Reading Borough Council

Reading Borough Council
Coat of arms
Council logo
Type
Type
Leadership
Alice Mpofu-Coles,
Labour
since 21 May 2025
Liz Terry,
Labour
since 22 May 2024
Jackie Yates
since October 2022
Structure
Seats48 councillors
Political groups
Administration (32)
  Labour (32)
Other parties (16)
  Green Party (8)
  Conservative (4)
  Liberal Democrats (3)
  Independent (1)
Length of term
4 years
Elections
Plurality-at-large
Last election
2 May 2024
Next election
7 May 2026
Motto
A Deo et Regina
Meeting place
Civic Offices, Bridge Street, Reading, RG1 2LU
Website
www.reading.gov.uk

Reading Borough Council is the local authority for Reading in the county of Berkshire, England. Reading has had a council since at least 1542, which has been reformed on numerous occasions. Since 1998, the council has been a unitary authority, being a district council which also performs the functions of a county council.

The council has been under Labour majority control since 2012. It is based at the Civic Offices on Bridge Street in the town centre.