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Wash Commoners will be taking to the polls to decide who will be representing them on Newbury Town Council. The upcoming election will take place next Thursday (March 14) and there are four candidates battling it out for a single vacant seat on the council. The vacant seat was left after Liberal Democrat councillor Jayne French-Drayton stood down. Meet the four candidates below. Archna Datta, Conservative Miss Datta, who has lived and worked in Newbury since 2021, described herself as a “dedicated and compassionate” pharmacist with over a decade of experience working in both the public and pri…