The full list of candidates for the Reading Borough Council elections this year has been published.
The election will take place on Thursday, May 7.
If you are voting in person, you will need a physical ID. You can also vote by post.
Reading Borough Council has been under Labour Party control since 2010.
The vote is being held across all 16 wards, with an extra vacancy in Caversham Heights.
There are currently 31 Labour councillors, eight Green Party councillors, three Conservatives, three Liberal Democrats, councillor Clarence Mitchell (Reform UK, Emmer Green) and cllr Sarah Hacker (Independent, Battle), who is not contesting the election.
Even if there is little political change, there is a guarantee of at least four new faces, as Labour councillors Jo Lovelock, Deborah Edwards and Sam Juthani have stood down as well.
This means new councillors are guaranteed in the Battle, Norcot, Southcote and Caversham Heights wards.
You can view the full list of 96 candidates below:
Abbey
Robert Dalton, Conservative
Jacqueline Dominguez, Green
James Morgan, Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition
Paul Newton, Reform UK
Karen Rowland, Labour (incumbent)
Henry Wright, Liberal Democrats
Battle
Ben Blackmore, Conservative
John Grout, Liberal Democrats
Pratikshya Gurung, Labour
Zoe Mann, Green
Diana Whitehouse, Reform UK
Caversham
Andrew Ballsdon, Conservative
Jacopo Lanzoni, Labour (incumbent)
Jeff Lewis, Reform UK
Bill Runacre, Social Democratic Party
Anthony Martin, Liberal Democrats
Sam Wild, Green
Caversham Heights – two seats
Isobel Ballsdon, Conservative (incumbent)
Vania Costa-Kroll, Liberal Democrats
Adil Khan, Green
Danny McNamara, Green
Ilayda Molloy, Reform UK
Jo Musominari, Labour
Jo Ramsay, Liberal Democrats
Saadia Saadat, Conservative
Richard Stainthorp, Labour
James Stothard, Reform UK
Church
Mark Cole, Liberal Democrats
Ruth McEwan, Labour (incumbent)
Adam Phelps, Conservative
Matthew Reynolds, Reform UK
Jamie Whitham, Green
Coley
John Angus, Conservative
Ellie Emberson, Labour (incumbent)
Petru Mereacrel, Reform UK
Richard Walkem, Green
Christopher Ward, Liberal Democrats
Emmer Green
Hannah Connibear, Green
Nishikant Gupta, Liberal Democrats
Clarence Mitchell, Reform UK (incumbent)
Alex Smith, Conservative
Ollie White, Labour
Katesgrove
Matthew Callow, Conservative
Sarah Dobson , Liberal Democrats
Louise Keane, Green (incumbent)
Jean Louis Pascual, Independent
Prabhdeep Singh, Reform UK
Richard Wong, Labour
Kentwood
Jibril Al-Nabahani, Liberal Democrats
Glenn Dennis, Labour (incumbent)
Tim Liddle, Green
David Milne-Buckley, Conservative
Stephen Ruston, Reform UK
Norcot
Alison Foster, Labour
Stephen Graham, Your Local Liberal Party
Isobel Hoskins, Green
Brandon Masih, Liberal Democrats
Oliver Maunder, Reform UK
Kes Williams, Conservative
Park
James Cuggy, Labour
Stephen Ham, Reform UK
Kris Lund, Conservative
Jassien Sabri, Liberal Democrats
Rob White, Green (incumbent)
Redlands
Melanie Dent, Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition
Kathryn McCann, Green (incumbent)
Roy Rangarirai, Labour and Co-operative
Darren Seward, Reform UK
Abdoulaye Sow, Conservative
Christopher Wilson, Liberal Democrats
Southcote
Grace Blackmore, Conservative
Rosemary Croft, Green
Bev Heslin, Reform UK
Ulrike Magyarosy, Labour
Benjamin Sims, Liberal Democrats
Thames
Adele Barnett-Ward, Labour (incumbent)
Christopher Burden, Liberal Democrats
David Clarke, Green
James Halls, Social Democratic Party
Alexander Kelly, Reform UK
Jaykumar Patel, Conservative
Tilehurst
Caroline Basden, Labour
Caroline Hearst, Green
Steven Low, Reform UK
Meri O’Connell, Liberal Democrats (incumbent)
Raihana Rahimi, Conservative
Whitley
Pieter De Boiserie, Liberal Democrats
Rachel Eden, Labour (incumbent)
Vani Goel, Conservative
Richie Sahni, Reform UK
Kathy Smith, Green




















