2023 result
LABOUR HOLDS.
2022 result
Polling stations
- Kennet Island Community Centre, The Meeting Point (Kennet Island), The Piazza, Whale Avenue, Kennet Island
- Christ The King Church Hall, 408 Northumberland Avenue, Reading
- Whitley Wood Community Centre, Swallowfield Drive, Reading
- 100 Longwater Avenue, Green Park, Reading
- South Reading Leisure Centre, Northumberland Avenue, Reading
The candidates
Sarah Dobson, Lib Dem
Sarah Dobson has moved to Reading recently and has fallen in love with the town’s community and diversity. If elected to the council, her priorities will be getting cost-of-living help to residents and businesses who need it, improving the state of our roads, and ensuring that vital council services like the library remain in Whitley.
In her own words:
As a young woman who has worked in Westminster for years, I have gained valuable experience and knowledge about how policies are made and implemented. I now want to work to bring about tangible change in my own community by standing to be a local councillor.
Vani Goel, Conservative
Alice Mpofu-Coles, Labour and Co-operative
I have been a resident of Whitley for over 20 years and work as a researcher, and I volunteer/trustee with charities in Reading.
I am married and have two adult daughters who attended local primary and secondary schools.
I was first elected as a Labour and Cooperative Party Whitley Ward Councillor in 2021 and continue to serve the community at all times. My commitment is to listen, understand and act for the needs of the residents of Whitley Ward and wider Reading.
Since I was elected in 2021, I have continued to work to improve the area and the lives of residents.
Kathy Smith, Green
Kathy Smith has lived in the Reading area for ten years. Kathy has worked supporting children’s services. She spends her spare time growing fruit and vegetables. She also enjoys walking and holidays.
Green councillors and candidates are working for a fairer, greener, more affordable town.
Greens did so well at the council elections last year that we overtook the Conservatives becoming the second largest party on Reading’s Labour-run council (32 Labour councillors, 7 Green, 6 Conservative and 3 Lib Dem). Labour have a very large majority of councillors but it is very close between Greens and Conservatives for second place.
Vote Green at the council elections on Thursday 4 May for hard work year-round but also to keep the Green Party ahead of the Conservatives as the main opposition party on Reading Council.
Get involved with the campaign. We will only win with your help.
