| Election Name: | 2022 Wokingham Borough Council election |
| Country: | UK |
| Type: | parliamentary |
| Ongoing: | yes |
| Previous Election: | 2021 Wokingham Borough Council election |
| Previous Year: | 2021 |
| Next Election: | 2023 Wokingham Borough Council election |
| Next Year: | 2023 |
| Seats For Election: | 18 out of 54 seats to Wokingham Borough Council |
| Majority Seats: | 28 |
| Election Date: | 5 May 2022 |
| Image1: | LD |
| Leader1: | Clive Jones |
| Party1: | Liberal Democrats (UK) |
| Leader Since1: | 2021 |
| Leaders Seat1: | Hawkedon |
| Last Election1: | 23 seats, 42.5% |
| Seats1: | 9 |
| Seat Change1: | 5 |
| Leader2: | John Halsall |
| Party2: | Conservative Party (UK) |
| Leader Since2: | 2019 |
| Leaders Seat2: | Remenham, Wargrave and Ruscombe |
| Last Election2: | 26 seats, 48.1% |
| Seats2: | 6 |
| Seat Change2: | 5 |
| Image4: | Lab |
| Leader4: | Rachel Burgess |
| Party4: | Labour Party (UK) |
| Leaders Seat4: | Norreys |
| Last Election4: | 3 seats, 5.6% |
| Seats3: | 4 |
| Seat Change4: | 1 |
| Image5: | Ind |
| Leader5: | N/A |
| Party5: | Independent (politician) |
| Leader Since5: | N/A |
| Leaders Seat5: | N/A |
| Last Election5: | 2 seats, 3.3% |
| Seats5: | 1 |
| Seat Change5: | 1 |
| Map Size: | 180px |
The 2022 Wokingham Borough Council election took place as of Thursday 5 May 2022. That was the same day as other United Kingdom local elections in order to elect members of Wokingham Unitary Council in Berkshire, England. One third of the council, 18 seats, was up for election and the Conservative Party lost control of the council, but was the largest group.[1]
The composition of the council before the election was as follows:
| 31 | 18 | 2 | 3 | |
After the election, the composition of the council became:
| 26 | 23 | 3 | 2 | |
Wokingham Borough Council is No Overall Control
A total of 64 candidates contested the 18 seats which were up for election.[2] After the election, Wokingham Borough Council became No Overall Control.
After this election, the Wokingham Borough Partnership was formed from the 23 Liberal Democrat Councillors, 3 Labour Councillors and the 2 Independent Councillors. Together, they formed a majority and collectively agreed to work together in the best interests of the residents.[3]
These are the results as of 6 May 2022
There were a total of 42,711 votes cast, including 192 spoiled ballots.
| Election results 2010–2022 | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2018 | 2019 | 2021 | 2022 | |
| 43 | 45 | 43 | 44 | 47 | 47 | 42 | 31 | 31 | 26 | ||
| 11 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 16 | 18 | 23 | ||
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | ||
| 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Total Seats | 54 | 54 | 54 | 54 | 54 | 54 | 54 | 54 | 54 | 54 | |