UK Polling History: Election of 18 June 1970 – Reading
Result summary
| Parties | |||
| Conservative | Labour | Other | |
| Votes | 23,598 | 22,444 | 867 |
| Votes gained | +2,393 | -2,894 | +6 |
| Share of votes | 50.3% | 47.8% | 1.8% |
| Share of eligible voters | 37.3% | 35.4% | 1.4% |
| Gain in share of votes | +7.6% | -3.2% | +0.3% |
| Gain in share of eligible voters | +1.4% | -7.4% | +0.0% |
| Total votes: | 46,909 | |
| Electorate: | 63,322 | |
| Turnout: | 74.1% | |
| Outcome: | Conservative gain from Labour | |
| Swing: | 5.4% | Conservative from Labour |
Polling history
List of contests
| Date | Type | Parties | ||||
| Labour | Conservative | Liberal | National | Other | ||
| Date | Type | Parties | ||||
| Labour | Conservative | Liberal | National | Other | ||
| 18 June 1970 | General Election | 22,444 | 23,598 | 867 | ||
| 31 March 1966 | General Election | 25,338 | 21,205 | 3,127 | ||
| 15 October 1964 | General Election | 20,805 | 20,815 | 5,759 | ||
| 8 October 1959 | General Election | 22,372 | 26,314 | |||
| 26 May 1955 | General Election | 25,228 | 24,990 | |||
| 5 July 1945 | General Election | 30,465 | 7,834 | 24,075 | ||
| 14 November 1935 | General Election | 22,949 | 27,540 | 2,685 | ||
| 27 October 1931 | General Election | 19,277 | 34,439 | 861 | ||
| 30 May 1929 | General Election | 23,281 | 22,429 | 7,733 | ||
| 29 October 1924 | General Election | 18,337 | 21,338 | |||
| 6 December 1923 | General Election | 16,657 | 15,115 | 5,406 | ||
| 15 November 1922 | General Election | 14,322 | 16,082 | 7,212 | ||
| 14 December 1918 | General Election | 8,410 | 15,204 | 3,143 | 1,462 | |