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Reading Central — 2024
Matt Rodda (Labour Party) was elected with 21,598 votes— 47.7% of 45,291 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. 47.7% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −2.3 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 45,291
| 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 | 21,598 | 47.7% | −2.3 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Raj Singh | Conservative Party | 8,961 | 19.8% | — | |
| 3 | Dave McElroy | Green Party | 6,417 | 14.2% | — | |
| 4 | Henry Wright | Liberal Democrats | 3,963 | 8.8% | — | |
| 5 | Andrew Williams | Reform UK | 3,904 | 8.6% | — | |
| 6 | Michael Turberville | Independent | 227 | 0.5% | — | |
| 7 | Adam Gillman | Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition | 221 | 0.5% | — |
Source data: House of Commons Library general election results 2024, retrieved
2026-05-18, generated
2026-05-19
(Open Parliament Licence v3.0). ETL version parliament-etl@1. Methodology: how these numbers are computed.