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England · Constituency

Reading Central

Represented by Matt Rodda (Labour)

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Your member of parliament

Matt Rodda

Labour

Contact them, and see their voting record, on Parliament’s site

2024 general election

How the seat voted

Labour finished ahead of Conservative by 12,637 votes.

Majority

12,637

27.9% of votes cast.

Turnout

61.5%

45,291 of 73,600 on the register.

Candidates

45,291 valid votes counted.

Official figure

2024 general election result, every candidate by votes received
Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Matt RoddaElected	Labour	21,598	47.7%
Raj Singh	Conservative	8,961	19.8%
Dave McElroy	Green Party	6,417	14.2%
Henry Wright	Liberal Democrat	3,963	8.8%
Andrew Williams	Reform UK	3,904	8.6%
Michael Turberville	Independent	227	0.5%
Adam Gillman	Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition	221	0.5%

Safe. A comfortable margin. That describes the 2024 general election result only — arithmetic on the published count, not a forecast.

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