2024 Wokingham Borough Council election

2024 Wokingham Borough Council election

← 2023 2 May 2024 2026 →
54 out of 54 seats to Wokingham Borough Council 28 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party   Leader Stephen Conway Pauline Jorgensen Party Liberal Democrats Conservative Last election 26 seats, 41.3% 22 seats, 36.6% Seats before 26 22 Seats after 27 19 Seat change 1 3 Popular vote 61,794 56,938 Percentage 41.2% 37.9% Swing 0.1% 1.3%   Third party Fourth party   Leader Andy Croy Party Labour Independent Last election 5 seats, 16.3% 1 seat, 1.7% Seats before 5 1 Seats after 8 0 Seat change 3 1 Popular vote 27,173 336 Percentage 18.1% 0.2% Swing 1.8% 1.5%
Winner of each seat at the 2024 Wokingham Borough Council election
Leader before election Stephen Conway Liberal Democrat No overall control Leader after election Stephen Conway Liberal Democrat No overall control

The 2024 Wokingham Borough Council election took place on Thursday 2 May 2024, to elect members of Wokingham Borough Council in Berkshire, England. This was on the same day as other local elections across England. Due to boundary changes all seats were up for election. The main impact of the boundary changes is that all wards in the Borough are now three member wards; the number of seats remained the same at 54. The old warding system had a mix of one, two and three member wards.^[1]

Prior to the election, the council was under no overall control. The Liberal Democrats were the largest party and had been so since the 2022 election. At the 2024 election, the council remained under no overall control. The Liberal Democrats made a net gain of one seat, giving them exactly half the seats on the council, leaving them one seat short of a majority.^[2][3]

The composition of the council before the election was as follows:

After the election, the composition of the council became:

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After the 'all-up' elections in 2024, the Borough will continue to elect councilors by thirds, with one member in every ward being elected every year. 2025 will be a 'fallow year', i.e. a year with no elections with the next elections being in 2026, 2027 and 2028 and the next fallow year in 2029.