Politics
See also: List of Parliamentary constituencies in BerkshireBerkshire is a ceremonial county and non-metropolitan county and it is unique in England in that it has no county council, or district council covering its entire area; rather it is divided into several unitary authorities, which do not have county status. It is the only non-metropolitan county to function in such a manner.
The Conservative Party controls the unitary authorities of West Berkshire, Windsor and Maidenhead, Wokingham and Bracknell Forest. The Labour Party controls Reading and Slough.
In the 2010 general election, Conservative Party candidates were elected in seven of the eight parliamentary constituencies. Slough is the exception; it is represented by a Labour MP.
| General Election 2010 : Berkshire | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Liberal Democrats | Labour | UKIP | Green | Others | BNP | Christian Party | Monster Raving Loony Party | Turnout | |
| 209,400 +50,604 |
104,133 +4,304 |
74,613 −13,015 |
12,402 +3,582 |
5,181 +879 |
4,237 +2,862 |
3,028 N/A |
495 N/A |
329 −240 |
413,818 +52,499 |
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| Overall Number of seats as of 2010 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Labour | Liberal Democrats | UKIP | Green | Others | BNP | Christian Party | Monster Raving Loony Party |
| 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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Famous quotes containing the word politics:
“We are naïve and moralistic women. We are human beings. Who find politics a blight upon the human condition. And do not know how one copes with it except through politics.”
—Kate Millett (b. 1934)
“All politics takes place on a slippery slope. The most important four words in politics are “up to a point.””
—George F. Will (b. 1941)
“Politics begin where the masses are, not where there are thousands, but where there are millions, that is where serious politics begin.”
—Vladimir Ilyich Lenin (1870–1924)