Reading South (UK Parliament constituency)

UK former constituency infobox
Name = Reading South
Type = Borough
Year = 1950, 1974
Abolition = 1955, 1983
members = one

Reading South 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.

Members of Parliament

* "Constituency created" (1950)
* 1950–1955: Ian Mikardo, Labour
* "Constituency abolished" (1955)
* "Constituency recreated" (1974)
* 1974–1983: Gerard Vaughan, Conservative
* "Constituency abolished" (1983)

Politics and history of the constituency

The Reading South parliamentary constituency was first created for the 1950 general election by splitting the previous parliamentary constituency of Reading into North and South divisions. The seat was contested and won for the Labour Party by Ian Mikardo, the sitting MP for the Reading constituency, who held the seat until it was merged back into a single Reading constituency in 1955.

The Reading South constituency was recreated in 1974, when it was contested and won for the Conservative Party by Gerard Vaughan, the sitting MP for the Reading constituency. In 1983 the constituencies in Reading were reorganised, creating the new constituencies of Reading East and Reading West. Gerard Vaughan went on to hold the Reading East constituency until 1997.

References

*Leigh Rayment (2003). [http://www.angeltowns.com/town/peerage/rcommons1.htm The House Of Commons — Constituencies from Radcliffe-cum-Farnworth to Rochdale] . Retrieved June 2, 2005.

See also

* List of Parliamentary constituencies in Berkshire