Reading West (UK Parliament constituency)
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County constituency for the House of Commons |
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Boundary of Reading West in Berkshire.
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Location of Berkshire within England.
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County | Berkshire |
Electorate | 73,216 (December 2010)[1] |
Major settlements | Reading, Theale and Tilehurst |
Current constituency | |
Created | 1983 |
Member of parliament | Alok Sharma (Conservative) |
Number of members | One |
Created from | Reading North and Reading South |
Overlaps | |
European Parliament constituency | South East England |
Reading West is a constituency[n 1] represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2010 by Alok Sharma, a Conservative.[n 2]
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Boundaries
1983-1997: The Borough of Reading wards of Battle, Katesgrove, Kentwood, Minster, Norcot, Southcote, and Tilehurst, and the District of Newbury wards of Calcot, Pangbourne, Purley, Theale, and Tilehurst.
1997-2010: The Borough of Reading wards of Battle, Kentwood, Minster, Norcot, Southcote, Tilehurst, and Whitley, and the District of Newbury wards of Calcot, Pangbourne, Purley, Theale, and Tilehurst.
2010-present: The Borough of Reading wards of Battle, Kentwood, Minster, Norcot, Southcote, Tilehurst, and Whitley, and the District of West Berkshire wards of Birch Copse, Calcot, Pangbourne, Purley on Thames, Theale, and Westwood.
The constituency is bordered by Newbury, Henley, Reading East and Wokingham.[2]
History
The Reading West parliamentary constituency was first contested in 1983, when it was won a member of the Conservative, Tony Durant, the sitting MP for the abolished Reading North constituency. He held the seat through two subsequent general elections until he retired at the 1997 election.
The constituency was then won by Martin Salter for Labour, as part of the landslide that brought Labour back to power under Tony Blair. Salter held the seat through the Blair-Brown Ministry until Parliament was dissolved in April 2010, but did not stand in the 2010 general election, when Alok Sharma won the seat for the Conservatives.
Constituency profile
Since its 1983 creation the constituency has been a bellwether. Boundary changes have narrowed the seat down[clarification needed] and moved it slightly east since 2010. Unemployment is close to the regional average, which is lower than the national average[3] and the constituency has seen a marked increase in properties throughout from 2001–2011[clarification needed].[4]
Members of Parliament
Election | Member[5] | Party | |
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1983 | Tony Durant | Conservative | |
1997 | Martin Salter | Labour | |
2010 | Alok Sharma | Conservative |
Elections
Elections in the 2010s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Alok Sharma | 23,082 | 47.7 | +4.5 | |
Labour | Victoria Groulef | 16,432 | 34.0 | +3.5 | |
UKIP | Malik Azam[9] | 4,826 | 10.0 | +6.8 | |
Liberal Democrat | Meri O'Connell | 2,355 | 4.9 | -15.2 | |
Green | Miriam Kennet | 1,406 | 2.9 | +1.7 | |
Independent | Suzie Ferguson | 156 | 0.3 | - | |
TUSC | Neil Adams | 83 | 0.2 | - | |
Roman | Philip West | 64 | 0.1 | - | |
Majority | 6,650 | 13.7 | +1.1 | ||
Turnout | 48,404 | 66.7 | +0.8 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +0.5 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Alok Sharma | 20,523 | 43.2 | +9.6 | |
Labour | Naz Sarkar | 14,519 | 30.5 | -14.5 | |
Liberal Democrat | Daisy Benson | 9,546 | 20.1 | 4.3 | |
UKIP | Bruce Hay | 1,508 | 3.2 | 0.4 | |
Common Sense | Howard Thomas | 852 | 1.8 | 1.8 | |
Green | Adrian Windisch | 582 | 1.2 | -1 | |
Majority | 6,004 | 12.6 | |||
Turnout | 47,530 | 65.9 | +6.0 | ||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | +12.1 | |||
Source Reading Borough Council,[11] BBC[12] |
Elections in the 2000s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Martin Salter | 18,940 | 44.9 | -8.0 | |
Conservative | Ewan Cameron | 14,258 | 33.8 | +1.8 | |
Liberal Democrat | Denise Gaines | 6,663 | 15.8 | +3.0 | |
UKIP | Peter Williams | 1,180 | 2.8 | +0.8 | |
Green | Adrian Windisch | 921 | 2.2 | N/A | |
Veritas | Dave Boyle | 267 | 0.6 | N/A | |
Majority | 4,672 | 11.1 | |||
Turnout | 42,229 | 61.0 | +1.9 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | -2.6 | |||
Source Electoral Commission[14] |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Martin Salter | 22,300 | 53.1 | +8.0 | |
Conservative | Stephen Reid | 13,451 | 32.0 | -6.9 | |
Liberal Democrat | Polly Martin | 5,387 | 12.8 | +0.1 | |
UKIP | David Black | 848 | 2.0 | +1.5 | |
Majority | 8,849 | 21.1 | |||
Turnout | 41,986 | 59.1 | -11.0 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +7.5 | |||
Source Guardian Unlimited,[16] ONS[citation needed] |
Elections in the 1990s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Martin Salter | 21,841 | 45.1 | +17.3 | |
Conservative | Nicholas Bennett | 18,844 | 38.9 | -14.0 | |
Liberal Democrat | Dee Tomlin | 6,153 | 12.7 | -5.4 | |
Referendum | Steven G Brown | 976 | 2.0 | N/A | |
BNP | Ian Dell | 320 | 0.7 | N/A | |
UKIP | D M Black | 255 | 0.5 | N/A | |
Majority | 2,997 | 6.2 | |||
Turnout | 48,389 | 70.1 | -7.9 | ||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | -15.7 | |||
Source Guardian Unlimited[16] |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Sir Tony Durant | 28,048 | 52.9 | −2.4 | |
Labour | PM Ruhemann | 14,750 | 27.8 | +6.6 | |
Liberal Democrat | KH Lock | 9,572 | 18.1 | −4.3 | |
Green | PJ Unsworth | 613 | 1.2 | +0.1 | |
Majority | 13,298 | 25.1 | −7.8 | ||
Turnout | 52,983 | 78.0 | +5.7 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | −4.5 |
Elections in the 1980s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Sir Tony Durant | 28,122 | 55.30 | +3.94 | |
Liberal | KH Lock | 11,369 | 22.36 | -5.43 | |
Labour | ME Orton | 10,819 | 21.28 | +0.86 | |
Green | EP Wilson | 542 | 1.07 | - | |
Majority | 16,753 | 32.94 | |||
Turnout | 72.24 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | +4.69 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Sir Tony Durant | 24,948 | 51.36 | N/A | |
Liberal | RJ Day | 13,549 | 27.89 | N/A | |
Labour | R Evans | 9,220 | 20.42 | N/A | |
Independent | E Lilley | 161 | 0.33 | N/A | |
Majority | 11,399 | 23.47 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 73.51 | ||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
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
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- Parliamentary constituencies in Berkshire
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