UPDATED - Conservatives hold but lose two seats
Published 4 May 2012 11:15
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UPDATED: RESULT - CONSERVATIVES HAVE HELD MAJORITY
Council composition:
TORY 43
LIB DEM 10
INDEPENDENT 1
32% TURNOUT
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WELCOME to the Wokingham Borough Council election count 2012 live from the Loddon Valley Leisure Centre in Lower Earley. 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 18 of the council's 54 seats up for grabs, but even if the Tories were to lose their 15 contested seats, they would still have 30, enough for a majority.
The Liberal Democrats hold the remaining nine seats, three of which will be contested in Bulmershe and Whitegates, Loddon and Twyford.
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Key:
Labour (Lab)
Conservatives (Con)
Liberal Democrats (LD)
UK Independence Party (UKIP)
Green Party (GRN)
Independent (Ind)
The Co-operative Party (Co-op)
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Current composition:
Con 45
LD 9
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Bulmershe & Whitegates: LIB DEM HOLD
Greg Bello (Lab) 750
Lesley Hayward (LD) 976
Billy Khan (UKIP) 137
Mohammed Parvaiz (Con) 660
Adrian Windisch (Grn) 106
Spoiled 6
Turnout 40%
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Hurst: CON HOLD
Paula Montie (Grn) 79
Wayne Smith (Con) 562
Paul Trott (LD) 83
Umesh Ummat (Lab) 62
Spoiled 3
Turnout 36%
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Wokingham without: CON HOLD
Thomas Blomley (Grn) 178
Pauline Helliar-Symons (Con) 1,268
Elaine Spratling (LD) 147
Graham Widdows (UKIP)316
Spoiled 11
Turnout 31%
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Charvil ward: INDEPENDENT GAIN
Emma Hobbs (Con) 382
James O'Callaghan (Grn) 44
Nick Ray (Ind) 414
Malcolm Storry (LD) 42
Spoiled 2
Turnout 38%
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Shinfield South: CON HOLD
Marjory Bisset (Grn) 473
Charlotte Haitham Taylor (Con) 893
Imogen Shepherd-Dubey (LD) 141
Spoiled 9
Turnout 29%
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Wescott: CON HOLD
Stella Howell (UKIP) 135
James Leask (LD) 158
Kazek Lokuciewski (Grn) 187
John Woodward (Lab) 166
Bob Wyatt (Con) 679
Spoiled 5
Turnout 31%
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Norreys: CON HOLD
John Bray (LD) 268
Mary Gascoyne (Lab) 315
Emma-Louise Hamilton (Grn) 120
Keith Knight (UKIP) 212
Malcolm Richards (Con) 959
Robin Smith (Ind) 82
Spoiled 9
Turnout 29%
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Twyford: LIB DEM HOLD
James Ewan (Grn) 118
Lindsay Ferris (LD) 1011
Richard Fort (Lab) 159
Sam Hawkins (Con) 527
Spoiled 14
Turnout 40%
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Evendons: CON HOLD
Dianne King (Con) 967
Steven Scarrott (LD) 388
Anthony Skuse (Lab) 286
Mike Spencer (UKIP) 278
Spoiled 8
Turnout 28%
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Remenham, Wargrave & Ruscombe: CON HOLD
Martin Alder (LD) 248
Matthew Dent (Lab/Co-op) 172
John Halsall (Con) 937
Spoiled 10
Turnout 31%
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Emmbrook: CON HOLD
Ullakarin Clark (Con) 1202
Suresh Jeganathan (LD) 291
Steven McMillan (UKIP) 330
Paul Sharples (Lab) 313
Spoiled 14
Turnout 33%
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Finchampstead South: CON HOLD
Roland Cundy (LD) 345
Ian Pittock (Con) 843
Matthew Valler (Grn) 241
Spoiled 15
Turnout 33%
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Winnersh: LIB DEM GAIN
Mark Ashwell (Con) 961
John Baker (Lab) 175
Tony Pollock (UKIP) 183
Rachelle Shepherd-Dubey (LD) 1183
Spoiled 8
Turnout 35%
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Hawkedon: CON HOLD
Guy Grandison (Con) 688
Peter Jackson (UKIP) 142
John Prior (Grn) 97
Anthony Vick (LD) 402
Neville Waites (Lab) 278
Spoiled 2
Turnout 23%
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Loddon: LIB DEM HOLD
Tom Clark (Lab) 303
Tom McCann (LD) 846
Bill Soane (Con) 751
Julia Titus (Grn) 132
Spoiled 9
Turnout 30%
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Hillside: CON HOLD
Helene Cherry (Grn) 241
Pauline Jorgensen (Con) 1062
David Sharp (Lab) 317
Keith Yabsley (LD) 465
Spoiled 9
Turnout 31%
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Finchampstead North: CON HOLD
Martyn Foss (Grn) 124
Mike Gore (Con) 1038
Tim Jinkerson (Lab/Co-op) 193
Roy Neall (LD) 121
Spoiled 8
Turnout 34%
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Maiden Erlegh: CON HOLD
David Hare (LD) 528
Nicholas Marshall (Grn) 238
Ken Miall (Con) 966
Jacqueline Rupert (Lab) 373
Spoiled 5
Turnout 30%
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Wokingham's deputy leader, Cllr Rob Stanton, said he was "disappointed" by evidence of a low turnout. He added: "The turnout is sadly in line with the national picture.
"There are also signs of protest votes while I've been watching the counts, but I am quietly confident."
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THE BIGGEST issues for voters is rubbish and libraries, according to the Labour candidate for Remenham, Wargrave and Ruscombe.
Matthew Dent said the issues are prominent in the borough, but admitted he thinks Tory-led Wokingham is unlikely to see the same level of Labour gains as across the UK.
He added: "Nationally Labour have done really well, but here it's a bit different.
"I think the big reason that Labour has done so well nationally is because of the economic situation and the fact that we are back in a recession. The Tories based most of their political campaign on economics and they can't really stand by that when the situation is now how it is.
"I've been campaigning hard but I wouldn't want to call it just yet - I think the Tories will still do disappointingly well."
This article appeared in Reading Chronicle 03 May 12
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May 4, 13:00
Report comment"Wokingham's deputy leader, Cllr Rob Stanton, said he was "disappointed" by evidence of a low turnout".
There is no difference between Tory, Labour or Lib Dem; all are equally inept in supporting the indigenous UK punter hence the low turnout. When one realises ordinary joe has been sold out to overseas interests and a lax immigration policy Democracy becomes meaningless. There are more important things in life like finding work, health and money.
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