After May 7
Labour majority
Council size: 48 seats · 17 up on May 7
Council · Unitary authority
Reading
Labour majority after May 7 2026. (Majority held)
What happened on May 7
Seats won and overall control
Reform UK
0 of 48 seats
Won 0 on May 7 · had 0 before
Next election
May 2030
Whole council every 4 years.
Post-May 7 composition
Every party's seat count on the new council
Pre-May-7 composition is the latest OCD snapshot of who held each seat; post is pre minus seats up plus actual winners.
How accurate was the model here?
Our 7 May 2026 forecast for Reading
Locked, sha256-witnessed forecast scored against the actual count. See the full national accuracy audit →
Our locked May 7 forecast
The pre-election prediction
This is the seats-on-the-ballot projection we published before polls opened, used here for accuracy comparison only.
All wards
Per-ward forecast vs actual
| Ward | Our top pick | Actual winner | Predicted share | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abbey | Labour | Green Party | 29.7% | high |
| Battle | Labour | Labour | 35.8% | high |
| Caversham | Labour | Labour | 33.6% | high |
| Caversham Heights | Reform UK | Conservative | 27.4% | high |
| Church | Labour | Labour | 36.4% | high |
| Coley | Labour | Green Party | 37.1% | high |
| Emmer Green | Reform UK | Conservative | 27.6% | high |
| Katesgrove | Green Party | Green Party | 35.6% | high |
| Kentwood | Labour | Labour | 30.3% | high |
| Norcot | Labour | Labour | 31.9% | high |
| Park | Green Party | Green Party | 47.4% | high |
| Redlands | Green Party | Green Party | 38.9% | high |
| Southcote | Labour | Labour | 33.3% | high |
| Thames | Labour | Green Party | 34.5% | high |
| Tilehurst | Lib Dem | Lib Dem | 38.9% | high |
| Whitley | Labour | Labour | 34.6% | high |