Reading Central

Current MP

Matt Rodda

Labour

Efficiency 1.8/109 years as MP

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Election history

Most-signed petitions in Reading Central

Petitions ranked by how many people in this constituency signed them.

• Do not introduce Digital ID cards3,527 local · 2,984,191 total
• Call a General Election3,051 local · 3,084,713 total
• Keep the 5-Year ILR pathway for existing Skilled Worker visa holders1,442 local · 188,125 total
• Repeal the Online Safety Act1,228 local · 550,136 total
• Keep 5-Year ILR and Restrict Access to Benefits for New ILR Holders1,096 local · 244,450 total
• Keep 5-year ILR terms to Hong Kong British National (Overseas) visas983 local · 114,605 total
• Call an immediate general election972 local · 1,059,229 total
• Introduce offshore detention/mass deportation for illegal migrants540 local · 720,772 total
• Protect Legal Migrants: do not implement the 10-Year ILR proposal535 local · 106,570 total
• Raise the income tax personal allowance from £12,570 to £20,000 494 local · 281,794 total
• Prohibit publishers irrevocably disabling video games they have already sold462 local · 189,887 total
• Urgently fulfil humanitarian obligations to Gaza428 local · 198,966 total
• Tighten the rules on political donations383 local · 144,783 total
• Apply for the UK to join the European Union as a full member as soon as possible365 local · 136,650 total
• Don't apply VAT to independent school fees, or remove business rates relief.337 local · 115,560 total
• Allow transgender people to self-identify their legal gender.334 local · 128,749 total
• Allow parents to take their children out of school for up to 10 days fine free.333 local · 181,597 total
• Stop financial and other support for asylum seekers325 local · 427,447 total
• End the Injustice: Grant British Nationals (Overseas) Full UK Citizenship295 local · 36,182 total
• Make it an offence for a person's dog to kill another pet and prosecute owners292 local · 61,701 total

About Reading Central

Reading Central is one of 650 UK parliamentary constituencies that each elect a single Member of Parliament to the House of Commons under the first-past-the-post system. It sits in England and has a registered electorate of 73,600 voters. Boundary reviews run on a regular cycle via the Boundary Commission — the current map was redrawn for the 2024 general election.