UK general elections › 2017 › Reading East
Reading East — 2017
Matt Rodda (Labour Party) was elected with 27,093 votes— 49.0% of 55,238 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. 49.0% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −1.0 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 55,238
| 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 | Matt Rodda | Labour Party | 27,093 | 49.0% | −1.0 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Rob Wilson | Conservative Party | 23,344 | 42.3% | — | |
| 3 | Jenny Woods | Liberal Democrats | 3,378 | 6.1% | — | |
| 4 | Kizzi Johannessen | Green Party | 1,093 | 2.0% | — | |
| 5 | Michael Turberville | Independent | 188 | 0.3% | — | |
| 6 | Andy Kirkwood | Movement for Active Democracy (M.A.D.) | 142 | 0.3% | — |
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.