| Election Name: | 1991 Reading Borough Council election |
| Type: | parliamentary |
| Previous Election: | 1990 Reading Borough Council election |
| Previous Year: | 1990 |
| Next Election: | 1992 Reading Borough Council election |
| Next Year: | 1992 |
| Seats For Election: | 15 seats of 45 on council |
| Majority Seats: | 23 |
| Image1: | Lab |
| Leader1: | Mike Orton |
| Party1: | Labour Party (UK) |
| Seats Before1: | 27 |
| Seats After1: | 29 |
| Seat Change1: | 2 |
| Popular Vote1: | 16,671 |
| Percentage1: | 40.0 |
| Swing1: | 8.9 |
| Leader2: | Pauline Palmer |
| Party2: | Conservative Party (UK) |
| Seats Before2: | 11 |
| Seats After2: | 10 |
| Seat Change2: | 1 |
| Popular Vote2: | 15,927 |
| Percentage2: | 38.2 |
| Swing2: | 9.3 |
| Image3: | LD |
| Leader3: | Jim Day |
| Party3: | Liberal Democrats (UK) |
| Seats Before3: | 5 |
| Seats After3: | 4 |
| Seat Change3: | 1 |
| Popular Vote3: | 6,611 |
| Percentage3: | 15.9 |
| Swing3: | 2.7 |
| Image4: | Ind |
| Party4: | Independent (politician) |
| Seats Before4: | 2 |
| Seats After4: | 2 |
| Popular Vote4: | n/a |
| Percentage4: | n/a |
| Swing4: | 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.[1]
The election saw the Labour party increase its majority on the council.
The results in each ward were as follows (candidates with an asterisk* were the previous incumbent standing for re-election):[2] [3] [4] [5] [6]