Jamie Whitham
Green Party candidate for Church
Active on State
Jamie was born in Reading in 1974 attending Coley Park Primary School for a number of years from 1978. After a spell away from Reading in the 1980s he returned in 1995 to study Cybernetics and Control Engineering at The University of Reading. Jamie joined the Green Party in 2010 after helping Reading's first Green Councillor Rob White, to be elected. In 2012 Jamie was elected as the third Green Party councillor on Reading Borough Council. During his four years on the council he sat on the Traffic Management Sub-Committee, Planning Applications Committee, Cycle Forum, Strategic Environment Planning & Transport Committee as well as others. Jamie is a keen cyclist having recently completed a ride from the equator just north of Quito in Ecuador all the way to Ushuaia at the southern most tip of Argentina.
Previous elections
Abbey (2024)
Green Party· Not elected
Southcote (2023)
Green Party· Not elected
Redlands (2022)
Green Party· Not elected
Reading West (2019)
Green Party· Not elected
Redlands (2019)
Green Party· Elected
Tilehurst (2018)
Green Party· Not elected
Reading West (2017)
Green Party· Not elected
Where Jamie fits into things
About the role
The responsibility of a councillor is to represent the people within a ward by making decisions on local services and other local issues.
What councillors do
- Make decisions on local services like housing, roads, and parks
- Represent residents' concerns at council meetings
- Help resolve local issues raised by constituents
- Set council budgets and local tax levels
How to influence
- Attend local council surgeries
- Write or email about local issues
- Attend public council meetings
- Join local community groups
Council
Reading Borough Council