Katesgrove
Katesgrove is an inner-town district near the centre of the town of Reading in the English county of Berkshire and ward of the Borough of Reading, in the English county of Berkshire. It is bounded on the north by the Inner Distribution Road and Reading town centre, on the east by Sidmouth Street, London Road, Kendrick Road and Northumberland Avenue, on the west Coley Park and Southcote, on the south by Long Barn Lane and Rose Kiln Lane and on the west by the River Kennet.[1]
Electoral ward
Katesgrove ward is bordered by Abbey, Redlands, Church, Whitley and Minster wards and forms part of the Reading East parliamentary constituency.[2]
Katesgrove elects three councillors to the unitary Reading Borough Council, with each elected in separate years for a four-year term.[3] Traditionally an area of strength for the Labour Party, the 2000s witnessed a surge in votes for the Liberal Democrats, resulting in 2007 with the election of Gareth Epps, the constituency's 2010 candidate who achieved second place in that election - culminating in 2010 with all Katesgrove councillors being Liberal Democrats.[4][5] However, the 2011 council election saw Labour candidate Matt Rodda elected.[6] As well as Rodda, the other two councillors are Sophia James and Rose Williams, elected in 2012 and 2014, of the Labour Party.[3][7][8]
One of Katesgrove's councillors was Labour's David Sutton: leader of the council for thirteen years before his defeat by a Liberal Democrat, Warren Swaine in 2008.[9]
Notable people
- Fred Potts VC, holder of the Victoria Cross.[10]
See also
References
- ^ "Katesgrove Community Association". Katesgrove Community Association. Retrieved 25 June 2014.
- ^ "Wards". Reading Borough Council. Retrieved 5 May 2012.
- ^ a b "Reading Councillors". Reading Borough Council. Retrieved 22 December 2011.
- ^ "Reading Election Snaps (2007)". Reading Post. 4 May 2007. Retrieved 22 December 2011.
- ^ "Katesgrove 2010: Final Result". Reading Borough Council. Retrieved 22 December 2011.
- ^ "Katesgrove 2011: Final Result". Reading Borough Council. Retrieved 22 December 2011.
- ^ Fort, Linda (16 December 2011). "Three Lib Dems to Stand Down". Reading Post. Retrieved 22 December 2011.
- ^ "Local Election 3 May 2012". Reading Borough Council. Retrieved 5 May 2012.
- ^ "Leader Out After 20 Years – By a Whisker". Reading Post. 6 May 2008. Retrieved 22 December 2011.
- ^ http://www.pottsvctrust.org/
External links
Media related to Katesgrove at Wikimedia Commons- Katesgrove Community Association
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