The draft proposals from the independent Boundary Commission make no changes to the current Wokingham constituency.
I welcome this. The huge changes put through in 1997 have taken time to settle down.Some voters in West Berkshire who joined the constituency in 1997 found it difficult at first to adjust to dealing with West Berks Council in Newbury for local government, whilst joining with Wokingham for Parliamentary matters. They wrote in opposition to the changes, but the Boundary Commission stuck to their v iew.
If the draft proposals remain and are implemented no-one in our area has to change allegiance and learn about a new set up.
John Redwood has been the Member of Parliament for Wokingham since 1987. First attending Kent College, Canterbury, he graduated from Magdalen College, and has a DPhil from All Souls, Oxford. A businessman by background, he has been a director of NM Rothschild merchant bank and chairman of a quoted industrial PLC.
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Good news… are you intending to stay on at the next election?
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Reply: I have been selected as the Prospective Conservative candidate for the next election in Wokingham.
Congratulations. Is that thanks to your new housing developments?
Interestingly, the City of London seems destined to be represented for the first time by A Labour MP, most likely the less-than-sympathetic Emily Thornberry. I fancy that this may turn out to be more significant than it seems.