WHITLEY WARD COUNCILLOR and MAYOR OF READING
Labour and Co-operative Party
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Dr Alice Mpofu-Coles has been a Local Councillor for Whitley Ward since 2021.  She chaired the Adult Social Care, Children’s Services and Education Committee (ACE) in 2022, 2023 and 2024 and currently sits on this committee, the Personnel Committee, and the Health and Wellbeing Board. She was a committee member of the Housing, Neighbourhood and Leisure and Standing Advisory Council [on] Religious Education (SACRE) in 2021. She has been a steadfast Labour and Cooperative Party member and a member of the Fabian Society and Fabian Women’s Network UK, Female Wave of Change Global and other organisations in the UK and globally. She was elected as Mayor of Reading on 21st May, 2025, and the first female black Mayor in the town.  Her Mayor's charities are Readifood - https://fcg.org.uk/readifood/ and Utulivu Women's Group https://www.utulivu.co.uk/.   Donate: https://www.civicaepay.co.uk/ReadingEstore/estore/default/Catalog/Index?catalogueItemReference=F0000086&showSingleProduct=True&recurringOnly=False

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