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Fury as Wokingham Tories fail to sign White Ribbon pledge

The Wokingham Conservative group’s refusal to sign up to a pledge to end violence against women and girls has been met with outrage.

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Wokingham solar farm approved by council in contentious vote

Wokingham solar farm approved by council in contentious vote
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Councillors clash over Gender Pay Gap as staff pay is agreed

Councillors clash over Gender Pay Gap as staff pay is agreed
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Could Earley and Woodley MP seat be a political background?

A proposed new constituency called Earley and Woodley could become a political battleground as all three main parties have seen success in the area.

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Fresh faces on Wokingham Council after Local elections 2021

There will be eight fresh faces on Wokingham Borough Council following the Local Elections this year.
That’s because seven councillors elected in 2016 chose not to run for another term this year, and one incumbent councillor was defeated in the election.
In Wokinghan Borough, councillors are elected for four year terms. However, because elections were postponed in 2020 due to the pandemic, those councillors elected in 2016 got to serve another year.
Here is a look at the eight fresh faces that will be taking up places on the council.
Philip Cunnington, Conservative councillor for Norreys ward
Philip Cunnington was the first of the new councillors that were announced at the election count on Saturday, May 8.

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Your guide to the Local Elections 2021

ELECTION 2021
The biggest election in our are this year will be the Wokingham Borough elections. Credit: Ben Walker/ New Statesman (Ballot: File Photo)
Voters up and down the country are going to the polls for the Local Elections this year.
The biggest elections in our area are the Wokingham Borough elections, where voters throughout the borough will be selecting their ward councillors.
There is a total of 18 seats up for grabs spread across the town itself, the Reading suburban areas of Earley, Woodley and Shinfield, and Wokingham’s satellite villages such as Twyford, Finchampstead and Hurst.
There are a total of 54 seats on the council. The Conservatives are currently in charge with 31 councillors, a majority of 23. The second biggest party is the Liberal Democrats, with 15 candidates. The Labour Party currently has 4 councillors, and there are three independents. Councillors are elected for 4 year terms. Incumbents this year were last elected in 2016. There were meant to be elections in 2020, but these were called off to stop the spread of the pandemic. Therefore any incumbents have served extended 5 year terms.

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Wokingham Candidates on how to campaign during a pandemic

Candidates from the big three parties in the Wokingham elections have explained what it is like to campaign during the pandemic.
Somewhat surprisingly, they have all said that they have been received well on the doorstep, with some voters being happy to speak with them about local issues.
Cllr John Halsall, leader of the Wokingham Conservatives, who’s standing in Remenham, Wargrave and Ruscombe, said: “I have been canvassing, I have probably been out 50 times, probably more, and I am quite happy to maintain social distancing and talk to people. There is a protocol in place where you deliver and then stand way back, and if someone comes to the door we talk to them.

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Wokingham Conservative Leader's emphatic appeal to voters

The leader of the Wokingham Conservative Party has made an emphatic appeal to voters ahead of the council elections.
Cllr Halsall is now up for election in his ward of Remenham, Wargrave and Ruscombe, which he has represented since 2011.
He has led Wokingham Borough’s administration through the pandemic.
In an appeal to voters, Cllr Halsall said: “The Council is the golden thread that runs through our Borough, the indispensable partner for our residents and businesses. Diversity, Equality, Antiracism and addressing need must be at the heart of everything we do and of the example we set. No rational person would take any other point of view.

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Wokingham election 2021 battlegrounds and key clashes

File photo dated 06/05/10 of a voter placing a ballot paper in the ballot box. More than half of people say climate change will influence the way they vote in the next general election, a survey suggests..
The three main parties are contesting all 18 seats up for grabs this election in Wokingham.
Voters in the borough go to the polls on Thursday, May 6, although many are expected to vote by post due to concerns over the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.
It will see all three of the Wokingham party leaders try to cling onto their seats on the council.
John Halsall, the incumbent borough council leader for the Conservative party, will be fending off Liberal Democrat challenger Martijn Andrea and Labour candidate Stuart Cranier in Cllr Halsall’s current seat of Remenham, Wargrave and Ruscombe. Last election, in 2016, Cllr Halsall received a majority of 704 votes, winning 930 votes in total.

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All the Labour candidates standing for election in Wokingham in 2021

Here are the Labour candidates who are competing for seats on Wokingham Borough Council:
Andy Croy, Bulmershe and Whitegates
Andy Croy, Labour candidate for Bulmershe & Whitegates ward.
Cllr Andy Croy has served as a councillor for Bulmershe and Whitegates, and is the leader of the Wokingham Labour party.
Cllr Croy grew up on a council estate in Wokingham, served in the reserve Forces and taught in Sudan and Kenya before changing career to become an accountant. He has one grown up son who, like Andy, was educated at The Forest School, Winnersh. For two years Andy was the only Labour councillor in the borough chamber, but now leads a group of four Labour councillors. The party is seeking to gain more seats to provide ‘real opposition’ to the Conservatives who dominate the Council.

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