Constituency

Reading West and Mid Berkshire

ONS code: E14001439
Lookup slug: reading-west-and-mid-berkshire

Our Recommendation

TBD

Confidence

High

Strong likelihood of
beating the left

Last reviewed

15 May 2024

Updated daily

Local recommendation

Candidate recommendation pending

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Tilt Conservative gain

Source updated 10/05/2026

CON GAIN

Conservative forecast to win in Reading West and Mid Berkshire, South East

Winner: Conservative
Margin: 2.3% (1,087 votes)
Turnout / electorate: 67.7% / 68,781
Second place: Labour 27.9%

CONConservative

30.2%-1.9 pts

LABLabour

27.9%-7.1 pts

RFMReform UK

21.0%+7.6 pts

LDMLiberal Democrat

10.5%-0.4 pts

GRNGreen Party

8.8%+1.9 pts

MINMinor parties and independents

1.2%0.0 pts

OthOther

0.5%-0.1 pts

SNPScottish National Party

0.0%change not recorded

PLCPlaid Cymru

Not recordedchange not recorded

WPBWorkers Party of Britain

Not recordedchange not recorded

Labour 248 seatsConservative 137 seatsReform UK 114 seatsLiberal Democrat 71 seatsGreen Party 5 seats

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House of Commons results

General election results

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2024 general election

Reading West and Mid BerkshireE14001439Electorate 68,781Valid votes 46,551Invalid votes 151Majority 1,361

Tactical voting signal2nd and 3rd combined votes exceeded the winner by 4,899.Combined 2nd + 3rd votes: 21,172. Winner: 16,273.

Position	Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Result
1	Olivia Bailey	Labour	16,273	35.0%	Elected
2	Ross Mackinnon	Conservative	14,912	32.0%	2nd + 3rd signal
3	Kathrin Bosley	Reform UK	6,260	13.4%	2nd + 3rd signal
4	Helen Belcher	Liberal Democrat	5,103	11.0%
5	Carolyne Culver	Green Party	3,169	6.8%
6	Adrian Abbs	Independent	562	1.2%
7	Adie Peppiatt	Independent	272	0.6%

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