Constituency profile

Earley and Woodley

South East · Borough constituency

Yuan Yang MP
Sitting MP

Yuan Yang

Labour

First elected July 2024

Current PollCheck projection

Region & type
South East
Borough constituency
Last 5 GE winners
CCCCL
Conservative 4/5, Labour 1/5
EU referendum 2016
44.4% Leave
UK average 51.9%; -7.5pp below mean
Current outlook
Conservative +5.7pp
Vulnerability score 8/10 (Labour projected to lose)
SouthernRemain-leaningGraduate-heavyDiverse

Who lives in Earley and Woodley? Constituency demographics

From the 2021 Census and 2016 EU referendum estimates. Constituency-level data on 2024 boundaries.

Leave vote 2016
44.4%
UK average ~52%
Degree or above
40.5%
UK average ~34%
No qualifications
13.6%
UK average ~18%
Owner-occupied
69.6%
UK average ~63%
Renting (social + private)
28.4%
UK average ~36%
Median age
37.7
UK median ~40
Age 65+
17.8%
UK average ~19%
Age 18-34
33.0%
UK average ~28%

How did Earley and Woodley vote in 2024 and how would it vote now?

2024 vote shares from the HoC Library. Current projection is at the 7-poll average.

2024 general election

Lab gain from Con · majority 848 votes (1.9pp) · turnout 62.4%

Current projection

If a general election were held today, at current poll average

Map of Earley and Woodley

Switch between ward-level 2024 election winners and a demographic view. Ward winners are Britain Elects' / New Statesman modelled estimates with an average ~4pp margin of error per ward. The demographic view splits the seat into small neighbourhoods (around 1,500 residents each, from the 2021 Census). Hover any area for detail.

Council layer (not Westminster)

Earley and Woodley within Wokingham and Reading

Earley and Woodley crosses multiple council boundaries: Wokingham (77%), Reading (23%). The figures below come from the council elections held on Thursday 7 May 2026 in each constituent council.

Council overlap

CouncilShare of seatProjection
Wokingham
49 LSOAs
77%View projection ›
Reading
15 LSOAs
23%View projection ›

Most recent council ward results

Latest council winner per ward. Where May 2026 elections happened, those are shown; otherwise the most recent year on the ward’s pre-2026 boundary (via DCLEAPIL, 2014-2024). The "Shift since GE2024" column is only computed for May 2026 results - earlier council votes pre-date the GE, so no directional shift is shown.

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Ward GE2024 winner Latest council winner Shift since GE2024 Turnout

Projection trajectory

PollCheck's projection for Earley and Woodley at each of the last 60 GB polls. Hover the chart for the underlying poll details.

Who has won Earley and Woodley at past general elections?

2024 result is on current boundaries. The 2019 row is the UK Parliament's notional recalculation onto the 2024 boundaries (directly comparable to 2024). The 2010, 2015 and 2017 rows are on the boundaries in force at the time and aren't directly comparable.

Year Result MP Lab Con LD Right (Ref/UKIP) Green Other Majority Turnout
2010predecessorCon holdJohn Redwood Wokingham MP10.1%52.7%28.0%3.1% UKIP1.0%5.1%13,49271.4%
2015predecessorCon holdJohn Redwood Wokingham MP14.5%57.7%13.5%9.9% UKIP3.7%0.6%24,19771.9%
2017predecessorCon holdJohn Redwood Wokingham MP25.1%56.6%15.9%-2.3%-18,79875.5%
2019notionalConservative winnerJohn Redwood Wokingham MP, pre-review boundary26.7%48.8%21.8%-2.2%0.5%11,29372.9%
2024Lab gain from ConYuan Yang39.7%37.8%13.4%-7.4%1.7%84862.4%

Earley and Woodley was created or substantially redrawn by the 2023 boundary review. Pre-2024 rows below are for the predecessor seat Wokingham (the seat that covered most of this area), so vote shares and majorities aren’t directly comparable to the post-2024 figures.

Constituencies most like Earley and Woodley

Five seats with similar demographic profiles to Earley and Woodley. Politics shown for context.

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