Election Name: | 1995 Reading Borough Council election |
Type: | parliamentary |
Previous Election: | 1994 Reading Borough Council election |
Previous Year: | 1994 |
Next Election: | 1996 Reading Borough Council election |
Next Year: | 1996 |
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: | 32 |
Seat Change1: | 3 |
Popular Vote1: | 20,897 |
Percentage1: | 56.5 |
Swing1: | 8.7 |
Leader2: | Tony Markham |
Party2: | Conservative Party (UK) |
Seats Before2: | 12 |
Seats After2: | 8 |
Seat Change2: | 4 |
Popular Vote2: | 9,037 |
Percentage2: | 24.5 |
Swing2: | 1.9 |
Image3: | LD |
Leader3: | Jim Day |
Party3: | Liberal Democrats (UK) |
Seats Before3: | 4 |
Seats After3: | 5 |
Seat Change3: | 1 |
Popular Vote3: | 6,595 |
Percentage3: | 17.8 |
Swing3: | 5.1 |
The 1995 Reading Borough Council election was held on 4 May 1995, at the same time as other local elections across Britain. 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 Redlands ward, where Labour councillor Robert Sulley had resigned. Labour increased its majority on the council. The Labour leader on the council ahead of the election was Mike Orton, but he stood down as party and council leader immediately after the election, being replaced by David Sutton.[1]
The results in each ward were as follows (candidates with an asterisk* were the previous incumbent standing for re-election):[2]