1979 General Election - Reading South
| Year | 1979 |
| General election | 1979 General Election |
| Constituency | Reading South |
| Turnout | 76.5% |
Results
| Candidate | Party | Votes |
| Vaughan, Gerard | Conservative | 30,067 |
| Gale, Bernard | Labour | 14,422 |
| Watts, Keith | Liberal | 10,642 |
| Dunn, Peter | Ecology | 700 |