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Reading East

Shows the general election results for Reading East, which is a constituency in Berkshire. In 2005 it had a total electorate of 73,796 and a turnout of 58.5%.

Summary

Summary of the key information for the 2005 general election.

CON
Conservative Gain
Notional Candidate
Majority
739
Electorate
73,796
Turnout
58.5%

Share of the vote

Distribution of party votes by percentages.

Party Name Share of the vote: 2005
Con 35.6%
Lab 33.9%
LD 24.4%
Green 3.5%
UKIP 1.9%
Oth 0.6%

Party results

Results for each party with number of votes, percentage share of the vote and changes since last election.

Candidate Party Votes Vote (%) Change (%)
Notional Candidate  Con 15,386 35.6
Notional Candidate  Lab 14,647 33.9
Notional Candidate  LD 10,517 24.4
Notional Candidate * Green 1,519 3.5
Notional Candidate * UKIP 834 1.9
Notional Candidate * Oth 257 0.6
* Candidate lost their deposit

Highest and lowest 2005

Safest seats by majority (%) Average: 18.3%
1 Easington 58.4%
611 Reading East 1.7%
650 Gillingham and Rainham 0.0%

Majority is calculated as the difference between the winning % share of the vote and second place % share of the vote.

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Highest winning vote share % Average: 47.6%
1 Knowsley 71.8%
636 Reading East 35.6%
650 Ochil and South Perthshire 31.4%

Share of the vote is calculated as the percentage of valid votes cast for each party.

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Highest % turnout Average: 61.1%
1 West Dorset 76.4%
448 Reading East 58.5%
650 South Staffordshire 37.6%

Turnout is calculated as the percentage of electorate who voted.

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