The local election candidates for Reading Borough have been revealed.

Local elections are taking place on May 6 this year and 17 councillor positions out of 46 are up for grabs at Reading Borough Council (RBC) including one by-election.

Reading voters will also have their say on the Thames Valley Police & Crime Commisioner election on the same day.

For the council elections, one candidate will elected in each ward, except for Peppard, where there is also a by-election after Councillor Clare Grashoff stood down to focus on her teaching career.

This year's vote is in place of last year's elections which were suspended. 2021 had been due to be a fallow year in Reading, with no council elections.

April 19 is the deadline to register to vote. Click here for more info on how to register to vote.

April 20 (no later than 5pm) is the deadline for receiving new postal vote applications.

Reading Borugh Council election candidates 2021

Current/incumbent councillors are represented with a *. 

There is no incumbent for Redlands as Councillor Tony Jones stood down from his position having been due to face an election.

Election candidates 2021

Abbey

Labour: Tony Page*

Conservative: David Cozens

Green: Howard Darby

Lib Dem: Anne Thompson

Battle

Labour: Gul Khan*

Conservative: Michael Hey

Green: Sarah Watchman

Lib Dem: John Grout

Independent: Yemi Awolola

Caversham

Labour: Richard Davies*

Conservative: Ian Binge

Green: Sally Newman

Lib Dem: Christopher Ward

Social Democratic Party: Damian Skelton

Independent: Sara Fulbrook

Church

Labour: Ashley Pearce*

Conservative: Adam Phelps

Green: Kathryn McCann

Lib Dem: Mark Cole

Katesgrove

Labour and Co-operative: Rose Williams*

Conservative: Abdoulaye Sow

Green: Louise Keane

Lib Dem: Margaret McNeill

Independent: Jean-Louis Pascual

Kentwood

Labour: Daya Pal Singh*

Conservative: Nick Fudge

Green: Anthea West

Lib Dem: Gary Coster

Mapledurham

Labour: Bouba Dembele

Conservative: Isobel Ballsdon*

Green: Brent Smith

Lib Dem: Chris Burden

Minster

Labour: Liz Terry*

Conservative: Alanzo Seville

Green: Isobel Hoskins

Lib Dem: Ben Sims

Norcot

Labour: Jo Lovelock*

Conservative: Zachary Okeyo

Green: Richard Walkem

Lib Dem: James Moore

Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition: Neil Adams

Liberal Party: Stephen Graham

Park

Labour and Co-operative: Amjad Tarar

Conservative:  Abi Jones

Green: Brenda McGonigle*

Lib Dem: Chris Dodson

Peppard (two)

Labour:James Denny and Benjamin Perry

Conservative: Clarence Mitchell and Jane Stanford Beale*

Green: Doug Creswell and Sarah McNamara

Lib Dem: Hilary Smart and Pieter De Boiserie

Reform UK: Vincent Ruane

Redlands

Labour and Co-operative: Andrew Hornsby-Smith

Conservative: Shekhar Natarajan

Green: David McElroy

Lib Dem: Francis Jakeman

Southcote

Labour: Debs Edwards

Conservative: Gabriella Kirkby

Green: Asad Feroz

Lib Dem: Riccardo Mancuso-Marcello

Thames

Labour: Caroline McArthur

Conservative: Paul Carnell*

Green: Danny McNamara

Lib Dem: Joanna Ramsay

Tilehurst

Labour: Indy Singh

Conservative: Jay Varley

Green: Gabriel Berry-Khan

Lib Dem: Meri O’Connell*

Trade Unionst and Socialist Coalition: Jen Bottom

Whitley

Labour and Co-operative: Alice Mpofu-Coles

Conservative: Elizabeth Sheppard

Green: Kathy Smith

Lib Dem: Ian Westby

Independent: Bala Sani