Election Name: | 2022 Reading Borough Council election |
Country: | Berkshire |
Type: | parliamentary |
Previous Election: | 2021 Reading Borough Council election |
Previous Year: | 2021 |
Next Election: | 2023 Reading Borough Council election |
Next Year: | 2023 |
Seats For Election: | All 48 seats to Reading Borough Council |
Majority Seats: | 25 |
Party1: | Labour Party (UK) |
Last Election1: | 29 seats, 41.1% |
Seats1: | 32 |
Seat Change1: | 3 |
Popular Vote1: | 52,405 |
Percentage1: | 47.3% |
Swing1: | 6.2% |
Party2: | Green Party of England and Wales |
Last Election2: | 5 seats, 16.3% |
Seats2: | 7 |
Seat Change2: | 2 |
Popular Vote2: | 18,663 |
Percentage2: | 16.8% |
Swing2: | 0.5% |
Party4: | Conservative Party (UK) |
Last Election4: | 10 seats, 31.5% |
Seats4: | 6 |
Seat Change4: | 4 |
Popular Vote4: | 29,153 |
Percentage4: | 26.3% |
Swing4: | 5.2% |
Party5: | Liberal Democrats (UK) |
Last Election5: | 2 seats, 10.2% |
Seats5: | 3 |
Seat Change5: | 1 |
Popular Vote5: | 10,178 |
Percentage5: | 9.2% |
Swing5: | 1.0% |
Council control | |
Posttitle: | Council control after election |
Before Party: | Labour Party (UK) |
After Party: | Labour Party (UK) |
An election to Reading Borough Council took place as of 5 May 2022. Following boundary changes all the seats on the council were up for election.[1]
After 2021 election | Before 2022 election[2] | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Party | Seats | Party | Seats | ||
29 | 29 | ||||
10 | 9 | ||||
5 | 5 | ||||
2 | 2 | ||||
0 | 1 |
The Notice of Poll and Statement of Persons Nominated was published on 6 April 2022.[5] The results were published on 6 May.[6] [7]