Election Name: | 2002 Reading Borough Council election |
Type: | parliamentary |
Previous Election: | 2001 Reading Borough Council election |
Previous Year: | 2001 |
Next Election: | 2003 Reading Borough Council election |
Next Year: | 2003 |
Seats For Election: | 16 seats of 45 on council |
Majority Seats: | 23 |
Image1: | Lab |
Leader1: | David Sutton |
Party1: | Labour Party (UK) |
Seats Before1: | 36 |
Seats After1: | 36 |
Popular Vote1: | 13,684 |
Percentage1: | 44.2 |
Swing1: | 2.5 |
Leader2: | Bob Green |
Party2: | Liberal Democrats (UK) |
Seats Before2: | 6 |
Seats After2: | 6 |
Popular Vote2: | 8,055 |
Percentage2: | 26.0 |
Swing2: | 1.5 |
Image3: | Con |
Leader3: | Fred Pugh |
Party3: | Conservative Party (UK) |
Seats Before3: | 3 |
Seats After3: | 3 |
Popular Vote3: | 8,317 |
Percentage3: | 26.9 |
The 2002 Reading Borough Council election was held on 2 May 2002, at the same time as other local elections across England. 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 Rajinder Sohpal had resigned.[1] No seats changed party at the election, and the council therefore continued to have a Labour majority, with David Sutton continuing as leader of the party and the council.[2]
The results in each ward were as follows:[3] [2]