Reading East (UK Parliament constituency)
Reading East | |
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Borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
![]() Boundary of Reading East in Berkshire | |
![]() Location of Berkshire within England | |
County | Berkshire |
Electorate | 78,170 (December 2010)[1] |
Major settlements | Reading |
Current constituency | |
Created | 1983 |
Member of Parliament | Rob Wilson (Conservative) |
Seats | One |
Created from | Reading North, Reading South and Henley[2] |
Reading East is a constituency[n 1] represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2005 by Rob Wilson, a Conservative.[n 2]
Boundaries
1983-1997: The Borough of Reading wards of Abbey, Caversham, Church, Park, Peppard, Redlands, Thames, and Whitley, and the District of Wokingham wards of Arborfield, Barkham, Finchampstead, Shinfield, and Swallowfield.
1997-2010: The Borough of Reading wards of Abbey, Caversham, Church, Katesgrove, Park, Peppard, Redlands, and Thames, and the District of Wokingham wards of Bulmershe, Loddon, South Lake, and Whitegates.
2010-present: The Borough of Reading wards of Abbey, Caversham, Church, Katesgrove, Mapledurham, Park, Peppard, Redlands, and Thames, and the District of Wokingham wards of Bulmershe and Whitegates, Loddon, and South Lake.
Reading East is bordered by Reading West, Henley, Maidenhead, and Wokingham.[3]
History
The Reading East parliamentary constituency was first contested in 1983, when it was won by a partial incumbent, Gerry Vaughan, a Conservative who was before that election sitting MP for abolished Reading South. He held the seat through two subsequent general elections until he retired before the 1997 election.
The constituency was in 1997 won by a member of the Labour Party, Jane Griffiths, a backbencher under the Blair Ministry. She retained the seat in the 2001 election but was deselected by her Constituency Labour Party before the 2005 election, when the seat was regained by a Conservative, Rob Wilson.
Members of Parliament
Election | Member[4] | Party | |
---|---|---|---|
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | | 1983 | Gerard Vaughan | Conservative |
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | | 1997 | Jane Griffiths | Labour |
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | | 2005 | Rob Wilson | Conservative |
Elections
Elections in the 2010s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Rob Wilson | 23,217 | 46.0 | +3.4 | |
Labour | Matt Rodda | 16,697 | 33.1 | +7.6 | |
Liberal Democrats | Jenny Woods | 3,719 | 7.4 | −19.9 | |
UKIP | Christine Forrester[7] | 3,647 | 7.2 | +5.0 | |
Green | Rob White | 3,214 | 6.4 | +4.3 | |
Majority | 6,520 | 12.9 | |||
Turnout | 50,494 | 69.0 | +2.3 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | -2.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Rob Wilson | 21,269 | 42.6 | +6.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | Gareth Epps | 13,664 | 27.3 | +3.1 | |
Labour | Anneliese Dodds | 12,729 | 25.5 | −8.5 | |
UKIP | Adrian Pitfield | 1,086 | 2.2 | +0.2 | |
Green | Rob White | 1,069 | 2.1 | −1.4 | |
Independent | Joan Lloyd | 111 | 0.2 | +0.2 | |
Independent | Michael Turberville | 57 | 0.1 | +0.1 | |
Majority | 7,605 | 15.2 | |||
Turnout | 49,985 | 66.7 | +8.2 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +2.0 | |||
Source BBC[9] |
Elections in the 2000s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Rob Wilson | 15,557 | 35.4 | +3.4 | |
Labour | Tony Page | 15,082 | 34.3 | −10.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | Prof John Howson | 10,619 | 24.2 | +5.7 | |
Green | Rob White | 1,548 | 3.5 | +1.1 | |
UKIP | David Lamb | 849 | 1.9 | +0.7 | |
Independent | Joan Lloyd | 135 | 0.3 | +0.3 | |
Independent | Rex Hora | 122 | 0.3 | +0.3 | |
Majority | 475 | 1.1 | |||
Turnout | 43,912 | 60.3 | +1.9 | ||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | +7.0 | |||
Source BBC[11] |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Jane Griffiths | 19,538 | 44.8 | +2.1 | |
Conservative | Barry Tanswell | 13,943 | 32.0 | −3.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Thomas Dobrashian | 8,078 | 18.5 | 0.0 | |
Green | Miriam Kennet | 1,053 | 2.4 | N/A | |
UKIP | Amy Thornton | 525 | 1.2 | +0.7 | |
Socialist Alliance | Darren Williams | 394 | 0.9 | N/A | |
Independent | Peter Hammerson | 94 | 0.2 | N/A | |
Majority | 5,595 | 12.8 | |||
Turnout | 43,625 | 58.4 | −11.7 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | -2.7 | |||
Source House of Commons Library[13] |
Elections in the 1990s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Jane Griffiths | 21,461 | 42.7 | +15.7 | |
Conservative | John Arthur Watts | 17,666 | 35.2 | −18.6 | |
Liberal Democrats | Sam Samuel | 9,307 | 18.5 | +0.9 | |
Referendum | D Harmer | 1,042 | 2.1 | N/A | |
Natural Law | J Buckley | 254 | 0.5 | N/A | |
UKIP | A L Thornton | 252 | 0.5 | N/A | |
BNP | Barbara Packer | 238 | 0.5 | N/A | |
Majority | 3,795 | 7.5 | |||
Turnout | 50,220 | 70.2 | −4.8 | ||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | +17.2 | |||
Source Guardian Unlimited[15] |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Gerard Vaughan | 29,148 | 53.8 | 0.0 | |
Labour | Gillian Parker | 14,593 | 27.0 | +5.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | Denis Thair | 9,528 | 17.6 | −5.6 | |
Green | A McCubbin | 861 | 1.6 | +0.3 | |
Majority | 14,555 | 26.8 | −3.8 | ||
Turnout | 54,130 | 75.0 | +1.7 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | −2.8 | |||
Source Guardian Unlimited[15] |
Elections in the 1980s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Gerard Vaughan | 28,515 | 53.8 | +2.2 | |
Alliance (SDP) | Susan Mary Baring | 12,298 | 23.2 | −4.2 | |
Labour | Martin Salter | 11,371 | 21.5 | +2.1 | |
Green | Philip John Unsworth | 667 | 1.3 | +0.2 | |
CSOSMG | Arthur Brian Shone | 125 | 0.2 | N/A | |
Majority | 16,217 | 30.6 | |||
Turnout | 52,976 | 73.3 | +2.9 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +3.2 | |||
Source [19] |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Gerard Vaughan | 24,516 | 51.6 | N/A | |
Alliance (SDP) | Chris Huhne | 13,008 | 27.4 | N/A | |
Labour | K. Boyle | 9,218 | 19.4 | N/A | |
Ecology | G. Darnton | 519 | 1.1 | N/A | |
BNP | P. Baker | 147 | 0.3 | N/A | |
Common Market Party | B. Shone | 113 | 0.2 | N/A | |
Majority | 11,508 | 24.2 | |||
Turnout | 47,512 | 70.4 | |||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Source [21] |
See also
Notes and references
- Notes
- ^ A borough constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)
- ^ As with all constituencies, the constituency elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election at least every five years.
- References
- ^ "Electorate Figures – Boundary Commission for England". 2011 Electorate Figures. Boundary Commission for England. 4 March 2011. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
- ^ "'Reading East', June 1983 up to May 1997". ElectionWeb Project. Cognitive Computing Limited. Retrieved 13 March 2016.
- ^ "Election Maps". Ordnance Survey. Retrieved 7 May 2010.
- ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "R" (part 1)
- ^ "Notice of Persons Nominated" (PDF). Reading Borough Council.
- ^ "Parliamentary results 2015". Reading Borough Council.
- ^ http://ukpollingreport.co.uk/2015guide/readingeast/
- ^ "Election Data 2010". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
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- ^ "Election 2005 – Reading East". BBC. 2005. Retrieved 6 May 2005.
- ^ "Election Data 2001". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
- ^ "Research Paper 01/54 – General Election Results – 7 June 2001" (PDF). House of Commons Library. 2001. Retrieved 2 May 2005.
- ^ "Election Data 1997". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
- ^ a b "Ask Aristotle – Reading East". London: Guardian Unlimited. 2005. Archived from the original on 13 September 2004. Retrieved 4 May 2005.
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