An election to the 57th Parliament of the United Kingdom for the constituency area of Reading East, held as part of the general election on 8 June 2017.
Labour gain from Conservatives by Matt Rodda with a majority of 3,749 - 6.8% - on a turnout of 73.1%.
Candidates
Name | Party | Vote | Vote share | Vote change |
RODDA, Matt | Lab | 27,093 | 49.0% | 16.0% |
WILSON, Rob | Con | 23,344 | 42.3% | -3.7% |
WOODS, Jenny | LD | 3,378 | 6.1% | -1.2% |
JOHANNESSEN, Kizzi | Green | 1,093 | 2.0% | -4.4% |
TURBERVILLE, Michael | Ind | 188 | 0.3% | - |
KIRKWOOD, Andy | M.A.D. | 142 | 0.3% | - |
Under section 13(b) of the Representation of the People Act 1985, a candidate gaining 5% or less of the vote share will forfeit their deposit.
An electorate of 75,537, having a valid vote count of 55,238 and an invalid vote count of 132.
Result declared at 04:14 on 9 June 2017.