Counting begins in West Berkshire’s local elections, as well as for North Hampshire wards and Thatcham and Newbury town councils.
Counting is now under way in West Berkshire’s local elections.
The district went to the polls yesterday and the count began at 9.30am today (Friday).
It is being held at Newbury Racecourse and the results are expected to begin to be announced later this afternoon.
Newburytoday will be at the count and we will bring you all the results live as they come in, throughout the day.
Both the ruling Conservative party and main opposition Liberal Democrats have fielded a full list for the district council elections – contesting all 43 seats.
The Greens have 18 candidates, Labour 14 and there are two independent and one from the UK Independence Party and two from the Reform Party.
Heritage Party – Traditional Family Values has one candidate.
There were also elections for Newbury Town Council and Thatcham Town Council, as well as two parish councils – East Ilsley and Stanford Dingley.
North Hampshire also had elections for some seats in its wards.
Here is the full list of candidates who stood in the West Berkshire District Council elections.
Aldermaston:
Dominic Kevin Boeck – Conservative Party
Zdena Burne – Liberal Democrats
Phillipa Marie Heath – Labour Party
Matthew Thomas James Lowe – Green Party
Basildon:
Laura Rose Coyle – Liberal Democrats
Hazel Elizabeth Preston-Barnes – Conservative Party
Bradfield:
Richard William Gordon Bucknall – Liberal Democrats
Ross Mackinnon – Conservative Party
Michael William Woodward – Labour Party
Bucklebury:
Graham Andrew Loader – Green Party
Chris Read – Liberal Democrats
Georgina Lilias Cheyne Woods – Conservative Party
Burghfield & Mortimer:
Graham Henry Bridgman – Conservative Party
Nick Carter – Liberal Democrats
Peter John McDonald Gower – Green Party
Dave Kilshaw – Conservative Party
Amanda Jane Mackinnon – Conservative Party
Geoffrey Brian Mayes – Liberal Democrats
Vicky Poole – Liberal Democrats
Christian James Brook Savill – Labour Party
Sarah Elizabeth Timms – Labour Party.
Chieveley & Cold Ash:
Heather Carol Codling – Liberal Democrats
Paul Gerard Dick – Conservative Party
Jill Hoblin – Green Party
Tom Mccann – Liberal Democrats
Pip Witheridge – Conservative Party,
Downlands:
John Andrew Boyd – Liberal Democrats
Jane Anne Gartshore – Green Party
Clive Hooker – Conservative Party
Ian Mckay – Labour Party
Hungerford & Kintbury:
Dennis Charles Benneyworth – Conservative Party
Denise Anne Gaines – Liberal Democrats
Ben Podger – Conservative Party
Julian Mark Swift-Hook – Liberal Democrats
Peter David Tompkins – Conservative Party
Tony Vickers – Liberal Democrats
Trish Whitham – Green Party
Lambourn:
Howard Robert Woollaston – Conservative Party
Susan Millington – Green Party
Diana Jean Pattenden – Liberal Democrats
Newbury Central:
Martin Eric Colston – Liberal Democrats
Sean Doherty – Conservative Party
JC Jardim – Conservative Party
Bobby Pop – Green Party
Louise Elizabeth Sturgess – Liberal Democrats
Newbury Clay Hill:
Richard John Almond – Conservative Party
Jeanette Clifford – Conservative Party
Nigel Peter Foot – Liberal Democrats
John Peter Gotelee – Independent
Stuart William Gourley – Liberal Democrats
David John McMahon – Heritage Party
Karen Margaret Swaffield – Green Party
Newbury Greenham:
James Andrew Anfield – Reform UK
Phil Barnett – Liberal Democrats
Joseph Alvin Clarke – Conservative Party
Billy Drummond – Liberal Democrats
Sarah James – Conservative Party
Erik Pattenden – Liberal Democrats
Gary Puffett – Labour Party
Linda Elizabeth Verner – Conservative Party
Michael John Wakelyn – Green Party
Newbury Speen:
Antony Madalairaj Amirtharaj – Liberal Democrats
Lynne Doherty – Conservative Party
David Andrew Dudman – Conservative Party
Jose Miguel Vieira Ferreira – Reform UK
Steve Masters – Green Party
Martha Vickers – Liberal Democrats
Newbury Wash Common:
Adrian Neil Abbs – Liberal Democrats
Patrick James Clark – Liberal Democrats
James Jeffrey Leighton Davies – Conservative Party
Clive Hunt – Conservative Party
Simon James Kirby – Independent
David Ralph Marsh – Green Party
Vaughan John Miller – Liberal Democrats
Andrea Louise Stephenson – Conservative Party
Pangbourne:
Mark Johnathan Farrington – Labour Party
Tim Hall – Green Party
Michael Raymond Male – Conservative Party
Matthew James Shakespeare – Liberal Democrats
Ridgeway:
Carolyne Lindsey Culver – Green Party
Edward Richard Iliffe – Conservative Party
Pam Lusby Taylor – Liberal Democrats
Thatcham Central:
Mike Brook – Labour Party
Estella Jasmine Rose Collins – Green Party
Iain David Cottingham – Liberal Democrats
Richard John Crumly – Conservative Party
Iain Anthony David Murphy – Conservative Party
Stephanie Diane Steevenson – Liberal Democrats
Thatcham Colthrop & Crookham:
Steve Ardagh-Walter – Conservative Party
Owen Edward Jeffery – Liberal Democrats
Thatcham North East:
Simon Matthew Carr – Conservative Party
Jeremy Richard Cottam – Liberal Democrats
Lee Raymond James Dillon – Liberal Democrats
Kath Hodgson – Green Party
Dominic John Parry – Conservative Party
Thatcham West:
Sarah Anne Berrington – Labour Party
Jeff Brooks – Liberal Democrats
Jason Paul Collis – Conservative Party
Nick East – Labour Party
Gary Edward Johnson – UK Independence Party
Elizabeth Jane Parsloe – Green Party
Jonathan Charles Pearson – Conservative Party
Justin Alexander Pemberton – Liberal Democrats
Theale:
Suzie Ferguson – Labour Party
Alan Michael Macro – Liberal Democrats
Thomas Alexander Parkhill – Conservative Party
Tilehurst & Purley:
Simon Billows – Liberal Democrats
Paul Christopher Stephen Kander – Conservative Party
Jane Monica Langford – Conservative Party
Janine Lewis – Liberal Democrats
Thomas Joseph Marino – Conservative Party
Gary Arthur Norman – Liberal Democrats
Jacqueline Paynter – Green Party
James Christopher Warren – Labour Party
Tilehurst Birch Copse:
Ceinwen Delia Lally – Liberal Democrats
Anthony Nicholas Linden – Conservative Party
Andy Moore – Liberal Democrats
Jo Stewart – Conservative Party
Clive Taylor – Labour Party
Tilehurst South & Holybrook:
Liz Bell – Labour Party
Andre Anthony Browne – Liberal Democrats
Charles Spalding Croal – Labour Party
John Berkeley Grout – Liberal Democrats
Biyi Oloko – Conservative Party
Richard James Somner – Conservative Party
