An election to the 57th Parliament of the United Kingdom for the constituency area of Reading West, held as part of the general election on 8 June 2017.
Conservative hold by Alok Sharma with a majority of 2,876 - 5.6% - on a turnout of 69.5%.
Candidates
Name | Party | Vote | Vote share | Vote change |
SHARMA, Alok | Con | 25,311 | 48.9% | 1.2% |
BAILEY, Olivia | Lab | 22,435 | 43.3% | 9.4% |
O'CONNELL, Meri | LD | 3,041 | 5.9% | 1.0% |
WHITHAM, Jamie | Green | 979 | 1.9% | -1.0% |
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 74,523, having a valid vote count of 51,766 and an invalid vote count of 147.
Result declared at 03:38 on 9 June 2017.