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Theresa May tops MPs vote in race for Number 10 MAIDENHEAD MP and Home Secretary Theresa May has sailed through the second round of leadership voting, picking up 199 nods from her fellow Conservative MPs, writes Gemma Davidson. Mrs May, whose constituency covers Sonning, Wargrave, Charvil, Twyford and Hurst, picked up more than her rivals, Andrea
Leadsom and Michael Gove, put together. She will now face Andrea Leadsom, who picked up 84 votes, in the final push for the keys to Number 10, while Michael Gove was eliminated with 46 votes. She was supported by local MPs Rob Wilson and Dr Phillip Lee. Speaking immediately after the
result of the vote Mrs May said: “This vote shows the Conservative party can come together and under my leadership it will.” Her comments received applause from supporters outside the House of Commons. The results of the ballot means that the United Kingdom will definitely have its second female
Prime Minister, 26 years after Margaret Thatcher stood down in 1990. The leadership battle will now move into its final stage, with 150,000 Conservative Party members deciding between Mrs May and Mrs Leadsom. The result is expected to be announced in September 9.
Third Thames bridge to start in business park
MP publishes report on new river crossing By GEMMA DAVIDSON gdavidson@wokinghampaper.co.uk
AN AMBITIOUS project to create a third bridge across the River Thames has taken a step forward this week, with a possible location of the bridge being revealed. The 109-page Third Thames Crossing Appraisal Report, which was published by MP for Reading East Rob Wilson, outlines the details of the traffic modelling work being undertaken for the project, led by Wokingham Borough Council (WBC). The report explains how the modelling has been far wider than previously expected, covering the entirety of South Oxfordshire in the north, to the M3 in the south, spanning out to the A34 near Newbury in the west and as far as the M25 in the east. The report also highlights Thames Valley Park in Wokingham as the potential site of the new bridge, crossing over the Thames and Caversham Lakes before setting down near the A4155 Henley Road. n Continued on page 3
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