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The Labour Party in Wokingham borough was left reeling after its party leader was defeated in this year’s local elections. Andy Croy has served as a Labour Councillor for Bulmershe & Whitegates since 2016. Mr Croy had served as the Labour group leader on Wokingham Borough Council. However, in the 2021 elections, Mr Croy was dethroned by Shahid Younis, the Conservative party candidate. It was one of the biggest moments when results were revealed on Saturday, May 8. Speaking on what him and his party will be doing next after his defeat, Mr Croy said: “We’ll carry on. If you’re on the Left of politics there’s the idea of the struggle, and it’s a struggle for a reason, because it’s not easy, because there’s set backs, and when those things happen, you don’t just crawl away, we don’t just give up, we come back stronger, we come back better, and we retake the things that we’ve lost and try and take the seats we haven’t won this time next y ....
For the most part, the day went well for incumbent councillors who were seeking re-election. The ruling Conservatives for the most part held the line. They won 14 out of the 18 seats that were up for election last time, in 2016. This year, they managed to hold on to 11 of those and gain one seat. The most gains were made by the Liberal Democrats, who won three seats at the expense of the Conservatives. The Liberal Democrats gained a seat in Emmbrook from long serving Conservative incumbent UllaKarin Clark. Clark had served as a councillor since 2003, but was beaten by Morag Malvern, who won by a majority of 221 votes. The Liberal Democrats had accused the Conservatives, including former Cllr Clark, of lying over the council’s finances in their campaign material. ....
Here are the Labour candidates who are competing for seats on Wokingham Borough Council: Andy Croy, Bulmershe and Whitegates Andy Croy, Labour candidate for Bulmershe & Whitegates ward. Cllr Andy Croy has served as a councillor for Bulmershe and Whitegates, and is the leader of the Wokingham Labour party. Cllr Croy grew up on a council estate in Wokingham, served in the reserve Forces and taught in Sudan and Kenya before changing career to become an accountant. He has one grown up son who, like Andy, was educated at The Forest School, Winnersh. For two years Andy was the only Labour councillor in the borough chamber, but now leads a group of four Labour councillors. The party is seeking to gain more seats to provide ‘real opposition’ to the Conservatives who dominate the Council. ....