Didcot and Wantage | |
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County constituency for the House of Commons | |
County | Oxfordshire |
Electorate | 74,356 (2023) [1] |
Major settlements | Didcot, Wantage, Wallingford |
Current constituency | |
Created | 2024 |
Member of Parliament | Olly Glover (Liberal Democrats) |
Seats | One |
Created from | Wantage |
Didcot and Wantage is a constituency of the House of Commons in the UK Parliament. [2] [3] Further to the completion of the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, it was first contested at the 2024 general election. The seat was won by Olly Glover representing the Liberal Democrats.
The constituency is named for the towns of Didcot and Wantage in Oxfordshire. [4]
A campaign to change the constituency name dates back to at least 2016. [5]
The constituency is composed of the following (as they existed on 1 December 2020):
It comprises the majority of the former Wantage constituency plus a small part of the former Henley electorate (Sandford-on-Thames): [7]
Wantage prior to 2024
Election | Member | Party | |
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2024 | Olly Glover | Liberal Democrats |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Olly Glover | 21,793 | 39.8 | +8.5 | |
Conservative | David Johnston | 15,560 | 28.4 | −21.4 | |
Labour | Mocky Khan | 8,045 | 14.7 | −1.3 | |
Reform UK | Steve Beatty | 6,400 | 11.7 | N/A | |
Green | Sam Casey-Rerhaye | 2,693 | 4.9 | +4.2 | |
SDP | Kyn Pomlett | 242 | 0.4 | N/A | |
Majority | 6,233 | 11.4 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 54,733 | 67.8 | –5.3 | ||
Registered electors | 80,689 | ||||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | 15.0 |
Party | Vote | % | |
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Conservative | 27,045 | 49.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | 17,022 | 31.3 | |
Labour | 8,708 | 16.0 | |
Others | 1,201 | 2.2 | |
Green | 370 | 0.7 | |
Turnout | 54,346 | 73.1 | |
Registered electors | 74,356 |
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