Reading West

Reading West is a former constituency. It ceased to exist following the boundary change in 2024. It was located in the South East region of England. The seat was last held by Lord Sharma (Conservative) between 6 May 2010 to 30 May 2024.

2015 General Election

The 2015 General Election was held on 7 May 2015. A total of 8 candidates ran for election.

Summary

CON
Conservative Hold
Majority
6,650
Electorate
72,567
Turnout
66.7%

You can view more detailed information about this election result on the election result pages.

Share of the vote

The graph below shows the share of the vote across all the candidates.

Breakdown

The table below shows the individual vote breakdown for each candidate.

Candidate/Party Votes Share Change
Alok Sharma
Conservative
23,082 47.7% 4.5%
Victoria Groulef
Labour
16,432 33.9% 3.4%
Malik Azam
UK Independence Party
4,826 10.0% 6.8%
Meri O'Connell
Liberal Democrat
2,355 4.9% -15.2%
Miriam Kennet
Green Party
1,406 2.9% 1.7%
Suzie Ferguson
Independent
156 0.3% 0.3%
Neil Adams
Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition
83 0.2% 0.2%
Philip West
The Roman Party. Ave
64 0.1% 0.1%