West Berkshire Council elections

West Berkshire Council is the local authority for West Berkshire, a unitary authority in Berkshire, England. Until 1 April 1998 it was a non-metropolitan district called Newbury.

Council elections

Non-metropolitan district elections

• 1973 Newbury District Council election
• 1976 Newbury District Council election
• 1979 Newbury District Council election
• 1983 Newbury District Council election (New ward boundaries)^[1]
• 1987 Newbury District Council election
• 1991 Newbury District Council election (District boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same)^[2][3]
• 1995 Newbury District Council election

Unitary authority elections

• 1997 West Berkshire Council election

Year		Liberal Democrats		Conservative		Green		Labour		Independent	Notes
2000[4]	28		25		0		0		1
2003[5]	26		26		0		0		0		New ward boundaries[6][7]
2007[8]	16		36		0		0		0
2011[9]	13		39		0		0		0
2015[10]	4		48		0		0		0
2019[11]	16		24		3		0		0		New ward boundaries[12]
2023[13]	29		11		2		1		0

Results maps

• 
  2003 results map
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  2007 results map
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  2011 results map
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  2015 results map
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  2019 results map
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  2023 results map

By-elections

2003-2007

Victoria By-Election 4 December 2003^[14][15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Roger Hunneman	727	58.6	−5.3
	Conservative	Jeffrey Beck	461	37.2	+6.8
	Labour	Barry Lambert	52	4.2	+4.2
Majority			266	21.5
Turnout			1,240
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Thatcham North By-Election 5 May 2005^[16][17]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sheila Ellison	1,431	53.3	+15.3
	Liberal Democrats	Graham Reeves	1,256	46.7	−15.3
Majority			175	6.6
Turnout			2,687
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Pangbourne By-Election 20 April 2006^[18]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative		725	74.6	+0.4
	Liberal Democrats		151	15.5	−0.4
	Labour		96	9.9	+0.0
Majority			574	59.1
Turnout			972
	Conservative hold		Swing

2007-2011

Thatcham South and Crookham By-Election 22 July 2010^[19]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Bob Morgan	936	58.6	+1.9
	Conservative	Dominic Boeck	787	45.7	−1.9
Majority			149	8.6
Turnout			1,723
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

2011-2015

Hungerford By-Election 15 August 2013^[20][21]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	James Podger	810	48.4	−12.6
	Liberal Democrats	Denise Gaines	751	44.8	+5.8
	Labour	Gary Puffett	86	5.1	+5.1
	Independent	Andrew Stott	28	1.7	+1.7
Majority			59	3.5
Turnout			1,675
	Conservative hold		Swing

Purley on Thames By-Election 28 January 2015^[22]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Rick Jones	936	68.1	+1.0
	Labour	Ian Stevens	172	12.5	−8.7
	UKIP	Catherine Anderson	163	11.9	+11.9
	Liberal Democrats	Steve Bown	104	7.6	−4.1
Majority			764	55.6
Turnout			1,375
	Conservative hold		Swing

2015-2019

Thatcham South and Crookham By-Election 8 June 2017^[23]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jason Collis	1,823	48.7	−0.6
	Liberal Democrats	Owen Jeffery	822	22.0	−6.1
	Green	Stephen Masters	590	15.8	+3.6
	Labour	Nicholas East	505	13.5	+3.0
Majority			1,001	26.8
Turnout			3,740
	Conservative hold		Swing

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Thatcham West 19 April 2018^[24][25]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Jeff Brooks	820	48.4%	+11.2%
	Conservative	Ellen Crumly	523	30.9%	−18.1%
	Labour	Louise Coulson	130	7.7%	−6.2%
	Green	Jane Livermore	130	7.7%	+7.7%
	UKIP	Gary Johnson	91	5.4%	+5.4%
Registered electors			4,957
Turnout			1,702	34.3%	−34.3%
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing	14.7%

2019-2023

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Tilehurst South & Holybrook, 16 December 2021^[26]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Akinbiyi Oloko	548	42%	−18.5%
	Labour	Charles Croal	387	30%	+4.7%
	Liberal Democrats	Steve Bown	359	28%	+10.3%
Registered electors			5,652
Turnout			1,302	23%	−5%
	Conservative hold		Swing	-11.6%