UK general elections › 2010 › Reading East
Reading East — 2010
Rob Wilson (Conservative Party) was elected with 21,269 votes— 42.6% of 49,985 valid votes. Under First Past the Post, a plurality is enough; a majority is not required.
Result · single-seat
Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid votes. 42.6% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −7.4 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 49,985
| Rank | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share of votes Candidate votes ÷ valid votes in this constituency. Matches the share the returning officer publishes. | Below quota Elected candidate's share of valid votes minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = won the seat below the quota; positive = cleared it. | Elected |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rob Wilson | Conservative Party | 21,269 | −7.4 pts | Elected | |
| 2 | Gareth Epps | Liberal Democrats | 13,664 | — | ||
| 3 | Anneliese Dodds | Labour Party | 12,729 | — | ||
| 4 | Adrian Pitfield | UK Independence Party | 1,086 | — | ||
| 5 | Robert White | Green Party | 1,069 | — | ||
| 6 | Joan Lloyd | Independent | 111 | — | ||
| 7 | Michael Turberville | Independent | 57 | — |
Source data: UK Parliament psephology database, retrieved
2026-05-19, generated
2026-05-19
(Open Parliament Licence v3.0). ETL version parliament-etl-psephology@1. Methodology: how these numbers are computed.