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{{Short description|Former parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, from 1983 to 2024}} |
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|name = Reading West |
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|year = 1983 |
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|previous = [[Reading North (UK Parliament constituency)|Reading North]], [[Newbury (UK Parliament constituency)|Newbury]] and [[Reading South (UK Parliament constituency)|Reading South]]<ref name="ElectionWeb83">{{cite web|title='Reading West', June 1983 up to May 1997|url=http://electionweb.co.uk/Bp/P83473.htm|website=ElectionWeb Project|publisher=Cognitive Computing Limited|access-date=13 March 2016}}{{dead link|date=December 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> |
|previous = [[Reading North (UK Parliament constituency)|Reading North]], [[Newbury (UK Parliament constituency)|Newbury]] and [[Reading South (UK Parliament constituency)|Reading South]]<ref name="ElectionWeb83">{{cite web|title='Reading West', June 1983 up to May 1997|url=http://electionweb.co.uk/Bp/P83473.htm|website=ElectionWeb Project|publisher=Cognitive Computing Limited|access-date=13 March 2016}}{{dead link|date=December 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> |
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|next = [[Earley and Woodley (UK Parliament constituency)|Earley and Woodley]], [[Reading Central (UK Parliament constituency)|Reading Central]], [[Reading West and Mid Berkshire (UK Parliament constituency)|Reading West and Mid Berkshire]] |
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'''Reading West''' |
'''Reading West''' was a [[List of United Kingdom Parliament constituencies|constituency]]{{#tag:ref|A [[borough constituency]] (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)|group= n}} represented in the [[House of Commons of the United Kingdom|House of Commons]] of the [[Parliament of the United Kingdom|UK Parliament]].{{#tag:ref|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.|group= n}} |
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Further to the completion of the [[2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies]], the seat was abolished. Its area was transferred to the new constituencies of [[Earley and Woodley (UK Parliament constituency)|Earley and Woodley]] (Whitley ward), [[Reading Central (UK Parliament constituency)|Reading Central]] (Battle, Minster and Southcote wards), and [[Reading West and Mid Berkshire (UK Parliament constituency)|Reading West and Mid Berkshire]] (all other wards). These constituencies will be first contested at the [[2024 United Kingdom general election|2024 general election]].{{#tag:ref|For the purposes of this definition, the Electoral Commission appears to have used the borough ward names and definitions as existed prior to 2022 rather than the current names and definitions.|group= n}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=South East {{!}} Boundary Commission for England |url=https://boundarycommissionforengland.independent.gov.uk/2023-review/south-east/ |access-date=2023-06-20 |website=[[Boundary Commission for England]]}}</ref><ref name=bcnam>{{cite web |url=https://boundarycommissionforengland.independent.gov.uk/2023-review/the-2023-review-of-parliamentary-constituency-boundaries-in-england-volume-two-constituency-names-designations-and-composition/the-2023-review-of-parliamentary-constituency-boundaries-in-england-volume-two-constituency-names-designations-and-composition-south-east/#lg_reading-west-and-mid-berkshire-cc-69999 |title=The 2023 Review of Parliamentary Constituency Boundaries in England – Volume two: Constituency names, designations and composition – South East |publisher=[[Boundary Commission for England]] |access-date=2023-11-13 |archive-date=2023-11-13 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231113141056/https://boundarycommissionforengland.independent.gov.uk/web/20231113141056/https://boundarycommissionforengland.independent.gov.uk/2023-review/the-2023-review-of-parliamentary-constituency-boundaries-in-england-volume-two-constituency-names-designations-and-composition/the-2023-review-of-parliamentary-constituency-boundaries-in-england-volume-two-constituency-names-designations-and-composition-south-east/#lg_reading-west-and-mid-berkshire-cc-69999}}</ref><ref name=bcinit>{{cite web |url=https://boundarycommissionforengland.independent.gov.uk/2023-review/south-east/initial-proposals-for-new-parliamentary-constituency-boundaries-in-the-south-east-region/page/5/#lg_initial-proposals-for-the-berkshire-hampshire-and-surrey-sub-region |title=Initial proposals for new Parliamentary constituency boundaries in the South East region |publisher=[[Boundary Commission for England]] |access-date=2023-11-13 |archive-date=2023-11-13 |url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231113143035/https://boundarycommissionforengland.independent.gov.uk/web/20231113143035/https://boundarycommissionforengland.independent.gov.uk/2023-review/south-east/initial-proposals-for-new-parliamentary-constituency-boundaries-in-the-south-east-region/page/5/#lg_initial-proposals-for-the-berkshire-hampshire-and-surrey-sub-region}}</ref> |
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⚫ | Since its 1983 creation the constituency was a [[bellwether]] paradigm example of a [[marginal seat]]. Boundary changes for the 2010 election took in areas of population expansion to the east in new largely private sector housing estates. Unemployment is close to the regional average, which is lower than the national average<ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/news/datablog/2010/nov/17/unemployment-and-employment-statistics-economics Unemployment claimants by constituency] ''[[The Guardian]]''</ref> and the constituency has seen a marked increase in properties and property prices throughout the 2001 to 2011 period which saw town centre regeneration and investment by a Labour Party-controlled council enhanced by [[Reading railway station]] hub improvements and enterprise areas equally. |
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== History == |
== History == |
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The Reading West parliamentary constituency was first contested in 1983, when it was won by a member of the [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative |
The Reading West parliamentary constituency was first contested in 1983, when it was won by a member of the [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative Party]], [[Robert Anthony Bevis Durant|Tony Durant]], the sitting MP for the abolished [[Reading North (UK Parliament constituency)|Reading North constituency]]. He held the seat through two subsequent general elections until he retired at the [[1997 United Kingdom general election|1997 election]]. |
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The constituency was then won by [[Martin Salter]] for [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]], as part of the landslide that brought Labour back to power under [[Tony Blair]]. Salter held the seat through the 13 years of [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]] government until Parliament was dissolved in April 2010, but did not stand in the [[2010 United Kingdom general election|2010 general election]], when [[Alok Sharma]] won the seat for the Conservatives. |
The constituency was then won by [[Martin Salter]] for [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]], as part of the landslide that brought Labour back to power under [[Tony Blair]]. Salter held the seat through the 13 years of [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]] government until Parliament was dissolved in April 2010, but did not stand in the [[2010 United Kingdom general election|2010 general election]], when [[Alok Sharma]] won the seat for the Conservatives. |
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Sharma held several posts within government, including serving in the [[Cabinet of the United Kingdom|Cabinet]] as the [[2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference|President for COP26]] from January 2021 until October 2022. |
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⚫ | Since its 1983 creation the constituency |
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== Boundaries and boundary changes == |
== Boundaries and boundary changes == |
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'''1983–1997''': Formed as a county constituency, largely from parts of the abolished Borough Constituency of [[Reading North (UK Parliament constituency)|Reading North]]. Extended westwards to include parts of the County Constituency of [[Newbury (UK Parliament constituency)|Newbury]]. It comprised 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.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1983/417/contents/made/data.htm|title=The Parliamentary Constituencies (England) Order 1983|website=www.legislation.gov.uk|access-date=2019-02-03}}</ref> |
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'''1983–1997''' |
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* The Borough of Reading wards of Battle, Katesgrove, Kentwood, Minster, Norcot, Southcote, and Tilehurst; and |
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* The District of Newbury wards of Calcot, Pangbourne, Purley, Theale, and Tilehurst.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1983/417/contents/made/data.htm|title=The Parliamentary Constituencies (England) Order 1983|website=www.legislation.gov.uk|access-date=2019-02-03}}</ref> |
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''Formed as a county constituency, largely from parts of the abolished constituency of [[Reading North (UK Parliament constituency)|Reading North]]. Extended westwards to include parts of [[Newbury (UK Parliament constituency)|Newbury]].'' |
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'''1997–2010''' |
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* The Borough of Reading wards of Battle, Kentwood, Minster, Norcot, Southcote, Tilehurst, and Whitley; and |
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* The District of Newbury wards of Calcot, Pangbourne, Purley, Theale, and Tilehurst.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1995/1626/made/data.htm|title=The Parliamentary Constituencies (England) Order 1995|website=www.legislation.gov.uk|language=en|access-date=2019-02-03}}</ref> |
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''The boundary with [[Reading East (UK Parliament constituency)|Reading East]] was realigned, gaining Whitley ward and losing Katesgrove ward.'' |
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'''2010–2024''' |
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* The Borough of Reading wards of Battle, Kentwood, Minster, Norcot, Southcote, Tilehurst, and Whitley; and |
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⚫ | * The District of West Berkshire wards of Birch Copse, Calcot, Pangbourne, Purley on Thames, Theale, and Westwood.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2007/1681/made/data.htm|title=The Parliamentary Constituencies (England) Order 2007|website=www.legislation.gov.uk|access-date=2019-02-03}}</ref> |
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⚫ | The constituency was bordered by the seats of [[Newbury (UK Parliament constituency)|Newbury]], [[Henley (UK Parliament constituency)|Henley]], [[Reading East (UK Parliament constituency)|Reading East]], and [[Wokingham (UK Parliament constituency)|Wokingham]].<ref name="osem2">{{cite web|url=http://www.election-maps.co.uk/|title=Election Maps|publisher=Ordnance Survey|access-date=7 May 2010}}</ref> |
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==Members of Parliament== |
==Members of Parliament== |
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| [[1983 United Kingdom general election|1983]] |
| [[1983 United Kingdom general election|1983]] |
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| [[Tony Durant]] |
| [[Tony Durant]] |
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{{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}} |
| {{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}} |
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| [[1997 United Kingdom general election|1997]] |
| [[1997 United Kingdom general election|1997]] |
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| [[Martin Salter]] |
| [[Martin Salter]] |
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{{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}} |
| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}} |
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| [[2010 United Kingdom general election|2010]] |
| [[2010 United Kingdom general election|2010]] |
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| [[Alok Sharma]] |
| [[Alok Sharma]] |
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{{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}} |
| {{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}} |
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== Elections == |
== Elections == |
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=== Elections in the 2010s === |
=== Elections in the 2010s === |
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⚫ | {{Election box begin |title=[[2017 United Kingdom general election|General election 2017]]: Reading West<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.reading.gov.uk/media/7174/Statement-of-persons-nominated-notice-of-poll-and-situation-of-polling-stations---Reading-West/pdf/Reading_West.pdf|title=Reading Borough Council statement of persons nominated 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.reading.gov.uk/ge2017|title=Reading Borough Council|website=www.reading.gov.uk}}</ref>}} |
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⚫ | {{Election box begin |title=[[2017 United Kingdom general election|General election 2017]]: Reading West<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.reading.gov.uk/media/7174/Statement-of-persons-nominated-notice-of-poll-and-situation-of-polling-stations---Reading-West/pdf/Reading_West.pdf|title=Reading Borough Council statement of persons nominated 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.reading.gov.uk/ge2017|title=Reading Borough Council|website=www.reading.gov.uk}}</ref>}} |
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|party = Labour Party (UK) |
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|candidate = Olivia Bailey |
|candidate = [[Olivia Bailey]] |
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|votes = 22,435 |
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|percentage = 43.3 |
|percentage = 43.3 |
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{{Election box begin |title=[[2015 United Kingdom general election|General election 2015]]: Reading West<ref name=electoralcalculus2015>{{cite web|title=Election Data 2015|url=http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_2015.txt|publisher=[[Electoral Calculus]]|access-date=17 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151017112223/http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_2015.txt|archive-date=17 October 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.getreading.co.uk/news/local-news/reading-west-new-independent-general-8255982|title=Reading West has new independent General Election candidate|first=Linda|last=Fort|date=9 December 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://beta.reading.gov.uk/parliamentaryresults |title=Parliamentary results 2015 |publisher=Reading Borough Council}}</ref> |
{{Election box begin |title=[[2015 United Kingdom general election|General election 2015]]: Reading West<ref name=electoralcalculus2015>{{cite web|title=Election Data 2015|url=http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_2015.txt|publisher=[[Electoral Calculus]]|access-date=17 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151017112223/http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_2015.txt|archive-date=17 October 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.getreading.co.uk/news/local-news/reading-west-new-independent-general-8255982|title=Reading West has new independent General Election candidate|first=Linda|last=Fort|date=9 December 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://beta.reading.gov.uk/parliamentaryresults |title=Parliamentary results 2015 |publisher=Reading Borough Council |access-date=8 May 2015 |archive-date=10 June 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150610110550/http://beta.reading.gov.uk/parliamentaryresults |url-status=dead }}</ref> |
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{{Election box begin | title=[[2010 United Kingdom general election|General election 2010]]: Reading West<ref name=electoralcalculus2010>{{cite web|title=Election Data 2010|url=http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_2010.txt|publisher=[[Electoral Calculus]]|access-date=17 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130726162034/http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_2010.txt|archive-date=26 July 2013 }}</ref> |
{{Election box begin | title=[[2010 United Kingdom general election|General election 2010]]: Reading West<ref name=electoralcalculus2010>{{cite web|title=Election Data 2010|url=http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_2010.txt|publisher=[[Electoral Calculus]]|access-date=17 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130726162034/http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_2010.txt|archive-date=26 July 2013 }}</ref> |
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⚫ | <ref>{{cite web | title = Statement of Persons Nominated – Notice of Poll – Reading West Constituency | publisher = Reading Borough Council | url = http://www.reading.gov.uk/Documents/Council_and_Democracy/Electoral/readingWest2010personsNominated.pdf | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110807125401/http://www.reading.gov.uk/Documents/Council_and_Democracy/Electoral/readingWest2010personsNominated.pdf | url-status = dead | archive-date = 7 August 2011 | access-date = 7 May 2010 }}</ref> |
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<ref>{{cite news | title = Election 2010 – Reading West | url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/nol/shared/election2010/results/constituency/d64.stm | publisher = BBC | year = 2010 | access-date = 7 May 2010}}</ref> |
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{{Election box source|source=Electoral Commission<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.electoralcommission.org.uk/elections/results/general_elections/uk-general-election-2005/reading-west | title = Electoral Commission – Reading West | publisher = Electoral Commission | year = 2005 | access-date = 29 May 2010 | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100514062510/http://www.electoralcommission.org.uk/elections/results/general_elections/uk-general-election-2005/reading-west | archive-date = 14 May 2010 | df = dmy-all }}</ref>}} |
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|title=[[2001 United Kingdom general election|General election 2001]]: Reading West<ref name=electoralcalculus2001>{{cite web|title=Election Data 2001|url=http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_2001ob.txt|publisher=[[Electoral Calculus]]|access-date=18 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111015054450/http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_2001ob.txt|archive-date=15 October 2011}}</ref> |
|title=[[2001 United Kingdom general election|General election 2001]]: Reading West<ref name=electoralcalculus2001>{{cite web|title=Election Data 2001|url=http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_2001ob.txt|publisher=[[Electoral Calculus]]|access-date=18 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111015054450/http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_2001ob.txt|archive-date=15 October 2011}}</ref> |
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=== Elections in the 1990s === |
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|title=[[1997 United Kingdom general election|General election 1997]]: Reading West<ref name=electoralcalculus1997>{{cite web|title=Election Data 1997|url=http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_1997.txt|publisher=[[Electoral Calculus]]|access-date=18 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111015054424/http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_1997.txt|archive-date=15 October 2011}}</ref> |
|title=[[1997 United Kingdom general election|General election 1997]]: Reading West<ref name=electoralcalculus1997>{{cite web|title=Election Data 1997|url=http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_1997.txt|publisher=[[Electoral Calculus]]|access-date=18 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111015054424/http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_1997.txt|archive-date=15 October 2011}}</ref><ref name=gu>{{cite news|url=http://politics.guardian.co.uk/hoc/constituency/0,9338,-1238,00.html |title=Ask Aristotle – Reading West |publisher=Guardian Unlimited |year=2005 |access-date=4 May 2005 |location=London |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050411160503/http://politics.guardian.co.uk/hoc/constituency/0,9338,-1238,00.html |archive-date=11 April 2005 }}</ref> |
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|party = Conservative Party (UK) |
|party = Conservative Party (UK) |
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|candidate = [[Nicholas Bennett]] |
|candidate = [[Nicholas Bennett (politician)|Nicholas Bennett]] |
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|votes = 18,844 |
|votes = 18,844 |
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|percentage = 38.9 |
|percentage = 38.9 |
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|votes = 14,750 |
|votes = 14,750 |
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|percentage = 27.8 |
|percentage = 27.8 |
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|candidate = [[Tony Durant]] |
|candidate = [[Tony Durant]] |
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|votes = 28,122 |
|votes = 28,122 |
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|percentage = 55. |
|percentage = 55.3 |
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|change = +3. |
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|party = Liberal Party (UK) |
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|candidate = Keith Lock |
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|votes = 11,369 |
|votes = 11,369 |
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|percentage = 22. |
|percentage = 22.4 |
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|change = −5. |
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|party = Labour Party (UK) |
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|candidate = Michael Orton |
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|votes = 10,819 |
|votes = 10,819 |
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|percentage = 21. |
|percentage = 21.3 |
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|candidate = EP Wilson |
|candidate = EP Wilson |
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|votes = 542 |
|votes = 542 |
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|percentage =1. |
|percentage =1.1 |
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|change = ''New'' |
|change = ''New'' |
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|votes = 16,753 |
|votes = 16,753 |
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|percentage = 32. |
|percentage = 32.9 |
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|change = +9. |
|change = +9.4 |
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|percentage = 72.2 |
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|votes = 24,948 |
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|candidate = James Day |
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|percentage = 27.9 |
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|candidate = Richard Evans |
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Latest revision as of 15:47, 6 July 2024
Reading West | |
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Former county constituency for the House of Commons | |
County | Berkshire |
Electorate | 73,006 (2018)[1] |
Major settlements | Reading, Theale and Tilehurst |
1983–2024 | |
Seats | One |
Created from | Reading North, Newbury and Reading South[2] |
Replaced by | Earley and Woodley, Reading Central, Reading West and Mid Berkshire |
Reading West was a constituency[n 1] represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament.[n 2]
Further to the completion of the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, the seat was abolished. Its area was transferred to the new constituencies of Earley and Woodley (Whitley ward), Reading Central (Battle, Minster and Southcote wards), and Reading West and Mid Berkshire (all other wards). These constituencies will be first contested at the 2024 general election.[n 3][3][4][5]
Constituency profile
[edit]Since its 1983 creation the constituency was a bellwether paradigm example of a marginal seat. Boundary changes for the 2010 election took in areas of population expansion to the east in new largely private sector housing estates. Unemployment is close to the regional average, which is lower than the national average[6] and the constituency has seen a marked increase in properties and property prices throughout the 2001 to 2011 period which saw town centre regeneration and investment by a Labour Party-controlled council enhanced by Reading railway station hub improvements and enterprise areas equally.
History
[edit]The Reading West parliamentary constituency was first contested in 1983, when it was won by a member of the Conservative Party, 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 13 years of Labour government 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.
Sharma held several posts within government, including serving in the Cabinet as the President for COP26 from January 2021 until October 2022.
Boundaries and boundary changes
[edit]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.[7]
Formed as a county constituency, largely from parts of the abolished constituency of Reading North. Extended westwards to include parts of Newbury.
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.[8]
The boundary with Reading East was realigned, gaining Whitley ward and losing Katesgrove ward.
2010–2024
- 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.[9]
Marginal changes due to revision of local authority wards.
The constituency was bordered by the seats of Newbury, Henley, Reading East, and Wokingham.[10]
Members of Parliament
[edit]Election | Member[11] | Party | |
---|---|---|---|
1983 | Tony Durant | Conservative | |
1997 | Martin Salter | Labour | |
2010 | Alok Sharma | Conservative |
Elections
[edit]Elections in the 2010s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Alok Sharma | 24,393 | 48.4 | –0.5 | |
Labour Co-op | Rachel Eden | 20,276 | 40.2 | –3.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Meri O'Connell | 4,460 | 8.9 | +3.0 | |
Green | Jamie Whitham | 1,263 | 2.5 | +0.6 | |
Majority | 4,117 | 8.2 | +2.6 | ||
Turnout | 50,392 | 67.9 | −1.6 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +1.3 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Alok Sharma | 25,311 | 48.9 | +1.2 | |
Labour | Olivia Bailey | 22,435 | 43.3 | +9.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | Meri O’Connell | 3,041 | 5.9 | +1.0 | |
Green | Jamie Whitham | 979 | 1.9 | −1.0 | |
Majority | 2,876 | 5.6 | −8.1 | ||
Turnout | 51,766 | 69.5 | +2.8 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | –4.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Alok Sharma | 23,082 | 47.7 | +4.5 | |
Labour | Victoria Groulef | 16,432 | 34.0 | +3.5 | |
UKIP | Malik Azam[18] | 4,826 | 10.0 | +6.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | Meri O'Connell | 2,355 | 4.9 | −15.2 | |
Green | Miriam Kennet | 1,406 | 2.9 | +1.7 | |
Independent | Suzie Ferguson | 156 | 0.3 | New | |
TUSC | Neil Adams | 83 | 0.2 | New | |
Roman | Philip West | 64 | 0.1 | New | |
Majority | 6,650 | 13.7 | +1.0 | ||
Turnout | 48,404 | 66.7 | +0.8 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +0.5 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Alok Sharma | 20,523 | 43.2 | +9.6 | |
Labour | Naz Sarkar | 14,519 | 30.5 | −14.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | Daisy Benson | 9,546 | 20.1 | +4.3 | |
UKIP | Bruce Hay | 1,508 | 3.2 | +0.4 | |
Common Sense | Howard Thomas | 852 | 1.8 | New | |
Green | Adrian Windisch | 582 | 1.2 | −1.0 | |
Majority | 6,004 | 12.7 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 47,530 | 65.9 | +6.0 | ||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | +12.1 |
Elections in the 2000s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Martin Salter | 18,940 | 44.9 | −8.2 | |
Conservative | Ewan Cameron | 14,258 | 33.8 | +1.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | Denise Gaines | 6,663 | 15.8 | +3.0 | |
UKIP | Peter Williams | 1,180 | 2.8 | +0.8 | |
Green | Adrian Windisch | 921 | 2.2 | New | |
Veritas | Dave Boyle | 267 | 0.6 | New | |
Majority | 4,672 | 11.1 | −10.0 | ||
Turnout | 42,229 | 61.0 | +1.9 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | −2.6 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Martin Salter | 22,300 | 53.1 | +8.0 | |
Conservative | Stephen Reid | 13,451 | 32.0 | −6.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | Polly Martin | 5,387 | 12.8 | +0.1 | |
UKIP | David Black | 848 | 2.0 | +1.5 | |
Majority | 8,849 | 21.1 | +14.9 | ||
Turnout | 41,986 | 59.1 | −11.0 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +7.5 |
Elections in the 1990s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Martin Salter | 21,841 | 45.1 | +17.3 | |
Conservative | Nicholas Bennett | 18,844 | 38.9 | −14.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | Dee Tomlin | 6,153 | 12.7 | −5.4 | |
Referendum | Steven G Brown | 976 | 2.0 | New | |
BNP | Ian Dell | 320 | 0.7 | New | |
UKIP | David M Black | 255 | 0.5 | New | |
Majority | 2,997 | 6.2 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 48,389 | 70.1 | −7.9 | ||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | −15.7 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Tony Durant | 28,048 | 52.9 | −2.4 | |
Labour | PM Ruhemann | 14,750 | 27.8 | +6.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | 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 | +5.8 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | −4.5 |
Elections in the 1980s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Tony Durant | 28,122 | 55.3 | +3.9 | |
Liberal | Keith Lock | 11,369 | 22.4 | −5.5 | |
Labour | Michael Orton | 10,819 | 21.3 | +0.9 | |
Green | EP Wilson | 542 | 1.1 | New | |
Majority | 16,753 | 32.9 | +9.4 | ||
Turnout | 50,852 | 72.2 | −1.3 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +4.7 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Tony Durant | 24,948 | 51.4 | ||
Liberal | James Day | 13,549 | 27.9 | ||
Labour | Richard Evans | 9,220 | 20.4 | ||
Independent | E Lilley | 161 | 0.3 | ||
Majority | 11,399 | 23.5 | |||
Turnout | 47,878 | 73.5 | |||
Conservative win (new seat) |
See also
[edit]Notes
[edit]- ^ 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.
- ^ For the purposes of this definition, the Electoral Commission appears to have used the borough ward names and definitions as existed prior to 2022 rather than the current names and definitions.
References
[edit]- ^ "England Parliamentary electorates 2010-2018". Boundary Commission for England. Retrieved 23 March 2019.
- ^ "'Reading West', June 1983 up to May 1997". ElectionWeb Project. Cognitive Computing Limited. Retrieved 13 March 2016.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "South East | Boundary Commission for England". Boundary Commission for England. Retrieved 20 June 2023.
- ^ "The 2023 Review of Parliamentary Constituency Boundaries in England – Volume two: Constituency names, designations and composition – South East". Boundary Commission for England. Archived from the original on 13 November 2023. Retrieved 13 November 2023.
- ^ "Initial proposals for new Parliamentary constituency boundaries in the South East region". Boundary Commission for England. Archived from the original on 13 November 2023. Retrieved 13 November 2023.
- ^ Unemployment claimants by constituency The Guardian
- ^ "The Parliamentary Constituencies (England) Order 1983". www.legislation.gov.uk. Retrieved 3 February 2019.
- ^ "The Parliamentary Constituencies (England) Order 1995". www.legislation.gov.uk. Retrieved 3 February 2019.
- ^ "The Parliamentary Constituencies (England) Order 2007". www.legislation.gov.uk. Retrieved 3 February 2019.
- ^ "Election Maps". Ordnance Survey. Retrieved 7 May 2010.
- ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "R" (part 1)
- ^ "Reading West Parliamentary constituency". BBC News. BBC. Retrieved 26 November 2019.
- ^ "Reading Borough Council statement of persons nominated 2017" (PDF).
- ^ "Reading Borough Council". www.reading.gov.uk.
- ^ "Election Data 2015". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
- ^ Fort, Linda (9 December 2014). "Reading West has new independent General Election candidate".
- ^ "Parliamentary results 2015". Reading Borough Council. Archived from the original on 10 June 2015. Retrieved 8 May 2015.
- ^ "UK Polling Report". ukpollingreport.co.uk.
- ^ "Election Data 2010". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 26 July 2013. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
- ^ "Statement of Persons Nominated – Notice of Poll – Reading West Constituency" (PDF). Reading Borough Council. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 August 2011. Retrieved 7 May 2010.
- ^ "Election 2010 – Reading West". BBC. 2010. Retrieved 7 May 2010.
- ^ "Election Data 2005". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
- ^ "Election Data 2001". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
- ^ a b "Ask Aristotle – Reading West". London: Guardian Unlimited. 2005. Archived from the original on 11 April 2005. Retrieved 4 May 2005.
- ^ "Election Data 1997". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
- ^ "Election Data 1992". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
- ^ "Politics Resources". Election 1992. Politics Resources. 9 April 1992. Retrieved 6 December 2010.
- ^ "Election Data 1987". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
- ^ "Election Data 1983". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
External links
[edit]- Reading West UK Parliament constituency (boundaries April 2010 – May 2024) at MapIt UK