Emmer Green is an
electoral ward
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of the
Borough of Reading, in the
English county of
Berkshire
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. Until the
2022 Reading Borough Council election
An election to Reading Borough Council took place as of 5 May 2022. Following boundary changes all the seats on the council were up for election.
Previous council composition
Changes:
* January 2022: Chris Maskell leaves Labour to sit as a ...
, it was known as Peppard ward and had slightly different boundaries.
Extent
The ward is north and north-east of the commercial centre of the
suburb of Caversham, namely its
Thames and
Caversham wards.
It covers all of
Emmer Green including wholly residential and smaller '
Caversham Park Village' which is not marked on many maps. It includes a small proportion of
Caversham proper, which was until the early 20th century the parish of (and had the main amenities of) Emmer Green. They have some interdependence to this day, such as in education, voluntary and sporting organisations, small shops and supermarkets. The proportion of
socially rented housing has consistently been lower than the borough average in the 2001 and 2011 censuses and is mentioned in the Emmer Green and Caversham articles.
Councillors
As with all Reading wards, apart from smaller Mapledurham, Peppard ward elects three councillors to
Reading Borough Council. As the council is elected by thirds, its three councillors were variously
elected in 2011,
2012
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and
2014
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.
These
councillors are in order of election: Jane Stanford-Beale, Simon Robinson and Clare Grashoff, who are all
Conservatives.
Historic composition
In 2004 the election was held under the previous system adopted by the Borough of 'whole council' elections. The three councillors were all elected in one election, who were two
Liberal Democrats and one Conservative.
In 2006 one of the seats was contested and resulted in the re-election of Mark Ralph for the Conservative Party, who was re-elected four years later.
2006 results
an
2010 results
Reading Borough Council.
References
{{Reading, Berkshire
Wards of Reading