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Data Last Updated: 7 August 2025
Application Last Amended: 20 July 2024
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4 December 1885		7,773/9,258	83.96
Sir George Russell, Bt	Conservative Party	4,710	60.59
Edwin Lawrence	Liberal Party	3,063	39.41
Majority		1,647	21.19

7 July 1886		9,258
Sir George Russell, Bt	Conservative Party	Unopposed

15 July 1892		7,724/10,142	76.16
Sir George Russell, Bt	Conservative Party	4,986	64.55
Frederick Joseph Patton	Liberal Party	2,738	35.45
Majority		2,248	29.10

18 July 1895		10,722
Sir George Russell, Bt	Conservative Party	Unopposed

7 March 1898 Death of Sir George Russell, Bt.

30 March 1898		8,416/11,189	75.22
Oliver Young	Conservative Party	4,726	56.15
George William Palmer	Liberal Party	3,690	43.85
Majority		1,036	12.31

3 October 1900
Oliver Young	Conservative Party	Unopposed

3 July 1901 Resignation of Oliver Young. (Northstead)

12 July 1901
Ernest Gardner	Conservative Party	Unopposed

23 January 1906		10,825/13,033	83.06
Ernest Gardner	Conservative Party	6,075	56.12
George Gordon, Lord Haddo	Liberal Party	4,750	43.88
Majority		1,325	12.24

25 January 1910		12,227/14,327	85.34
Ernest Gardner	Conservative Party	8,132	66.51
George Wilfrid Holford Knight	Liberal Party	4,095	33.49
Majority		4,037	33.02

6 December 1910		14,327
Ernest Gardner	Conservative Party	Unopposed

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23 February 1950		35,701/44,101	80.95
Hon Peter Farquharson Remnant	Conservative & Unionist Party	20,612	57.74
Eric Alfred Hubble	Labour Party	10,296	28.84
John Patrick McQuade	Liberal Party	4,793	13.43
Majority		10,316	28.90

25 October 1951		35,491/45,239	78.45
Hon Peter Farquharson Remnant	Conservative & Unionist Party	21,652	61.01
Eric Alfred Hubble	Labour Party	10,606	29.88
John Patrick McQuade	Liberal Party	3,233	9.11
Majority		11,046	31.12

Minor Boundary Change
26 May 1955		43,417/56,657	76.63
Hon Peter Farquharson Remnant	Conservative & Unionist Party	25,843	59.52
Terence George Boston	Labour Party	12,895	29.70
John Patrick McQuade	Liberal Party	4,679	10.78
Majority		12,948	29.82

8 October 1959		53,700/67,144	79.98
William Radcliffe van Straubenzee	Conservative & Unionist Party	30,896	57.53
Terence George Boston	Labour Party	14,905	27.76
Claud William John Rout	Liberal Party	7,899	14.71
Majority		15,991	29.78

Minor Boundary Change
15 October 1964		65,251/82,375	79.21
William Radcliffe van Straubenzee	Conservative & Unionist Party	32,777	50.23
John Ellis	Labour Party	17,954	27.52
Margaret Elizabeth Wingfield	Liberal Party	13,875	21.26
Charles Ford	Independent Conservative	645	0.99
Majority		14,823	22.72

31 March 1966		70,912/89,629	79.12
William Radcliffe van Straubenzee	Conservative & Unionist Party	34,011	47.96
Raymond John Carter	Labour Party	24,437	34.46
Margaret Elizabeth Wingfield	Liberal Party	12,464	17.58
Majority		9,574	13.50

18 June 1970		78,517/108,870	72.12
William Radcliffe van Straubenzee	Conservative & Unionist Party	43,183	55.00
Christopher Alexander Roger Helm	Labour Party	22,630	28.82
Denis Henry Vaughan Case	Liberal Party	12,704	16.18
Majority		20,553	26.18

Major Boundary Change
28 February 1974		60,283/72,813	82.79
William Radcliffe van Straubenzee	Conservative & Unionist Party	27,223	45.16
Stuart Mackenzie Myles Cuff	Liberal Party	16,791	27.85
Ronald Walter Crew	Labour Party	16,269	26.99
Majority		10,432	17.31

10 October 1974		55,642/73,575	75.63
William Radcliffe van Straubenzee	Conservative & Unionist Party	24,009	43.15
Ronald Walter Crew	Labour Party	16,304	29.30
Thomas Whitehead Blyth	Liberal Party	15,329	27.55
Majority		7,705	13.85

3 May 1979		66,484/85,001	78.22
William Radcliffe van Straubenzee	Conservative & Unionist Party	36,194	54.44
Alan Ernest Furley	Labour Party	17,448	26.24
Peter John Gerard Mullarky	Liberal Party	12,120	18.23
Gillian C Sanders	National Front	722	1.09
Majority		18,746	28.20

Major Boundary Change
9 June 1983		54,514/72,831	74.85
Sir William Radcliffe van Straubenzee	Conservative & Unionist Party	32,925	60.40
John Clive Leston	Liberal Party in Alliance	17,227	31.60
Michael Edward Orton	Labour Party	4,362	8.00
Majority		15,698	28.80

11 June 1987		64,851/84,146	77.07
John Alan Redwood	Conservative & Unionist Party	39,808	61.38
John Clive Leston	Liberal Party in Alliance	19,421	29.95
Peter Jenkin Morgan	Labour Party	5,622	8.67
Majority		20,387	31.44

9 April 1992		70,810/85,914	82.42
John Alan Redwood	Conservative & Unionist Party	43,497	61.43
Paul Geoffrey Simon	Liberal Democrats	17,788	25.12
Nelson Thomas Graham Bland	Labour Party	8,846	12.49
Peter Thomas Owen	Monster Raving Loony Party	531	0.75
Philip Edward Harriss	Independent	148	0.21
Majority		25,709	36.31

Philip Harriss sought election for the "Wake Up Wokingham Campaign".

Major Boundary Change
1 May 1997		50,108/67,582	74.14
Rt Hon John Alan Redwood	Conservative & Unionist Party	25,086	50.06
Dr Royce Ekins Longton	Liberal Democrats	15,721	31.37
Patricia Colling	Labour Party	8,424	16.81
Peter Thomas Owen	Monster Raving Loony Party	877	1.75
Majority		9,365	18.69

7 June 2001		43,848/68,430	64.08
Rt Hon John Alan Redwood	Conservative & Unionist Party	20,216	46.10
Dr Royce Ekins Longton	Liberal Democrats	14,222	32.43
Matthew Philip Syed	Labour Party	7,633	17.41
Franklin Joseph Carstairs	UK Independence Party	897	2.05
Peter Thomas Top Cat Owen	Monster Raving Loony Party	880	2.01
Majority		5,994	13.67

5 May 2005		46,072/68,614	67.15
Rt Hon John Alan Redwood	Conservative & Unionist Party	22,174	48.13
Prudence Bray	Liberal Democrats	14,934	32.41
David Peter Black	Labour Party	6,991	15.17
Franklin Joseph Carstairs	UK Independence Party	994	2.16
Peter Thomas "Top Cat" Owen	Monster Raving Loony Party	569	1.24
Richard Peter Colborne	British National Party	376	0.82
Michael Hall	Independent	34	0.07
Majority		7,240	15.71

Michael Hall sought election as "telepathicpartnership.com".

Minor Boundary Change
6 May 2010		54,528/77,095	70.73
Rt Hon John Alan Redwood	Conservative & Unionist Party	28,754	52.73
Prudence Bray	Liberal Democrats	15,262	27.99
George Henry Davidson	Labour Party	5,516	10.12
Mark Austin Ashwell	Independent	2,340	4.29
Ann Patricia Zebedee	UK Independence Party	1,664	3.05
Marjory Diane Bisset	Green Party	567	1.04
Peter Thomas "Top Cat" Owen	Monster Raving Loony Party	329	0.60
Robin Smith	Independent	96	0.18
Majority		13,492	24.74

7 May 2015		55,995/77,881	71.90
Rt Hon John Alan Redwood	Conservative & Unionist Party	32,325	57.73
Andrew Crawford Croy	Labour Party	8,132	14.52
Clive Richard Jones	Liberal Democrats	7,572	13.52
Philip David Cunnington	UK Independence Party	5,516	9.85
Adrian Windisch	Green Party	2,092	3.74
Kazek Christian Yan Lokuciewski	Independent	358	0.64
Majority		24,193	43.21

8 June 2017		59,690/79,111	75.45
Rt Hon John Alan Redwood	Conservative & Unionist Party	33,806	56.64
Andrew Crawford Croy	Labour Party	15,008	25.14
Clive Richard Jones	Liberal Democrats	9,512	15.94
Russell Stewart Seymour	Green Party	1,364	2.29
Majority		18,798	31.49

12 December 2019		61,997/83,953	73.85
Rt Hon Sir John Alan Redwood	Conservative & Unionist Party	30,734	49.57
Dr Phillip James Lee	Liberal Democrats	23,351	37.66
Annette Laura Medhurst	Labour Party	6,450	10.40
Kizzi Miranda Johannessen	Green Party	1,382	2.23
Annabel Jean Charlotte Mullin	Advance Together	80	0.13
Majority		7,383	11.91

Major Boundary Change
4 July 2024		53,999/75,082	71.92
Clive Richard Jones	Liberal Democrats	25,743	47.67
Lucy Demery	Conservative & Unionist Party	17,398	32.22
Colin Jamison Wright	Reform UK	5,274	9.77
Monica Hamidi	Labour Party	3,631	6.72
Merv Boniface	Green Party	1,953	3.62
Majority		8,345	15.45