The 2016 Reading Borough Council election took place on 5 May 2016 to elect members of Reading Borough Council in England. The election for Police and Crime Commissioner was held on the same day. The Labour Party increased their borough-wide vote by over 7% and held on to marginal seats in Church, Kentwood and Caversham, the latter receiving the highest number of votes recorded for any candidate at this election .

After the election, the composition of the council was: PartySeats  +/-  Labour 31 0Conservative 10 0Green Party 3 0Liberal Democrats 2 0Labour hold

Election result

Ward results

Abbey

Battle

Caversham

Church

Katesgrove

Kentwood

Mapledurham

Minster

Norcot

Park

Peppard

Redlands

Southcote

Thames

Tilehurst

Whitley

By-elections between 2016 and 2018

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