Voters from across Wokingham borough will be heading to the polling stations at the start of next month for the first borough-wide exercise in democracy since the general election.
The election will be held on Thursday, May 7, and polls will be open from 7am to 10pm.
A total of 98 people have been nominated with five parties standing in all 18 council wards from Finchampstead in the south to Twyford in the north.
Only in Wokingham Without will voters be allowed to put two crosses on their ballot paper, as a former councillor stood down, and two seats are up for election there.
For the first time, there is a full slate of candidates from the Conservatives, Labour and the Lib Dems, and also from the Green Party and Reform UK too, so wherever you live you have the complete choice of all five parties.
There are also two candidates from the Trades Unionist and Socialist Coalition and one independent. This is the complete list of candidates:
Conservative Party
Barkham & Arborfield – Sebastian Graabek
Bulmershe & Coronation – Yusra Salman (incumbent)
Emmbrook – James Westhorpe
Evendons – Bjorn Graabek
Finchampstead – Peter Harper (incumbent)
Hawkedon – Michael John Firmager
Hillside – Nick Kilby
Loddon – David Bragg
Maiden Erlegh & Whitegates – Wazir Hussain
Norreys – Phil Cunnington
Shinfield – Vishal Srinivasan (incumbent)
South Lake – Michael Kennedy
Spencers Wood & Swallowfield – Anthony Pollock
Thames – Leon Cook
Twyford, Ruscombe & Hurst – Graham Howe
Wescott – Stephen Clubley
Winnersh – Martyn Washbourne
Wokingham Without – David Owen Howell Davies and Séona Turtle (incumbent)
Labour Party
Barkham & Arborfield – Isla Emily Sykes
Bulmershe & Coronation – Andy Croy
Emmbrook – Gopi Kolluru
Evendons – Annette Laura Medhurst
Finchampstead – Jac Pluves
Hawkedon – Mark Ambrose Craske
Hillside – Evan Peter Ainsworth
Loddon – Rona Melanie Noble
Maiden Erlegh & Whitegates – Mary Elizabeth Morris
Norreys – Nagi Nagella (incumbent)
Shinfield – Richard Mark McKenzie
South Lake – William Francis John Gale
Spencers Wood & Swallowfield – Jacky Steele
Thames – Stuart George Crainer
Twyford, Ruscombe & Hurst – Stuart Ashley Hooper
Wescott – Tom Mayers
Winnersh – Tim Jinkerson
Wokingham Without – Tom Clark, Colin Heath
Liberal Democrat
Barkham & Arborfield – Mohima Bose
Bulmershe & Coronation – Sheila Anne Jordan
Emmbrook – Basit Sajjad Alvi (incumbent)
Evendons – Richa Singh
Finchampstead – Laurent Seraphin
Hawkedon – Melanie Cheryl de Jong (incumbent)
Hillside – Caroline Smith (incumbent)
Loddon – Nigel Stuart Harman
Maiden Erlegh & Whitegates – Andy Ng Siu-Hong (incumbent)
Norreys – Alwyn Howard Jones
Shinfield – Dominic Alain Rider
South Lake – Carol Ann Jewell (incumbent)
Spencers Wood & Swallowfield – Chris Johnson
Thames – Katrin Harding (incumbent – third seat, 2024)
Twyford, Ruscombe & Hurst – Martijn Andrea (incumbent)
Wescott – Chris Cooke (incumbent)
Winnersh – Chetna Jamthe (incumbent)
Wokingham Without – Roberta Brooks and Jerry Percy
Green Party (includes “Green Party Candidate” and “The Green Party”)
Barkham & Arborfield – Asad Feroz
Bulmershe & Coronation – Laurence Paul Beard
Emmbrook – Mark Jonathan Vernon
Evendons – Joe Hughes
Finchampstead – Shannon Carter
Hawkedon – Tom Milne
Hillside – Russell Stewart Seymour
Loddon – Stuart Andrew Simpson
Maiden Erlegh & Whitegates – Samuel Langlois
Norreys – Kalveer Kaur Lehal
Shinfield – Keiron Titus
South Lake – Gary Shacklady
Spencers Wood & Swallowfield – Tom Blomley
Thames – Salma Baker
Twyford, Ruscombe & Hurst – Merv Boniface
Wescott – David Chapman
Winnersh – Laura Titchiner
Wokingham Without – Henry Newbury, Guy Zilberman
Reform UK
Barkham & Arborfield – Christopher John Bowring
Bulmershe & Coronation – Kai Meade
Emmbrook – John Ralph Clarke
Evendons – Jeremy Michael Field
Finchampstead – Stephen Surpless
Hawkedon – Sol Villaverde
Hillside – Amy Louise Robins
Loddon – Lance Tyrrill
Maiden Erlegh & Whitegates – Lillie Harris
Norreys – John Halsall
Shinfield – Parry Batth
South Lake – Andy Harris
Spencers Wood & Swallowfield – Gerry Allan
Thames – Andrew James McLaren
Twyford, Ruscombe & Hurst – Darren James Grant
Wescott – James Pigott (Colin Wright was nominated but switched to Wokingham Without)
Winnersh – Jim Fife
Wokingham Without – Carl Andrew Bond, Colin Wright
Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition
Norreys – Sara Elizabeth Gillman
Spencers Wood & Swallowfield – Kathryn Jane Allman
Independent
Shinfield – Edward Shaw
