1991 Reading Borough Council election

1991 Reading Borough Council election
2 May 1991 (1991-05-02)
15 seats of 45 on council
23 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Lab
Con
LD
Leader Mike Orton Pauline Palmer Jim Day
Party Labour Conservative Liberal Democrats
Seats before 27 11 5
Seats after 29 10 4
Seat change 2 1 1
Popular vote 16,671 15,927 6,611
Percentage 40.0% 38.2% 15.9%
Swing 8.9% 9.3% 2.7%
  Fourth party
 
Ind
Party Independent
Seats before 2
Seats after 2
Seat change
Popular vote N/A
Percentage N/A
Swing N/A

The 1991 Reading Borough Council election was held on 2 May 1991, at the same time as other local elections across England and Wales. One third of Reading Borough Council's 45 seats were up for election. Since the previous election in 1990, the Conservative group on the council had split, with councillors Hamza Fuad and Pam Fuad forming their own independent group, the "Thames Conservatives", reducing the official Conservative numbers from 13 to 11. Neither of the Thames Conservatives' seats were in the third contested in 1991.

The election saw the Labour Party increase its majority on the council.

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