ANOTHER Independent candidate has come forward to fight Reading East.

Joan Lloyd from Silverthorne Drive, Caversham, has thrown her hat into the ring alongside the candidates who have already announced their intentions.

The full list of those standing on May 6 has now been confirmed: Anneliese Dodds (Labour), Gareth Epps (Lib Dems), Joan Lloyd (Independent), Adrian Pitfield (UKIP), Michael Turberville (Independent), Rob White (Green) and Rob Wilson (Conservative).

In Reading West, standing are: Daisy Benson (Lib Dems), Bruce Hay (UKIP), Naz Sarkar (Labour), Alok Sharma (Conservative), Howard Thomas (Common Sense) and Adrian Windisch (Green).

In Wokingham: Mark Ashwell (Independent), Marjory Bisset (Green), Prue Bray (Lib Dem), George Davidson (Labour), 'Top Cat' Owen (Wokingham), John Redwood (Conservative), Robin Smith (Independent) and Ann Zebedee (UKIP).

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