Your Essential Guide to the May 7th Local Elections in Reading & Wokingham.

 

On Thursday 7 May 2026, voters in Reading and Wokingham head to the polls in what may be the most turbulent local elections in a generation. Labour faces the erosion of a dominance built since 2012, Reform UK contests wards it never previously entered, the Greens press their case as the progressive alternative, and the Liberal Democrats quietly consolidate across Wokingham's leafier precincts. And West Berkshire? It doesn't vote at all this year. We explain why — and what's really at stake everywhere else.

West Berkshire is not voting in 2026

Despite being listed in some national election round-ups alongside Reading and Wokingham, West Berkshire Council has no elections this May. Their next district and parish council elections are scheduled for Thursday 6 May 2027, subject to potential changes from government local government reorganisation. West Berkshire currently has 28 Liberal Democrats, 11 Conservatives, 2 Greens, 1 Labour and 1 Independent councillor. If you live in Newbury, Thatcham or anywhere in between — you're not going to the polls this spring.

Reading Borough Council: A Unitary Authority

Reading Borough Council is a unitary authority — meaning it does everything in one tier. Since Berkshire County Council was abolished in 1998, Reading has been responsible for the full gamut of local services: schools, social care, planning, housing, roads, libraries, waste, and more. This election — the last before the council is abolished and replaced by a successor authority in 2027 — decides who runs those services until reorganisation takes effect.

Wokingham Borough Council: Another Unitary Authority

Wokingham Borough Council is likewise a full unitary authority covering a large semi-rural area stretching from the suburban fringes of Reading (Earley, Woodley) through to the country towns of Wokingham and the rural parishes of Finchampstead and Remenham. It will not be affected by the current round of local government reorganisation — so the council elected on 7 May will govern for a full four-year cycle.

 

What Are You Actually Voting For?

Before we run through the candidates, let's deal with a persistent confusion on the doorstep: what does your council actually control? This matters enormously when candidates — particularly from Reform UK — campaign on immigration and small boats, because those powers sit emphatically with Westminster, not the civic offices in Bridge Street or Shute End.

✓ What Reading & Wokingham BC Control

  • Housing allocation and homelessness duties
  • Planning applications and Local Plan
  • Social care for adults and children
  • Education and school places
  • Roads and highways within the borough
  • Waste collection and recycling
  • Council Tax setting and collection
  • Libraries and leisure centres
  • Environmental health and licensing
  • Local economic development
  • Parks and green spaces

✗ What Reading & Wokingham BC Do NOT Control

  • Immigration policy or border controls
  • Small boat crossings or asylum seeker arrivals
  • NHS services or GP waiting lists
  • Thames Valley Police operations
  • National benefits system (Universal Credit etc.)
  • Interest rates or national fiscal policy
  • Energy prices or utility regulation
  • National rail services
  • Fire service (this is a joint Berkshire committee)

The immigration question: When a candidate campaigns on stopping small boats or reducing migration numbers at a local election, they are — to be direct about it — making a promise they cannot keep. Immigration policy, border control, and asylum accommodation contracts are all national government functions. What councils can do is influence how asylum seekers placed in local hotels by the Home Office interact with community services, and how quickly refugee integration happens locally. These are real and legitimate questions — but they are not the same as stopping the boats.

 

What Voters Are Actually Talking About

Housing: The Crisis on Your Doorstep

Reading Borough Council is grappling with one of the most acute housing pressures in the South East. The borough's population reached 182,907 in mid-2024, a 1.8% annual increase driven primarily by net international migration — putting intense pressure on social housing allocation, homelessness services, and school places. Reading BC's housing allocation scheme gives priority based on local need and connection; people subject to immigration control without leave to remain are explicitly ineligible for social housing allocation.

In Wokingham, the central housing tension is different but no less fierce: the borough faces mandatory housing targets from central government requiring thousands of new homes in an area whose residents often fiercely resist high-density development on greenfield sites. Lib Dems and Conservatives have both sought to push back against government targets; Labour nationally is the party actually setting those targets, creating an awkward dynamic for Wokingham Labour candidates.

SEND: The Budget Black Hole No-one Wants to Talk About

Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) provision is one of the most severe financial pressures on councils nationally. The Institute for Government estimated England's cumulative SEND deficit would reach between £4.6bn and £5.2bn by March 2026. Reading BC has faced its own SEND overspend. The national "statutory override" that protects councils from declaring bankruptcy over SEND deficits has been extended to March 2028 — kicking the problem down the road rather than solving it. Any party promising to fix SEND without naming where the money comes from should be pressed on specifics.

Council Tax: The Annual Squeeze

Both Reading and Wokingham have applied council tax increases at or near the maximum permitted (currently 3% general plus 2% adult social care precept) in recent years. Reform UK and Conservative candidates will point to this as evidence of Labour and Lib Dem waste; Labour and Lib Dem incumbents will point to austerity-era underfunding from the previous Conservative national government. Both arguments contain real truth.

Antisocial Behaviour: The Visible Issue

Antisocial behaviour — particularly in Reading town centre, Whitley and parts of south Reading — is a genuine and recurring concern. The council can deploy Public Spaces Protection Orders (Reading BC recently launched a new PSPO) and fund community wardens. But police numbers, court resources, and the underlying social drivers (mental health, addiction, housing insecurity) are largely outside council control. Candidates who promise to "fix" antisocial behaviour by winning a council seat are over-promising.

Planning and Green Spaces

In Wokingham, planning is perhaps the defining political question. The borough sits in one of the most development-pressured parts of England. The National Planning Policy Framework requires Wokingham BC to accept significant housing growth; the council's response — how it manages that growth, where it directs it, and what infrastructure it negotiates from developers — is entirely within its gift. This is where voting in Wokingham genuinely shapes the character of the borough.

 

What Each Party is Promising

Candidates are required to campaign on matters within local government's remit. Here is what each party is offering — both in terms of local promises and the national backdrop they're trailing behind them.

Labour

  • Defending Reading's record: 16 years of Labour control have delivered council house building, regeneration in Whitley, the Reading Station Quarter project, and expansions to SEND provision
  • Promising continued investment in social housing as part of a national housebuilding drive — 1.5 million homes nationally
  • Reading Labour points to its homelessness prevention work and affordable housing targets in its Local Plan
  • Faces the headwind of a nationally unpopular Labour government amid welfare reform controversy, employer NI increases, and persistently low polling
  • Budget pressures: Reading BC faced a significant overspend and increasing demand for SEND services, putting strain on council finances

National Labour polling: ~18–20%. Local incumbency provides some insulation but not immunity.

Conservative

  • In Wokingham, Conservatives are the official opposition and defend several rural and semi-rural seats in Finchampstead, Barkham, Shinfield and Spencers Wood
  • Locally: opposition to over-development, defence of green belt, criticism of Wokingham BC's handling of housing targets imposed by central government
  • In Reading, defending only Caversham Heights (Isobel Ballsdon) and fighting to retain relevance against a five-party squeeze
  • Nationally, Kemi Badenoch faces party in existential struggle against Reform on its right flank and Lib Dems on its left
  • Conservative polling nationally: ~18%, squeezed by Reform in Leave-voting areas exactly like parts of south Wokingham

Real risk of losing several Wokingham wards to both Lib Dems and Reform.

Liberal Democrats

  • In Wokingham: majority administration defending record on transport (local bus services), planning transparency, and scrutiny of housing development
  • Nationally: Ed Davey launched local election campaign in East Horsley — classic Lib Dem heartland territory, very similar demographically to Wokingham
  • Championing resident-led planning, opposition to high-density development without infrastructure, and transparency at Wokingham BC
  • In Reading: defending three seats, unlikely to gain but should hold
  • Nationally positioned between Reform and Labour — benefiting from anti-Reform tactical voting in suburban southern England

Strong structural advantage in Wokingham. National LD polling: ~11–15%.

Green Party

  • In Reading: defending three incumbents (Louise Keane/Katesgrove, Rob White/Park, Kathryn McCann/Redlands) and pushing for gains in Emmer Green, Caversham Heights and elsewhere
  • Green Party leader Zack Polanski (elected 2025) has sharpened left-progressive edge; the party is polling at 12–16% nationally
  • Local agenda: council house building, rent controls, green spaces, cycling infrastructure, SEND provision, living wage for council staff
  • Nationally: Greens now have 5 MPs. Party wants to put pressure on Labour from the left on housing, Gaza, and climate
  • In Wokingham: standing in all 18 wards for the first time. Unlikely to win seats but will affect Con/LD margins in some wards

The progressive challenger to Labour in Reading. Could pick up protest votes from disillusioned Labour supporters.

Reform UK

  • In Reading: standing in all 16 wards, defending Emmer Green (Clarence Mitchell, who defected from Conservatives in January 2026)
  • Local campaign priorities: anti-social behaviour, planning restrictions on new development, opposition to ULEZ-style charges, council spending efficiency
  • On immigration: candidates will campaign on it, but must be honest that council powers here are essentially nil
  • Nationally: Nigel Farage committed £5m+ to local elections; party received £9m donation from billionaire Christopher Harborne; polling 24–28% nationally
  • In Wokingham: standing in all 18 wards for the first time. Real prospect of winning seats in Leave-voting south of the borough
  • By-election data shows Reform winning seats but also losing more than they defend — "buyer's remorse" is a documented pattern

The disruptive force. In five-party splits, they can win wards with 25% or less of the vote. Watch Emmer Green, Thames and Abbey in Reading.

 

 

Local Government Reorganisation: The Elephant in the Room

Reading Borough Council is being abolished. This election is the last to the current authority, which will be replaced by a successor unitary authority in 2027. Reading BC is simultaneously trying to propose expanded boundaries — its July 2025 proposal to incorporate five West Berkshire wards including Tilehurst and Theale was described by West Berkshire Council as a "hostile land grab." Voters in Reading deserve to know that the councillors they elect in May will be governing during the transition to a new institutional structure. Wokingham BC, already a unitary authority, is unaffected by reorganisation.

 

The National Picture — How It Lands in Reading

These local elections take place against one of the most volatile national political landscapes in living memory. Labour is polling around 17–20% — down from the 33.8% it won the 2024 general election with — amid unhappiness over welfare benefit cuts, employer National Insurance increases that hit local businesses hard, and various controversies. The party goes in defending over 2,500 council seats won in 2022 when it was polling at 35%.

Reform UK is polling 24–28% nationally, having received a £9 million donation from Christopher Harborne in August 2025. Nigel Farage committed more than £5 million to local campaigns. Reform is standing in over 95% of English wards for the first time.

The Greens, under new leader Zack Polanski, are at 12–16% nationally — the highest in their history — and have five MPs. In Reading, where the Greens are the official opposition with 8 council seats, they are genuine challengers rather than also-rans.

The Lib Dems at 11–15% nationally are holding their own, particularly in their southern England heartland which includes Wokingham.

Conservatives at 18% face a classic two-front war: Reform takes votes to their right in Leave-voting areas like south Wokingham and parts of Reading; Lib Dems squeeze them from the progressive centre in the affluent suburbs they've held for decades.

The five-party problem: Under first-past-the-post, a ward with five serious candidates can be won with as little as 22% of the vote. This means Reform could win seats in Reading where they receive less than a quarter of votes cast — not because most people support them, but because the other four parties split the remainder. Tactical voting — and its absence — will determine several results making the ballot a lottery...

 

Reading Borough Council — The Wards & The Candidates

Reading Borough Council has 48 seats across 16 wards, each represented by three councillors. This year, 17 seats are up for election — one per ward in the regular cycle, plus an additional vacancy in Caversham Heights following Cllr Sam Juthani's decision to stand down. The council has been under Labour majority control since 2012. Going into this election Labour holds 32 seats; the Greens hold 8; the Liberal Democrats 3; Conservatives 3; Reform UK 1; and one Independent.

A total of 96 candidates are standing across the 16 wards. Reform UK is standing in every ward for the first time. The Green Party is defending incumbent seats in Katesgrove, Park and Redlands, and making a push in others. The Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition (TUSC) fields two candidates.

Four seats are guaranteed to change hands — in Battle, Norcot, Southcote (all Labour retirements) and Caversham Heights (by-election) — meaning new councillors are certain in each of those wards regardless of the result.

Abbey
Incumbent: Karen Rowland (Lab)

  • Lab Karen Rowland (inc.)
  • Grn Jacqueline Dominguez
  • Ref Paul Newton
  • Con Robert Dalton
  • LD Henry Wright
  • TUSC James Morgan

Battle (Open Seat)
Incumbent: Sarah Hacker (Ind) — not standing

  • Lab Pratikshya Gurung
  • Grn Zoe Mann
  • Ref Diana Whitehouse
  • Con Ben Blackmore
  • LD John Grout

Caversham
Incumbent: Jacopo Lanzoni (Lab)

  • Lab Jacopo Lanzoni (inc.)
  • Grn Sam Wild
  • Ref Jeff Lewis
  • Con Andrew Ballsdon
  • LD Anthony Martin
  • SDP Bill Runacre

Caversham Heights (2 Seats)
Isobel Ballsdon (Con) + vacancy (S. Juthani resigned)

  • Con Isobel Ballsdon (inc.)
  • Con Saadia Saadat
  • Grn Danny McNamara
  • Grn Adil Khan
  • LD Vania Costa-Kroll
  • LD Jo Ramsay
  • Lab Jo Musominari
  • Lab Richard Stainthorp
  • Ref Ilayda Molloy
  • Ref James Stothard

Church
Incumbent: Ruth McEwan (Lab)

  • Lab Ruth McEwan (inc.)
  • Grn Jamie Whitham
  • Ref Matthew Reynolds
  • Con Adam Phelps
  • LD Mark Cole

Coley
Incumbent: Ellie Emberson (Lab)

  • Lab Ellie Emberson (inc.)
  • Grn Richard Walkem
  • Ref Petru Mereacrel
  • Con John Angus
  • LD Christopher Ward

Emmer Green
Incumbent: Clarence Mitchell (Ref, formerly Con)

  • Ref Clarence Mitchell (inc.)
  • Grn Hannah Connibear
  • Lab Ollie White
  • Con Alex Smith
  • LD Nishikant Gupta

Katesgrove
Incumbent: Louise Keane (Grn)

  • Grn Louise Keane (inc.)
  • Lab Richard Wong
  • Ref Prabhdeep Singh
  • Con Matthew Callow
  • LD Sarah Dobson
  • Ind Jean Louis Pascual

Kentwood
Incumbent: Glenn Dennis (Lab)

  • Lab Glenn Dennis (inc.)
  • Grn Tim Liddle
  • Ref Stephen Ruston
  • Con David Milne-Buckley
  • LD Jibril Al-Nabahani

Norcot (Open Seat)
Incumbent: Jo Lovelock (Lab) — not standing

  • Lab Alison Foster
  • Grn Isobel Hoskins
  • Ref Oliver Maunder
  • Con Kes Williams
  • LD Brandon Masih
  • Ind Stephen Graham (Your Local Liberal Party)

Park
Incumbent: Rob White (Grn)

  • Grn Rob White (inc.)
  • Lab James Cuggy
  • Ref Stephen Ham
  • Con Kris Lund
  • LD Jassien Sabri

Redlands
Incumbent: Kathryn McCann (Grn)

  • Grn Kathryn McCann (inc.)
  • Lab Roy Rangarirai
  • Ref Darren Seward
  • Con Abdoulaye Sow
  • TUSC Melanie Dent

Southcote (Open Seat)
Incumbent: Deborah Edwards (Lab) — not standing

  • Lab Ulrike Magyarosy
  • Grn Rosemary Croft
  • Ref Bev Hesin
  • Con Grace Holly Blackmore
  • LD Benjamin Francis Sims

Thames (Key Battleground)
Incumbent: Adele Barnett-Ward (Lab)

  • Lab Adele Barnett-Ward (inc.)
  • Ref Alexander Kelly
  • Grn David Clarke
  • Con Jaykumer Sanatbhai Patel
  • LD Christoper Burden
  • SDP James Halls

Tilehurst
Incumbent: Meri O'Connell (LD)

  • LD Meri O'Connell (inc.)
  • Grn Caroline Hearst
  • Ref Steven Low
  • Lab Caroline Basden
  • Con Raihana Rahimi

Whitley
Incumbent: Rachel Eden (Lab)

  • Lab Rachel Eden (inc.)
  • Grn Kathy Smith
  • Ref Richie Sahni
  • Con Vani Goel
  • LD Pieter De Boiserie

Reading Council — Projected Outcome (PollCheck, April 2026)

Based on national polling data and ward-level modelling. Individual ward results will vary. Source: pollcheck.co.uk. The model projects Labour retaining majority control with approximately 30 of 48 seats across the full council.

  • Labour ~30 seats (hold)
  • Green ~9 seats (+1)
  • Reform UK ~4 seats (+3)
  • Lib Dems ~3 seats (hold)
  • Conservative ~2 seats (-1)

Majority threshold: 25 seats. Probability of Labour losing control: ~1%. Key battlegrounds where seat changes are plausible: Caversham Heights, Thames, Coley, Caversham, Abbey.

Key Battleground Wards in Reading

Emmer Green — The most dramatic ward in the borough. Clarence Mitchell, elected as a Conservative in 2023, defected to Reform UK in January 2026, becoming the first Reform councillor in Reading. He now defends as the Reform incumbent against Green candidate Hannah Connibear, who publicly predicts a Green-vs-Reform contest, and Conservative Alex Smith who will hope to reclaim the seat for his own party. PollCheck gives Reform a narrow lead here nationally, but Green campaigners are confident.

Caversham Heights — Two seats are in play: the Conservative seat held by Isobel Ballsdon (seeking re-election) plus the vacancy left by Juthani's resignation. PollCheck calls it Green narrowly leading Reform by 0.7 percentage points for at least one of the seats. With two Conservative candidates, two Greens, two Lib Dems, two Labour and two Reform candidates all competing, tactical voting will be decisive.

Thames — Labour incumbent Adele Barnett-Ward faces a genuine Reform UK challenge in what PollCheck rates as Labour leading by just 1.3 percentage points. A north Reading riverside ward with mixed demographics, it exemplifies the squeeze Labour faces from its right.

Coley & Caversham — Both Labour seats where Reform is projected within striking distance. Coley is an inner-Reading ward with significant social housing; Caversham is more suburban north of the river. Labour margins are narrow enough that a strong Reform night nationally could flip either.

Abbey — Reform leads Green by 8.2pp according to PollCheck, making this the most likely Labour loss or a place where Reform consolidates its foothold. The incumbent Labour councillor Karen Rowland will need to hold her personal vote against the tide.

Wokingham Borough Council — The Wards & The Candidates

Wokingham Borough Council has 54 seats across 18 wards. This year, 18 seats are up for election — one per ward, plus an additional seat in Wokingham Without where a former councillor stood down, making it the only ward with two seats on offer this cycle.

The Liberal Democrats enter this election as the majority administration, having taken mid-term control through a series of by-election wins and Labour defections since 2024. They currently hold 28 seats; Conservatives 19; Labour 5; and 2 Independents. Notably, Labour councillor Majid Nagra quit the party in September 2025, citing Gaza, and now sits as an Independent — and Alex Freeney was suspended from Labour in January 2025.

For the first time ever, all five main parties — Conservative, Labour, Liberal Democrats, Green and Reform UK — are standing candidates in all 18 wards. There are also two TUSC candidates and one Independent, making 98 candidates in total. This is a genuinely different political landscape from any previous Wokingham election.

Barkham & Arborfield
Incumbent: George Evans (Con)

  • Con George Evans (inc.)
  • LD Mohima Bose
  • Ref Christopher John Bowring
  • Grn Asad Feroz
  • Con Sebastian Graabek
  • Lab Isla Emily Sykes

Bulmershe & Coronation
Incumbent: Yusra Salman (Con)

  • Con Yusra Salman (inc.)
  • Grn Laurence Paul Beard
  • Lab Andy Croy
  • LD Sheila Anne Jordan
  • Ref Kai Meade

Emmbrook
Incumbent: Basit Alvi (LD)

  • LD Basit Sajjad Alvi (inc.)
  • Ref John Ralph Clarke
  • Lab Gopi Kolluru
  • Grn Mark Jonathan Vernon
  • Con James Westhorpe

Evendons
Incumbent: Adrian Mather (LD) — not re-standing

  • Ref Jeremy Michael Field
  • Con Bjorn Graabek
  • Grn Joe Hughes
  • Lab Annette Laura Medhurst
  • LD Richa Singh

Finchampstead
Incumbent: Peter Harper (Con)

  • Con Peter Harper (inc.)
  • Grn Shannon Carter
  • Lab Jac Pluves
  • LD Laurent Seraphin
  • Ref Stephen Surpless

Hawkedon
Incumbent: Melanie De Jong (LD)

  • LD Melanie Cheryl De Jong (inc.)
  • Lab Mark Ambrose Craske
  • Con Michael John Firmager
  • Grn Tom Milne
  • Ref Sol Villaverde

Hillside
Incumbent: Caroline Smith (LD)

  • LD Caroline Smith (inc.)
  • Lab Evan Peter Ainsworth
  • Con Nick Kilby
  • Ref Amy Louise Robins
  • Grn Russell Stewart Seymour

Loddon (Open Seat)
Incumbent: Alex Freeney (Ind, susp. Lab) — not re-standing

  • Con David Bragg
  • LD Nigel Stuart Harman
  • Lab Rona Melanie Noble
  • Grn Stuart Andrew Simpson
  • Ref Lance Tyrrill

Maiden Erlegh & Whitegates
Incumbent: Andy Ng Siu-Hong (LD)

  • LD Andy Ng Siu-Hong (inc.)
  • Ref Lillie Harris
  • Con Wazir Hussain
  • Grn Samuel Langlois
  • Lab Mary Elizabeth Morris

Norreys
Incumbent: Nagi Nagella (Lab)

  • Lab Nagi Nagella (inc.)
  • Con Phil Cunnington
  • TUSC Sara Elizabeth Gillman
  • Ref John Anthony Sydney Halsall
  • LD Alwyn Howard Jones
  • Grn Kalveer Kaur Lehal

Shinfield
Incumbent: Vishal Srinivasan (Con)

  • Con Vishal Srinivasan (inc.)
  • Ref Parry Batth
  • Lab Richard Mark McKenzie
  • LD Dominic Alain Rider
  • Ind Edward Shaw
  • Grn Keiron Titus

South Lake
Incumbent: Carol Jewell (LD)

  • LD Carol Ann Jewell (inc.)
  • Lab William Francis John Gale
  • Ref Andy Harris
  • Con Michael Kennedy
  • Grn Gary Shacklady

Spencers Wood & Swallowfield (Open Seat)
Incumbent: Stuart Munro (Con) — not re-standing

  • Ref Gerry Allan
  • TUSC Kathryn Jane Allman
  • Grn Tom Blomley
  • LD Chris Johnson
  • Con Anthony Pollock
  • Lab Jacky Steele

Thames (Wokingham)
Incumbent: Katrin Harding (LD)

  • LD Katrin Harding (inc.)
  • Grn Salma Baker
  • Con Leon Cook
  • Lab Stuart George Crainer
  • Ref Andrew James McLaren

Twyford, Ruscombe & Hurst
Incumbent: Martijn Andrea (LD)

  • LD Martijn Andrea (inc.)
  • Grn Merv Boniface
  • Ref Darren James Grant
  • Lab Stuart Ashley Hooper
  • Con Graham Howe

Wescott
Incumbent: Chris Cooke (LD)

  • LD Chris Cooke (inc.)
  • Grn David Chapman
  • Con Stephen Clubley
  • Lab Tom Mayers
  • Ref James Pigott

Winnersh
Incumbent: Chetna Jamthe (LD)

  • LD Chetna Jamthe (inc.)
  • Ref Jim Fife
  • Lab Tim Jinkerson
  • Grn Laura Titchiner
  • Con Martyn Washbourne

Wokingham Without (2 Seats)
Incumbent: Séona Turtle (Con) + by-election vacancy

  • Con Séona Turtle (inc.)
  • Con David Owen Howell Davies
  • LD Roberta Brooks
  • LD Jerry Percy
  • Lab Tom Clark
  • Lab Colin Heath
  • Ref Carl Andrew Bond
  • Ref Colin Wright
  • Grn Henry Newbury
  • Grn Guy Zilberman

Wokingham Council — Projected Outcome (PollCheck, April 2026)

The Liberal Democrats are projected to hold majority control of Wokingham Council with approximately 33 of 54 seats across the full council. This would be a strengthening of their current position.

  • Liberal Democrats ~33 seats (hold)
  • Conservative ~13 seats (-6)
  • Labour ~4 seats (-1)
  • Independent ~1 seat
  • Reform UK ~0–2 seats (new)
  • Green ~0–1 seats (new)

Majority threshold: 28 seats. The Lib Dems already hold 28 mid-term. The biggest question is whether Conservatives can hold their rural wards against Reform in the south of the borough.


You can find the location of your local election station on your polling card or here: https://www.reading.gov.uk/the-council-and-democracy/elections-and-voting/how-to-vote/ or https://www.wokingham.gov.uk/council-and-meetings/elections-and-voting/where-vote. Remember to take your photo ID !