Reading North (UK Parliament constituency)

Reading North was a borough constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elected one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election. The constituency covered an area in and around the town of Reading in the county of Berkshire.

History

The Reading North parliamentary constituency was first created for the 1950 general election by splitting the previous parliamentary constituency of Reading into North and South divisions. These constituencies were merged back into a single Reading constituency in for the 1955 general election.

The Reading North constituency was recreated in 1974, when it was contested and won for the Conservative Party by Tony Durant. In 1983 the constituencies in Reading were reorganised, creating the new constituencies of Reading East and Reading West. Tony Durant went on to hold the Reading West constituency until 1997.

Members of Parliament

MPs 1950–1955

MPs 1974–1983

Elections

Elections in the 1970s

General election of 1979

General election of October 1974

General election of February 1974

See also

• List of Parliamentary constituencies in Berkshire

References

• Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "R" (part 1)
• "UK General Elections since 1832". Election results 1974–1979. Retrieved 3 July 2005.