County Berkshire Major settlements Reading European Parliament constituency South East England Major settlement Reading Party Conservative Party | Electorate 78,170 (December 2010) Created 1983 Member of parliament Rob Wilson Number of members 1 | |
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Created from Reading North, Reading South and Henley Replaced by Reading North, Reading South, Henley | ||
Reading East is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2005 by Rob Wilson, a Conservative.
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Boundaries
1983-1997: The Borough of Reading wards of Abbey, Caversham, Church, Park, Peppard, Redlands, Thames, and Whitley, and the District of Wokingham wards of Arborfield, Barkham, Finchampstead, Shinfield, and Swallowfield.
1997-2010: The Borough of Reading wards of Abbey, Caversham, Church, Katesgrove, Park, Peppard, Redlands, and Thames, and the District of Wokingham wards of Bulmershe, Loddon, South Lake, and Whitegates.
2010-present: The Borough of Reading wards of Abbey, Caversham, Church, Katesgrove, Mapledurham, Park, Peppard, Redlands, and Thames, and the District of Wokingham wards of Bulmershe and Whitegates, Loddon, and South Lake.
Reading East is bordered by Reading West, Henley, Maidenhead, and Wokingham.
History
The Reading East parliamentary constituency was first contested in 1983, when it was won by a partial incumbent, Gerry Vaughan, a Conservative who was before that election sitting MP for abolished Reading South. He held the seat through two subsequent general elections until he retired before the 1997 election.
The constituency was in 1997 won by a member of the Labour Party, Jane Griffiths, a backbencher under the Blair Ministry. She retained the seat in the 2001 election but was deselected by her Constituency Labour Party before the 2005 election, when the seat was regained by a Conservative, Rob Wilson.