East Berkshire (UK Parliament constituency)

East Berkshire
Former County constituency for the House of Commons
County	Berkshire
Major settlements	Bracknell
1983–1997
Number of members	One
Replaced by	Bracknell
Created from	Wokingham, Windsor & Maidenhead, and Beaconsfield

East Berkshire was a county constituency in the county of Berkshire. It returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the first past the post voting system.

The constituency was created for the 1983 general election, and abolished for the 1997 general election.

History

This safe Conservative seat was represented for its entire existence by Andrew MacKay.

Boundaries

The District of Bracknell (the wards of Ascot, Binfield, Bullbrook, Central Sandhurst, College Town, Cranbourne, Crowthorne, Garth, Great Hollands North, Great Hollands South, Hanworth, Harmanswater, Little Sandhurst, Old Bracknell, Owlsmoor, Priestwood, St Mary's, Warfield, and Wildridings), and the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead wards of Datchet, Horton and Wraysbury, Old Windsor, Sunningdale and South Ascot, and Sunninghill.

The constituency was created from parts of the seats of Wokingham, Windsor and Maidenhead, and Beaconsfield.

Its main settlement was Bracknell, and it also included Ascot, Sunningdale, Sunninghill, Datchet, Crowthorne, Sandhurst, and Old Windsor.

Members of Parliament

Election		Member[1]	Party
	1983	Andrew MacKay	Conservative
	1997	constituency abolished

Elections

Elections in the 1980s

General Election 1983: East Berkshire[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Andrew MacKay	33,967	56.8	N/A
	Social Democratic	Kevin Patrick O'Sullivan	17,868	29.9	N/A
	Labour	Elizabeth Georgina Rogers	7,953	13.3	N/A
Majority			16,099	26.9	N/A
Turnout			59,789	73.3	N/A
	Conservative win (new seat)

General Election 1987: East Berkshire[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Andrew MacKay	39,094	60.3	+3.5
	Social Democratic	Mrs Linda Ann Murray	16,468	25.4	−4.5
	Labour	Robert John Emlyn Evans	9,287	14.3	+1.0
Majority			22,626	34.9
Turnout			64,846	73.8
	Conservative hold		Swing	+2.0

Elections in the 1990s

General Election 1992: East Berkshire[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Andrew MacKay	43,898	59.7	−0.6
	Liberal Democrat	Mrs Linda Ann Murray	15,218	20.7	−4.7
	Labour	Keith Dibble	14,458	19.7	+5.3
Majority			28,680	39.0	+4.1
Turnout			73,574	81.4	+7.5
	Conservative hold		Swing	+2.0

See also

• List of Parliamentary constituencies in Berkshire

Notes and references

1. Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "B" (part 2)
2. http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge83/i02.htm
3. http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge87/i02.htm
4. "Politics Resources". Election 1992. Politics Resources. 9 April 1992. Retrieved 6 Dec 2010.