Election Name: | 2007 Reading Borough Council election |
Type: | parliamentary |
Previous Election: | 2006 Reading Borough Council election |
Previous Year: | 2006 |
Next Election: | 2008 Reading Borough Council election |
Next Year: | 2008 |
Seats For Election: | 16 seats of 46 on council |
Majority Seats: | 24 |
Image1: | Lab |
Leader1: | David Sutton |
Party1: | Labour Party (UK) |
Seats Before1: | 32 |
Seats After1: | 25 |
Seat Change1: | 7 |
Popular Vote1: | 11,634 |
Percentage1: | 32.1 |
Swing1: | 1.3 |
Leader2: | Fred Pugh |
Party2: | Conservative Party (UK) |
Seats Before2: | 8 |
Seats After2: | 14 |
Seat Change2: | 6 |
Popular Vote2: | 13,910 |
Percentage2: | 38.4 |
Swing2: | 3.4 |
Image3: | LD |
Leader3: | Bob Green |
Party3: | Liberal Democrats (UK) |
Seats Before3: | 6 |
Seats After3: | 7 |
Seat Change3: | 1 |
Popular Vote3: | 7,258 |
Percentage3: | 20.0 |
Swing3: | 1.4 |
The 2007 Reading Borough Council election was held on 3 May 2007, at the same time as other local elections across England and Scotland. Sixteen of the 46 seats on Reading Borough Council were up for election, being the usual third of the council plus a by-election in Church ward where Labour councillor Azam Janjua had resigned.[1] Labour lost seven seats on the council, with the Conservatives gaining six seats and the Liberal Democrats one seat. Despite these losses, Labour retained a majority on the council.[2]
The results in each ward were as follows (candidates with an asterisk* were the sitting councillor standing for re-election):[3]