2010 UK local government election
Map of the results of the 2010 Reading Borough Council election. Labour in red, Liberal Democrats in yellow, Conservatives in blue and the Greens in green.
Elections to Reading Borough Council took place on 6 May 2010 under the backdrop of the 2010 general election , with 15 council seats up for election. The Labour Party continued to lose seats, losing Katesgrove ward to the Liberal Democrats and Park ward to the Green Party . The Conservatives held all their seats apart from Minster ward which was a surprise gain by Labour .
The election resulted in Reading Borough Council being left in no overall control. Shortly after the election the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats announced they would form a coalition to govern locally, ending over two decades of Labour control.
Election result
Reading Borough Council Election, 2010
Party
Seats
Gains
Losses
Net gain/loss
Seats %
Votes %
Votes
+/−
Conservative
5
0
1
-1
33.3%
35.1%
23,489
-5.1%
Labour
6
2
2
0
40.0%
31.1%
20,793
-0.9%
Liberal Democrats
3
1
0
+1
20.0%
25.6%
17,128
+8.1%
Green
1
1
0
+1
6.6%
6.6%
4,453
-1.4%
Common Sense
0
0
0
0
0.0%
0.6%
440
-0.1%
UKIP
0
0
0
0
0.0%
0.6%
428
+0.6%
Independent
0
0
1
-1
0.0%
0.0%
44
-0.9%
The Roman Party Ave!
0
0
0
0
0.0%
0.0%
26
-0.6%
Ward results
References
Topics Politics
Constituencies Local elections
Places
Suburbs and areas within the borough Electoral wards within the boroughSuburbs and areas outside the borough