West Berkshire Council elections
# West Berkshire Council elections

West Berkshire Council is the local authority for West Berkshire, a unitary authority in Berkshire, England. Until 1 April 1998 it was a non-metropolitan district.

## Political control

Since the first election to the council in 1973 political control of the council has been held by the following parties:

Non-metropolitan district

| Party in control | Years |
| - | - |
| No overall control | 1973–1976 |
| Conservative | 1976–1991 |
| Liberal Democrats | 1991–1998 |

Unitary authority

| Party in control | Years |
| - | - |
| Liberal Democrats | 1998–2003 |
| No overall control | 2003–2005 |
| Conservative | 2005–2023 |
| Liberal Democrats | 2023–present |

### Leadership

The leaders of the council since 1999 have been:

| Councillor | Party | From | To |
| - | - | - | - |
| Keith Lock | Liberal Democrats | 1999 | 2001 |
| Lena Rust | Liberal Democrats | 2001 | 4 May 2003 |
| Royce Longton | Liberal Democrats | May 2003 | 10 May 2005 |
| Graham Jones | Conservative | 10 May 2005 | 27 Sep 2012 |
| Gordon Lundie | Conservative | 27 Sep 2012 | 5 Nov 2015 |
| Roger Croft | Conservative | 5 Nov 2015 | 24 Mar 2017 |
| Graham Jones | Conservative | 9 May 2017 | 5 May 2019 |
| Lynne Doherty | Conservative | 21 May 2019 | 25 May 2023 |
| Lee Dillon | Liberal Democrats | 25 May 2023 | |

## Council elections

### Non-metropolitan district elections

* 1973 Newbury District Council election
* 1976 Newbury District Council election
* 1979 Newbury District Council election
* 1983 Newbury District Council election (New ward boundaries)
* 1987 Newbury District Council election
* 1991 Newbury District Council election (District boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same)
* 1995 Newbury District Council election

### Unitary authority elections

* 1997 West Berkshire Council election

| Year | | Liberal Democrats | | Conservative | | Green | | Labour | | Independent | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2000 | 28 | 28 | 25 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2003 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | New ward boundaries |
| 2007 | 16 | 16 | 36 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2011 | 13 | 13 | 39 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2015 | 4 | 4 | 48 | 48 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2019 | 16 | 16 | 24 | 24 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | New ward boundaries |
| 2023 | 29 | 29 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |

### By-elections

Thatcham West 19 April 2018 :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Liberal Democrats | Jeff Brooks | 820 | 48.4% | +11.2% |
| | Conservative | Ellen Crumly | 523 | 30.9% | -18.1% |
| | Labour | Louise Coulson | 130 | 7.7% | -6.2% |
| | Green | Jane Livermore | 130 | 7.7% | +7.7% |
| | UKIP | Gary Johnson | 91 | 5.4% | +5.4% |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 4,957 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,702 | 34.3% | -34.3% |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | 14.7% | |

Tilehurst South & Holybrook, 16 December 2021 :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Conservative | Akinbiyi Oloko | 548 | 42% | -18.5% |
| | Labour | Charles Croal | 387 | 30% | +4.7% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Steve Bown | 359 | 28% | +10.3% |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 5652 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,302 | 23% | -5% |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | -11.6% | |

## District result maps

* 2003 results map
* 2007 results map
* 2011 results map
