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Fire Authority Members

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.

Read the Register of Interests for each of our Fire Authority Members.

Cllr. Greg Bello

Audit and Governance Committee Member

Wokingham Borough Council

Labour

Cllr. Dennis Benneyworth

Audit and Governance Committee Member and TVFCS Joint Committee Substitute

West Berkshire Council

Conservative

Cllr. George Blundell

Management Committee Member

Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead

Liberal Democrats

Cllr. Jeff Brooks

Fire Authority Chair and Management Committee Member

West Berkshire Council

Liberal Democrats

Cllr. Tricia Brown

Audit and Governance Committee Chair

Bracknell Forest Council

Labour

Cllr. Billy Drummond

Audit and Governance Committee Member

West Berkshire Council

Liberal Democrats

Cllr. Peter Frewer

Management Committee and Thames valley Fire Control Joint Committee Member

Bracknell Forest Council

Labour

Cllr. Paul Gittings

Fire Authority Vice-Chair, Management Committee Member, CRMP Lead and TVFCS Joint Committee Substitute

Reading Borough Council

Labour

Cllr. Wendy Griffith

Management Committee Member, EDI and Cultural Development Lead

Reading Borough Council

Labour

Cllr. Owen Jeffery

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

West Berkshire Council

Liberal Democrats

Cllr. Dave McElroy

Audit and Goverance Committee Member

Reading Borough Council

Green

Cllr. Tina McKenzie-Boyle

Management Committee Member

Bracknell Forest Council

Conservative

Cllr. Mohammed Nazir

Audit and Governance Committee Member and and TVFCS Joint Committee Substitute

Slough Borough Council

Liberal Democrats

Cllr. Dilbagh Parmar

Audit & Governance Committee Member

Slough Borough Council

Labour

Cllr. Zafar Satti

Audit and Governance Committee Member

Slough Borough Council

Conservative

Cllr. Rachelle Shepherd-DuBey

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

Wokingham Borough Council

Liberal Democrats

Cllr. Andy NG Siu-Hong

Audit & Governance Committee Member

Wokingham Borough Council

Liberal Democrats

Cllr. Wayne Smith

Management Committee Member

Wokingham Borough Council

Conservative

Cllr. Helen Taylor

Management Committee Member

Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead

Independent

Cllr. Simon Werner

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

Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead

Liberal Democrats