2001 Wokingham District Council election

The 2001 Wokingham District Council election took place on 7 June 2001 to elect members of Wokingham Unitary Council in Berkshire, England. One third of the council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control.[1]

The previous election in 2000 saw both the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats win 27 seats.[2] The Liberal Democrats took control of the administration 2 months later after one of the Conservative councillors, Nigel Rose, abstained enabling the Liberal Democrats to get the mayor's casting vote.[2]

The results of the 2001 election saw no change with both main parties remaining on the same number of seats.[3] Overall turnout was significantly increased at 63.75% due to the election being held at the same time as the 2001 general election.[3]

After the election, the composition of the council was

Election result
Wokingham Local Election Result 2001[4][5]
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Conservative 9 0 0 0 50.0 42.5 26,359 -6.0%
  Liberal Democrats 9 0 0 0 50.0 39.9 24,749 -1.8%
  Labour 0 0 0 0 0 17.1 10,596 +8.0%
  Green 0 0 0 0 0 0.4 278 +0.4%
  Independent 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 76 +0.1%

Ward results
Bulmershe[3][5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Sellam Rahmouni 715 36.7 -10.7
Labour Nelson Bland 701 35.9 +3.3
Conservative Robert Wood 534 27.4 +7.4
Majority 14 0.8 -14.0
Turnout 1,950 64.0
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Charvil[3][5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Pamela Graddon 713 47.7
Liberal Democrats John Saunders 541 36.2
Labour Christofer Hall 241 16.1
Majority 172 11.5
Turnout 1,495 68.9
Conservative hold Swing
Coronation[3][5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Terence Dredge 1,854 47.8 +0.2
Conservative Susan Doughty 1,477 38.1 -7.4
Labour Ian Hills 545 14.1 +7.2
Majority 377 9.7 +7.6
Turnout 3,876 66.9 +32.3
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Emmbrook[3][5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Keith Malvern 1,508 46.9
Conservative Dennis Carver 1,334 41.5
Labour John Baker 376 11.7
Majority 174 5.4
Turnout 3,218 68.3 +30.4
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Evendons[3][5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Dianne King 2,539 46.0 -0.6
Liberal Democrats Nicholas Wright 2,326 42.1 -5.0
Labour Paul French 659 11.9 +5.7
Majority 213 3.9
Turnout 5,524 66.0 +41.5
Conservative hold Swing
Finchampstead North[3][5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Tim Charlesworth 1,622 52.8 +5.6
Liberal Democrats Celia May 1,449 47.2 -5.6
Majority 173 5.6
Turnout 3,071 68.1
Conservative hold Swing
Hurst[3][5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Annette Drake 702 71.1
Liberal Democrats Patrick Hull 186 18.8
Labour Stuart Crainer 100 10.1
Majority 516 52.3
Turnout 988 66.8
Conservative hold Swing
Little Hungerford[3][5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats David Swindells 2,278 43.9 -3.5
Conservative Christopher Edmunds 2,001 38.6 -5.0
Labour Jacqueline Rupert 907 17.5 +8.6
Majority 277 5.3 +1.5
Turnout 5,186 63.7 +36.0
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Loddon[3][5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Alan Clifford 1,605 41.9 -9.2
Conservative Kathleen Henderson 1,294 33.8 -2.8
Labour Janice Kite 932 24.3 +12.1
Majority 311 8.1 -6.4
Turnout 3,831 60.1 +41.2
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Norreys[3][5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Iain Brown 2,053 50.9 -14.8
Liberal Democrats Michael Harper 1,108 27.4 +12.6
Labour Paul Sharples 876 21.7 +2.2
Majority 945 23.5 -22.7
Turnout 4,037 64.9 +35.0
Conservative hold Swing
Redhatch[3][5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats David Hare 3,284 45.4 -5.4
Conservative Norman Jorgensen 2,558 35.4 +1.6
Labour Susan Salts 1,038 14.3 +6.0
Green Mark Broad 278 3.8 +3.8
Independent Colin Forrestal 76 1.1 +1.1
Majority 726 10.0 -7.0
Turnout 7,234 59.4 +38.4
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Shinfield[3][5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Malcolm Bryant 1,857 52.4 -8.9
Liberal Democrats John Shockley 917 25.9 -1.1
Labour Owen Waite 772 21.8 +10.1
Majority 940 26.5 -7.8
Turnout 3,546 60.1 +37.0
Conservative hold Swing
South Lake[3][5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Coling Lawley 1,407 51.2 -5.3
Conservative Gerald Pett 688 25.0 -5.4
Labour David Kay 653 23.8 +10.7
Majority 719 26.2 +0.1
Turnout 2,748 59.0 +39.4
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Twyford & Ruscombe[3][5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Stephen Conway 2,203 57.2 -1.1
Conservative Gerald Garnett 1,235 32.1 -1.1
Labour Roy Mantel 412 10.7 +2.2
Majority 968 25.1 +0.0
Turnout 3,850 66.8 +27.8
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Wescott[3][5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Robert Wyatt 1,261 49.7 -6.0
Liberal Democrats Peter Evans 942 37.1 +3.6
Labour John Woodward 333 13.1 +2.3
Majority 319 12.6 -9.6
Turnout 2,536 65.0 +35.2
Conservative hold Swing
Whitegates[3][5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Jennifer Lissaman 976 48.5 -5.5
Labour Pippa White 534 26.5 +2.2
Conservative Paul Swaddle 503 25.0 +3.4
Majority 442 22.0 -7.7
Turnout 2,013 67.5 +32.9
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Winnersh[3][5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Elizabeth Siggery 1,807 49.2 +1.6
Liberal Democrats David Glover 1,450 39.5 -8.4
Labour Elizabeth Vincent 413 11.3 +6.8
Majority 357 9.7
Turnout 3,670 62.7 +31.8
Conservative hold Swing
Wokingham Without[3][5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Pauline Helliar-Symons 2,181 66.4 -6.2
Labour Rosemary Chapman 1,104 33.6 +18.6
Majority 1,077 32.8 -24.8
Turnout 3,285 61.9 +35.1
Conservative hold Swing

References
  1. "Wokingham". BBC News Online. Retrieved 10 January 2010.
  2. "Affordable housing is top of Lib Dems' list". Reading Evening Post. 14 May 2001. Retrieved 10 January 2010.
  3. "Shared seats deadlock leaves council in limbo". Reading Evening Post. 12 June 2001. Retrieved 10 January 2010.
  4. "Council results". Evening Standard. 8 June 2001. p. 51.
  5. "Wokingham District Council Election Results 2002 & 2001". Wokingham District Council. Archived from the original on 1 November 2002. Retrieved 10 January 2010.
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