List of Parliamentary constituencies in Berkshire
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Berkshire
Berkshire is a historic county in the South of England. It is also often referred to as the Royal County of Berkshire because of the presence of the royal residence of Windsor Castle in the county; this usage, which dates to the 19th century at least, was recognised by the Queen in 1957, and...
, (which is entirely made up of unitary authorities
Unitary authority
A unitary authority is a type of local authority that has a single tier and is responsible for all local government functions within its area or performs additional functions which elsewhere in the relevant country are usually performed by national government or a higher level of sub-national...
- Bracknell Forest
Bracknell Forest
Bracknell Forest is a unitary authority and borough in Berkshire in southern England. It covers the towns of Bracknell, North Ascot, Sandhurst, Crowthorne and surrounding villages and hamlets.-History:...
, Reading
Reading, Berkshire
Reading is a large town and unitary authority area in England. It is located in the Thames Valley at the confluence of the River Thames and River Kennet, and on both the Great Western Main Line railway and the M4 motorway, some west of London....
, Slough
Slough
Slough is a borough and unitary authority within the ceremonial county of Royal Berkshire, England. The town straddles the A4 Bath Road and the Great Western Main Line, west of central London...
, West Berkshire
West Berkshire
West Berkshire is a local government district in the ceremonial county of Berkshire, England, governed by a unitary authority . Its administrative capital is Newbury, located almost equidistantly between Bristol and London.-Geography:...
, Windsor and Maidenhead and Wokingham
Wokingham (district)
Wokingham is a local government district in Berkshire, United Kingdom. It is named after its main town, Wokingham. Other places in the district include Arborfield, Barkham, Charvil, Earley, Finchampstead, Hurst, Sonning, Remenham, Ruscombe, Shinfield, Twyford, Wargrave, Three Mile Cross, Winnersh,...
) is divided into eight Parliamentary constituencies
United Kingdom constituencies
In the United Kingdom , each of the electoral areas or divisions called constituencies elects one or more members to a parliament or assembly.Within the United Kingdom there are now five bodies with members elected by constituencies:...
: two Borough constituencies and six County constituencies.
2010 constituencies
(part) signifies that only part of a ward is located in the constituency.| NameBC denotes borough constituency, CC denotes county constituency. | Electorate | MajorityThe majority is the number of votes the winning candidate receives more than their nearest rival. | Member of Parliament Member of Parliament A Member of Parliament is a representative of the voters to a :parliament. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, the term applies specifically to members of the lower house, as upper houses often have a different title, such as senate, and thus also have different titles for its members,... |
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| Bracknell CC Bracknell (UK Parliament constituency) -Elections in the 2000s:-Elections in the 1990s:- Notes and references :... |
80,657 | 15,704 | Dr Phillip Lee† | Ray Earwicker¤ | Bracknell Forest Borough Council Bracknell Forest Bracknell Forest is a unitary authority and borough in Berkshire in southern England. It covers the towns of Bracknell, North Ascot, Sandhurst, Crowthorne and surrounding villages and hamlets.-History:... : Bullbrook, Central Sandhurst, College Town, Crown Wood, Crowthorne, Great Hollands North, Great Hollands South, Hanworth, Harmans Water, Little Sandhurst and Wellington, Old Bracknell, Owlsmoor, Priestwood and Garth, Wildridings and Central. Wokingham Borough Council: Finchampstead North, Finchampstead South, Wokingham Without. |
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| Maidenhead CC Maidenhead (UK Parliament constituency) Maidenhead is a county constituency in Berkshire which returns one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the first past the post voting system... |
63,978 | 16,769 | Theresa May Theresa May Theresa Mary May is a British Conservative politician who is Home Secretary in the Conservative – Liberal Democrat Coalition government. She was elected to Parliament in 1997 as the Member of Parliament for Maidenhead, and served as the Chairman of the Conservative Party, 2003–04... † |
Tony Hill¤ | Windsor and Maidenhead Royal Borough Council Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead The Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead is a Royal Borough of Berkshire, in South East England. It became a unitary authority on 1 April 1998.It is home to Windsor Castle, Eton College, Legoland and Ascot Racecourse.... : Belmont, Bisham and Cookham, Boyn Hill, Bray, Cox Green, Furze Platt, Hurley and Walthams, Maidenhead Riverside, Oldfield and Pinkneys Green Pinkneys Green (electoral ward) Pinkneys Green is currently represented by three councillors in the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead.-Royal Borough representation:... . Wokingham Borough Council: Charvil, Coronation, Hurst, Remenham, Wargrave and Ruscombe, Sonning, Twyford. |
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| Newbury CC Newbury (UK Parliament constituency) Newbury is a parliamentary constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It returns one Member of Parliament , elected by the first-past-the-post voting system.... |
75,903 | 12,248 | Richard Benyon Richard Benyon Richard Henry Ronald Benyon MRICS is a British Conservative Party politician. He has been the Member of Parliament for Newbury since 2005 and a Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State at the Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs since May 2010.-Early life:Benyon was born in... † |
David Rendel David Rendel David Digby Rendel is a British Liberal Democrat politician. He was the Member of Parliament for Newbury from 1993 to 2005. He won the seat at by-election in May 1993 caused by the death of Judith Chaplin, and held it his defeat at the 2005 general election to Conservative candidate Richard... ¤ |
West Berkshire District Council West Berkshire West Berkshire is a local government district in the ceremonial county of Berkshire, England, governed by a unitary authority . Its administrative capital is Newbury, located almost equidistantly between Bristol and London.-Geography:... : Aldermaston, Basildon, Bucklebury, Chieveley, Clay Hill, Cold Ash, Compton, Downlands, Falkland, Greenham, Hungerford, Kintbury, Lambourn Valley, Northcroft, St Johns, Speen, Thatcham Central, Thatcham North, Thatcham South and Crookham, Thatcham West, Victoria. |
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| Reading East BC | 72,806 | 7,605 | Rob Wilson Rob Wilson Robert Owen Biggs Wilson is a United Kingdom politician and entrepreneur. He was elected Conservative Member of Parliament for the Reading East parliamentary constituency in the 2005 general election.-Early life:... † |
Gareth Epps¤ | Reading Borough Council Reading, Berkshire Reading is a large town and unitary authority area in England. It is located in the Thames Valley at the confluence of the River Thames and River Kennet, and on both the Great Western Main Line railway and the M4 motorway, some west of London.... : Abbey, Caversham, Church, Katesgrove, Mapledurham, Park, Peppard, Redlands, Thames. Wokingham Borough Council: Bulmershe and Whitegates, Loddon, South Lake. |
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| Reading West CC Reading West (UK Parliament constituency) Reading West is a county constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Like all such constituencies, it elects one Member of Parliament by the first past the post system of election... |
69,011 | 6,004 | Alok Sharma Alok Sharma Alok Sharma is an Indian-born British politician with the Conservative Party in the United Kingdom. He was elected in 2010 as Member of Parliament for Reading West county constituency in and around the town of Reading in the county of Berkshire.Sharma grew up in Earley and Whitley Wood and went to... † |
Naz Sarkar‡ | Reading Borough Council Reading, Berkshire Reading is a large town and unitary authority area in England. It is located in the Thames Valley at the confluence of the River Thames and River Kennet, and on both the Great Western Main Line railway and the M4 motorway, some west of London.... : Battle, Kentwood, Minster, Norcot, Southcote, Tilehurst, Whitley. West Berkshire District Council West Berkshire West Berkshire is a local government district in the ceremonial county of Berkshire, England, governed by a unitary authority . Its administrative capital is Newbury, located almost equidistantly between Bristol and London.-Geography:... : Birch Copse, Calcot, Pangbourne, Purley on Thames, Theale, Westwood. |
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| Slough BC Slough (UK Parliament constituency) Slough is a borough constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament by the first past the post system of election.-Boundaries:... |
71,595 | 5,523 | Fiona Mactaggart Fiona Mactaggart Fiona Margaret Mactaggart is a British Labour Party politician, who has been the Member of Parliament for Slough since 1997.-Early life:... ‡ |
Diana Coad† | Slough Borough Council Slough Borough Council Slough Borough Council is the local authority for the Borough of Slough, in the South East England Region of the United Kingdom.This article deals mainly with the unitary authority which was first elected, on a shadow basis, in 1997. It became the local authority for Slough on 1 April 1998... : Baylis and Stoke, Britwell, Central, Chalvey, Cippenham Green, Cippenham Meadows, Farnham, Foxborough, Haymill, Kedermister, Langley St Mary’s, Upton, Wexham Lea. |
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| Windsor CC Windsor (UK Parliament constituency) Windsor is a county constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. In its modern form, it elects one Member of Parliament by the first-past-the-post system of election.-Boundaries:... |
68,290 | 19,054 | Adam Afriyie Adam Afriyie Adam Afriyie is a British Conservative Party politician, and the Member of Parliament for Windsor. He was first elected at the 2005 general election and re-elected at the 2010 election.-Early life:... † |
Julian Tisi¤ | Bracknell Forest Borough Council Bracknell Forest Bracknell Forest is a unitary authority and borough in Berkshire in southern England. It covers the towns of Bracknell, North Ascot, Sandhurst, Crowthorne and surrounding villages and hamlets.-History:... : Ascot, Binfield with Warfield, Warfield Harvest Ride, Winkfield and Cranbourne. Slough Borough Council Slough Borough Council Slough Borough Council is the local authority for the Borough of Slough, in the South East England Region of the United Kingdom.This article deals mainly with the unitary authority which was first elected, on a shadow basis, in 1997. It became the local authority for Slough on 1 April 1998... : Colnbrook with Poyle. Windsor and Maidenhead Royal Borough Council Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead The Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead is a Royal Borough of Berkshire, in South East England. It became a unitary authority on 1 April 1998.It is home to Windsor Castle, Eton College, Legoland and Ascot Racecourse.... : Ascot and Cheapside, Castle Without Castle Without Castle Without is an electoral ward comprising the Windsor town centre. It is currently represented by three councillors in the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead... , Clewer East, Clewer North, Clewer South, Datchet, Eton and Castle Eton and Castle Eton and Castle is an electoral ward of the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead. As its name suggests, it comprises the town of Eton and Windsor Castle. It is currently represented by George Fussey of the Liberal Democrats... , Eton Wick Eton Wick (electoral ward) Eton Wick is currently represented by one councillor in the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead.-Past election results:... , Horton and Wraysbury Horton and Wraysbury Horton and Wraysbury is an electoral ward currently represented by two councillors in the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead... , Old Windsor, Park Park (electoral ward) -Royal Borough representation:The two seats for the councillors representing the ward in the Royal Borough are determined by the Multi-member plurality system system . Royal Borough elections are held every four years.-Past election results:... , Sunningdale, Sunninghill and South Ascot. |
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| Wokingham CC Wokingham (UK Parliament constituency) Wokingham is a parliamentary constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament by the first past the post system of election.-Boundaries:... |
68,614 | 13,492 | John Redwood John Redwood John Alan Redwood is a British Conservative Party politician and Member of Parliament for Wokingham. He was formerly Secretary of State for Wales in Prime Minister John Major's Cabinet and was an unsuccessful challenger for the leadership of the Conservative Party in 1995... † |
Prue Bray¤ | West Berkshire District Council West Berkshire West Berkshire is a local government district in the ceremonial county of Berkshire, England, governed by a unitary authority . Its administrative capital is Newbury, located almost equidistantly between Bristol and London.-Geography:... : Burghfield, Mortimer, Sulhamstead. Wokingham Borough Council: Arborfield, Barkham, Emmbrook, Evendons, Hawkedon, Hillside, Maiden Erlegh, Norreys, Shinfield North, Shinfield South, Swallowfield, Wescott, Winnersh. |
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Changes for the 2010 election
Current proposals by the Boundary Commission for England would retain these 8 constituencies, with changes to realign constituency boundaries with the boundaries of current local government wards, and to reduce the electoral disparity between constituencies. These changes will take effect at the United Kingdom general election, 2010.| Constituency | Pre-2010 Boundaries | Post-2010 Boundaries |
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| 1. Bracknell CC Bracknell (UK Parliament constituency) -Elections in the 2000s:-Elections in the 1990s:- Notes and references :... |
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| 2. Maidenhead CC Maidenhead (UK Parliament constituency) Maidenhead is a county constituency in Berkshire which returns one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the first past the post voting system... |
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| 3. Newbury CC Newbury (UK Parliament constituency) Newbury is a parliamentary constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It returns one Member of Parliament , elected by the first-past-the-post voting system.... |
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| 5. Reading West CC Reading West (UK Parliament constituency) Reading West is a county constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Like all such constituencies, it elects one Member of Parliament by the first past the post system of election... |
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| 6. Slough BC Slough (UK Parliament constituency) Slough is a borough constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament by the first past the post system of election.-Boundaries:... |
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| 7. Windsor CC Windsor (UK Parliament constituency) Windsor is a county constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. In its modern form, it elects one Member of Parliament by the first-past-the-post system of election.-Boundaries:... |
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| 8. Wokingham CC Wokingham (UK Parliament constituency) Wokingham is a parliamentary constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament by the first past the post system of election.-Boundaries:... |
Results maps
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The total number of aggregate votes cast for each political party which fielded candidates in Berkshire in the 2010 general election was as follows:
Conservative 209,400 (50.6%)
Liberal Democrat 104,133 (25.2%)
Labour 74,613 (18.0%)
UK Independence Party 12,402 (3.0%)
Green Party 5,185 (1.3%)
British National Party 3,028 (0.7%)
Independents 2,960 (0.7%)
Common Sense Party 852 (0.2%)
Loony 329 (0.1%)
For Freedom and Responsibility 270 (0.1%)
Apolitical Democrats 95 (0.0%)
Scrap Members Allowances 60 (0.0%)
Total votes: 413,822
Historic constituencies
- Eton and SloughEton and Slough (UK Parliament constituency)Eton and Slough was a parliamentary constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elected one Member of Parliament by the first-past-the-post voting system....
- ReadingReading (UK Parliament constituency)Reading was a parliamentary borough, and later a borough constituency, represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It comprised the town of Reading in the county of Berkshire....
- Reading SouthReading South (UK Parliament constituency)Reading South was a borough constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elected one Member of Parliament by the first past the post system of election...
- Reading NorthReading North (UK Parliament constituency)Reading North was a borough constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elected one Member of Parliament by the first past the post system of election...
- Parliamentary Borough of Reading