List of Parliamentary constituencies in Berkshire

The county of Berkshire in relation to England.

The ceremonial county of Berkshire, (which is entirely made up of unitary authorities – Bracknell Forest, Reading, Slough, West Berkshire, Windsor and Maidenhead and Wokingham) is divided into eight Parliamentary constituencies: two Borough constituencies and six County constituencies.

2015 constituencies

  † Conservative   ‡ Labour   ¤ Liberal Democrat

(part) signifies that only part of a ward is located in the constituency.

Name[nb 1]	Electorate[1]	Majority[nb 2]	Member of Parliament		Nearest opposition		Electoral wards[2][3]	Map
Bracknell CC	81,271	20,650		Dr Phillip Lee†		James Walsh‡	Bracknell Forest Borough Council: Bullbrook, Central Sandhurst, College Town, Crown Wood, Crowthorne, Great Hollands North, Great Hollands South, Hanworth, Harmans Water, Little Sandhurst and Wellington, Old Bracknell, Owlsmoor, Priestwood and Garth, Wildridings and Central. Wokingham Borough Council: Finchampstead North, Finchampstead South, Wokingham Without.
Maidenhead CC	74,154	29,059		Theresa May† (Prime Minister)		Charlie Lee‡	Windsor and Maidenhead Royal Borough Council: Belmont, Bisham and Cookham, Boyn Hill, Bray, Cox Green, Furze Platt, Hurley and Walthams, Maidenhead Riverside, Oldfield and Pinkneys Green. Wokingham Borough Council: Charvil, Coronation, Hurst, Remenham, Wargrave and Ruscombe, Sonning, Twyford.
Newbury CC	79,512	26,368		Richard Benyon†		Judith Bunting¤	West Berkshire District Council: Aldermaston, Basildon, Bucklebury, Chieveley, Clay Hill, Cold Ash, Compton, Downlands, Falkland, Greenham, Hungerford, Kintbury, Lambourn Valley, Northcroft, St Johns, Speen, Thatcham Central, Thatcham North, Thatcham South and Crookham, Thatcham West, Victoria.
Reading East BC	73,232	6,520		Rob Wilson†		Matt Rodda‡	Reading Borough Council: Abbey, Caversham, Church, Katesgrove, Mapledurham, Park, Peppard, Redlands, Thames. Wokingham Borough Council: Bulmershe and Whitegates, Loddon, South Lake.
Reading West CC	72,567	6,650		Alok Sharma†		Victoria Groulef‡	Reading Borough Council: Battle, Kentwood, Minster, Norcot, Southcote, Tilehurst, Whitley. West Berkshire District Council: Birch Copse, Calcot, Pangbourne, Purley on Thames, Theale, Westwood.
Slough BC	86,366	7,336		Fiona Mactaggart‡		Gurcharan Singh†	Slough Borough Council: Baylis and Stoke, Britwell, Central, Chalvey, Cippenham Green, Cippenham Meadows, Farnham, Foxborough, Haymill, Kedermister, Langley St Mary’s, Upton, Wexham Lea.
Windsor CC	71,554[4]	25,083		Adam Afriyie†		Fiona Dent‡	Bracknell Forest Borough Council: Ascot, Binfield with Warfield, Warfield Harvest Ride, Winkfield and Cranbourne. Slough Borough Council: Colnbrook with Poyle. Windsor and Maidenhead Royal Borough Council: Ascot and Cheapside, Castle Without, Clewer East, Clewer North, Clewer South, Datchet, Eton and Castle, Eton Wick, Horton and Wraysbury, Old Windsor, Park, Sunningdale, Sunninghill and South Ascot.
Wokingham CC	77,881	24,193		John Redwood†		Andy Croy‡	West Berkshire District Council: Burghfield, Mortimer, Sulhamstead. Wokingham Borough Council: Arborfield, Barkham, Emmbrook, Evendons, Hawkedon, Hillside, Maiden Erlegh, Norreys, Shinfield North, Shinfield South, Swallowfield, Wescott, Winnersh.

Changes for the 2010 election

Current proposals by the Boundary Commission for England would retain these 8 constituencies, with changes to realign constituency boundaries with the boundaries of current local government wards, and to reduce the electoral disparity between constituencies. These changes will take effect at the United Kingdom general election, 2010.

Constituency	Pre-2010 Boundaries	Post-2010 Boundaries
1. Bracknell CC
2. Maidenhead CC
3. Newbury CC
4. Reading East BC
5. Reading West CC
6. Slough BC
7. Windsor CC
8. Wokingham CC

Results maps

2005	2010	2015

Total Votes by Party

The total number of aggregate votes cast for each political party which fielded candidates in Berkshire in the 2010 general election was as follows:

Party	Votes	Votes%	Seats
Conservative	209,400	50.6	7
Liberal Democrats	104,133	25.2	-
Labour	74,613	18.0	1
UKIP	12,402	3.0	-
Greens	5,185	1.3	-
BNP	3,028	0.7	-
Independents	2,960	0.7	-
Common Sense Party	852	0.2	-
Monster Raving Loony	329	0.1	-
For Freedom & Responsibility	270	0.1	-
Apolitical Democrats	95	0.0	-
Scrap Members' Allowances	60	0.0	-

In the 2015 general election the aggregate results were as follows:

Party	Votes	Votes%	Seats
Conservative	226,542	54.3	7
Labour	91,583	21.9	1
UKIP	44,334	10.6	-
Liberal Democrats	37,169	8.9	-
Greens	16,207	3.9	-
Independents	1,261	0.3	-
Apolitical Democrats	228	0.1	-
TUSC	83	0.0	-
Roman Party	64	0.0	-
Class War	55	0.0	-
Patriotic Socialist Party	53	0.0	-
Total	417,479	100.0	8

Historical constituencies

• Eton and Slough
• Reading
• Reading South
• Reading North
• Parliamentary Borough of Reading

Notes

1. BC denotes borough constituency, CC denotes county constituency.
2. The majority is the number of votes the winning candidate receives more than their nearest rival.

References

General

• "Boundary Commission for England: Fifth Periodical Report" (PDF). Boundary Commission for England. Crown Copyright. Retrieved 6 November 2009.
• Craig, Frederick Walter Scott (1972). Boundaries of Parliamentary Constituencies 1885–1972. Chichester, Sussex: Political Reference Publications. ISBN 0-900178-13-2.

Specific

1. "2015 Electorates".
2. "The Parliamentary Constituencies (England) Order 2007, page 4". Office of Public Sector Information. Crown copyright. 13 June 2007. Retrieved 7 November 2009.
3. Boundary Commission for England pp. 1004–1007
4. total electorate provided by local returning officer 23 June 2015