2021 Reading Borough Council election
{{Short description|2021 UK local government election}}
{{Use British English|date=January 2020}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2020}}
{{main|Reading Borough Council elections}}
File:Reading UK local election 2021 map.svg
The 2021 Reading Council election took place in 2021 to elect members of Reading Borough Council.[https://www.reading.gov.uk/council/democracy/elections-and-voting/2021-local-borough-elections-and-police-and-crime-commissioner-elections/ 2021 Local Borough Elections] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201207022838/https://www.reading.gov.uk/council/democracy/elections-and-voting/2021-local-borough-elections-and-police-and-crime-commissioner-elections/ |date=7 December 2020 }} Reading Borough Council This was on the same day as other local elections.{{Cite web|url=https://www.local.gov.uk/about/our-meetings-and-leadership/political-composition/local-government-elections|title=Local government elections|website=www.local.gov.uk|language=en|access-date=2020-01-07}} The election was originally due to take place in May 2020, but was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.{{cite news |title=Local elections postponed for a year over coronavirus |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-51876269 |accessdate=13 March 2020 |work=BBC News |date=13 March 2020}}
Council elections for the Reading Borough Council were last held on 2 May 2019 as part of the 2019 United Kingdom local elections. The council underwent a major boundary revision to apply from the 2022 elections.{{cite web | url = https://www.lgbce.org.uk/media/new-political-map-for-reading-borough-council | title = New political map for Reading Borough Council | date = 2020-09-29 | website = Local Government Boundary Commission for England | access-date = 2021-02-05 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20210205090306/https://www.lgbce.org.uk/media/new-political-map-for-reading-borough-council | archive-date = 2021-02-05}}
All locally registered electors (British, Irish, Commonwealth and European Union citizens) who were aged 18 or over on polling day were entitled to vote in the local elections.
Results summary
{{Election summary partial council net begin|title = 2021 Reading Borough Council election}}
{{Election summary partial council net party|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|seats = 10
|net = {{decrease}} 1
|seats % = 58.8
|other seats = 19
|total seats = 29
|total seats % = 63.0
|votes = 18,625
|votes % = 41.1
|plus/minus = +1.7
}}
{{Election summary partial council net party|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|seats = 4
|net = {{steady}}
|seats % = 23.5
|other seats = 6
|total seats = 10
|total seats % = 21.7
|votes = 14,281
|votes % = 31.5
|plus/minus = +5.7
}}
{{Election summary partial council net party|
|party = Green Party of England and Wales
|seats = 2
|net = {{increase}} 1
|seats % = 11.8
|other seats = 3
|total seats = 5
|total seats % = 10.9
|votes = 7,395
|votes % = 16.3
|plus/minus = -2.8
}}
{{Election summary partial council net party|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|seats = 1
|net = {{steady}}
|seats % = 5.9
|other seats = 1
|total seats = 2
|total seats % = 4.3
|votes = 4,644
|votes % = 10.2
|plus/minus = -4.5
}}
{{Election summary partial council net party|
|party = Independent politician
|seats = 0
|net = {{steady}}
|seats % = 0.0
|other seats = 0
|total seats = 0
|total seats % = 0.0
|votes = 248
|votes % = 0.5
|plus/minus = +0.1
}}
{{Election summary partial council net party|
|party = Reform UK
|seats = 0
|net = {{steady}}
|seats % = 0.0
|other seats = 0
|total seats = 0
|total seats % = 0.0
|votes = 81
|votes % = 0.2
|plus/minus = New
}}
{{Election summary partial council net party|
|party = Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition
|seats = 0
|net = {{steady}}
|seats % = 0.0
|other seats = 0
|total seats = 0
|total seats % = 0.0
|votes = 50
|votes % = 0.1
|plus/minus = New
}}
{{Election summary partial council net party|
|party = Liberal Party (UK, 1989)
|seats = 0
|net = {{steady}}
|seats % = 0.0
|other seats = 0
|total seats = 0
|total seats % = 0.0
|votes = 23
|votes % = 0.1
|plus/minus = ±0.0
}}
{{Election summary partial council net party|
|party = Social Democratic Party (UK, 1990-present)
|seats = 0
|net = {{steady}}
|seats % = 0.0
|other seats = 0
|total seats = 0
|total seats % = 0.0
|votes = 17
|votes % = <0.1
|plus/minus = New
}}
{{Election box end}}
Ward results
=Abbey=
{{Election box begin | title = Abbey}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Tony Page
|votes = 1,444
|percentage = 51.5
|change = +2.8
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = David Cozens
|votes = 689
|percentage = 24.6
|change = +7.0
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Green Party of England and Wales
|candidate = Howard Darby
|votes = 432
|percentage = 15.4
|change = -3.6
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Anne Thompson
|votes = 238
|percentage = 8.5
|change = -4.8
}}
{{Election box majority |
|votes = 755
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box turnout |
|votes = 2,832
|percentage = 27.73
|change =
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{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
|swing =
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{{Election box end}}
=Battle=
{{Election box begin | title = Battle}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Gul Khan
|votes = 1,168
|percentage = 52.7
|change = -2.3
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Michael Hey
|votes = 472
|percentage = 21.3
|change = +4.9
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Green Party of England and Wales
|candidate = Sarah Watchman
|votes = 308
|percentage = 13.9
|change = -3.2
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = John Grout
|votes = 170
|percentage = 7.7
|change = -3.6
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = Yemi Awolola
|votes = 99
|percentage = 4.5
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box majority |
|votes = 696
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box turnout |
|votes = 2,246
|percentage = 27.66
|change =
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{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
|swing =
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{{Election box end}}
=Caversham=
{{Election box begin | title = Caversham}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Richard Davies
|votes = 1,480
|percentage = 47.6
|change = +3.5
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Ian Binge
|votes = 906
|percentage = 29.1
|change = +5.5
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Green Party of England and Wales
|candidate = Sally Newman
|votes = 407
|percentage = 13.1
|change = -3.9
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Christopher Ward
|votes = 174
|percentage = 5.6
|change = -9.8
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = Sara Fulbrook
|votes = 128
|percentage = 4.1
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Social Democratic Party (UK, 1990-present)
|candidate = Damian Skelton
|votes = 17
|percentage = 0.5
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box majority |
|votes = 574
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box turnout |
|votes = 3,136
|percentage = 42.32
|change =
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{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
|swing =
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{{Election box end}}
=Church=
{{Election box begin | title = Church}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Ashley Pearce
|votes = 995
|percentage = 46.5
|change = -0.7
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Adam Phelps
|votes = 820
|percentage = 38.3
|change = +14.6
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Green Party of England and Wales
|candidate = Kathryn McCann
|votes = 220
|percentage = 10.3
|change = -4.7
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Mark Cole
|votes = 106
|percentage = 5.0
|change = -7.7
}}
{{Election box majority |
|votes = 175
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box turnout |
|votes = 2,152
|percentage = 31.22
|change =
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{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
|swing =
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{{Election box end}}
=Katesgrove=
{{Election box begin | title = Katesgrove}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Rose Williams
|votes = 938
|percentage = 41.2
|change = -15.2
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Green Party of England and Wales
|candidate = Louise Keane
|votes = 868
|percentage = 38.1
|change = +21.2
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Abdoulaye Sow
|votes = 344
|percentage = 15.1
|change = +0.5
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Margaret McNeill
|votes = 93
|percentage = 4.1
|change = -6.5
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = Jean-Louis Pascual
|votes = 36
|percentage = 1.6
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box majority |
|votes = 70
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box turnout |
|votes = 2,305
|percentage = 31.14
|change =
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{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
|swing =
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{{Election box end}}
=Kentwood=
{{Election box begin | title = Kentwood}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Daya Pal Singh
|votes = 1,173
|percentage = 43.3
|change = +5.3
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Nick Fudge
|votes = 1,135
|percentage = 41.9
|change = +0.3
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Green Party of England and Wales
|candidate = Anthea West
|votes = 204
|percentage = 7.5
|change = -2.0
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Gary Coster
|votes = 198
|percentage = 7.3
|change = -2.4
}}
{{Election box majority |
|votes = 38
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box turnout |
|votes = 2,731
|percentage = 37.10
|change =
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{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
|swing =
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{{Election box end}}
=Mapledurham=
{{Election box begin | title = Mapledurham}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Isobel Ballsdon
|votes = 724
|percentage = 51.5
|change = -2.1
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Chris Burden
|votes = 330
|percentage = 23.5
|change = -0.3
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Bouba Dembele
|votes = 208
|percentage = 14.8
|change = +0.2
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Green Party of England and Wales
|candidate = Brent Smith
|votes = 143
|percentage = 10.2
|change = +2.3
}}
{{Election box majority |
|votes = 394
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box turnout |
|votes = 1,415
|percentage = 56.15
|change =
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{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing =
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{{Election box end}}
=Minster=
{{Election box begin | title = Minster}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Liz Terry
|votes = 1,256
|percentage = 44.8
|change = -0.1
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Alanzo Seville
|votes = 904
|percentage = 32.2
|change = +0.6
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Green Party of England and Wales
|candidate = Isobel Hoskins
|votes = 352
|percentage = 12.6
|change = +2.5
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Ben Sims
|votes = 292
|percentage = 10.4
|change = -1.8
}}
{{Election box majority |
|votes = 352
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box turnout |
|votes = 2,833
|percentage = 36.48
|change =
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{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
|swing =
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{{Election box end}}
=Norcot=
{{Election box begin | title = Norcot}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Jo Lovelock
|votes = 1,301
|percentage = 55.8
|change = +1.5
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Zachary Okeyo
|votes = 683
|percentage = 29.3
|change = +7.2
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Green Party of England and Wales
|candidate = Richard Walkem
|votes = 191
|percentage = 8.2
|change = -2.6
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = James Moore
|votes = 114
|percentage = 4.9
|change = -2.7
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Liberal Party (UK, 1989)
|candidate = Stephen Graham
|votes = 23
|percentage = 1.0
|change = -1.1
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition
|candidate = Neil Adams
|votes = 21
|percentage = 0.9
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box majority |
|votes = 618
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box turnout |
|votes = 2,344
|percentage = 30.15
|change =
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{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
|swing =
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{{Election box end}}
=Park=
{{Election box begin | title = Park}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Green Party of England and Wales
|candidate = Brenda McGonigle
|votes = 1,631
|percentage = 50.6
|change = -3.9
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Amjad Tarar
|votes = 1,253
|percentage = 38.8
|change = +1.8
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Abi Jones
|votes = 263
|percentage = 8.2
|change = +5.8
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Chris Dodson
|votes = 79
|percentage = 2.4
|change = -0.1
}}
{{Election box majority |
|votes = 378
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box turnout |
|votes = 3,245
|percentage = 44.45
|change =
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{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Green Party of England and Wales
|swing =
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{{Election box end}}
=Peppard=
{{Election box begin | title = Peppard}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Jane Stanford-Beale
|votes = 1,498
|percentage = 43.7
|change = -4.7
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Clarence Mitchell
|votes = 1,457
|percentage = 42.5
|change = -5.9
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = James Denny
|votes = 1,005
|percentage = 29.3
|change = +7.5
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Benjamin Perry
|votes = 765
|percentage = 22.3
|change = +0.5
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Green Party of England and Wales
|candidate = Doug Cresswell
|votes = 528
|percentage = 15.4
|change = +0.6
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Hilary Smart
|votes = 378
|percentage = 11.0
|change = -2.6
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Pieter de Boiserie
|votes = 359
|percentage = 10.5
|change = -3.1
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Green Party of England and Wales
|candidate = Sarah McNamara
|votes = 248
|percentage = 7.2
|change = -7.6
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Reform UK
|candidate = Vincent Ruane
|votes = 81
|percentage = 2.4
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box majority |
|votes =
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box turnout |
|votes = 3,432
|percentage = 45.68
|change =
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{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing =
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{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing =
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{{Election box end}}
=Redlands=
{{Election box begin | title = Redlands}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Green Party of England and Wales
|candidate = David McElroy
|votes = 1,009
|percentage = 41.8
|change = -4.5
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Andrew Hornsby-Smith
|votes = 999
|percentage = 41.4
|change = +5.3
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Shekhar Natarajan
|votes = 319
|percentage = 13.2
|change = +2.6
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Francis Jakeman
|votes = 84
|percentage = 3.5
|change = -2.5
}}
{{Election box majority |
|votes = 10
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box turnout |
|votes = 2,433
|percentage = 36.61
|change =
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{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Green Party of England and Wales
|loser = Labour Party (UK)
|swing =
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{{Election box end}}
=Southcote=
{{Election box begin | title = Southcote}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Debs Edwards
|votes = 1,303
|percentage = 55.0
|change = +2.8
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Gabriella Kirkby
|votes = 814
|percentage = 34.4
|change = +8.6
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Green Party of England and Wales
|candidate = Asad Feroz
|votes = 166
|percentage = 7.0
|change = -4.3
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Riccardo Mancuso-Marcello
|votes = 85
|percentage = 3.6
|change = -5.6
}}
{{Election box majority |
|votes = 489
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box turnout |
|votes = 2,394
|percentage = 35.13
|change =
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{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
|swing =
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{{Election box end}}
=Thames=
{{Election box begin | title = Thames}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Paul Carnell
|votes = 1,561
|percentage = 40.9
|change = +7.1
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Caroline McArthur
|votes = 1,221
|percentage = 32.0
|change = +7.9
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Joanna Ramsay
|votes = 619
|percentage = 16.2
|change = -5.8
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Green Party of England and Wales
|candidate = Danny McNamara
|votes = 419
|percentage = 11.0
|change = -9.1
}}
{{Election box majority |
|votes = 340
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box turnout |
|votes = 3,857
|percentage = 51.59
|change =
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{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing =
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{{Election box end}}
=Tilehurst=
{{Election box begin | title = Tilehurst}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Meri O'Connell
|votes = 1,218
|percentage = 44.8
|change = -2.2
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Jay Varley
|votes = 944
|percentage = 34.8
|change = +7.1
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Indy Singh
|votes = 412
|percentage = 15.2
|change = +1.6
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Green Party of England and Wales
|candidate = Gabriel Berry-Khan
|votes = 113
|percentage = 4.2
|change = -0.3
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition
|candidate = Jen Bottom
|votes = 29
|percentage = 1.1
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box majority |
|votes = 274
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box turnout |
|votes = 2,735
|percentage = 37.01
|change =
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{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|swing =
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{{Election box end}}
=Whitley=
{{Election box begin | title = Whitley}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Alice Mpofu-Coles
|votes = 1,326
|percentage = 54.8
|change = -4.2
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Elizabeth Sheppard
|votes = 748
|percentage = 30.9
|change = +12.0
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Green Party of England and Wales
|candidate = Kathy Smith
|votes = 156
|percentage = 6.4
|change = -5.3
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Ian Westby
|votes = 107
|percentage = 4.4
|change = -4.3
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = Bala Sani
|votes = 84
|percentage = 3.5
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box majority |
|votes = 578
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box turnout |
|votes = 2,439
|percentage = 25.20
|change =
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{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
|swing =
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{{Election box end}}
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