VOTE 2024: Leader interviews – Wokingham Lib Dems Stephen Conway
Stephen Conway's interview with the local paper.
Election boundaries are changing with 18 new wards across Wokingham Borough, each represented by 3 councillors. The Wokingham Without ward is unchanged.
This year all 3 councillors will be elected. In future years, one will be elected in each year, in 3 years out of 4.
Use your 3 votes for your 3 Liberal Democrat Candidates for Wokingham Without (pictured left to right):
Your Liberal Democrat councillors are:
For the last 9 years your local Lib Dems have been campaigning to move our polling station out of Oaklands School, something we were repeatedly told by the Tories was not possible.
The new Lib Dem-run Council has successfully fulfilled on our promise, and the new polling station is now at St Sebastian's Hall.
Councillor Jordan Montgomery says, "We made a pledge to the parents who suffered the disruption of the school being closed nearly every year for polling day, and I am so glad that we have delivered!”
While the emergency gas works on Nine Mile Ride were unavoidable, as local residents ourselves we know the difficulty this has caused. We will continue to work closely with Wokingham Borough Council Officers and the Gas Board to ensure that disruption is kept to a minimum, and that the road is re-opened as soon as possible.
Wokingham Borough residents who are struggling to pay for essentials during the cost-of-living crisis could get a grant of up to £240 to help with the cost of
food, fuel and other essentials. Councillor Jordan Montgomery says, “This is good news with more residents than evergrappling with higher costs for food, energy and housing. The Lib Dems running Wokingham Borough Council have created a £250,000 fund for longer term projects to tackle the root causes of poverty.”
Stephen Conway's interview with the local paper.
As the local elections draw near, it is a good time to reflect on some of the good things that the council has achieved over the last two years under Lib Dem leadership.
Green recycling bags can now be picked up from 12 additional hubs across Wokingham Borough, bringing the total up to 17, as the council prepares to change its household waste collections.
The government has announced that it will provide £418,000 of “resurfacing funds” to Wokingham to be spent on road maintenance. This fund is no where near enough to make up for their past underfunding.
Former Conservative Executive Member Marc Brunel-Walker has joined the Liberal Democrats and is backing Clive Jones to be Wokingham’s next MP.
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