1997 General Election - Reading West
| Year | 1997 |
| General election | 1997 General Election |
| Constituency | Reading West |
| Turnout | 70.1% |
Results
| Candidate | Party | Votes |
| Salter, Martin | Labour | 21,841 |
| Bennett, Nicholas | Conservative | 18,844 |
| Tomlin, Dee | Liberal Democrats | 6,153 |
| Brown, Steven | Referendum | 976 |
| Dell, Ian | BNP | 320 |
| Black, David | UKIP | 255 |