Committee details
Council
Purpose of committee
Council meetings take place around six times a year and all 54 elected Members are invited to attend. Council is responsible for setting the Council’s budget and policy framework, which incorporates a number of plans and policies including the Local Development Framework, Health and Wellbeing Strategy etc, as well as agreeing any changes to the Constitution.
Members of the public can attend Council meetings and those living or working in the Wokingham Borough can submit questions to Council about a matter for which the Council has responsibility or which affects the Borough. Members of the public can also present petitions to Council or ask an elected Member to do so on their behalf.
Meetings take place at the Council Offices, Shute End, Wokingham, RG40 1BN and usually start at 7.30pm; except the annual budget meeting (which takes place in February) which starts at 8.00pm.
Membership
- Beth Rowland (Mayor) Liberal Democrats
- Adrian Mather (Deputy Mayor) Liberal Democrats
- Jane Ainslie Liberal Democrats
- Sam Akhtar Conservative
- Keith Baker Conservative
- Rachel Bishop-Firth Liberal Democrats
- Laura Blumenthal Conservative
- Prue Bray Liberal Democrats
- Rachel Burgess Labour
- Anne Chadwick Conservative
- Stephen Conway Liberal Democrats
- David Cornish Liberal Democrats
- Gary Cowan Independent Group
- Andy Croy Labour
- Phil Cunnington Conservative
- David Davies Conservative
- Peter Dennis Liberal Democrats
- Lindsay Ferris Liberal Democrats
- Michael Firmager Conservative
- Paul Fishwick Liberal Democrats
- Catherine Glover Liberal Democrats
- Andrew Gray Labour
- John Halsall Conservative
- David Hare Liberal Democrats
- Peter Harper Conservative
- Pauline Helliar-Symons Conservative
- Graham Howe Conservative
- Chris Johnson Liberal Democrats
- Clive Jones Liberal Democrats
- Norman Jorgensen Conservative
- Pauline Jorgensen Conservative
- Sarah Kerr Liberal Democrats
- Abdul Loyes Conservative
- Morag Malvern Liberal Democrats
- Charles Margetts Conservative
- Rebecca Margetts Conservative
- Andrew Mickleburgh Liberal Democrats
- Jordan Montgomery Liberal Democrats
- Stuart Munro Conservative
- Alistair Neal Liberal Democrats
- Stephen Newton Liberal Democrats
- Ian Pittock Liberal Democrats
- Jackie Rance Conservative
- Ian Shenton Liberal Democrats
- Imogen Shepherd-DuBey Liberal Democrats
- Rachelle Shepherd-DuBey Liberal Democrats
- Tony Skuse Labour
- Caroline Smith Liberal Democrats
- Mike Smith Liberal Democrats
- Wayne Smith Conservative
- Bill Soane Conservative
- Alison Swaddle Conservative
- Marie-Louise Weighill Labour
- Shahid Younis Conservative
- Priya Patel (Secretary)
- Madeleine Shopland (Secretary)
Contact information
Support officer: Priya Patel. Head of Democratic and Electoral Services
Phone: 0118 237 9558
Email: priya.patel@wokingham.gov.uk