Wokingham (UK Parliament constituency)

Wokingham
County constituency for the House of Commons
Boundary of Wokingham in Berkshire.
Location of Berkshire within England.
County	Berkshire
Electorate	75,886 (December 2010)^[1]
Current constituency
Created	1950
Member of parliament	John Redwood (Conservative)
Number of members	One
1885–1918
Type of constituency	County constituency
Created from	Berkshire
Overlaps
European Parliament constituency	South East England

Wokingham is a parliamentary 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.

Boundaries

1950-1955: The Municipal Borough of Wokingham, and the Rural Districts of Easthampstead and Wokingham.

1955-1974: The Municipal Borough of Wokingham, the Rural Districts of Easthampstead and Wokingham, and the County Borough of Reading ward of Park.

1974-1983: The Municipal Borough of Wokingham, the Rural District of Easthampstead, and in the Rural District of Wokingham the civil parishes of Remenham, Ruscombe, St Nicholas Hurst, Twyford, Wargrave, and Wokingham Without.

1983-1997: The District of Wokingham wards of Bulmershe, California, Charvil, Coronation, Emmbrook, Evendons, Hurst, Little Hungerford, Loddon, Norreys, Redhatch, Remenham and Wargrave, St Sebastian's, Sonning, South Lake, Twyford and Ruscombe, Wescott, Whitegates, and Winnersh.

1997-2010: The District of Wokingham wards of Arborfield, Barkham, Emmbrook, Evendons, Little Hungerford, Norreys, Redhatch, Shinfield, Swallowfield, Wescott, and Winnersh, and the District of Newbury wards of Burghfield and Mortimer.

2010-present: The District of Wokingham wards of Arborfield, Barkham, Emmbrook, Evendons, Hawkedon, Hillside, Maiden Erlegh, Norreys, Shinfield North, Shinfield South, Swallowfield, Wescott, and Winnersh, and the District of Newbury wards of Burghfield, Mortimer, and Sulhamstead.

The seat 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.

History

The first Wokingham constituency was created in 1885, when the previous three-seat constituency of Berkshire was divided into four single-member constituencies, this one also being described as the 'Eastern division of Berkshire'. The second version of the seat was created in 1950 (Wokingham itself being before then in the Newbury constituency) and has been represented since 1987 by the high-profile Conservative John Redwood.

Members of Parliament

MPs 1885–1918

	Member^[2]	Party
1885	Sir George Russell, Bt.	Conservative
1898 by-election	Oliver Young	Conservative
1901 by-election	Ernest Gardner	Conservative
1918	Constituency abolished

MPs since 1950

	Member^[2]	Party
1950	Peter Remnant	Conservative
1959	William van Straubenzee	Conservative
1987	John Redwood	Conservative

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

General Election 2015: Wokingham^[3]^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Redwood	32,329	57.7	+5.0
	Labour	Andy Croy	8,132	14.5	+4.4
	Liberal Democrat	Clive Jones	7,572	13.5	−14.5
	UKIP	Philip Cunnington^[5]	5,516	9.9	+6.8
	Green	Adrian Windisch	2,092	3.7	+2.7
	Independent	Kaz Lokuciewski	358	0.6	N/A
Majority			24,197	43.2	+19.5
Turnout			55,999	71.9	+0.4
	Conservative hold		Swing	+0.3

General Election 2010: Wokingham^[6]^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Redwood	28,754	52.7	+4.6
	Liberal Democrat	Prue Bray	15,262	28.0	−4.7
	Labour	George Davidson	5,516	10.1	−4.9
	Independent	Mark Ashwell	2,340	4.3	N/A
	UKIP	Ann Zebedee	1,664	3.1	+0.9
	Green	Marjory Bisset	567	1.0	N/A
	Monster Raving Loony	Peter Thomas "Top Cat Bananaman" Owen	329	0.6	−0.6
	Independent	Robin Smith	96	0.2	N/A
Majority			13,492	24.7	+9.0
Turnout			54,528	71.5	+4.4
	Conservative hold		Swing	+4.7

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2005: Wokingham^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Redwood	22,174	48.1	+2.0
	Liberal Democrat	Prue Bray	14,934	32.4	0.0
	Labour	David Black	6,991	15.2	−2.2
	UKIP	Frank Joseph Carstairs	994	2.2	+0.2
	Monster Raving Loony	Peter Thomas "Top Cat Bananaman" Owen	569	1.2	−0.8
	BNP	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^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Redwood	20,216	46.1	−4.0
	Liberal Democrat	Royce Ekins Longton	14,222	32.4	+1.1
	Labour	Matthew Syed	7,633	17.4	+0.6
	UKIP	Franklin Joseph Carstairs	897	2.0	N/A
	Monster Raving Loony	Peter Thomas "Top Cat Bananaman" Owen	880	2.0	+0.3
Majority			5,994	13.7
Turnout			43,848	64.1	−11.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

Elections in the 1990s

General Election 1997: Wokingham^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Redwood	25,086	50.1
	Liberal Democrat	Royce Ekins Longton	15,721	31.4
	Labour	Patricia Colling	8,424	16.8
	Monster Raving Loony	Peter Thomas "Top Cat Bananaman" Owen	877	1.8
Majority			9,365	18.7
Turnout			50,108
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1992: Wokingham^[11]^[12]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Redwood	43,497	61.4	+0.0
	Liberal Democrat	Paul G.T. Simon	17,788	25.1	−4.8
	Labour	Nelson T.G. Bland	8,846	12.5	+3.8
	Monster Raving Loony	Peter Thomas "Top Cat Bananaman" Owen	531	0.7	N/A
	Independent	Philip Edward Harriss	148	0.2	N/A
Majority			25,709	36.3	+4.9
Turnout			70,810	81.8	+3.7
	Conservative hold		Swing	+2.4

Elections in the 1980s

General Election 1987: Wokingham^[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Redwood	39,808	61.4	+1.0
	Liberal	John Clive Leston	19,421	29.9	−1.7
	Labour	Peter Jenkin Morgan	5,622	8.7	+0.7
Majority			20,387	31.5
Turnout			64,851	78.1	+2.1
	Conservative hold		Swing	+0.8

General Election 1983: Wokingham^[14]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	William van Straubenzee	32,925	60.4	+5.96
	Liberal	John Clive Leston	17,227	31.6	+13.37
	Labour	M. Orton	4,362	8.0	-18.24
Majority			15,698	28.8
Turnout			54,514	76.0
	Conservative hold		Swing	-3.71

Elections in the 1970s

General Election 1979: Wokingham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	William van Straubenzee	36,194	54.44	+11.29
	Labour	AE Furley	17,448	26.24	-3.06
	Liberal	P Mullarky	12,120	18.23	-9.32
	National Front	G Sanders	722	1.09	-
Majority			18,746	28.20
Turnout				78.22
	Conservative hold		Swing	+7.18

General Election October 1974: Wokingham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	William van Straubenzee	24,009	43.15
	Labour	RW Crew	16,304	29.30
	Liberal	T Blyth	15,329	27.55
Majority			7,705	13.85
Turnout				75.60
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election February 1974: Wokingham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	William van Straubenzee	27,223	45.16
	Liberal	SMM Cuff	16,791	27.85
	Labour	RW Crew	16,269	26.99
Majority			10,432	17.31
Turnout				82.84
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1970: Wokingham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	William van Straubenzee	43,183	55.00
	Labour	CAR Helm	22,630	28.82
	Liberal	DHV Case	12,704	16.18
Majority			20,553	26,18
Turnout				72.21
	Conservative hold		Swing

Elections in the 1960s

General Election 1966: Wokingham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	William van Straubenzee	34,011	47.89
	Labour	RJ Carter	24,437	34.41
	Liberal	ME Wingfield	12,564	17.69
Majority			9,574	13.48
Turnout				79.23
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1964: Wokingham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	William van Straubenzee	32,777	50.23
	Labour	John Ellis	17,954	27.52
	Liberal	ME Wingfield	13,875	21.26
	Independent Conservative Trade Unionist	C Ford	645	0.99
Majority			14,823	22.72
Turnout				79.21
	Conservative hold		Swing

Elections in the 1950s

General Election 1959: Wokingham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	William van Straubenzee	30,896	57.53
	Labour	TG Boston	14,905	27.76
	Liberal	CWJ Rout	7,899	14.71
Majority			15,991	29.78
Turnout				79.98
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1955: Wokingham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter Remnant	25,843	59.52
	Labour	TG Boston	12,895	29.70
	Liberal	John Patrick McQuade	4,679	10.78
Majority			12,948	29.82
Turnout				76.63
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1951: Wokingham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter Remnant	21,652	61.01
	Labour	EA Hubble	10,606	29.88
	Liberal	John Patrick McQuade	3,233	9.11
Majority			11,046	31.12
Turnout				78.45
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1950: Wokingham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter Remnant	20,612	57.7	N/A
	Labour	EA Hubble	10,296	28.8	N/A
	Liberal	John Patrick McQuade	4,793	13.4	N/A
Majority			10,316	28.9	N/A
Turnout			35,701	81.0	N/A
	Conservative win (new seat)

Notes and references

↑ "Electorate Figures – Boundary Commission for England". 2011 Electorate Figures. Boundary Commission for England. 4 March 2011. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
1 2 Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "W" (part 5)
↑ "Election Data 2015". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
↑ http://www.wokingham.gov.uk/council-and-meetings/elections-and-voting/election-results/?assetdet7653806=363574&categoryesctl7532897=7719 23Jun2015
↑ http://www.wokinghamukip.org.uk/meet-wokingham-ukip-prospective-parliamentary-candidate/
↑ "Election Data 2010". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
↑ "BBC News - Election 2010 - Constituency - Wokingham". bbc.co.uk.
↑ "Election Data 2005". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
↑ "Election Data 2001". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
↑ "Election Data 1997". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
↑ "Election Data 1992". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
↑ "Politics Resources". Election 1992. Politics Resources. 9 April 1992. Retrieved 6 December 2010.
↑ "Election Data 1987". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
↑ "Election Data 1983". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.

Constituencies in South East England (84)

Conservative (78)	Aldershot Arundel and South Downs Ashford Aylesbury Banbury Basingstoke Beaconsfield Bexhill and Battle Bognor Regis and Littlehampton Bracknell Brighton Kemptown Canterbury Chatham and Aylesford Chesham and Amersham Chichester Crawley Dartford Dover Eastbourne East Hampshire Eastleigh East Surrey East Worthing and Shoreham Epsom and Ewell Esher and Walton Fareham Faversham and Mid Kent Folkestone and Hythe Gillingham and Rainham Gosport Gravesham Guildford Hastings and Rye Havant Henley Horsham Isle of Wight Lewes Maidenhead Maidstone and The Weald Meon Valley Mid Sussex Milton Keynes North Milton Keynes South Mole Valley Newbury New Forest East New Forest West North East Hampshire North Thanet North West Hampshire Oxford West and Abingdon Portsmouth North Portsmouth South Reading East Reading West Reigate Rochester and Strood Romsey and Southampton North Runnymede and Weybridge Sevenoaks Sittingbourne and Sheppey Southampton Itchen South Thanet South West Surrey Spelthorne Surrey Heath Tonbridge and Malling Tunbridge Wells Wantage Wealden Winchester Windsor Witney Woking Wokingham Worthing West Wycombe

Labour (4)	Hove Oxford East Slough Southampton Test

Green (1)	Brighton Pavilion

Speaker (1)	Buckingham

South East England European constituency: UKIP (4) Conservative (3) Green (1) Labour (1) Liberal Democrats (1)

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