Wokingham (UK Parliament constituency)

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Wokingham County constituency
Wokingham shown within Berkshire, and Berkshire shown within England
Created:	1885, 1950
MP:	John Redwood
Party:	Conservative
Type:	House of Commons
County:	Berkshire
EP constituency:	South East England

Wokingham is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election.

Contents 1 Boundaries 2 Members of Parliament 3 Elections 4 See also

[edit] Boundaries

It is centred on the southern part of Wokingham district, including a small part of the east of West Berkshire. It is in the South East region of England.

The neighbouring constituencies (clockwise from north) are: Reading West, Reading East, Maidenhead, Bracknell, North East Hampshire, Basingstoke, North West Hampshire, and Newbury.

[edit] Members of Parliament

The current member of parliament is the prominent Conservative politician, John Redwood.

• Constituency created (1885)

Year		Member	Party
	1885	Sir George Russell	Conservative
	1898	Oliver Young	Conservative
	1901	Ernest Gardner

• Constituency abolished (1918)
• Constituency recreated (1950)

Year		Member	Party
	1950	Peter Remnant	Conservative
	1959	William van Straubenzee	Conservative
	1987	John Redwood	Conservative

[edit] Elections

General Election 2005: Wokingham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Redwood	22,174	48.1	+2.0
	Liberal Democrats	Prue Bray	14,934	32.4	0.0
	Labour	David Black	6,991	15.2	−2.2
	UK Independence	Frank Carstairs	994	2.2	+0.2
	Monster Raving Loony	Topcat Bananaman Owen	569	1.2	−0.8
	British National	Richard Colborne	376	0.8	N/A
	Telepathic Partnership	Michael Hall	34	0.1	N/A
Majority			7,240	15.7
Turnout			46,072	67.1	+3.0
	Conservative hold		Swing	+1.0

General Election 2001: Wokingham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Redwood	20,216	46.1	-4.0
	Liberal Democrats	Royce Longton	14,222	32.4	+1.1
	Labour	Matthew Syed	7,633	17.4	+0.6
	UK Independence	Frank Carstairs	897	2.0	N/A
	Monster Raving Loony	Top Cat Owen	880	2.0	+0.3
Majority			5,994	13.7
Turnout			43,848	64.1	-11.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1997: Wokingham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Redwood	25,086	50.1
	Liberal Democrats	Royce Longton	15,721	31.4
	Labour	Patricia Colling	8,424	16.8
	Monster Raving Loony	Peter Owen	877	1.8

[edit] See also

• List of Parliamentary constituencies in Berkshire

Constituencies in South East England
Conservative	Aldershot | Arundel and South Downs | Ashford | Aylesbury | Banbury | Basingstoke | Beaconsfield | Bexhill and Battle | Bognor Regis and Littlehampton | Bracknell | Buckingham | Canterbury | Chesham and Amersham | Chichester | East Hampshire | East Surrey | East Worthing and Shoreham | Eastbourne | Epsom and Ewell | Esher and Walton | Fareham | Faversham and Mid Kent | Folkestone and Hythe | Gosport | Gravesham | Guildford | Havant | Henley | Horsham | Isle of Wight | Maidenhead | Maidstone and The Weald | Mid Sussex | Mole Valley | New Forest East | New Forest West | Newbury | North East Hampshire | North East Milton Keynes | North Thanet | North West Hampshire | Reading East | Reigate | Runnymede and Weybridge | Sevenoaks | South West Surrey | Spelthorne | Surrey Heath | Tonbridge and Malling | Tunbridge Wells | Wantage | Wealden | Windsor | Witney | Woking | Wokingham | Worthing West | Wycombe
Labour	Brighton Kemptown | Brighton Pavilion | Chatham and Aylesford | Crawley | Dartford | Dover | Gillingham | Hastings and Rye | Hove | Medway | Milton Keynes South West | Oxford East | Portsmouth North | Reading West | Sittingbourne and Sheppey | Slough | Southampton Itchen | Southampton Test | South Thanet
Liberal Democrat	Eastleigh | Lewes | Oxford West and Abingdon | Portsmouth South | Romsey | Winchester
South East European constituency: Conservative (4) | UKIP (2) | Liberal Democrats (2) | Labour (1) | Green (1)