Reading Borough Council

Reading Borough Council
Coat of arms
Council logo
Type
Type	Unitary authority
Leadership
Mayor	Glenn Dennis, Labour since 22 May 2024[1]
Leader	Liz Terry, Labour since 22 May 2024
Chief Executive	Jackie Yates since October 2022[2]
Structure
Seats	48 councillors
Political groups	Administration (32)   Labour (32) Other parties (16)   Green Party (8)   Conservative (4)   Liberal Democrats (3)   Independent (1)
Length of term	4 years
Elections
Voting system	Plurality-at-large
Last election	2 May 2024
Next election	7 May 2026
Motto
A Deo et Regina
Meeting place
Civic Offices, Bridge Street, Reading, RG1 2LU
Website
www.reading.gov.uk

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, being a district council which also performs the functions of a county council.

The council has been under Labour majority control since 2012. It is based at the Civic Offices on Bridge Street in the town centre.