2021 Wokingham Borough Council election

6 May 2021

18 seats, one-third of all council seats.
 
Con
LD
Lab
Leader John Halsall Lindsay Ferris Rachel Burgess
Party Conservative Liberal Democrats Labour
Leader since 6 May 2019 2016[1]
Leader's seat Remenham, Wargrave and Ruscombe Twyford Norreys
Last election 31 seats, 57.4% 18 seats, 33.3% 3 seats, 5.6%
Seats needed Decrease4 Increase9 Increase24

 
Ind
Grn
WEP
Leader N/A Louise Tomlin
Party Independent Green Women's Equality
Leader since N/A
Leader's seat N/A Running in Evendons
Last election 2 seats, 3.3% 0 seats, 0.6% 0
Seats needed Increase25 Increase27 Increase27

Ward results map for Wokingham Borough Council

Incumbent Leader of the Council

John Halsall
Conservative



The 2021 Wokingham Borough Council election took place on 6 May 2021 to elect members of Wokingham Borough Council in England.[2] This was on the same day as other local elections and had been postponed from May 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

The composition of the council before the election was as follows:

31 15 4 3
CON LD LAB IND

There was one vacancy.[3]

After the election, the composition of the council became:

31 18 3 2
CON LD LAB IND

Election result

The Conservatives retained control of the council and gained one seat from Labour.[4] They regained a seat from an Independent who had originally been elected as a Conservative, and also regained a vacant seat, which had been won by a Conservative in 2016, who joined the Liberal Democrats in 2017,[5] and had resigned from the Council in 2020.[3] The Liberal Democrats gained three seats from the Conservatives.

Total Election result

2021 Wokingham Borough Council election
Party This election Full council This election
Seats Net Seats % Other Total Total % Votes Votes % +/−
  Conservative 12 Decrease 2 66.7 19 31 57.4 21,540 46.4 Increase 9.1
  Liberal Democrats 6 Increase 3 33.3 12 18 33.3 16,492 35.5 Decrease 3.9
  Labour 0 Decrease 1 0 3 3 5.6 7,439 16.0 Decrease 0.4
  Independent 0 Steady 0 2 2 3.7 0 0 Decrease 5.4
  Green 0 Steady 0.0 0 0 0.0 695 1.5 Increase 0.9
  Women's Equality 0 Steady 0.0 0 0 0.0 175 0.4 Increase 0.1
  Freedom Alliance 0 Steady 0.0 0 0 0.0 114 0.2 New

A total of 46,771 votes were cast for 62 candidates. (46,445 unspoilt)

Ward results

Bulmershe and Whitegates
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Shahid Younis (E) 1,489 43.5 5.6
Labour Andy Croy 1443 42.2 -0.2
Liberal Democrats Shiela Jordan 256 7.4 -12.3
Green Samuel Langlois 186 5.4 5.4
Freedom Alliance Fiona Morley 23 0.6 0.6
Majority 46 1.3 -3.2
Turnout 3419 48% 6%
Conservative gain from Labour Swing

22 ballot papers were rejected

Charvil Ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Sam Akhtar (E) 728 58.7 11.7
Liberal Democrats Martin Alder 367 29.5 29.5
Labour Brian Scott 81 6.5 -0.4
Green Kathy Smith 55 4.4 4.4
Majority 361 29.1 28.0
Turnout 1240 52% 7%
Conservative hold Swing

9 ballot papers were rejected

Emmbrook
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Morag Malvern 1,675 48.2 -13.4
Conservative Ullakarin Clark 1,454 41.8 10.7
Labour Llewelyn Reed-Jones 320 9.2 -1.6
Majority 221 6.4 -24.1
Turnout 3475 47% 3%
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing

26 ballot papers were rejected

Evendons
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Ian Shenton (E) 1,390 44.0 -4.5
Conservative Daniel Hinton 1277 40.4 15.6
Labour Annette Medhurst 299 9.5 3.8
Women's Equality Louise Timlin 175 5.5 -0.5
Majority 113 3.6 -20.1
Turnout 3158 44% 7%
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing

17 ballot papers were rejected

Finchampstead North
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Charles Margetts 1,341 69.0 11.9
Liberal Democrats Jordon Montgomery 283 14.7 -17.4
Labour Alex Freeney 170 8.7 3.6
Green Martyn Foss 130 6.7 1.6
Majority 1058 54.5 29.5
Turnout 1941 45% 1%
Conservative hold Swing

17 ballot papers were rejected

Finchampstead South
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Rebecca Margetts 1,188 65.0 9.5
Liberal Democrats Mike Eytle 454 24.8 -8.2
Labour Grace Tapping 172 9.2 -1.8
Majority 734 40.1 17.6
Turnout 1827 39% -1%
Conservative hold Swing

13 ballot papers were rejected

Hawkedon
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Clive Jones 1,411 53.6 -2.8
Conservative Eileen Kessel 869 33.0 1.2
Labour Mark Craske 339 12.8 1.0
Majority 542 20.5 -4.1
Turnout 2632 38% 2%
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

13 ballot papers were rejected

Hillside
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Pauline Jorgensen 1,472 46.8 9.2
Liberal Democrats Wes Budd 1354 43.0 -8.2
Labour Hari Sarasan 303 9.6 -1.5
Majority 118 3.6 -10.0
Turnout 3144 49% 5%
Conservative hold Swing

15 ballot papers were rejected

Hurst
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Wayne Smith 749 70.4 -5.8
Liberal Democrats Sam Turvey 211 19.8 6.7
Labour Paula Monte 100 9.4 -1.3
Majority 538 50.6 -12.5
Turnout 1063 50% 14%
Conservative hold Swing

3 ballot papers were rejected.

Loddon
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Anne Chadwick 1,377 46.1 1.8
Liberal Democrats Beth Rowland 741 24.8 -9.6
Labour Majid Nagra 689 23.0 5.2
Green James Towell 163 5.4 5.4
Majority 636 21.2 7.7
Turnout 2986 39% 6%
Conservative hold Swing

16 ballot papers were rejected

Maiden Erlegh
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Norman Jorgensen 1,235 40.7 6.8
Liberal Democrats Mike Smith 931 30.7 -6.3
Labour Andrew Gray 676 22.2 -6.9
Green Russell Seymour 161 5.3 5.3
Majority 304 10.0 6.9
Turnout 3032 45% -1%
Conservative hold Swing

29 ballot papers were rejected

Norreys
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Phil Cunnington 1,610 46.1 5.6
Labour Nick Fox 1375 39.4 0.2
Liberal Democrats Jane Ainslie 481 13.7 -6.6
Majority 235 6.7 5.4
Turnout 3489 42% 5%
Conservative hold Swing

23 ballot papers were rejected

Remenham, Wargrave and Ruscombe
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative John Halsall 1,137 62.7 -4.8
Liberal Democrats Andrea Martijn 425 23.4 1.7
Labour Stuart Crainer 239 13.1 -2.9
Majority 712 39.2 -6.6
Turnout 1813 42% 11%
Conservative hold Swing

12 ballot papers were rejected.

Shinfield South
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Jackie Rance 1,423 48.1 17.3
Liberal Democrats Chris Johnson 1152 39.0 39.0
Labour Marcus McDowell 359 12.1 2.2
Majority 271 9.17 -9.5
Turnout 2953 35% 1%
Conservative hold Swing

19 ballot papers were rejected

Twyford
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Lindsay Ferris 1,677 70.6 -2.4
Conservative Grant Woolner 562 23.6 0.9
Labour Caroline Hill 118 4.9 0.6
Majority 1115 46.9 -3.4
Turnout 2374 54% 6%
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

17 ballot papers were rejected

Wescott
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Peter Dennis 1,052 44.2 9.1
Conservative Jullian McGhee-Sumner 1011 42.4 8.8
Labour Colin Heath 288 12.1 -11.3
Majority 41 1.7 0.2
Turnout 2379 43% 1%
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing

28 ballot papers were rejected

Winnersh
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Rachelle Shepherd-Dubey 1,627 54.1 -10.6
Conservative Bernadette Mitra 1002 33.3 10.5
Labour Allan Murungi 258 8.6 3.0
Freedom Alliance Karen Clyde 91 3.0 3.0
Majority 625 20.8 -21.1
Turnout 3003 38% 4%
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

25 ballot papers were rejected

Wokingham Without
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Pauline Helliar-Symmons 1,616 56.8 4.7
Liberal Democrats Robert Comber 1005 35.3 -4.0
Labour Brent Lees 210 7.4 -1.3
Majority 611 21.4 8.6
Turnout 2843 44% 7%
Conservative hold Swing

12 ballot papers were rejected

References

  1. "VOTE 2018: Leaders interviews – Lindsay Ferris, Liberal Democrats". 29 April 2018.
  2. "Guide to May 2021 elections in Wokingham". WBC. Retrieved 8 May 2021.
  3. 1 2 Aldridge, James (10 May 2021). "Wokingham Conservative leader reacts to 2021 Local Election". Bracknell News. Retrieved 13 May 2021.
  4. "Wokingham Borough Council Election Results 2021". Retrieved 8 May 2021.
  5. Creighton, Phil (24 March 2017). "Wokingham Conservative councillor quits to join Liberal Democrats". Wokingham.Today. Retrieved 13 May 2020.
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