List of Parliamentary constituencies in Berkshire

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The county of Berkshire in relation to England.

The ceremonial county of Berkshire, (which is entirely made up of unitary authorities – Bracknell Forest, Reading, Slough, West Berkshire, Windsor and Maidenhead and Wokingham) is divided into eight Parliamentary constituencies: two Borough constituencies and six County constituencies.

2015 constituencies

  † Conservative   ‡ Labour   ¤ Liberal Democrat

(part) signifies that only part of a ward is located in the constituency.

Name[nb 1] Electorate[1] Majority[nb 2] Member of Parliament Nearest opposition Electoral wards[2][3] Map
Bracknell CC 81,271 20,650   Dr Phillip Lee†   James Walsh‡ Bracknell Forest Borough Council: 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.
A large constituency in the south of the county.
Maidenhead CC 74,154 29,059 Theresa May† (Prime Minister)   Charlie Lee‡ Windsor and Maidenhead Royal Borough Council: Belmont, Bisham and Cookham, Boyn Hill, Bray, Cox Green, Furze Platt, Hurley and Walthams, Maidenhead Riverside, Oldfield and Pinkneys Green. Wokingham Borough Council: Charvil, Coronation, Hurst, Remenham, Wargrave and Ruscombe, Sonning, Twyford.
A medium-sized constituency located in the south east of the county.
Newbury CC 79,512 26,368 Richard Benyon† Judith Bunting¤ West Berkshire District Council: 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.
A medium-sized constituency, located to the north of the centre of the county. It is entirely bounded by other constituencies in the county.
Reading East BC 73,232 6,520 Rob Wilson†   Matt Rodda‡ Reading Borough Council: Abbey, Caversham, Church, Katesgrove, Mapledurham, Park, Peppard, Redlands, Thames. Wokingham Borough Council: Bulmershe and Whitegates, Loddon, South Lake.
A medium-to-large constituency, located in the southeast of the county.
Reading West CC 72,567 6,650 Alok Sharma† Victoria Groulef‡ Reading Borough Council: Battle, Kentwood, Minster, Norcot, Southcote, Tilehurst, Whitley. West Berkshire District Council: Birch Copse, Calcot, Pangbourne, Purley on Thames, Theale, Westwood.
A small constituency, located in the centre of the county, to the east of two other small constituencies.
Slough BC 86,366 7,336 Fiona Mactaggart‡ Gurcharan Singh† Slough Borough Council: Baylis and Stoke, Britwell, Central, Chalvey, Cippenham Green, Cippenham Meadows, Farnham, Foxborough, Haymill, Kedermister, Langley St Mary’s, Upton, Wexham Lea.
A small constituency, located in the centre of the county to the south of two equally small constituencies.
Windsor CC 71,554[4] 25,083 Adam Afriyie†   Fiona Dent‡ Bracknell Forest Borough Council: Ascot, Binfield with Warfield, Warfield Harvest Ride, Winkfield and Cranbourne. Slough Borough Council: Colnbrook with Poyle. Windsor and Maidenhead Royal Borough Council: Ascot and Cheapside, Castle Without, Clewer East, Clewer North, Clewer South, Datchet, Eton and Castle, Eton Wick, Horton and Wraysbury, Old Windsor, Park, Sunningdale, Sunninghill and South Ascot.
A small constituency, situated in the centre of the county to the west of two similarly-sized constituencies.
Wokingham CC 77,881 24,193 John Redwood†   Andy Croy‡ West Berkshire District Council: Burghfield, Mortimer, Sulhamstead. Wokingham Borough Council: Arborfield, Barkham, Emmbrook, Evendons, Hawkedon, Hillside, Maiden Erlegh, Norreys, Shinfield North, Shinfield South, Swallowfield, Wescott, Winnersh.
A small constituency, situated in the centre of the county to the west of two similarly-sized constituencies.

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
1. Bracknell CC
2. Maidenhead CC
3. Newbury CC
4. Reading East BC
5. Reading West CC
6. Slough BC
7. Windsor CC
8. Wokingham CC

Results maps

2005 2010 2015

Total Votes by Party

The total number of aggregate votes cast for each political party which fielded candidates in Berkshire in the 2010 general election was as follows:

Party Votes Votes% Seats
Conservative 209,400 50.6 7
Liberal Democrats 104,133 25.2 -
Labour 74,613 18.0 1
UKIP 12,402 3.0 -
Greens 5,185 1.3 -
BNP 3,028 0.7 -
Independents 2,960 0.7 -
Common Sense Party 852 0.2 -
Monster Raving Loony 329 0.1 -
For Freedom & Responsibility 270 0.1 -
Apolitical Democrats 95 0.0 -
Scrap Members' Allowances 60 0.0 -

In the 2015 general election the aggregate results were as follows:

Party Votes Votes% Seats
Conservative 226,542 54.3 7
Labour 91,583 21.9 1
UKIP 44,334 10.6 -
Liberal Democrats 37,169 8.9 -
Greens 16,207 3.9 -
Independents 1,261 0.3 -
Apolitical Democrats 228 0.1 -
TUSC 83 0.0 -
Roman Party 64 0.0 -
Class War 55 0.0 -
Patriotic Socialist Party 53 0.0 -
Total 417,479 100.0 8

Historical constituencies

Notes

  1. ↑ BC denotes borough constituency, CC denotes county constituency.
  2. ↑ The majority is the number of votes the winning candidate receives more than their nearest rival.

References

General
Specific
  1. ↑ "2015 Electorates".
  2. ↑ "The Parliamentary Constituencies (England) Order 2007, page 4". Office of Public Sector Information. Crown copyright. 13 June 2007. Retrieved 7 November 2009.
  3. ↑ Boundary Commission for England pp. 1004–1007
  4. ↑ total electorate provided by local returning officer 23 June 2015
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