Local election results 7 May 2026

This page will be updated as results come in.

• Abbey
• Battle
• Caversham
• Caversham Heights
• Church
• Coley
• Emmer Green
• Katesgrove
• Kentwood
• Norcot
• Park
• Redlands
• Southcote
• Thames
• Tilehurst
• Whitley
• Make up of the council

Abbey

Electorate: 6,512
Total votes cast: 2,109
Turnout: 32.39%
Spoilt: 5

Candidate	Party	Votes	Elected
DALTON Robert	Conservative Party Candidate	279
DOMINGUEZ Jacqueline	The Green Party	792	Yes
MORGAN James William	Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition	9
NEWTON Paul	Reform UK	202
ROWLAND Karen Jean	Labour Party	683
WRIGHT Henry David	Liberal Democrat	139

Battle

Electorate: 7,470
Total votes cast: 2,851
Turnout: 38.17%
Spoilt: 12

Candidate	Party	Votes	Elected
BLACKMORE Ben	Conservative Party Candidate	207
GROUT John Berkeley	Liberal Democrat	118
GURUNG Pratikshya	Labour Party	1,180	Yes
MANN Zoe Elena	The Green Party	998
WHITEHOUSE Diana Alphonsine Stephanie	Reform UK	335

Caversham

Electorate: 7,608
Total votes cast: 3,761
Turnout: 49.43%
Spoilt: 12

Candidate	Party	Votes	Elected
BALLSDON Andrew James	Conservative Party Candidate	549
LANZONI Jacopo	Labour Party	1,438	Yes
LEWIS Jeff	Reform UK	600
RUNACRE Bill	Social Democratic Party	16
SPENCER Anthony Martin	Liberal Democrat	225
WILD Sam	The Green Party	920

Caversham Heights

Electorate: 7,575
Total votes cast: 4,438
Turnout: 59%
Spoilt: 7

Candidate	Party	Votes	Elected
BALLSDON Isobel	Conservative Party Candidate	1,900	Yes
COSTA-KROL Vania	Liberal Democrat	271
KHAN Adil	The Green Party	761
MCNAMARA Danny	The Green Party	866
MOLLOY Ilayda	Reform UK	496
MUSOMINARI Jo	Labour Party	1,058
RAMSAY Jo	Liberal Democrat	416
SAADAT Saadia	Conservative Party Candidate	1,218	Yes
STAINTHORP Richard Martin	Labour Party	1,088
STOTHARD James Robert	Reform UK	580

Church

Electorate: 8,174
Total votes cast: 2,780
Turnout: 34.01%
Spoilt: 11

Candidate	Party	Votes	Elected
COLE Mark Clifford	Liberal Democrats	163
MCEWAN Ruth	Labour Party	1,095	Yes
PHELPS Adam	Conservative Party Candidate	362
REYNOLDS Matthew	Reform UK	680
WHITHAM Jamie	The Green Party	468

Coley

Electorate: 7,008
Total votes cast: 2,929
Turnout: 41.80%
Spoilt: 14

Candidate	Party	Votes	Elected
ANGUS John David	Conservative Party Candidate	367
EMBERSON Ellie	Labour Party	964
MEREACRE Petru	Reform UK	445
WALKEM Richard	The Green Party	973	Yes
WARD Christopher	Liberal Democrat	166

Emmer Green

Electorate: 7,835
Total votes cast: 4,117
Turnout: 52.55%
Spoilt: 6

Candidate	Party	Votes	Elected
CONIBEAR Hannah	The Green Party	1,103
GUPTA Nishikant	Liberal Democrat	290
MITCHELL Clarence Eden	Reform UK	805
SMITH Alex	Conservative Party Candidate	1,143	Yes
WHITE Ollie	Labour Party	770

Katesgrove

Electorate: 7,591
Total votes cast: 2,653
Turnout: 34.95%
Spoilt: 12

Candidate	Party	Votes	Elected
CALLOW Matthew	Conservative Party Candidate	281
DOBSON Sarah Lucy	Liberal Democrat	109
KEANE Louise Kaye	The Green Party	1,340	Yes
PASCUAL Jean Louis	Independent	27
SINGH Prabhdeep	Reform UK	279
WONG Richard	Labour Party	604

Kentwood

Electorate: 6,720
Total votes cast: 3,133
Turnout: 46.62%
Spoilt: 6

Candidate	Party	Votes	Elected
AL-NABAHANI Jibril Leite	Liberal Democrat	127
DENNIS Glenn Anthony	Labour and Cooperative Party	1,014	Yes
LIDDLE Tim	The Green Party	476
MILNE-BUCKLEY David	Conservative Party Candidate	775
RUSTON Stephen Daniel	Reform UK	736

Norcot

Electorate: 7,598
Total votes cast: 2,744
Turnout: 36.11%
Spoilt: 13

Candidate	Party	Votes	Elected
FOSTER Alison	Labour Party	967	Yes
GRAHAM Stephen Anthony	You Local Liberal Party	51
HOSKINS Isobel Claire	The Green Party	558
MASIH Brandon	Liberal Democrat	221
MAUNDER Oliver Ross	Reform UK	641
WILLIAMS Kes	Conservative Party Candidate	293

Park

Electorate: 6,741
Total votes cast: 2,886
Turnout: 42.81%
Spoilt: 13

Candidate	Party	Votes	Elected
CUGGY James Anthony	Labour Party	591
HAM Stephen Richard	Reform UK	190
LUND Kris	Conservative Party Candidate	149
SABRI Jassien Adel	Liberal Democrat	71
WHITE Rob	The Green Party	1,872	Yes

Redlands

Electorate: 7,065
Total votes cast: 2,838
Turnout: 40.17%
Spoilt: 10

Candidate	Party	Votes	Elected
DENT Melanie	Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition	16
MCCANN Kathryn Elizabeth	The Green Party	1,549	Yes
RANGARIRAI Roy	Labour and Co-operative Party	708
SEWARD Darren Christopher	Reform UK	254
SOW Abdoulaye	Conservative Party Candidate	179
WILSON Christopher James	Liberal Democrat	122

Southcote

Electorate: 7,741
Total votes cast: 2,875
Turn out: 37.14%
Spoilt: 10

Candidate	Party	Votes	Elected
BLACKMORE Grace Holly	Conservative Party Candidate	408
CROFT Rosemary Anne	The Green Party	614
HESLIN Bev	Reform UK	623
MAGYAROSY Ulrike	Labour Party	1,032	Yes
SIMS Benjamin Francis	Liberal Democrat	188

Thames

Electorate: 6,226
Total votes cast: 2,640
Turnout: 42.40%
Spoilt: 4

Candidate	Party	Votes	Elected
BARNETT-WARD Adele	Labour Party	750
BURDEN Christopher Simon	Liberal Democrat	183
CLARKE David Graham	The Green Party	1,031	Yes
HALLS James	Social Democratic Party	13
KELLY Alexander Albert	Reform UK	351
PATEL Jaykumar Sanatbhai	Conservative Party Candidate	308

Tilehurst

Electorate: 7,235
Total votes cast: 2,985
Turnout: 41.26%
Spoilt: 9

Candidate	Party	Votes	Elected
BASDEN Caroline Susan	Labour Party	439
HEARST Caroline	The Green Party	343
LOW Steven David	Reform UK	763
O`CONNELL Meri	Liberal Democrat	1,144	Yes
RAHIMI Raihana	Conservative Party Candidate	288

Whitley

Electorate: 8,346
Total votes cast: 2,668
Turnout: 31.97%
Spoilt: 9

Candidate	Party	Votes	Elected
DE BOISERIE Pieter	Liberal Democrat	205
EDEN Rachel Claire	Labour and Cooperative Party	919	Yes
GOEL Vani	Conservative Party Candidate	473
SAHNI Richie	Reform UK	612
SMITH Kathy	The Green Party	449

Make up of the council