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Reading West

Every general election in Reading West since 1983 (until 2019). Latest: Alok Sharma, Conservative, majority 4,117.

2019 general election

CandidatePartyVotesShareShare bar
Alok Sharma Elected sitting MPConservative24,39348.4%
Rachel EdenLabour
Labour and Co-operative Party		20,27640.2%
Meri O'ConnellLiberal Democrats4,4608.9%
Jamie WithamGreen1,2632.5%
Valid votes50,392
Majority4,1178.2%

Con hold Turnout 68.0% of 74,137 electors. Full result →

0%25%50%75%100%1983198719921997200120052010201520172019Conservative, 1983: 52.1%Conservative, 1987: 55.3%Conservative, 1992: 52.9%Conservative, 1997: 38.9%Conservative, 2001: 32.0%Conservative, 2005: 33.9%Conservative, 2010: 43.2%Conservative, 2015: 47.7%Conservative, 2017: 48.9%Conservative, 2019: 48.4%Labour, 1983: 19.3%Labour, 1987: 21.3%Labour, 1992: 27.8%Labour, 1997: 45.1%Labour, 2001: 53.1%Labour, 2005: 45.0%Labour, 2010: 30.6%Labour, 2015: 34.0%Labour, 2017: 43.3%Labour, 2019: 40.2%Liberal Democrats, 1992: 18.1%Liberal Democrats, 1997: 12.7%Liberal Democrats, 2001: 12.8%Liberal Democrats, 2005: 15.8%Liberal Democrats, 2010: 20.1%Liberal Democrats, 2015: 4.9%Liberal Democrats, 2017: 5.9%Liberal Democrats, 2019: 8.9%SDP–Liberal Alliance, 1983: 28.3%SDP–Liberal Alliance, 1987: 22.4%
Vote share in Reading West at each general election Con Lab LD Alliance

Boundary changes in 2024

Where the voters of the old Reading West (2010–2019 boundaries) live now:

Shares of population, from the House of Commons Library’s boundary analysis in the UK Parliament election results data.

Every result

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ElectionWinnerRunner-upMajority%TurnoutResult
2019Con Alok SharmaLab4,1178.268.0%Con hold
2017Con Alok SharmaLab2,8765.669.5%Con hold
2015Con Alok SharmaLab6,65013.766.7%Con hold
2010Con Alok SharmaLab6,00412.665.9%Con gain from Lab
2005LabCon4,68211.160.0%
2001LabCon8,84921.159.1%Lab hold
1997LabCon2,9976.270.1%
1992ConLab13,29825.178.0%Con hold
1987ConAlliance16,75332.972.2%Con hold
1983ConAlliance11,39923.871.6%

Constituency boundaries were redrawn several times (most recently in 1983, 1997, 2005 (Scotland), 2010 and 2024), so the area behind the name changed over time. Before 2010 results are by party; candidate names start in 2010.

Questions and answers

Who last won Reading West?

Alok Sharma (Conservative) won Reading West at the 2019 general election with a majority of 4,117.

Which parties have won Reading West?

At the 10 general elections held under this name since 1983: Conservative 7, Labour 3.

Official results House of Commons Library and UK Parliament election results data. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. How we use this data

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