Shinfield Ward by-election results

A by-election was held on Thursday 5 December to fill a vacant seat on the borough council in Shinfield Ward.

The votes were counted overnight as soon as the polls closed at 10pm and the result was as follows:

• Becca Brown (Labour) – 387 votes
• Chris Johnson (Liberal Democrats) – 336 votes
• Jackie Rance (Conservative) – 765 votes (Elected)
• Gary Shacklady (Green) – 73 votes

There were 1,563 ballots and the turnout was 21.7%.

As a result of the by-election, the number of councillors for each party is as follows:

• Liberal Democrats – 26
• Conservative – 20
• Labour – 7
• Vacancy – 1

Visit our current elections pages for more information. You can also check who your local councillors are on our website, as well as the results from the last local election held in May.