2000 Reading Borough Council election

The 2000 Reading Borough Council election was held on 4 May 2000, 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 Kentwood ward, caused by the death of Labour councillor Doris Lawrence. At the time of the election there was another vacancy on the council in Church ward, where Labour councillor Maureen Lockey had also died, but the by-election for Church ward was not held until a few weeks later.

2000 Reading Borough Council election

4 May 2000 (2000-05-04)
16 seats of 45 on council 23 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Lab LD Con Leader David Sutton Ian Fenwick Fred Pugh Party Labour Liberal Democrats Conservative Seats before 36 6 3 Seats after 36 6 3 Seat change Popular vote 12,245 5,880 8,896 Percentage 44.6 21.4 32.4 Swing 4.1 1.1 5.0

Labour regained the vacant seat in the Kentwood by-election, and retained the vacant seat in Church ward at the by-election on 15 June 2000. No seats changed party at these elections, leaving Labour in overall control of the council.

Results

Reading Borough Council Election, 2000

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	13	1	0	+1	81.3%	44.6%	12,245	-4.1
	Conservative	1	0	0	0	6.3%	32.4%	8,896	+5.0
	Liberal Democrats	2	0	0	0	12.5%	21.4%	5,880	-1.1
	Green	0				0%	1.6%	452	+0.3

Ward results

The results in each ward were as follows:

Abbey Ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Antony Page* (Tony Page)	984	62.1
	Conservative	Adam Woolhouse	380	24.0
	Liberal Democrats	John Wood	220	13.9
Turnout			1,584	20.1
	Labour hold		Swing

Battle Ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Richard Stainthorp*	707	58.0
	Conservative	Dharam Ahuja	361	29.6
	Liberal Democrats	Martin Reilly	150	12.3
Turnout			1,218	19.5
	Labour hold		Swing

Caversham Ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Susan Stainthorp* (Sue Stainthorp)	1,360	49.0
	Conservative	Robert Wilson	1,134	40.8
	Liberal Democrats	Diane Elliss	283	10.2
Turnout			2,777	32.8
	Labour hold		Swing

Church Ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Chris Goodall*	608	50.1
	Conservative	Paul Swaddle	383	31.6
	Liberal Democrats	Elizabeth Heydeman	153	12.6
	Green	Richard Bradbury	69	5.7
Turnout			1,213	21.4
	Labour hold		Swing

Katesgrove Ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Phillip Hingley*	578	55.6
	Conservative	Philip Gibbs	251	24.2
	Liberal Democrats	James Smart	142	13.7
	Green	Philip Unsworth	68	6.5
Turnout			1,039	17.2
	Labour hold		Swing

Kentwood Ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David Geary*	1,020	45.4
	Labour	Victoria Lloyd	1,007
	Conservative	Richard Willis	814	36.2
	Conservative	Jennifer Rynn	791
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Duveen (Ricky Duveen)	412	18.3
	Liberal Democrats	Chris Brown	377
Turnout			2,246	34.2
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Minster Ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Catherine Wilton	1,045	50.5
	Conservative	Norman Smart	683	33.0
	Liberal Democrats	Nicolas Lawson	254	12.3
	Green	Hugh Swann	89	4.3
Turnout			2,071	28.0
	Labour hold		Swing

Norcot Ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Graeme Hoskin	952	61.1
	Conservative	Alexandra Mowczan	396	25.4
	Liberal Democrats	Thomas Cook	210	13.5
Turnout			1,558	23.2
	Labour hold		Swing

Park Ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jonathan Hartley* (Jon Hartley)	1,079	64.8
	Conservative	Vinod Sharma	314	18.8
	Liberal Democrats	George Hamish Hew Preston Hamish Preston	273	16.4
Turnout			1,666	25.0
	Labour hold		Swing

Peppard Ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Annette Hendry	1,211	47.2
	Conservative	Christopher Morton	1,076	42.0
	Labour	Keith Uden	276	10.8
Turnout			2,563	34.4
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Redlands Ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Rajinder Sohpal*	792	41.4
	Liberal Democrats	Christopher Harris	561	29.4
	Conservative	Abdul Loyes	394	20.6
	Green	Mary Westley	164	8.6
Turnout			1,911	21.8
	Labour hold		Swing

Southcote Ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Rosemary Williams* (Rose Williams)	1,054	60.6
	Conservative	Emma Warman	535	30.8
	Liberal Democrats	Sheila Myra Morley (Myra Morley)	149	8.6
Turnout			1,738	29.0
	Labour hold		Swing

Thames Ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Frederick Pugh* (Fred Pugh)	1,423	53.8
	Liberal Democrats	Robin Bentham	738	27.9
	Labour	David Dymond (Dave Dymond)	482	18.2
Turnout			2,643	37.4
	Conservative hold		Swing

Tilehurst Ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Dennis Morgan	1,031	46.9
	Labour	Christine Grieve	661	30.1
	Conservative	Iona Morris	444	20.2
	Green	Judith Green	62	2.8
Turnout			2,198	33.6
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Whitley Ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	James Hanley*	647	61.7
	Conservative	Lee Clarke	308	29.4
	Liberal Democrats	Max Thomas Heydeman (Tom Heydeman)	93	8.9
Turnout			1,048	15.7
	Labour hold		Swing

By-elections 2000–2001

A by-election in Church ward was held on 15 June 2000, triggered by the death of Labour councillor Maureen Lockey, who died in April 2000 ahead of the main elections that year, but there was insufficient time for the by-election to be held at the same time as the main election. The by-election was won by Christine Grieve, retaining the seat for Labour.