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2017 general election results

Reading East

Shows the general election results for Reading East, which is a constituency in Berkshire. In 2017 it had a total electorate of 75,537 and a turnout of 73.1%.

Summary

Summary of the key information for the 2017 general election.

LAB
Labour Gain
Matt Rodda
Majority
3,749
Electorate
75,537
Turnout
73.1%
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Share of the vote

Distribution of party votes by percentages.

Party Name Share of the vote: 2017
Lab 49.0%
Con 42.3%
LD 6.1%
Green 2.0%
Ind 0.3%
GMVY 0.3%

Party results and changes 2015 - 2017

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

Candidate Party Votes Vote (%) Change (%)
Matt Rodda  Lab 27,093 49.0 16.0
Rob Wilson  Con 23,344 42.3 -3.7
Jenny Woods  LD 3,378 6.1 -1.2
Kizzi Johannessen * Green 1,093 2.0 -4.4
Michael Turberville * Ind 188 0.3 0.3
Andy Kirkwood * GMVY 142 0.3 0.3
* Candidate lost their deposit

Share of the vote by party 2005 - 2017

The percentage share of the party vote by election year.

Year Lab Con LD Green Ind GMVY UKIP Oth
2005 33.9% 35.6% 24.4% 3.5% 0.0% 0.0% 1.9% 0.6%
2010 25.5% 42.6% 27.3% 2.1% 0.2% 0.0% 2.2% 0.0%
2015 33.1% 46.0% 7.4% 6.4% 0.0% 0.0% 7.2% 0.0%
2017 49.0% 42.3% 6.1% 2.0% 0.3% 0.3% 0.0% 0.0%

Highest and lowest 2017

Safest seats by majority (%) Average: 24.3%
1 Liverpool, Walton 77.1%
527 Reading East 6.8%
650 North East Fife 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: 55.9%
1 Liverpool, Walton 85.7%
498 Reading East 49.0%
650 Ceredigion 29.2%

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

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Highest % turnout Average: 68.8%
1 Twickenham 79.5%
128 Reading East 73.1%
650 Glasgow North East 53.0%

Turnout is calculated as the percentage of electorate who voted.

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