Reading East (constituency)

Reading East
Borough constituency for the House of Commons
Boundary of Reading East in Berkshire.
Location of Berkshire within England.
County	Berkshire
Electorate	78,170 (December 2010)
Major settlements	Reading
Current constituency
Created	1983
Member of parliament	Rob Wilson (Conservative)
Number of members	One
Created from	Reading North, Reading South and Henley
Overlaps
European Parliament constituency	South East England

Reading East is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2005 by Rob Wilson, a Conservative.

1983-1997: The Borough of Reading wards of Abbey, Caversham, Church, Park, Peppard, Redlands, Thames, and Whitley, and the District of Wokingham wards of Arborfield, Barkham, Finchampstead, Shinfield, and Swallowfield.

1997-2010: The Borough of Reading wards of Abbey, Caversham, Church, Katesgrove, Park, Peppard, Redlands, and Thames, and the District of Wokingham wards of Bulmershe, Loddon, South Lake, and Whitegates.

2010-present: The Borough of Reading wards of Abbey, Caversham, Church, Katesgrove, Mapledurham, Park, Peppard, Redlands, and Thames, and the District of Wokingham wards of Bulmershe and Whitegates, Loddon, and South Lake.

Reading East is bordered by Reading West, Henley, Maidenhead, and Wokingham.

The Reading East parliamentary constituency was first contested in 1983, when it was won by a partial incumbent, Gerry Vaughan, a Conservative who was before that election sitting MP for abolished Reading South. He held the seat through two subsequent general elections until he retired before the 1997 election.

The constituency was in 1997 won by a member of the Labour Party, Jane Griffiths, a backbencher under the Blair Ministry. She retained the seat in the 2001 election but was deselected by her Constituency Labour Party before the 2005 election, when the seat was regained by a Conservative, Rob Wilson.