
Vivienne Johnson (Grn) 134
Kim Maysh (CS) 79
Eileen McElligott (Lab) 1,029
Spoilt: 8
Turnout: 25.42%
Electorate: 8,044
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Thames: CONSERVATIVE HOLD
Duncan Bruce (Lab/Co-op): 625
John Dickson (Ind) 322
Ed Hopper (Con) 1,266
Helen McNamara (Grn) 311
Guy Penman (LD) 282
Spoilt: 9
Turnout: 38.05%
Electorate:7,432
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Southcote: LABOUR HOLD
Ali Asghar (Con) 478
Debs Edwards (Lab) 1,364
Kizzi Murtagh (Grn) 112
David Warren (LD) 142
Spoilt: 8
Turnout: 32.66%
Electorate: 6,496
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Caversham: LABOUR GAIN
Richard Davies (Lab/Co-op) 1,258
Jenny Hicks (Grn) 265
Dave Luckett (Con) 880
Jenny Woods (LD) 168
Spoilt: 14
Turnout: 34.87%
Electorate: 7,451
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Battle: LABOUR HOLD
Imraan Ishtiaq (Con) 522
Gul Khan (Lab) 1,015
Alan Lockey (Grn) 188
Jean-Louis Pascual (Rom) 42
Mark Whiley (LD) 106
Spoilt: 6
Turnout: 24.6%
Electorate: 7,550
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Norcot: LABOUR HOLD
Michael Fairfax (Con) 400
Jo Lovelock (Lab) 1,373
Margaret McNeill (LD) 96
David Patterson (Grn) 117
Spoilt: 10
Turnout: 26.7%
Electorate: 7,546
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Katesgrove: LABOUR GAIN
Janel Blattler (LD) 257
Richard Robeson (Con) 237
James Towell (Grn) 157
Michael Turberville (Ind) 42
Rose Williams (Lab) 890
Spoilt: 9
Turnout: 23.2%
Electorate: 7,177
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Abbey: LABOUR HOLD
Kirsten Bayes (LD) 135
Alex Coleman (Con) 354
Hazel Murphy (Grn) 230
Tony Page (Lab) 1,140
Howard Thomas (CS) 87
Spoilt: 7
Turnout: 20.21%
Electorate: 9,672
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Redlands: LABOUR GAIN
Robert Booth (Grn) 251
Tony Jones (Lab/Co-op) 1,032
Leo Lester (Con) 273
James Moore (LD) 425
Spoilt: 11
Turnout: 25.57%
Electorate: 7,798
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Mapledurham: TORY HOLD
Isobel Ballsdon (Con) 695
Chris Burden (LD) 111
Dougie Coulter (Grn) 103
Ashley Pearce (Lab) 136
Spoilt: 5
Turnout: 41.37%
Electorate: 2,535
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Key:
Labour (Lab)
Conservatives (Con)
Liberal Democrats (LD)
Green Party (GRN)
The Co-operative Party (Co-op)
Common Sense Party (CS)
The Roman Party. Ave! (Rom)
UK Independence Party (UKIP)
Independent (Ind)
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Current composition:
Lab 22
Con 15
LD 6
Grn 2
Independent 1
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LIB Dem candidate for Caversham ward, Cllr Jenny Claire Edwards, is feeling chipper despite thinking she will only have got "around 10%" of the votes.
She said: "I'm enjoying it. It's all about democracy and seeing a paper with a cross next to your name."
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THE Lib Dems remain optimistic about the impending results.
Group leader, Cllr Daisy Benson, said is feeling "good and confident".
She added: "People talk us down all the time but they are pleased to see us out there working!"
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LIB Dem veteran Cllr Peter Beard in his final minutes as a councillor believes Peppard, Kentwood and Redlands are among the key seats tonight.
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Minster ward's Cllr Marian Livingston said the weather made campaigning a case of "shower dodging" but added the party was determined to "get out there and do it".
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LABOUR'S Cllr Gul Khan has arrived to defend his Battle ward seat.
He said: "Nervous? I don't believe in it! Whatever happens, happens."
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TURNOUT is expected to be low, and Redlands ward Labour candidate Tony Jones said: "We will see what difference it makes to the count."
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ABBEY ward Lib Dem candidate and former group leader, Kirsten Bayes, is in high spirits as she attempts to dethrone council deputy leader, Cllr Tony Page.
She said: "I'm looking forward to the night."
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BATTLE ward Tory candidate Imraan Ishtiaq is feeling confident and says his party has "a good chance".
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TORY veteran Fred Pugh is savouring his last hours as councillor before he retires, adding: "I'm councilllor for only a couple more hours".
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COUNTING is well under way and councillors and candidates are still arriving.
The centre is buzzing - it won't be long before the first results are announced.
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BALLOT boxes are arriving thick and fast and so are councillors and candidates.
Deputy council leader Tony Page is here as is the former Tory group leader Cllr Andrew Cumpsty.
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THERE was a spot of election rage after Labour election agent David Absolom strolled onto the counting floor.
An angry former Lib Dem leader Gareth Epps snapped: "I know the Labour Party think they own Reading but that's not on."
Mr Absolom replied: "We have all had a long day Gareth."
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THE first ballot box has arrived - it's ABBEY.
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WELCOME to the Reading Borough Council election count 2012 live from the Rivermead Leisure Centre in Richfield Avenue.
Polling stations have closed and the results will appear here live as they are announced. Readers can also keep up to date with the action on Twitter by following @rdgchronicle.
There are 16 of the council's 46 seats up for grabs - one in each ward.
Labour are defending seven seats to the Tories six and Lib Dems three.
Control of the council hangs very much in the balance, with no party having an overall majority.
This article appeared in Reading Chronicle 03 May 12
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dickemery
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May 4, 02:44
Report commenttoo many chiefs turn out 29% waste of tax money same old story nothing changes
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Gareth Epps
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May 4, 02:56
Report commentAbsolom also failed to control a Labour Party worker who assaulted me after the Church Ward declaration. Labour's behaviour at the count was disgraceful and thuggish.
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Community
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May 4, 08:47
Report commentIt doesn't matter what party you voted for, they (including Green, UKIP, BNP) are all colours of the same rainbow. However, there is no pot of gold. For your vote to mean anything you need to sever all connection with political parties at every level. Next time find an Independant (not independce,) not aligned to any party political machine, who resonates with your view of what is right and proper for the good of all. And you wonder why things never change. Until you do this you have no democracy there will be no land reform, and you and your children will always be enslaved to a life of debt. Wake up in time for the next general election.
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NotJohn
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May 4, 08:59
Report commentDisappointly low turnout.
If you don't take part then you have no chance in changing anything.
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Hesketh Knee
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May 4, 13:52
Report commentReading would seem to be a good yardstick for events nationally. An election characterised by a complete lack of engagement from the parties, and almost total apathy by the voters. Not one canvasser in my ward (Mapledurham), and only one leaflet, so if they can't be bothered, why on earth should we. An interesting correlation between the poorest turn out being in the least affluent areas.
The older I get, the more I recognise the truth of the Connolly doctrine: The very desire to be a politician, at any level, should be a permanent and total disbarment, from ever being allowed to be one.
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dickemery
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May 5, 04:12
Report commentl agree with what community dicuss says, the big three are a waste of time look at the behavior of local counciller and their boss in westminster act like privilege schoolboys mostly failed businessmen vote for another alternative to your chosing cant be any worse than the big 3 save the planet dont be like sheep and follow each other otherwise nothing will change and if you have a view share it on this forum dont hide
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Paul Bardos
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May 5, 14:10
Report commentThe big story seems to be the number of "protest" party votes and risng counts for the Greens. Not much on offer from Labour, Lib Dem or Tories but the usual rubbish. They all have had their snout in the trough for too long. Wonder if this Labour Ciuncil will be as useless as the last one: anyone for more tall buildings, idiotic road schemes and environmentally very unfriendly bioethanol... All nodded through by the other parties, until such point as they become an election issue again.
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