| Election Name: | 1990 Reading Borough Council election |
| Type: | parliamentary |
| Previous Election: | 1988 Reading Borough Council election |
| Previous Year: | 1988 |
| Next Election: | 1991 Reading Borough Council election |
| Next Year: | 1991 |
| Seats For Election: | 15 seats of 45 on council |
| Majority Seats: | 23 |
| Image1: | Lab |
| Leader1: | Mike Orton |
| Party1: | Labour Party (UK) |
| Seats Before1: | 25 |
| Seats After1: | 27 |
| Seat Change1: | 2 |
| Popular Vote1: | 21,868 |
| Percentage1: | 48.9 |
| Swing1: | 9.0 |
| Leader2: | Pauline Palmer |
| Party2: | Conservative Party (UK) |
| Seats Before2: | 15 |
| Seats After2: | 13 |
| Seat Change2: | 2 |
| Popular Vote2: | 12,924 |
| Percentage2: | 28.9 |
| Swing2: | 11.5 |
| Image3: | LD |
| Leader3: | Jim Day |
| Party3: | Liberal Democrats (UK) |
| Seats Before3: | 5 |
| Seats After3: | 5 |
| Popular Vote3: | 5,896 |
| Percentage3: | 13.3 |
| Swing3: | 0.9 |
The 1990 Reading Borough Council election was held on 3 May 1990, at the same time as other local elections across England and Scotland. One third of Reading Borough Council's 45 seats were up for election.
The election saw the Labour party increase its majority on the council, gaining two seats from the Conservatives.
The results in each ward were as follows (candidates with an asterisk* were the previous incumbent standing for re-election):[1] [2]