West Berkshire Council elections

Map showing the composition of West Berkshire Council as of the last election in 2011. Conservatives in blue and Liberal Democrats in yellow.

West Berkshire is 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:^[1]^[2]^[3]

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	1997-2003
	No overall control	2003-2006
	Conservative	2006–present

Council elections

Non-metropolitan district elections

Newbury District Council election, 1973
Newbury District Council election, 1976
Newbury District Council election, 1979
Newbury District Council election, 1983 (New ward boundaries)^[4]
Newbury District Council election, 1987
Newbury District Council election, 1991 (District boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same)^[5]^[6]
Newbury District Council election, 1995

Unitary authority elections

West Berkshire Council election, 1997

Year		Conservative		Liberal Democrats		Independent	Notes
2000^[7]	25		28		1
2003^[8]	26		26		0		(New ward boundaries)^[9]^[10]
2007^[11]	36		16		0
2011^[2]	39		13		0
2015^[12]	48		4		0

District result maps

2003 results map
2007 results map
2011 results map

References

↑ "Council compositions". The Elections Centre. Retrieved 3 May 2016.
1 2 "England council elections". BBC News Online. 10 May 2011. Retrieved 25 December 2014.
↑ "English elect councils and mayors". BBC News Online. 7 May 2005. Retrieved 26 December 2014.
↑ The District of Newbury (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1979
↑ legislation.gov.uk - The Berkshire, Dorset and Wiltshire (County Boundaries) Order 1989. Retrieved on 5 November 2015.
↑ legislation.gov.uk - The Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Hampshire, Oxfordshire and Surrey (County Boundaries) Order 1991. Retrieved on 5 November 2015.
↑ "West Berkshire". BBC News Online. Retrieved 25 December 2014.
↑ "Local elections". BBC News Online. Retrieved 25 December 2014.
↑ legislation.gov.uk - The District of West Berkshire (Electoral Changes) Order 2002. Retrieved on 4 October 2015.
↑ "Councillors". West Berkshire Council. Retrieved 25 December 2014.
↑ "West Berkshire". BBC News Online. 4 May 2007. Retrieved 25 December 2014.
↑ http://decisionmaking.westberks.gov.uk/mgElectionResults.aspx?ID=5&V=0&RPID=2796658

External links

West Berkshire Council

Council elections in Berkshire

Bracknell Forest Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1997 1999 2000 2003 2007 2011 2015

Reading Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1997 1999 2000 2001 2002 2004 2005 2006 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016

Slough Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1997 1999 2000 2001 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2012 2014 2015 2016

West Berkshire Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1997 2000 2003 2007 2011 2015

Windsor and Maidenhead Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1997 2000 2003 2007 2011 2015

Wokingham Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1997 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016

Berkshire County Council	1889 1892 1895 1898 1901 1904 1907 1910 1913 1919 1922 1925 1928 1931 1934 1937 1946 1949 1952 1955 1958 1961 1964 1967 1970 1973 1977 1981 1985 1989 1993 Abolished

See also: Wards Boundary changes

Unitary authorities of England

Districts	Bath and North East Somerset Bedford Blackburn with Darwen Blackpool Bournemouth Bracknell Forest Brighton and Hove Bristol Central Bedfordshire Cheshire East Cheshire West and Chester Cornwall County Durham Darlington Derby East Riding of Yorkshire Halton Hartlepool Herefordshire Isles of Scilly Isle of Wight Kingston upon Hull Leicester Luton Medway Middlesbrough Milton Keynes North East Lincolnshire North Lincolnshire North Somerset Northumberland Nottingham Peterborough Plymouth Poole Portsmouth Reading Redcar and Cleveland Rutland Shropshire Slough Southampton Southend-on-Sea South Gloucestershire Stockton-on-Tees Stoke-on-Trent Swindon Telford and Wrekin Thurrock Torbay Warrington West Berkshire Wiltshire Windsor and Maidenhead Wokingham York

Councils	Bath and North East Somerset Bedford Blackburn with Darwen Blackpool Bournemouth Bracknell Forest Brighton and Hove Bristol Central Bedfordshire Cheshire East Cheshire West and Chester Cornwall Derby Durham Darlington East Riding of Yorkshire Halton Hartlepool Herefordshire Isles of Scilly Isle of Wight Kingston upon Hull Leicester Luton Medway Middlesbrough Milton Keynes North East Lincolnshire North Lincolnshire North Somerset Northumberland Nottingham Peterborough Plymouth Poole Portsmouth Reading Redcar and Cleveland Rutland Shropshire Slough Southampton Southend-on-Sea South Gloucestershire Stockton-on-Tees Stoke-on-Trent Swindon Telford and Wrekin Thurrock Torbay Warrington West Berkshire Wiltshire Windsor and Maidenhead Wokingham York

Local elections	Bath and North East Somerset Bedford Blackburn with Darwen Blackpool Bournemouth Bracknell Forest Brighton and Hove Bristol Central Bedfordshire Cheshire East Cheshire West and Chester Cornwall County Durham Darlington Derby East Riding of Yorkshire Halton Hartlepool Herefordshire Isle of Wight Kingston upon Hull Leicester Luton Medway Middlesbrough Milton Keynes North East Lincolnshire North Lincolnshire North Somerset Northumberland Nottingham Peterborough Plymouth Poole Portsmouth Reading Redcar and Cleveland Rutland Shropshire Slough Southampton Southend-on-Sea South Gloucestershire Stockton-on-Tees Stoke-on-Trent Swindon Telford and Wrekin Thurrock Torbay Warrington West Berkshire Wiltshire Windsor and Maidenhead Wokingham York

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