West Berkshire Council elections explained

West Berkshire Council is the local authority for West Berkshire, a unitary authority in Berkshire, England. Until 1 April 1998 it was a non-metropolitan district called Newbury.

Council elections

Non-metropolitan district elections

• 1973 Newbury District Council election
• 1976 Newbury District Council election
• 1979 Newbury District Council election
• 1983 Newbury District Council election (New ward boundaries)^[1]
• 1987 Newbury District Council election
• 1991 Newbury District Council election (District boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same)^{[2] [3]}
• 1995 Newbury District Council election

Unitary authority elections

• 1997 West Berkshire Council election

Year		Liberal Democrats		Conservative		Green		Labour		Independent	Notes
2000[4]	28		25		0		0		1
2003[5]	26		26		0		0		0		New ward boundaries[6] [7]
2007[8]	16		36		0		0		0
2011[9]	13		39		0		0		0
2015[10]	4		48		0		0		0
2019[11]	16		24		3		0		0		New ward boundaries[12]
2023[13]	29		11		2		1		0

By-elections

2015-2019

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2019-2023

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External links

• West Berkshire Council

Notes and References

1. The District of Newbury (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1979
2. legislation.gov.uk - The Berkshire, Dorset and Wiltshire (County Boundaries) Order 1989. Retrieved on 5 November 2015.
3. legislation.gov.uk - The Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Hampshire, Oxfordshire and Surrey (County Boundaries) Order 1991. Retrieved on 5 November 2015.
4. News: West Berkshire. BBC News Online. 25 December 2014.
5. News: Local elections. BBC News Online. 25 December 2014.
6. legislation.gov.uk - The District of West Berkshire (Electoral Changes) Order 2002. Retrieved on 4 October 2015.
7. Web site: Councillors. West Berkshire Council. 25 December 2014.
8. News: West Berkshire. 4 May 2007. BBC News Online. 25 December 2014.
9. News: England council elections. 10 May 2011. BBC News Online. 25 December 2014.
10. Web site: Election results by party, 7 May 2015. 7 May 2015. decisionmaking.westberks.gov.uk.
11. Web site: West Berkshire Council. BBC News.
12. Web site: The West Berkshire (Electoral Changes) Order 2018. www.legislation.gov.uk.
13. News: West Berkshire result - Local Elections 2023 . en-GB . BBC News . 2023-05-05.