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Wokingham is a parliamentary constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election.
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Boundaries
1885-1918: The Sessional Divisions of Maidenhead and Windsor, part of the Sessional Division of Wokingham, and in the Sessional Division of Reading the civil parishes of East Swallowfield and West Swallowfield.
1950-1955: The Municipal Borough of Wokingham, and the Rural Districts of Easthampstead and Wokingham.
1955-1974: The Municipal Borough of Wokingham, the Rural Districts of Easthampstead and Wokingham, and the County Borough of Reading ward of Park.
1974-1983: The Municipal Borough of Wokingham, the Rural District of Easthampstead, and in the Rural District of Wokingham the civil parishes of Remenham, Ruscombe, St Nicholas Hurst, Twyford, Wargrave, and Wokingham Without.
1983-1997: The District of Wokingham wards of Bulmershe, California, Charvil, Coronation, Emmbrook, Evendons, Hurst, Little Hungerford, Loddon, Norreys, Redhatch, Remenham and Wargrave, St Sebastian's, Sonning, South Lake, Twyford and Ruscombe, Wescott, Whitegates, and Winnersh.
1997-2010: The District of Wokingham wards of Arborfield, Barkham, Emmbrook, Evendons, Little Hungerford, Norreys, Redhatch, Shinfield, Swallowfield, Wescott, and Winnersh, and the District of Newbury wards of Burghfield and Mortimer.
2010-present: The District of Wokingham wards of Arborfield, Barkham, Emmbrook, Evendons, Hawkedon, Hillside, Maiden Erlegh, Norreys, Shinfield North, Shinfield South, Swallowfield, Wescott, and Winnersh, and the District of Newbury wards of Burghfield, Mortimer, and Sulhamstead.
The seat is centred on the southern part of Wokingham district, including a small part of the east of West Berkshire. It is in the South East region of England.
The neighbouring constituencies (clockwise from north) are: Reading West, Reading East, Maidenhead, Bracknell, North East Hampshire, Basingstoke, North West Hampshire and Newbury.
History
The first Wokingham constituency was created in 1885, when the previous three-seat constituency of Berkshire was divided into four single-member constituencies, this one also being described as the 'Eastern division of Berkshire'. The second version of the seat was created in 1950 (Wokingham itself being before then in the Newbury constituency) and has been represented since 1987 by the high-profile Conservative John Redwood.