General election for the constituency of Reading East on 12 December 2019

An election to the 58th Parliament of the United Kingdom for the constituency area of Reading East, held as part of the general election on 12 December 2019.

Labour hold by Mathew Rodda with a majority of 5,924 - 10.6% - on a turnout of 72.5%.

An electorate of 77,152, having a valid vote count of 55,918 and an invalid vote count of 137.

Candidates

Name Party Vote Vote share Vote change
RODDA, Mathew Lab 27,102 48.5% -0.6%
MORLEY, Craig Con 21,178 37.9% -4.4%
SHEPHERD-DUBEY, Imogen LD 5,035 9.0% 2.9%
MCELROY, David Green 1,549 2.8% 0.8%
FEIERSTEIN, Mitchell BRX 852 1.5% -
AWOLOLA, Yemi CPA 202 0.4% -

The writ for this election was issued on 5 November 2019.

Result declared at 03:49 on 13 December 2019. Declarations times do not form part of election declarations and should be regarded as indicative rather than official.

Gain or hold information and vote change percentages are calculated according to changes since the preceding general election and take no account of intervening by-elections. The calculations are based on changes to party performance, rather than the performance of an individual candidate. Where the boundary of a constituency has changed since the preceding general election, the calculations are based on estimated notional results for the new boundaries at the previous election.

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.