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CONSTITUENCY OVERVIEW

CONTROLLING PARTYConservative
ELECTORATE87,581 voters
AREA10 sq. miles


Reading East is a UK parliament constituency that is represented in the House of Commons by Rob Wilson of the Conservative party.

The Reading East constituency has a total population of 110,068, of which 87,581 are eligible (18+) to vote (79.6%).

Reading East ranks 515th in a list of the largest constituencies in the UK (geographical size), and 91th in a list of the largest constituencies by population size.

CONSTITUENCY MP

Rob Wilson

Rob Wilson

Robert Owen Biggs Wilson (Rob Wilson) (born 4 January 1965) is a United Kingdom politician and political author. He was elected Conservative Member of Parliament for the Reading East parliamentary constituency in the 2005 general election. He became Minister for Civil Society in the Cabinet Office on 27 September 2014.

Wikipedia page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rob_Wilson

MP DETAILS
AddressRob Wilson MP, House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA
Phone Number020 7219 4272
Political PartyConservative
Email Addressrob@winwithwilson.com
ConstituencyReading East
GenderMale
Date of Birth04/01/1965
WebsiteWebsite
TwitterTwitter Profile
Party PageWebsite
Wikipedia PageVisit Wiki

2015 GENERAL ELECTION RESULTS

SHARE OF VOTES
46.0%
33.1%
7.4%
6.4 %
7.2%
Conservative
Labour
Liberal Democrat
Green Party
UKIP
ELECTION TURNOUT

Election turnout for the Reading East constituency in 2015 was 67.60%, higher than the average UK turnout at 66.1%.

2015 CANDIDATES

Candidate Party Gender Date of Birth LinkedIn Website
Christine ForresterUK Independence PartyFemale---
Jenny WoodsLiberal DemocratFemale---
Matt RoddaLabourMale--http://www.mattrodda.net/
Rob WhiteGreenMale09 May 1979 (45)-http://cllrrobwhite.blogspot.co.uk/
Rob WilsonConservativeMale04 January 1965 (59)-http://www.robwilsonmp.com/

2010 GENERAL ELECTION RESULTS

SHARE OF VOTES
42.55%
25.47%
27.34%
%
%
2.14%
%
2.17%
Conservative
Labour
Liberal Democrat
Scottish National
Plaid Cymru
Green Party
BNP
UKIP
2005 GENERAL ELECTION WINNERS
Conservative
VOTE COUNTS
PartyVotesShare
 Conservative21,26942.6%
 Green1,0692.1%
 Ind11110.2%
 Ind2570.1%
 Labour12,72925.5%
 Liberal-Democrat13,66427.3%
 UK-Independence-Party1,0862.2%
TOTALS
Electorate74,929
Votes49,985
Turnout66.7%
2010 CANDIDATES
ConservativeWilson, Rob
LabourDodds, Anneliese
Liberal DemocratEpps, Gareth
GreenWhite, Rob
UKIPPitfield, Adrian
ELECTION TURNOUT

Election turnout for the Reading East constituency in 2010 was 66.7%, higher than the average UK turnout at 65.1%.

QUIZ RESULTS

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