Riding profile
Reading Central
The question
Reading Central: a safe seat for Labour?
Editorial read
Reading Central, an urban constituency in England, elected a member with Labour in the previous cycle, with a 28-point margin. The Vote-Scope model projects Labour ahead at 34% vote share, against 22% for the Green Party, and the probability of a close race is negligible.
Sitting member
Matt Rodda
Sits with Labour
Current forecast
Labour
Safe
- Probability
- 100%
- Mean margin (pts)
- 10.2
- P(close race)
- 0%
In context
How this riding stacks up
| Labour | Green | Reform UK | Conservative | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HereReading Central | 33.5% | 21.7% | 17.6% | 15.9% |
| National averageUnited Kingdom | 21.7% +11.9 | 11.8% +9.9 | 25.3% −7.8 | 18.9% −3.0 |
Nationwide averages computed across the 650 riding-level projections (unweighted mean).
Previous election · UK 2024
Detailed result · UK 2024
Candidates and votes
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | Occupation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Matt Rodda Elected | Labour | 21,598 | 47.7 | — |
| Raj Singh | Conservative | 8,961 | 19.8 | — |
| Dave McElroy | Green | 6,417 | 14.2 | — |
| Henry Wright | Lib Dems | 3,963 | 8.8 | — |
| Andrew Williams | Reform UK | 3,904 | 8.6 | — |
| Michael Turberville | Other | 227 | 0.5 | — |
| Adam Gillman | Other | 221 | 0.5 | — |
Demographics
Who lives here
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- Last model run
- Cycle
uk_2029