Reading West and Mid Berkshire

Current MP

Olivia Bailey

Labour

Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Department for Education) (Equalities)

Efficiency 8.6/102 years as MP

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Election history

Most-signed petitions in Reading West and Mid Berkshire

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

• Call a General Election4,476 local · 3,084,713 total
• Do not introduce Digital ID cards3,820 local · 2,984,191 total
• Call an immediate general election1,409 local · 1,059,229 total
• Introduce offshore detention/mass deportation for illegal migrants878 local · 720,772 total
• Repeal the Online Safety Act753 local · 550,136 total
• Stop financial and other support for asylum seekers517 local · 427,447 total
• Don't apply VAT to independent school fees, or remove business rates relief.447 local · 115,560 total
• Raise the income tax personal allowance from £12,570 to £20,000 431 local · 281,794 total
• Ban immediately the use of dogs in scientific and regulatory procedures393 local · 257,938 total
• Allow parents to take their children out of school for up to 10 days fine free.388 local · 181,597 total
• Limit the sale and use of Fireworks to licence holders only365 local · 87,527 total
• Reduce the maximum noise level for consumer fireworks from 120 to 90 decibels354 local · 184,376 total
• Make it an offence for a person's dog to kill another pet and prosecute owners345 local · 61,701 total
• Do not merge section 1 & 2 regulations on firearms licenses341 local · 122,952 total
• Keep 5-year ILR terms to Hong Kong British National (Overseas) visas316 local · 114,605 total
• Mandatory collection and publication of certain child sexual offender data312 local · 260,974 total
• Protect Northern Ireland Veterans from Prosecutions309 local · 209,956 total
• Appoint a Maternity Commissioner to improve maternity care for mums and babies299 local · 158,421 total
• Shut the migrant hotels down now and deport illegal migrants housed there281 local · 257,442 total
• Withdraw the Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill275 local · 166,495 total

About Reading West and Mid Berkshire

Reading West and Mid Berkshire 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 68,781 voters. Boundary reviews run on a regular cycle via the Boundary Commission — the current map was redrawn for the 2024 general election.