Elections to Reading Borough Council took place on 3 May 2012, with 16 council seats up for election. The Labour Party gained Church, Katesgrove, Redlands, Kentwood and Caversham wards, giving them a working majority and control of the council. The Conservative Party lost three seats but gained Peppard ward from an independent. The Liberal Democrats lost two seats but held Tilehurst ward, a seat they had lost the previous year to the Conservative Party. The Green Party gained Park ward from Labour but failed to make gains elsewhere seeing their percentage of the borough-wide vote fall slightly.
After the election, the composition of the council was: PartySeats +/- Labour 26 +4Conservative 12 -2Liberal Democrats 4 -2Green Party 3 +1Independent 1 -1Labour gain from No overall control
Election result
Ward results
References
Election Candidates Unveiled Abbey Ward results 2012 Battle Ward results 2012 Caversham Ward results 2012 Church Ward results 2012 Katesgrove Ward results 2012 Kentwood Ward results 2012 Mapledurham Ward results 2012 Minster Ward results 2012 Norcot Ward results 2012 Park Ward results 2012 Peppard Ward results 2012 Redlands Ward results 2012 Southcote Ward results 2012 Thames Ward results 2012 Tilehurst Ward results 2012 Whitley Ward results 2012