Wokingham (UK Parliament constituency)
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| Wokingham County constituency |
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| Wokingham shown within Berkshire, and Berkshire shown within England | |
| Created: | 1885, 1950 |
| MP: | John Redwood |
| Party: | Conservative |
| Type: | House of Commons |
| County: | Berkshire |
| EP constituency: | South East England |
Wokingham is a parliamentary constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election.
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[edit] Boundaries
It is centred on the southern part of Wokingham district, including a small part of the east of West Berkshire. It is in the South East region of England.
The neighbouring constituencies (clockwise from north) are: Reading West, Reading East, Maidenhead, Bracknell, North East Hampshire, Basingstoke, North West Hampshire, and Newbury.
[edit] Members of Parliament
The current Member of Parliament is the prominent Conservative politician, John Redwood.
- Constituency created (1885)
| Year | Member | Party | |
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| 1885 | Sir George Russell | Conservative | |
| 1898 | Oliver Young | Conservative | |
| 1901 | Ernest Gardner | Conservative | |
| Year | Member | Party | |
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| 1950 | Peter Remnant | Conservative | |
| 1959 | William van Straubenzee | Conservative | |
| 1987 | John Redwood | Conservative | |
[edit] Elections
| General Election 2005: Wokingham | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | John Redwood | 22,174 | 48.1 | +2.0 | |
| Liberal Democrat | Prue Bray | 14,934 | 32.4 | 0.0 | |
| Labour | David Black | 6,991 | 15.2 | −2.2 | |
| UK Independence | Frank Carstairs | 994 | 2.2 | +0.2 | |
| Monster Raving Loony | Topcat Bananaman Owen | 569 | 1.2 | −0.8 | |
| British National Party | Richard Colborne | 376 | 0.8 | N/A | |
| Telepathic Partnership | Michael Hall | 34 | 0.1 | N/A | |
| Majority | 7,240 | 15.7 | |||
| Turnout | 46,072 | 67.1 | +3.0 | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | +1.0 | |||
| General Election 2001: Wokingham | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | John Redwood | 20,216 | 46.1 | -4.0 | |
| Liberal Democrat | Royce Longton | 14,222 | 32.4 | +1.1 | |
| Labour | Matthew Syed | 7,633 | 17.4 | +0.6 | |
| UK Independence | Frank Carstairs | 897 | 2.0 | N/A | |
| Monster Raving Loony | Top Cat Owen | 880 | 2.0 | +0.3 | |
| Majority | 5,994 | 13.7 | |||
| Turnout | 43,848 | 64.1 | -11.0 | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| General Election 1997: Wokingham | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | John Redwood | 25,086 | 50.1 | ||
| Liberal Democrat | Royce Longton | 15,721 | 31.4 | ||
| Labour | Patricia Colling | 8,424 | 16.8 | ||
| Monster Raving Loony | Peter Owen | 877 | 1.8 | ||
