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It’s been an interesting few weeks for all of our Wokingham Liberal Democrat team. Our successes at Wokingham Borough Council are well publicised. We went from a group of 8 councillors to a group of 16. However, Wokingham is still Conservative controlled.

However, Wokingham Town Council has gone a slightly different path. It has 25 Councillors who are now 11 Liberal Democrats, 7 Conservatives, 4 Labour and 3 Independents. We are now No Overall Control with the Liberal Democrats as the largest group. It as been a long time coming and has certainly not been a Conservative majority in this century and for some time before that.

 While I was the only Liberal Democrat Councillor for the last 4 years, I now find myself as the Leader of Wokingham Town Council and leader of the largest group. As a Wokingham native, it is something I will gladly do with honour.

One of our first tasks was identifying our new mayor. Lynne Forbes, one of our Independent Councillors, had shown an interest for the last couple of years and it quickly became clear that she was the best person for this role within our new council. The picture here is me happily signing her nomination to be mayor.  

My hope is that all of our town councillors can continue to work together, find our common ground and use all of our talents for the good of Wokingham. That is where my leadership position will lie.