Bracknell is a constituency[n 1] in Berkshire represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2024 by Peter Swallow, from the Labour Party.
From creation in 1997 until 2010, Bracknell's MP was Andrew MacKay of the Conservative Party, who represented the old seat of East Berkshire from 1983.
MacKay and his wife, fellow Tory MP Julie Kirkbride, had wrongfully claimed over £250,000 from the taxpayer for mortgage payments for second homes, in a case of so-called 'double-dipping'.
A video of the angry meeting was leaked to the press and, after an urgent phone call from David Cameron the next day, MacKay agreed to stand down at the 2010 general election.
2024 election Sunderland ran for re-election as Conservative MP for the constituency, but was narrowly defeated by Labour's Peter Swallow on a 16% swing.
Following a local government boundary review which came into effect in May 2023,[9][10] the constituency now comprises the following from the 2024 general election: East Berkshire prior to 1997