A Westcott Infant School pupil has won John Redwood’s annual Christmas card competition and will have his painting sent out to MPs and some of Wokingham’s top dignitaries.

Jacob Wallis, aged 6, from the Westcott Infant School, has had his drawing chosen to illustrate John Redwood’s parliamentary Christmas cards by a panel of judges. Every year, John asks primary school age children to paint or draw a picture about Christmas. The winning entry is used as the design for John’s Christmas cards, with four runners up having their pictures reproduced on the back of the card. The winners and runners-up also receive several blank copies of the card to keep as a memento.

This year’s runners-up were Brony Swinyard, aged 6, from Westcott Infant School, Dean Clacey, aged 9, from Emmbrook Junior School, Shriya Fatania, a year 3 pupil from the Hawthorns School, and Adam Blee from Emmbrook Junior School.

Speaking about the results of the contest, John Redwood said: “I’m very pleased that Jacob has created such a great picture for me to use on my Christmas cards this year, and am sure the recipients will appreciate the time and effort that went into the design”.

“I would also like to congratulate Brony, Dean, Shriya and Adam for their hard work. All the entries were of a high standard and I hear the judges had difficulty in deciding on a winner”.

“I’m grateful to the primary schools in the constituency who did so much to help publicise the contest. I find the competition is a good way to kick off the Christmas season, and I’m looking forward to seeing the final result when it comes back from the printers shortly”.

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