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Reading: 1997 local elections

15 wards with results. Council page

Before (end of 1996) (45 seats, Elections Centre)

Labour 35 · Liberal Democrats 6 · Conservative 4 · Other 0

After (end of 1997) (45 seats, Elections Centre)

Labour 36 · Liberal Democrats 6 · Conservative 3 · Other 0

Ward results

Abbey3 seats · turnout 51.9%

J. Griffiths	Labour	2,339 ✓
A. Page	Labour	2,025 ✓
M. Iqbal	Labour	1,930 ✓
E. Haworth	Conservative	1,069
R. Willis	Conservative	998
A. Loyes	Conservative	921
M. Jordan	Liberal Democrats	831
G. Kendon	Liberal Democrats	751
J Wood	Liberal Democrats	711

Battle3 seats · turnout 48.6%

Powers M.	Labour	2,072 ✓
R. Stainthorp	Labour	1,925 ✓
A Tattersall	Labour	1,460 ✓
K Cameron	Conservative	865
H. Jones	Conservative	799
P Crowe	Conservative	778
F Mahon-Daly	Liberal Democrats	777

Caversham3 seats · turnout 71.7%

S Waite	Labour	2,240 ✓
S. Stainthorp	Labour	2,213 ✓
D O'Meara	Labour	2,097 ✓
S. Ellis	Conservative	1,993
K Chopping	Conservative	1,775
P. Mordaunt	Conservative	1,757
D. Elliss	Liberal Democrats	1,569
J Barclay	Liberal Democrats	1,525
R Bentham	Liberal Democrats	1,499

Church3 seats · turnout 55.7%

M. Lockey	Labour	1,688 ✓
C. Goodall	Labour	1,648 ✓
W. Wild	Labour	1,555 ✓
K. Young	Conservative	905
A French	Conservative	882
F Rose	Conservative	834
S. Orchard-Doughty	Liberal Democrats	518
N. Webb	Liberal Democrats	504
J Outhwaite	Liberal Democrats	492
R Bradbury	Green	317

Katesgrove3 seats · turnout 55.6%

D. Sutton	Labour	1,814 ✓
P Hingley	Labour	1,784 ✓
P. Thomas	Labour	1,662 ✓
S. Mills	Conservative	869
A Colman	Liberal Democrats	836
P Laird	Conservative	729
J. Wilson	Conservative	719
E. Bentham	Liberal Democrats	698
G. Penman	Liberal Democrats	597
P Unsworth	Green	364

Kentwood3 seats · turnout 64.9%

D. Lawrence	Labour	1,839 ✓
D. Geary	Labour	1,814 ✓
S. Scaife	Labour	1,793 ✓
R. Bennett	Conservative	1,636
V. Jones	Conservative	1,282
C. Hawkins	Conservative	1,244
Scott M.	Liberal Democrats	1,115
N Lawson	Liberal Democrats	1,022
D Pheiffer	Liberal Democrats	945

Minster3 seats · turnout 58.4%

G Bello	Labour	2,040 ✓
L Yeo	Labour	1,944 ✓
C. Croal	Labour	1,839 ✓
M. Anderson	Conservative	1,550
D Jones	Conservative	1,344
L Henry	Conservative	1,303
A Canning	Liberal Democrats	748
A. Fenwick	Liberal Democrats	693
A Hendry	Liberal Democrats	657

Norcot3 seats · turnout 57.4%

J. Lovelock	Labour	2,397 ✓
R. Hughes	Labour	2,143 ✓
P. Jones	Labour	2,006 ✓
S. Coombes	Conservative	1,098
P. Hardy	Conservative	963
E Rowe	Conservative	900
M. Fryett	Liberal Democrats	729
Jane Jackson	Liberal Democrats	630
E. Heydeman	Liberal Democrats	604

Park3 seats · turnout 61.0%

N Edwards	Labour	2,333 ✓
J. Hartley	Labour	2,282 ✓
C. Borgars	Labour	2,236 ✓
S. Morley	Liberal Democrats	1,050
Glyn Preston	Liberal Democrats	1,021
S Thompson	Conservative	844
H. Laird	Conservative	839
E Vickers	Liberal Democrats	813
A Small	Conservative	813

Peppard3 seats · turnout 68.0%

I Fenwick	Liberal Democrats	2,454 ✓
S. Corti	Liberal Democrats	2,206 ✓
R Green	Liberal Democrats	2,105 ✓
E Brazil	Conservative	1,932
J Oliver	Conservative	1,795
M. Graves	Conservative	1,751
C. Cook	Labour	1,133
M. Waite	Labour	953
A. Wood	Labour	770

Redlands3 seats · turnout 53.9%

J. Morris	Labour	2,157 ✓
R. Sohpal	Labour	2,000 ✓
E. Winfield-Chislett	Labour	1,831 ✓
T Cook	Liberal Democrats	1,261
L Underhill	Conservative	1,227
D Fennell	Conservative	1,210
M Law	Conservative	1,173
J Hannan	Liberal Democrats	1,103
A. Warrell	Liberal Democrats	1,068
Loudon J.	Green	604

Southcote3 seats · turnout 61.2%

P. Ruhemann	Labour	2,399 ✓
Ruth Williams	Labour	2,381 ✓
A Sheibani	Labour	2,017 ✓
M. Gibbons	Conservative	1,279
S. White	Conservative	1,176
E Greenland	Conservative	1,131
E French	Liberal Democrats	623

Thames3 seats · turnout 72.9%

K. Putt	Conservative	2,390 ✓
F Pugh	Conservative	2,384 ✓
Jeanette Mavis Skeats	Conservative	2,355 ✓
A. Hendry	Liberal Democrats	1,912
R Pinchen	Liberal Democrats	1,773
M Reilly	Liberal Democrats	1,553
Jan Gavin	Labour	1,126
W Short	Labour	915
R Banaras	Labour	891

Tilehurst3 seats · turnout 63.9%

R. Day	Liberal Democrats	2,497 ✓
N. Canning	Liberal Democrats	1,965 ✓
E Ferriday	Liberal Democrats	1,823 ✓
P Atkinson	Conservative	1,126
S. Anderson	Conservative	1,124
M Connelly	Labour	1,063
S Foley	Labour	992
Mary Evans	Conservative	914
M Rahman	Labour	757
J. Green	Green	198

Whitley3 seats · turnout 46.9%

M. Orton	Labour	2,276 ✓
J Hanley	Labour	2,061 ✓
L. Silverman	Labour	1,992 ✓
B Cummings	Conservative	952
C Snider	Conservative	721
M Heydeman	Liberal Democrats	562
D Browne	Conservative	554