The Reading Evening Post have conducted a poll of who people think is the sexiest Councillor. Turns out people think it’s me, I’m most flattered. Thanks for voting!
Update: You can now read more about it courtesy of neighbouring Conservative Peppard Ward Councillor Jamie Chowdhary, the second sexiest Councillor… here and you can even view the [...]

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Tonight was my first full Council meeting. I arrived at the meeting in good time so I could be robed up; I did look a tad silly but was all good fun. I found out they only had 18 robes left, so when we win more seats in the next elections they will have to [...]

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When out on the election campaign Andrew Cumpsty pointed out a lamppost and said “that’s the first thing I did when I became a Councillor”.
Last night while sitting at home I heard a large bang, I frantically began looking round the flat for what had happened. After about 10 minutes I heard another one, so [...]

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Today was one of the most nerve-racking of my life. I arrived at the count to find tons of journalists, as well as the Reading Evening Post and Reading Chronicle we had Sky, ITV and BBC. Mine was the first Conservative gain of the morning, so when my results were read out I turned round [...]

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