Caversham – Cllr Dave Luckett - Dave Luckett has been a Caversham ward Councillor since May 2008. Dave lives in the centre of the ward and is a trustee of a local charity. He has a long record of campaigning on local issues, including getting the Council to complete local road repairs and cracking down on boats abusing the moorings along the River Thames. Dave currently works full time as a Software Engineer in Reading. He is currently campaigning for safer roads with more 20mph zones in residential streets.
Church – Cllr Azam Janjua - Azam lives with his wife in the heart of Church ward and has two daughters who live locally with their own families. He was a Reading taxi driver for many years so has a comprehensive understanding of transport issues in the borough and living locally has suffered the problems of the Shinfield Road "enhancement" scheme. Azam's campaign to find a solution is gaining great support and he supports residents who are demanding that the Council reinstall roundabouts on the Shinfield Road.
Mapledurham – Cllr Isobel Ballsdon - Isobel has been selected for Mapledurham Ward following the decision of long-serving Councillor Fred Pugh to retire from the Council. She lives in the ward but has represented neighbouring Thames Ward for the last six years. Isobel has had a variety of roles including the chairmanship of both the Planning Committee and also the Education & Children’s Services Scrutiny Panel. This January she was made Conservative Spokesman for Environment & Housing, as well as the party’s lead on Planning Management. Isobel is Chairman of Governors at The Avenue Special School and is the Council’s representative on the Berkshire Adoption Panel. In addition to these roles, Isobel is on the Mapledurham Playing Fields Management Committee and is part of the Fund Raising Group raising money to pay for a replacement hall.
Peppard – Jane Stanford-Beale - Jane is a very much a Caversham mother who has represented families since moving to Caversham in 1995, both as a parent and then Chair of Governors at New Bridge Nursery School, latterly as the Local Authority Governor. From April 2005 to October 2006 Jane was a Non Executive Director of Reading Primary Care Trust (‘PCT’) where she chaired the Remuneration Committee and oversaw its merger into Berkshire West PCT from November 2006 to March 2007. She also chaired the steering group for the Sure Start Caversham Children’s Centre. Jane runs her own project management and consulting business and lives in Caversham with her husband and 3 sons, aged 19, 17 and 12.
Thames – Ed Hopper - Ed has lived in Reading since 1998 with his wife and two young daughters who both attend school in the town. As a father of a young family Ed is keen to see Reading’s facilities for families improved. Ed works a few miles outside Reading so he knows the pressures of commuting by car on Reading’s roads. Ed and his family are involved with their local church where he serves on the Parochial Church Council.