1991 Reading Borough Council election

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15 seats of 45 on council 23 seats needed for a majority

First party Second party Third party Lab Con LD Leader Mike Orton Pauline Palmer Jim Day Party Labour Conservative Liberal Democrats Seats before 27 11 5 Seats after 29 10 4 Seat change 2 1 1 Popular vote 16,671 15,927 6,611 Percentage 40.0% 38.2% 15.9% Swing 8.9% 9.3% 2.7% Fourth party Ind Party Independent Seats before 2 Seats after 2 Seat change Popular vote N/A Percentage N/A Swing N/A

First party Second party Third party

Lab · Con · LD

Leader Mike Orton Pauline Palmer Jim Day

Party Labour Conservative Liberal Democrats

Seats before 27 11 5

Seats after 29 10 4

Seat change 2 1 1

Popular vote 16,671 15,927 6,611

Percentage 40.0% 38.2% 15.9%

Swing 8.9% 9.3% 2.7%

Fourth party

Ind

Party Independent

Seats before 2

Seats after 2

Seat change

Popular vote N/A

Percentage N/A

Swing N/A

The 1991 Reading Borough Council election was held on 2 May 1991, at the same time as other local elections across England and Wales. One third of Reading Borough Council's 45 seats were up for election. Since the previous election in 1990, the Conservative group on the council had split, with councillors Hamza Fuad and Pam Fuad forming their own independent group, the "Thames Conservatives", reducing the official Conservative numbers from 13 to 11. Neither of the Thames Conservatives' seats were in the third contested in 1991.

The election saw the Labour Party increase its majority on the council.

Results

Reading Borough Council Election, 1990
Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
Labour	9	2	0	+2	60.0	40.0	16,671	-8.9
Conservative	5	1	2	-1	33.3	38.2	15,927	+9.3
Liberal Democrats	1	0	1	-1	6.7	15.9	6,611	+2.7
Green	0				0.0	5.8	2,431	-3.1

Ward results

The results in each ward were as follows (candidates with an asterisk* were the previous incumbent standing for re-election):

Abbey Ward
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Antony William Page* (Tony Page)	1,300	55.9	−11.5
	Conservative	Simon Matthews	608	26.2	+9.3
	Liberal Democrats	John William Wood	302	13.0	+4.3
	Green	Daphne Joan Lawrence	114	4.9	−2.1
Turnout	2,324
	Labour hold	Swing	-10.4

Battle Ward
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David M. Booth*	1,210	59.8	−8.3
	Conservative	Jan Harding	609	30.1	+9.3
	Green	Howard John Darby	206	10.2	−1.1
Turnout	2,025
	Labour hold	Swing	-8.8

Caversham Ward
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Trevor Jones	1,998	49.4	+11.4
	Labour	Mandy Winters	1,298	32.1	−11.5
	Liberal Democrats	Maureen Ann Stagg	554	13.7	+5.1
	Green	David Brian Wright (Brian Wright)	195	4.8	−5.0
Turnout	4,045
	Conservative hold	Swing	+11.45

Church Ward
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Kathleen Margaret Everett* (Kay Everett)	1,251	55.6	−9.6
	Conservative	Colin Douglas Snider	783	34.8	+12.5
	Green	Richard John Kerr Bradbury	217	9.6	−2.9
Turnout	2,251
	Labour hold	Swing	-11.05

Katesgrove Ward
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Margaret Stella Singh*	954	54.2	−13.2
	Conservative	Shirley Muriel Mills	569	32.3	+13.3
	Green	Christine Frances Critchfield	237	13.5	−0.2
Turnout	1,760
	Labour hold	Swing	-13.25

Kentwood Ward
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mark Anderson	1,257	39.6	+9.6
	Liberal Democrats	Francis John William Mahon-Daly* (Frank Mahon-Daly)	1,015	31.9	−3.2
	Labour	Walter Vigor	828	26.1	−3.0
	Green	John Christian Gibson	77	2.4	−3.4
Turnout	3,177
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats	Swing	+6.4

Minster Ward
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Derek Gordon E. Browne*	1,487	46.9	+9.1
	Labour	Daniel McNamara (Danny McNamara)	1,453	45.8	−3.0
	Green	Elizabeth Maria Darby (Maria Darby)	232	7.3	+2.0
Turnout	3,172
	Conservative hold	Swing	+6.05

Norcot Ward
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Rhodri Hughes*	1,523	57.8	−14.3
	Conservative	Susan Elizabeth White (Sue White)	565	21.5	+12.1
	Liberal Democrats	Elizabeth Heydeman	445	16.9	n/a
	Green	David Alfred Chaplin	101	3.8	+14.6
Turnout	2,634
	Labour hold	Swing	-13.2

Park Ward
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Michael D. Price*	1,430	56.4	−8.5
	Conservative	Jonathan White	598	23.6	+5.8
	Liberal Democrats	Gary Mann	326	12.9	+4.6
	Green	Philip John Unsworth	180	7.1	−1.8
Turnout	2,534
	Labour hold	Swing	-7.15

Peppard Ward
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Frank Heyes*	1,916	54.7	+9.2
	Liberal Democrats	John Outhwaite	1,004	28.7	+1.5
	Labour	Christine Borgars	464	13.3	−8.5
	Green	Andrew John McPhee	117	3.3	−2.1
Turnout	3,501
	Conservative hold	Swing	+3.85

Redlands Ward
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Anthony Jones (Tony Jones)	1,364	45.1	−5.9
	Conservative	Robert Owen Biggs Wilson (Rob Wilson)	1,093	36.1	+10.0
	Liberal Democrats	Jonathan Timothy Ashby Ball (Jon Ball)	391	12.9	+2.9
	Green	Sallie Ann Sullivan	177	5.9	−7.0
Turnout	3,025
	Labour gain from Conservative	Swing	-7.95

Southcote Ward
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Rosemary Phyllis Williams (Rose Williams)	1,527	51.6	−8.1
	Conservative	Daphne Janet Holmes (Janet Holmes)	1,255	42.4	+14.0
	Green	Timothy Robert Astin (Tim Astin)	177	6.0	+1.7
Turnout	2,959
	Labour gain from Conservative	Swing	-10.75

Thames Ward
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Kenneth A. Putt* (Ken Putt)	1,805	54.6	n/a
	Liberal Democrats	Ian M. Fenwick	889	26.9	+11.5
	Labour	Janet Mary Gavin (Jan Gavin)	427	12.9	−5.3
	Green	Anne Margaret McCubbin	180	5.5	−2.3
Turnout	3,301
	Conservative hold	Swing	n/a

Tilehurst Ward
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Florence Teresa Day* (Paddy Day)	1,685	56.6	+3.1
	Conservative	Anthony Maurice Owen (Tony Owen)	772	25.9	+4.9
	Labour	Mohammad Iqbal	440	14.8	−6.0
	Green	Judith Green	78	2.6	−2.0
Turnout	2,975
	Liberal Democrats hold	Swing	-0.9

Whitley Ward
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ceinwen Williams	1,202	61.4	−12.3
	Conservative	Barrie James Cummings	612	31.3	+15.7
	Green	Moira Anne Elizabeth Astin	143	7.3	−3.3
Turnout	1,957
	Labour hold	Swing	-14.0