The 2019 West Berkshire Council election took place on 2 May 2019 to elect members of West Berkshire Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections. The whole council was up for election and the Conservative Party retained overall control of the council, despite significant gains by the Liberal Democrats and the election of the first Green Party councillors in West Berkshire.
Background At the last election in 2015, the Conservatives won a majority of seats, with 48 councillors, compared to 4 for the Liberal Democrats. No other parties had representation on the council.
There were boundary changes between the 2015 and 2019 elections, reducing the total number of seats from 52 to 43, and the number of wards from 30 to 24. The new wards elected between one and three district councillors depending on their population.
Summary
Election result
Ward results Winning candidates are highlighted in bold.
Aldermaston
Basildon
Bradfield
Bucklebury
Burghfield and Mortimer
Chieveley and Cold Ash
Downlands
Hungerford and Kintbury
Lambourn
Newbury Central
Newbury Clay Hill
Newbury Greenham
Newbury Speen
Newbury Wash Common
Pangbourne
Ridgeway
Thatcham Central
Thatcham Colthrop and Crookham
Thatcham North East
Thatcham West
Theale
Tilehurst and Purley
Tilehurst Birch Copse
Tilehurst South and Holybrook
By-elections
Tilehurst South and Holybrook The by-election was triggered by the death of Conservative councillor Peter Argyle, announced on 7 October 2021.
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