England · Constituency
Reading Central
Covers Caversham Heights · Coley · Coley Park · Horncastle and more
Photograph shows Caversham, a village in this constituency, not the whole of Reading Central.
Your member of parliament
Matt Rodda
LabourLabour won Reading Central at the 2024 general election with a majority of 12,637 votes, or 27.9 points. A swing of 13.9 points to Conservative would take it. That makes it safer than 537 of the 650 seats with a published margin, and less safe than the other 113.
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How safe is this seat?
Safe
A majority of 27.9 points, which is larger than 537 of the 650 seats with a published margin.
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%
+1.8 points on the UK figure of 59.7%.
Candidates
7
45,291 valid votes counted.
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share | vs UK |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Matt RoddaElected | Labour | 21,598 | 47.7% | +14.0 |
| Raj Singh | Conservative | 8,961 | 19.8% | -3.9 |
| Dave McElroy | Green Party | 6,417 | 14.2% | +7.8 |
| Henry Wright | Liberal Democrat | 3,963 | 8.8% | -3.5 |
| Andrew Williams | Reform UK | 3,904 | 8.6% | -5.7 |
| Michael Turberville | Independent | 227 | 0.5% | -1.5 |
| Adam Gillman | Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition | 221 | 0.5% | +0.4 |
Safe. A comfortable margin. The vs UK column is each party’s share here against its own national share, summed from all 650 results. That describes the 2024 general election only: arithmetic on the published count, not a forecast.
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