An election to the 56th Parliament of the United Kingdom for the constituency area of Reading East, held as part of the general election on 7 May 2015.
Conservative hold by Rob Wilson with a majority of 6,520 - 12.9% - on a turnout of 69.0%.
Candidates
Name | Party | Vote | Vote share | Vote change |
WILSON, Rob | Con | 23,217 | 46.0% | 3.4% |
RODDA, Matt | Lab | 16,697 | 33.1% | 7.6% |
WOODS, Jenny | LD | 3,719 | 7.4% | -20.0% |
FORRESTER, Christine | UKIP | 3,647 | 7.2% | 5.1% |
WHITE, Rob | Green | 3,214 | 6.4% | 4.2% |
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 73,232, having a valid vote count of 50,494 and an invalid vote count of 191.
Result declared at 07:33 on 8 May 2015.