Your Councillors by Party

Local Councillors are elected by the community to decide how the council should carry out its various activities. They represent public interest as well as individuals living within the ward in which he or she has been elected to serve a term of office.

Royal Berkshire Fire Authority Members (councillors) are appointed annually onto the Fire Authority. Seats are calculated annually based on the electoral numbers provided by each of the six unitary authorities in the Royal County of Berkshire: Bracknell Forest Council, Reading Borough Council, Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead, Slough Borough Council, Wokingham Borough Council and West Berkshire Council. There are 20 seats on Royal Berkshire Fire Authority (RBFA).

In addition to their decision making role on RBFA, they have regular contact with the general public through their respective council and committee meetings, telephone calls and surgeries. Surgeries provide an opportunity for any ward resident to go and talk their councillor face to face and these take place on a regular basis.

Councillors are not paid a salary for their work, but they do receive allowances. By law, all members of RBFA are required to complete a declaration of interest form, the details of which are published annually.

To find Royal Berkshire Fire Authority councillors please use the below links:

 Liberal Democrats


  • Councillor George Blundell

    Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead

    Liberal Democrats


  • Councillor Jeff Brooks

    West Berkshire Council

    Liberal Democrats

    Fire Authority Chair and Management Committee Member


  • Councillor Billy Drummond

    West Berkshire Council

    Liberal Democrats

    Audit and Governance Committee Member


  • Councillor Owen Jeffery

    West Berkshire Council

    Liberal Democrats

    Audit and Governance Committee Vice-Chair, Community Safety Champion and TVFCS Joint Committee Substitute


  • Councillor Rachelle Shepherd-DuBey

    Wokingham Borough Council

    Liberal Democrats

    Management Committee Member, Strategic Assets and Sustainabilty Lead and Armed Forces Honorary Champion


  • Councillor Lou Timlin

    Wokingham Borough Council

    Liberal Democrats

    Audit and Governance Committee Member


  • Councillor Simon Werner

    Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead

    Liberal Democrats

    Collaboration Lead Member, TVFCS Joint Committee Member and Management Committee Member

 Labour


  • Councillor Greg Bello

    Wokingham Borough Council

    Labour

    Audit and Governance Committee Member


  • Councillor Tricia Brown

    Bracknell Forest Council

    Labour

    Audit and Governance Committee Chair


  • Councillor Peter Frewer

    Bracknell Forest Council

    Labour

    Management Committee and Thames valley Fire Control Joint Committee Member


  • Councillor Harjinder Gahir

    Slough Borough Council

    Labour


  • Councillor Paul Gittings

    Reading Borough Council

    Labour

    Vice-Chair of Royal Berkshire Fire Authority, Management Committee Member, Community Risk Management Plan (CRMP) Lead and TVFCS Joint Committee Substitute


  • Councillor Wendy Griffith

    Reading Borough Council

    Labour

    Management Committee Member and Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) and Cultural Development Lead

 Conservative

 Independent

 Green