READING NORTH (UK PARLIAMENT CONSTITUENCY)

'Reading North' was a borough constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elected one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election. The constituency covered an area in and around the town of Reading in the county of Berkshire.

Contents

History

Members of Parliament

Elections

Elections in the 1970s

See also

References

History

The Reading North parliamentary constituency was first created in 1950 by splitting the previous parliamentary constituency of Reading into North and South divisions. These constituencies were merged back into a single Reading constituency in 1955.
The Reading North constituency was recreated in 1974, when it was contested and won for the Conservative Party by Tony Durant. In 1983 the constituencies in Reading were reorganised, creating the new constituencies of Reading East and Reading West. Tony Durant went on to hold the Reading West constituency until 1997.

Members of Parliament

★ ''Constituency created'' (1950)

★ 1950 — 1951: Ronald Mackay, Labour

★ 1951 — 1955: Frederic Mackarness Bennett, Conservative

★ ''Constituency abolished'' (1955)

★ ''Constituency recreated'' (1974)

★ 1974 — 1983: Tony Durant, Conservative

★ ''Constituency abolished'' (1983)

Elections

Elections in the 1970s

;General election of 1979
;General election of October 1974
;General election of February 1974

See also

★ List of Parliamentary constituencies in Berkshire

References

★ Leigh Rayment (2003). The House Of Commons — Constituencies from Radcliffe-cum-Farnworth to Rochdale. Retrieved June 2, 2005.

★ UK General Elections since 1832