If you don’t live in Evendons in Wokingham, you probably didn’t know about the Wokingham Borough Council by-election that was held on the 7th of February. This was a seat that was won by Liberal Democrat Councillor Helen Power in May 2018. Unfortunately, not long after her election, she was diagnosed with incurable cancer. She carried on for as long as she could, but shortly after Christmas she resigned.

In the midst of these sad circumstances, Sarah Kerr stepped up to fight for the seat. Despite the winter weather, local Liberal Democrats were all hands to the pump, helping her to win it. We were all rewarded by a very strong win of 63.1% of the vote – well done to Sarah for being a great candidate that everyone could get behind.

Evendons is the ward directly next to my own Emmbrook Ward. It covers most of Woosehill, the housing around Barkham Road from Molly Millars Lane to the Barkham border and the housing west of Finchampstead Road. If you combine it with the Labour Party win in Norreys last year, it is a very clear indicator that the way people are voting in Wokingham is changing. They are increasing fed up with the way that our local Conservatives have been behaving.

We are all here to serve the people who elected us first – not our party or ourselves.