After the counts in Reading and Wokingham the results in the Reading East constituency are as follows:

READING BOROUGH COUNCIL

Abbey - Richard Royal was within 93 votes of winning

Caversham - Tom Stanway beat Labour Cllr Sue Stainthorp by almost 600 votes

Church - Mike Townend beat Labour Cllr Christine Grieve by almost 250 votes - the first time the Conservatives have won the ward in over 20 years

Church By-election - Tim Harris won by 250 votes

Katesgrove - Lib Dems defeated Labour

Park - Wazir Hussain beat Labour in the seat vacated by John Howarth. He won by just 7 votes - the first time the Conservatives have won the ward in over 20 years

Peppard - Richard Willis unseated Lib Dem deputy leader Cllr Annette Hendry with a 450 vote majority

Redlands - Lib Dems defeated Labour

Thames - Cllr Jeanette Skeats was re-elected with a 1,600 majority over the Lib Dem candidate

The Council is now:

Labour 25 (-7)

Conservative 14 (+6)

Lib Dem 7 (+1)

WOKINGHAM BOROUGH COUNCIL 

Bulmershe/Whitegates - Lib Dem hold

Loddon - Kirsten Miller defeated the Lib Dems by 69 votes

South Lake - Lib Dem hold

4th May 2007