1995 Reading Borough Council Election
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The 1995 Reading Borough Council election was held on 4 May 1995, at the same time as other
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across Britain. Sixteen of the 45 seats on
Reading Borough Council Reading Borough Council is the local authority for Reading in the county of Berkshire, England. Reading has had a council since at least 1542, which has been reformed on numerous occasions. Since 1998, the council has been a unitary authority, be ...
were up for election, being the usual third of the council (15 seats) plus a by-election in Redlands ward, where Labour councillor Robert Sulley had resigned. Labour increased its majority on the council. The Labour leader on the council ahead of the election was Mike Orton, but he stood down as party and council leader immediately after the election, being replaced by David Sutton.


Results


Ward results

The results in each ward were as follows (candidates with an asterisk* were the previous incumbent standing for re-election):


References

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Reading Borough Council election, 1995