Councillor Mark Ralph

Mark was re-elected in May 2006. He is Lead Spokesman for Education and Social Services Chair of the 'Education and Children's Services Scrutiny Panel' and Conservative Group spokesman on 'Education and Lifelong Learning'.

Having worked in Reading since 1988 and lived in Caversham since 1991, Mark was first elected as a Councillor for Peppard Ward in 2004.
Mark is pledged to continue to address these wider issues while working on the things my constituents tell him are important on a day-to-day basis, such as building development, Council Tax, traffic, transport and care of our environment.

Councillor Richard Willis (see his Blog)

Richard was elected on 3rd May 2007. He is Lead Spokesman on the Environment, Strategic Planning and Transport.

Richard was previously a Reading Borough Councillor for the neighbouring Thames ward from 2001 to 2004 and now lives in Caversham Park Village in the heart of Peppard ward.

Richard has a strong track record of fighting for local people since he first moved to Reading in 1995. He campaigned in 1999-2000 against Labour’s previous suggestions of a congestion charge and fought to save Wilton House care home for the elderly from closure. 

Councillor Jamie Chowdhary

Elected on the 2nd May 2008. He is Lead Spokesman for Children's Services and Police and Public Safety.

Jamie first moved to Reading in 1966, attending local schools before joining the Metropolitan Police in 1975. In 1980 he returned to Reading, working in electronics and communications before establishing his first company in 1984, relocating to Caversham in 1990. Jamie now has a variety of business interests across Reading and Caversham, including an international communications company based in Tilehurst. He is passionate that Reading should be a better and safer place to be.