Wokingham Borough Council

Wokingham Borough Council is the local authority of the Borough of Wokingham in Berkshire, England. It is a unitary authority, being a district council (but designated a borough council) also exercising the functions of a county council.[2]

Wokingham Borough Council
Type
Type
History
Founded1 April 1974
Leadership
Caroline Smith,
Liberal Democrats
since 19 May 2022
Clive Jones,
Liberal Democrats
since 19 May 2022[1]
Chief executive
Susan Parsonage
since March 2019
Structure
Seats54 councillors
Wokingham Borough Council composition
Political groups
  Liberal Democrats (26)
  Conservative (22)
  Labour (5)
  Independent (1)
Length of term
Third of council elected three years out of four
Elections
Plurality-at-large
Last election
5 May 2022 (18 seats)
Next election
4 May 2023 (18 seats)
Meeting place
Civic Offices, Shute End, Wokingham, RG40 1BN
Website
www.wokingham.gov.uk
Results map of the 2022 election

Elections
Main article: Wokingham local elections

Elections to the council are held in three out of every four years, with one third of the 54 seats on the council being elected at each election.

At the 2023 election the council remained as no overall control. Since 2022 a joint administration was formed by the Liberal Democrats and Labour councilors.[3]

Following the 2023 Wokingham Borough Council election, the council is composed of the following councillors:[4]

Party Councillors
Conservative Party 23
Liberal Democrats 26
Labour 5
Independent 1

Premises

The council's main offices are the Civic Offices at Shute End in Wokingham. The building began as a house, built c. 1870 as the rectory for nearby St Paul's Church. It was purchased by Wokingham Rural District Council in 1939 and converted to become their offices, with the building passing to the new Wokingham District Council when local government was reorganised in 1974. A large extension was added to the west of the original house in 1988.[5]

References
  1. "New Wokingham Borough Council leader promises his 'very best' - Wokingham.Today". 19 May 2022.
  2. Berkshire (Structural Change) Order 1996 (SI 1996/1879), art.3
  3. "New Wokingham Borough Council leader promises his 'very best' - Wokingham.Today". 19 May 2022.
  4. "Your Councillors by Party". Wokingham Borough Council. Retrieved 10 March 2018.
  5. "New Civic Offices". Reading Evening News. 6 October 1988. p. 26. Retrieved 12 February 2023.
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