Reading West               Lab  gain
                                        
                                    2/6 
 M Salter          Lab    21,841   45.1%
 N Bennett         Con    18,844   38.9%
 D Tomlin          LibD    6,153   12.7%
 S Brown           Ref       976    2.0%
 I Dell            BNP       320    0.7%
 D Black           UKIP      255    0.5%
 Turnout 70.1%; Lab majority 2,997      
 Swing from Con to Lab of 15.0%         
    Redcar                     Lab  hold
                                        
                                        
 M Mowlam          Lab    32,972   67.3%
 A Isaacs          Con    11,308   23.1%
 J Benbow          LibD    4,679    9.6%
 Turnout 70.9%; Lab majority 21,664     
 Swing from Con to Lab of 12.3%         
                                        
                                        
                                        
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