Our historical statistics are always for precisely defined areas, usually administrative units, not "places". We know about the following units named after Reading. Each has its own "home page" with much more information. Click on a tick to go directly to a particular statistical theme.

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Reading O41area     tick   tick        
Reading CB/MB tick tick tick tick tick tick tick    
Reading RSD                  
Reading Borough tick   tick   tick tick      
Reading Hundred tick   tick   tick tick      
Reading USD tick                
Reading LabMkt       tick          
St Mary SubD tick tick tick     tick      
St Lawrence SubD tick tick tick     tick      
St Giles SubD tick tick tick     tick      
Reading RDean                  
Reading Christ Church EP                  
Reading Grey Friars EP                  
Reading St John the Evangelist EP                  
Reading Holy Trinity EP                  
Reading CP tick         tick      
Reading St Luke EP                  
Reading St Barnabus EP                  
Reading St Mary EP                  
Reading St Lawrence EP                  
Reading St Lawrence CP/AP tick   tick   tick tick      
Reading St Mary CP/AP tick   tick   tick tick      
Reading St Giles EP                  
Reading St Giles CP/AP tick   tick   tick tick      

Be careful! A unit may cover just the town or village, but it may include a big surrounding area. For example, in England and Wales rural districts — units with RD or RSD suffixes — may even exclude the places they are named after. The "Units covering this place" tab lists units whose boundaries contained Reading.

Election Results

Election results are available for these constituencies associated with Reading.

Constituencies Start Date End Date
Reading PBCon 1832 1948
Reading North BCon 1949 1955
Reading South BCon 1949 1955
Reading BCon 1955 1973
Reading South CCon 1974 1982
Reading North BCon 1974 1982
Reading West CCon 1983
Reading East BCon 1983

Additional constituencies that covered Reading may be listed on the "Units covering this place" tab.

This website includes information on many different historical units, including census data and other statistics. The boundaries of these units covered Reading:

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Reading St Mary CP/APtick tick ticktick   
Reading CPtick    tick   
Reading CB/MBtickticktickticktickticktick  
Reading RegD/PLUticktickticktick tick   
Reading UAticktickticktickticktickticktick 
Reading O41area  tick tick    
Berkshire AdmCtickticktickticktickticktick tick
Berkshire AncCtick tick ticktick  tick
Berkshire RegCticktickticktick tick   
the South East GovOfticktickticktickticktickticktick 
Great Britain Deptickticktickticktickticktick tick
England and Wales Deptickticktickticktickticktickticktick

Click on a tick for direct access to that theme.

Election Results

Election results are available for these constituencies which covered Reading.

Constituencies Start Date End Date
Reading PBCon18321948
Reading South BCon19491954
Reading BCon19551973
Reading North BCon19741982
Reading West CCon19832009

Please note that these units are listed here because their boundaries covered the point location we hold for Reading. You can search for units that covered the particular location you are interested in by typing a postcode into our home page, or by using our Historic maps section, zooming in, selecting the Information option, and then clicking on your location. Units will also not be listed here if we hold no computerised boundaries for them, such as Registration sub-Districts and Sanitary Districts.