THE candidates who will contest the Reading Borough Council election on May 3 have been unveiled.
More than 70 are spread across 16 seats, seven of which are held by Labour, six by the Conservatives and three by the Liberal Democrats. Nine parties are represented, with four candidates standing as independents.
Labour council leader, Jo Lovelock, and deputy leader, Tony Page, are among those defending their seats, while the Lib Dems' former deputy council leader, Kirsten Bayes, who lost her seat last May, is among the challengers.
Lab - Labour
Con - Conservative
LD - Liberal Democrat
Grn - Green
CS - Common Sense
Co-op - Co-operative
UKIP - UK Independence Party
Rom - The Roman Party. Ave!
Current council composition:
Labour 22
Conservative 16
Lib Dem 6
Green 2
*Seat held by
Abbey:
Kirsten Bayes (LD)
Alex Coleman (Con)
Hazel Murphy (Grn)
Tony Page (Lab)
Howard Thomas (CS)
*Labour
Battle:
Imraan Ishtiaq (Con)
Gul Khan (Lab)
Alan Lockey (Grn)
Jean-Louis Pascual (Rom)
Mark Whiley (LD)
*Labour
Caversham:
Richard Davies (Lab/Co-op)
Jenny Hicks (Grn)
Dave Luckett (Con)
Jenny Woods (LD)
*Conservative
Church:
Annette Hendry (LD)
Azam Janjua (Con)
Vivienne Johnson (Grn)
Kim Maysh (CS)
Eileen McElligott (Lab)
*Conservative
Katesgrove:
Janel Blattler (LD)
Richard Robeson (Con)
James Towell (Grn)
Michael Turberville (Ind)
Rose Williams (Lab)
*Liberal Democrat
Kentwood:
Kevin Jackson (Grn)
Matt Plunkett (CS)
Daya Singh (Lab)
Jon Walls (LD)
Emma Warman (Con)
*Conservative
Mapledurham:
Isobel Ballsdon (Con)
Chris Burden (LD)
Dougie Coulter (Grn)
Ashley Pearce (Lab)
*Conservative
Minster:
Sunil Gandhi (Grn)
Georgina Hughes (LD)
Alanzo Seville (Con)
Liz Terry (Lab/Co-op)
*Labour
Norcot:
Michael Fairfax (Con)
Jo Lovelock (Lab)
Margaret McNeill (LD)
David Patterson (Grn)
*Labour
Park:
Rachael Chrisp (Lab/Co-op)
Hoyte Swager (LD)
Laurence Taylor (Con)
Jamie Whitham (Grn)
*Labour
Peppard:
David Absolom (Lab)
Mustafa Chaudhary (LD)
Jamie Chowdhary (Ind)
Kate Day (Grn)
Jane Standford-Beale (Con)
*Conservative
Redlands:
Robert Booth (Grn)
Tony Jones (Lab/Co-op)
Leo Lester (Con)
James Moore (LD)
*Liberal Democrat
Southcote:
Ali Asghar (Con)
Debs Edwards (Lab)
Kizzi Murtagh (Grn)
David Warren (Lib Dem)
*Labour
Thames:
Duncan Bruce (Lab/Co-op)
John Dickson (Ind)
Ed Hopper (Con)
Helen McNamara (Grn)
Guy Penman (LD)
*Conservative
Tilehurst:
Haji Banaras (Lab/Co-op)
Doug Cresswell (Grn)
William Macphee (UKIP)
Meri O'Connel (LD)
Rob Vickers (Con)
*Liberal Democrat
Whitley:
Nick Brown (Con)
Rebecca Chester (LD)
Mike Diamond (CS)
Keith Johnson (Grn)
Mike Orton (Lab)
Jamie Wake (Ind)
*Labour
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