Reading Central Constituency 2024

Estimated electorate: 74,349

What Might Happen at the Next General Election?

Based on the updated constituency boundaries and current opinion polls, we project that the result in Reading Central will be as follows:

Based on predicted vote shares (GB): Labour: 44% | Conservative: 27% | Liberal Democrat: 11.3% | Green: 6.8% | Reform/Brexit: 6.1%

For all new seats and a full forecast of the next general election, please see our Electoral Analysis.

Prospective Parliamentary Candidates

The following candidates are expected to stand in the new Reading Central constituency at the next election:

• Dave McElroy (Green)
• Matt Rodda MP (Labour) - 43 Climate-related Tweets
• Henry Wright (Liberal Democrat) - 1 Climate-related Tweet

There may be further candidates standing for whom data is not yet available.

Data Source: https://candidates.democracyclub.org.uk

What Can VoteClimate Achieve in Reading Central?

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If we can recruit 17,087 members in Reading Central, we can potentially swing the seat at the next election to whichever of Labour or Conservative has the best climate policy. That's 23.0% of the electorate in this seat.

We need 25,272 members in this constituency to have a chance of swinging the seat to whichever of Labour, Conservative or Liberal Democrat has the best climate policy. That's 34.0% of the electorate in this seat.

We need 26,245 members in this constituency to be able to elect a Green MP. That's 35.3% of the electorate.