UK Polling History: Election of 1 May 1997 – Reading East
Result summary
| Parties | ||||
| Labour | Conservative | Liberal Democrat |
Other | |
| Votes | 21,461 | 17,666 | 9,307 | 1,786 |
| Votes gained | +6,868 | -11,482 | -221 | +925 |
| Share of votes | 42.7% | 35.2% | 18.5% | 3.6% |
| Share of eligible voters | 30.0% | 24.7% | 13.0% | 2.5% |
| Gain in share of votes | +15.8% | -18.7% | +0.9% | +2.0% |
| Gain in share of eligible voters | +9.8% | -15.7% | -0.2% | +1.3% |
| Total votes: | 50,220 | |
| Electorate: | 71,586 | |
| Turnout: | 70.2% | |
| Outcome: | Labour gain from Conservative | |
| Swing: | 17.2% | Labour from Conservative |
Polling history
List of contests
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Constituency formed from Henley, Reading North, Reading South 9 June 1983 |
| Date | Type | Parties | |||||||
| Conservative | Labour | Liberal Democrat |
Alliance | Other | Green | UKIP | Brexit | ||
| Date | Type | Parties | |||||||
| Conservative | Labour | Liberal Democrat |
Alliance | Other | Green | UKIP | Brexit | ||
| 12 December 2019 | General Election | 21,178 | 27,102 | 5,035 | 202 | 1,549 | 852 | ||
| 8 June 2017 | General Election | 23,344 | 27,093 | 3,378 | 330 | 1,093 | |||
| 7 May 2015 | General Election | 23,217 | 16,697 | 3,719 | 3,214 | 3,647 | |||
| 6 May 2010 | General Election | 21,269 | 12,729 | 13,664 | 168 | 1,069 | 1,086 | ||
| 5 May 2005 | General Election | 15,557 | 15,082 | 10,619 | 2,654 | ||||
| 7 June 2001 | General Election | 13,943 | 19,538 | 8,078 | 2,066 | ||||
| 1 May 1997 | General Election | 17,666 | 21,461 | 9,307 | 1,786 | ||||
| 9 April 1992 | General Election | 29,148 | 14,593 | 9,528 | 861 | ||||
| 11 June 1987 | General Election | 28,515 | 11,371 | 12,298 | 792 | ||||
| 9 June 1983 | General Election | 24,516 | 9,218 | 13,008 | 779 | ||||