Reading West (UK Parliament constituency)

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Reading West County constituency
Reading West shown within Berkshire, and Berkshire shown within England
Created:	1983
MP:	Martin Salter
Party:	Labour
Type:	House of Commons
County:	Berkshire
EP constituency:	South East England

Reading West is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Like all such constituencies, it elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election. The constituency covers an area in and around the town of Reading in the county of Berkshire.

Contents 1 Boundaries 2 History 3 Members of Parliament 4 Election results 4.1 Elections in the 2000s 4.2 Elections in the 1990s 5 See also 6 References

[edit] Boundaries

The constituency comprises the western part of the Borough of Reading (specifically the wards of Battle, Kentwood, Minster, Norcot, Southcote, Tilehurst and Whitley) together with the parishes of Holybrook, Pangbourne, Purley-On-Thames, Sulham, Theale and Tilehurst in West Berkshire District. It is bounded by the constituencies of Newbury, Henley, Reading East, and Wokingham.

[edit] History

The Reading West parliamentary constituency was first contested in 1983, when it was won for the Conservative Party by Tony Durant, the sitting MP for the previous Reading North constituency. He held the seat through all subsequent general elections until he retired before the 1997 election.

The constituency was then won for the Labour Party by Martin Salter, as part of the landslide that brought Labour back to power under Tony Blair. Martin has held the seat since then.

[edit] Members of Parliament

• Constituency created (1983)
• 1983 — 1997: Tony Durant, Conservative
• 1997 — present: Martin Salter, Labour

[edit] Election results

[edit] Elections in the 2000s

General election of 2005

General Election 2005
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Martin Salter	18,940	45.0	-8.1
	Conservative	Ewan Cameron	14,268	33.9	+1.9
	Liberal Democrats	Denise Gaines	6,663	15.8	+3.0
	UK Independence	Peter Williams	1,180	2.8	+0.8
	Green	Adrian Windisch	921	2.2	+2.2
	Veritas	Dave Boyle	141	0.3	+0.3
Majority			4,672	11.1
Turnout			42,113	61.0	+1.9
	Labour hold		Swing	5.0
Source BBC (2005)

General election of 2001

General Election 2001
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
	UK Independence	David Black	848	2.0	+1.5
Majority			8,849	21.1
Turnout			41,986	59.1	-11.0
	Labour hold		Swing
Source ONS

[edit] Elections in the 1990s

General election of 1997

General Election 1997
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 Party	S Brown	976	2.0	N/A
	British National	I Dell	320	0.7	N/A
	UK Independence	D M Black	255	0.5	N/A
Majority			2,997	16.2
Turnout			48,389	70.1	-7.9
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing
Source Guardian Unlimited (2005)

General election of 1992

General Election 1992
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Tony Durant	28,048	52.9
	Labour	Peter Ruhemann	14,750	27.8
	Liberal Democrats	Keith Lock	9,527	18.1
	Green	Philip Unsworth	613	1.2
Majority			13,298	25.1
Turnout			52,938	78.0
	Conservative hold		Swing
Source Guardian Unlimited (2005)

[edit] See also

• List of Parliamentary constituencies in Berkshire

[edit] References

• BBC (2005). Election 2005 - Reading West. Retrieved May 6, 2005.
• Guardian Unlimited (2005). Ask Aristotle — Reading West. Retrieved May 4, 2005.

Constituencies in South East England
Conservative	Aldershot | Arundel and South Downs | Ashford | Aylesbury | Banbury | Basingstoke | Beaconsfield | Bexhill and Battle | Bognor Regis and Littlehampton | Bracknell | Buckingham | Canterbury | Chesham and Amersham | Chichester | East Hampshire | East Surrey | East Worthing and Shoreham | Eastbourne | Epsom and Ewell | Esher and Walton | Fareham | Faversham and Mid Kent | Folkestone and Hythe | Gosport | Gravesham | Guildford | Havant | Henley | Horsham | Isle of Wight | Maidenhead | Maidstone and The Weald | Mid Sussex | Mole Valley | New Forest East | New Forest West | Newbury | North East Hampshire | North East Milton Keynes | North Thanet | North West Hampshire | Reading East | Reigate | Runnymede and Weybridge | Sevenoaks | South West Surrey | Spelthorne | Surrey Heath | Tonbridge and Malling | Tunbridge Wells | Wantage | Wealden | Windsor | Witney | Woking | Wokingham | Worthing West | Wycombe
Labour	Brighton Kemptown | Brighton Pavilion | Chatham and Aylesford | Crawley | Dartford | Dover | Gillingham | Hastings and Rye | Hove | Medway | Milton Keynes South West | Oxford East | Portsmouth North | Reading West | Sittingbourne and Sheppey | Slough | Southampton Itchen | Southampton Test | South Thanet
Liberal Democrat	Eastleigh | Lewes | Oxford West and Abingdon | Portsmouth South | Romsey | Winchester
South East European constituency: Conservative (4) | UKIP (2) | Liberal Democrats (2) | Labour (1) | Green (1)