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Clive Jones
I’ve lived in the Wokingham area for over 40 years and actually met my wife while playing for the Henley hockey club in the 80s and 90s. Our two children were born at the Royal Berkshire Hospital and, like me, attended local schools. I've had a great career in the UK and European toy industry before taking early retirement.
It’s really important to me to give something back to the community. As well as being a councillor and leader of Wokingham Borough Council, I've helped raise over £800,000 for cancer charities. After being diagnosed with cancer in 2008, and having a daughter who is a physio, I understand how much we all need and rely on our NHS, and how hard healthcare professionals work. I’ve made fixing the NHS my top priority, and have been campaigning to ensure funding for the promised new Royal Berkshire Hospital is delivered.
From my campaigning and speaking to thousands of residents I also know how hard people are finding this cost-of-living crisis. As leader of Wokingham Borough Council I made sure we delivered real action to those in need, including providing free school meals during holidays, and ringfencing £250,000 to help those most in need.
People are furious about the continuous dumping of sewage into our rivers whilst water company executives receive huge bonuses. I’ve been campaigning for water companies to clean up their own mess and to stop the sewage scandal.
I stepped down from the council in May 2024 to spend even more time talking to residents and understanding their concerns in the run up to the general election. I want to represent the people of Wokingham directly, I know the people and I know their concerns. I intend to be a hard-working, local MP for Wokingham. I will fight for a fair deal for our community and prioritise the issues that residents have told me matter most.
Fighting to fix our local NHS
Clive Jones has made safeguarding our local NHS his top priority. It's personal for Clive because he relied on local health services when he was diagnosed with cancer 15 years ago.
Tackling the cost of living
As leader of Wokingham Borough he helped deliver real action to support those in need, providing free school meals during holidays, helping people directly with £150,000 in funding for those most at risk, and opening warm spaces through the winter.
Protecting our environment
Clive Jones is fighting to make sure water companies clean up our rivers.
Clive in action
Environment
Clive Jones rejects High Court's bailout of Thames Water as customers continue to suffer
Wokingham MP Clive Jones has condemned the £3bn bailout of Thames Water, worsening the future burden upon bill-payers. The Liberal Democrats have called for the company to be put into special administration.
19 Feb 2025
Winnersh
MP and Councillors attend opening of the Wokingham Chapter of Hindu Youth Organisation
Clive Jones, MP and Lib Dem councillors were delighted to attend the opening day of the Wokingham chapter of Hindu Swayamsevak Sangh (HSS), a Hindu Youth Organisation, at the Forest School, Winnersh.
7 Feb 2025
Clive
Cuts to government funding for Wokingham will increase the burden on local taxpayers and put more pressure on local services
Wokingham’s Liberal Democrat MP Clive Jones warns the Local Government Minister that the arbitrary funding formula for local councils will put even more pressure on local services and council taxpayers in Wokingham.
10 Jan 2025
NHS
Local hospital waiting lists are 7x worse than a decade ago; Clive Jones demands action on Royal Berkshire hospital
Wokingham’s Liberal Democrat MP, Clive Jones, has called on the Government to bring forward the rebuild of the Royal Berkshire Hospital to as soon as possible following NHS data revealing hospital treatment wait times are 7 times worse than a decade ago.
9 Jan 2025
Exempt charities from the National Insurance rise or people will suffer, argues Clive Jones
Wokingham’s Liberal Democrat MP, Clive Jones, has stated that the Government are putting the most vulnerable in Wokingham at risk by not exempting charities from the employers National Insurance Contribution (NIC) rise.
9 Jan 2025
Contact details:
email: clive.jones.mp@parliament.uk
Contact address: Clive Jones, Wokingham Borough Liberal Democrats, Unit 10, Indigo House, Wokingham, RG41 2GY