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Reading East (Constituency)Reading East is a parliamentary constituency in the English county of Berkshire. It comprises the central, northern and eastern parts of the Borough of Reading (specifically the wards of Abbey, Caversham, Church, Katesgrove, Mapledurham, Park, Peppard, Redlands and Thames), together with the parishes of Woodley and (part of) Earley in Wokingham District. The sitting MP is Jane Griffiths. History 2001 general election The following candidates contested the seat in the 2001 general election: 1997 general election The following candidates contested the seat in the 1997 general election: Prior to 1997 The Reading East parliamentary constituency was first contested in 1983, when it was won for the Conservative Party by Sir Gerard Folliott Vaughan, the sitting MP for the previous Reading South parliamentary constituency. He held the seat through all subsequent general elections until he retired before the 1997 election.
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