2024 Wokingham Borough Council election
May 2, 2024 (2024-05-02)
All 54 seats to Wokingham Borough Council
28 seats needed for a majority
 
Leader Stephen Conway Pauline Jorgensen Rachel Burgess
Party Liberal Democrats Conservative Labour
Leader's seat Twyford Hillside Norreys
Current seats 26 22 5
Seats needed Increase 2 Increase 6 Increase 23
 
Party Independent
Current seats 1
Seats needed Increase 27
Incumbent Leader

Stephen Conway
Liberal Democrats


The 2024 Wokingham Borough Council election is scheduled to take place on Thursday 2 May 2024, alongside the other local elections in the United Kingdom on the same day.[1]

Background

The council usually elects members in thirds every year except the 4th in a four-year cycle.[2] However, due to a boundary review of the wards by the Local Government Boundary Commission for England, all 54 seats to Wokingham Borough Council are up for election.[3] At the previous election, held in 2023, the Liberal Democrats gained 3 seats to have 26 seats, leaving the council in no overall control, as a majority is 28 seats.[4][5]

Pre-Election Composition[2][4][5]
Party Seats
Liberal Democrats 26
Conservatives 22
Labour 5
Independent 1

References

  1. ↑ "Next elections in Wokingham". Wokingham Borough Council. Archived from the original on 2023-12-31. Retrieved 2023-12-31.
  2. 1 2 "Composition of Wokingham Borough Council". Open Council Data UK. Archived from the original on 2023-12-31. Retrieved 2023-12-31.
  3. ↑ LGBCE. "Wokingham | LGBCE". www.lgbce.org.uk. Retrieved 2023-12-31.
  4. 1 2 "Wokingham result - Local Elections 2023". BBC News. Retrieved 2023-12-31.
  5. 1 2 "Composition of WBC". Wokingham Borough Council. Archived from the original on 2023-12-31. Retrieved 2023-12-31.
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