| Election Name: | 1994 Reading Borough Council election |
| Type: | parliamentary |
| Previous Election: | 1992 Reading Borough Council election |
| Previous Year: | 1992 |
| Next Election: | 1995 Reading Borough Council election |
| Next Year: | 1995 |
| Seats For Election: | 16 seats of 45 on council |
| Majority Seats: | 23 |
| Image1: | Lab |
| Leader1: | Mike Orton |
| Party1: | Labour Party (UK) |
| Seats Before1: | 29 |
| Seats After1: | 28 |
| Seat Change1: | 1 |
| Popular Vote1: | 18,624 |
| Percentage1: | 47.8 |
| Swing1: | 10.7 |
| Leader2: | Pauline Palmer |
| Party2: | Conservative Party (UK) |
| Seats Before2: | 11 |
| Seats After2: | 12 |
| Seat Change2: | 1 |
| Popular Vote2: | 10,266 |
| Percentage2: | 26.4 |
| Swing2: | 14.5 |
| Image3: | LD |
| Leader3: | Jim Day |
| Party3: | Liberal Democrats (UK) |
| Seats Before3: | 4 |
| Seats After3: | 5 |
| Seat Change3: | 1 |
| Popular Vote3: | 8,943 |
| Percentage3: | 23.0 |
| Swing3: | 7.6 |
| Image4: | Ind |
| Party4: | Independent (politician) |
| Seats Before4: | 1 |
| Seats After4: | 0 |
| Seat Change4: | 1 |
| Popular Vote4: | 0 |
| Percentage4: | 0 |
| Swing4: | n/a |
The 1994 Reading Borough Council election was held on 5 May 1994, at the same time as other local elections across England and Scotland. Sixteen of the 45 seats on Reading Borough Council were up for election, being the usual third of the council (15 seats) plus a by-election in Battle ward, where Labour councillor David Booth had resigned. Prior to the election there had been one independent "Thames Conservative" councillor, Hamza Fuad, who had been elected as a Conservative, but split from the party in 1990. He did not stand for re-election in 1994. Labour retained 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):[1] [2] [3]
The Kentwood ward by-election in 1994 was triggered by the death of Liberal Democrat councillor George Ford, just 22 days after he had been appointed mayor of Reading.[4] [5]