Reading, UK Parliamentary general election
At the most recent election (18 June 1970), Gerard Folliott Vaughan (Conservative Party) won Reading, with a majority of 1,154 votes.
At the Local Elections 1988 (5 May 1988), 1 seats on Reading were filled: The Labour Party 1. The Labour Party won a majority of the seats contested.
- Area type
- constituency
- Within
- UK Parliamentary general election
- Elections recorded
- 13
- Wards / divisions
- 3
| Election | Date | Seats won by party |
|---|---|---|
| Local Elections 1988 | 5 May 1988 | The Labour Party 1 |
| Local by-elections 06 Dec 1984 | 6 December 1984 | The Labour Party 1 |
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share | Elected |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gerard Folliott Vaughan | Conservative Party | 23,598 | 50.3% | Yes |
| John Lee | The Labour Party | 22,444 | 47.8% | No |
| Alec Boothroyd | The Democratic Party | 867 | 1.8% | No |
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share | Elected |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Lee | The Labour Party | 25,338 | 51% | Yes |
| Peter Emery | Conservative Party | 21,205 | 42.7% | No |
| Ernest Palfrey | Liberal Democrats | 3,127 | 6.3% | No |
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share | Elected |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Peter Emery | Conservative Party | 20,815 | 43.9% | Yes |
| John Lee | The Labour Party | 20,805 | 43.9% | No |
| Marie Burns | Liberal Democrats | 5,759 | 12.2% | No |
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share | Elected |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Peter Emery | Conservative Party | 26,314 | 54% | Yes |
| Ian Mikardo | The Labour Party | 22,372 | 46% | No |
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share | Elected |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ian Mikardo | The Labour Party | 25,228 | 50.2% | Yes |
| Frederic Bennett | Conservative Party | 24,990 | 49.8% | No |
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share | Elected |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ian Mikardo | The Labour Party | 30,465 | 48.8% | Yes |
| William Ewart Clarke McIlroy | Conservative Party | 24,075 | 38.6% | No |
| Robert Nevill Tronchin James | Liberal Democrats | 7,834 | 12.6% | No |
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share | Elected |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alfred Bakewell Howitt | Conservative Party | 27,540 | 51.8% | Yes |
| Somerville Hastings | The Labour Party | 22,949 | 43.2% | No |
| John William Todd | Liberal Democrats | 2,685 | 5% | No |
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share | Elected |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alfred Bakewell Howitt | Conservative Party | 34,439 | 63.1% | Yes |
| Somerville Hastings | The Labour Party | 19,277 | 35.3% | No |
| Eric Rider Troward | New Party | 861 | 1.6% | No |
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share | Elected |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Somerville Hastings | The Labour Party | 23,281 | 43.6% | Yes |
| Herbert Geraint Williams | Unionist | 22,429 | 42% | No |
| Dugald Macfadyen | Liberal Democrats | 7,733 | 14.5% | No |
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share | Elected |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Herbert Geraint Williams | Unionist | 21,338 | 53.8% | Yes |
| Somerville Hastings | The Labour Party | 18,337 | 46.2% | No |
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share | Elected |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Somerville Hastings | The Labour Party | 16,657 | 44.8% | Yes |
| Edward Cecil George Cadogan | Unionist | 15,115 | 40.7% | No |
| Fred Maddison | Liberal Democrats | 5,406 | 14.5% | No |
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share | Elected |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Edward Cecil George Cadogan | Unionist | 16,082 | 42.8% | Yes |
| Derwent Hall Caine | The Labour Party | 14,322 | 38.1% | No |
| Henry Delacombe Roome | Liberal Democrats | 7,212 | 19.2% | No |