History
The Reading East parliamentary constituency was first contested in 1983, when it was won for the Conservative Party by Gerard Vaughan, the sitting MP for the previous Reading South constituency. He held the seat through all subsequent general elections until he retired before the 1997 election.
The constituency was then won for the Labour Party by Jane Griffiths in the 1997 election that brought Labour to power under Tony Blair. She retained the seat in the 2001 election, but was deselected by her Constituency Labour Party before the 2005 election, when the seat was regained for the Conservatives by Rob Wilson.
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