Election Name: | 2006 Reading Borough Council election |
Type: | parliamentary |
Previous Election: | 2004 Reading Borough Council election |
Previous Year: | 2004 |
Next Election: | 2007 Reading Borough Council election |
Next Year: | 2007 |
Seats For Election: | 17 seats of 46 on council |
Majority Seats: | 24 |
Image1: | Lab |
Leader1: | David Sutton |
Party1: | Labour Party (UK) |
Seats Before1: | 35 |
Seats After1: | 32 |
Seat Change1: | 3 pp |
Popular Vote1: | 11,571 |
Percentage1: | 33.4 |
Swing1: | 4.9 pp |
Leader2: | Fred Pugh |
Party2: | Conservative Party (UK) |
Seats Before2: | 6 |
Seats After2: | 8 |
Seat Change2: | 2 pp |
Popular Vote2: | 12,131 |
Percentage2: | 35.0 |
Swing2: | 3.0 pp |
Image3: | LD |
Leader3: | Bob Green |
Party3: | Liberal Democrats (UK) |
Seats Before3: | 5 |
Seats After3: | 6 |
Seat Change3: | 1 pp |
Popular Vote3: | 7,440 |
Percentage3: | 21.5 |
Swing3: | 3.9 pp |
The 2006 Reading Borough Council election was held on 4 May 2006, at the same time as other local elections across England. Seventeen of the 46 seats on Reading Borough Council were up for election, being the usual third of the council plus two by-elections. The by-election in Southcote ward was caused by the resignation of Labour councillor Christopher Swaine, and the by-election in Thames was caused by the resignation of Conservative councillor Rob Wilson, who had been elected as the member of parliament for Reading East the previous year. Labour lost three seats at the election: two to the Conservatives and one to the Liberal Democrats. The Conservatives took the largest number of votes across the borough for the first time since 1992. Despite these losses, Labour remained in control of the council, with David Sutton continuing as leader of the party and the council.[1]
The results in each ward were as follows (candidates with an asterisk* were the sitting councillor standing for re-election):[2] [3]