Reading
Every election cycle we have data for, most recent first.
Council composition (approx.)
81 councillors elected across cycles 2022, 2023, 2024, summed by party. One square per seat. Approximate: by-thirds councils mid-term, boundary reviews, and partial-cycle elections all mean this can be a few seats off the live council count. For the authoritative current composition, check the council's own members list. Hover any seat for the party.
Cycles
- 2024 16 races · 16 seats 31.3% below quota
- 2023 16 races · 17 seats 41.2% below quota
- 2022 16 races · 48 seats 97.9% below quota
- 2021 16 races · 17 seats 58.8% below quota
Only one cycle of data for this council so far — no between-cycle comparison possible yet.
Ward by ward
Each row is a ward, each column a cycle. Each cell shows the top-of-poll candidate's party (swatch) and their share of valid ballots. Wards are matched by name across cycles — boundary reviews can mean a ward of the same name is a slightly different area in a later cycle.
| Ward | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abbey | 52% | 22% | 53% | 45% |
| Battle | 53% | 26% | 65% | 64% |
| Caversham | 48% | 21% | 54% | 55% |
| Caversham Heights | 15% | 41% | 41% | |
| Church | 46% | 20% | 61% | 59% |
| Coley | 23% | 58% | 55% | |
| Emmer Green | 16% | 40% | 41% | |
| Katesgrove | 41% | 18% | 47% | 45% |
| Kentwood | 43% | 17% | 45% | 48% |
| Mapledurham | 52% | |||
| Minster | 45% | |||
| Norcot | 56% | 22% | 58% | 50% |
| Park | 51% | 20% | 28% | 58% |
| Peppard | 24% | |||
| Redlands | 42% | 16% | 46% | 54% |
| Southcote | 55% | 23% | 61% | 60% |
| Thames | 41% | 23% | 52% | 53% |
| Tilehurst | 45% | 20% | 51% | 53% |
| Whitley | 55% | 24% | 61% | 58% |