Wantage is a historic market town and civil parish in the Vale of White Horse,Oxfordshire,England. Although within the boundaries of the historic county of Berkshire,it has been administered as part of Oxfordshire since 1974. The town is on Letcombe Brook,8 miles (13 km) south-west of Abingdon,24 miles (39 km) north-west of Reading,15 miles (24 km) south-west of Oxford and 14 miles (23 km) north-west of Newbury.
Didcot is a railway town and civil parish in South Oxfordshire,England,located 15 miles (24 km) south of Oxford,10 miles (16 km) east of Wantage and 15 miles (24 km) north west of Reading. Historically part of Berkshire,the town is noted for its railway heritage,Didcot station opening as a junction station on the Great Western Main Line in 1844. Today the town is known for the railway museum and power stations,and is the gateway town to the Science Vale:three large science and technology centres in the surrounding villages of Milton,Culham and Harwell.
Alan Reid is a Scottish Liberal Democrat politician who has been a councillor in the East Dunbartonshire ward of Bearsden North since 2022.
South Oxfordshire is a local government district in the ceremonial county of Oxfordshire,England. Its council is temporarily based outside the district at Abingdon-on-Thames pending a planned move to Didcot,the district's largest town. The areas located south of the River Thames are within the historic county of Berkshire.
Edward Henry Butler Vaizey,Baron Vaizey of Didcot,is a British politician,media columnist,political commentator and barrister who was Minister for Culture,Communications and Creative Industries from 2010 to 2016. A member of the Conservative Party,he was Member of Parliament (MP) for Wantage from 2005 to 2019.
Oxford West and Abingdon is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2017 by Layla Moran,a Liberal Democrat.
Newbury is a constituency of the Parliament of the United Kingdom,located in the English county of Berkshire. It was created by the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 and has been in continual existence since then. It has been represented by Lee Dillon of the Liberal Democrats since 2024.
Wantage was a constituency in Oxfordshire represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
Streatham was a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament.
Tooting is a constituency created in 1974 in Greater London. It is represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2016 by Dr. Rosena Allin-Khan,a member of the Labour Party.
Vauxhall was a constituency in London. It was represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament by members of the Labour Party for the whole of its creation from 1950 until its abolition for the 2024 general election.
Witney is a county constituency in Oxfordshire represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament by the first-past-the-post system of election,and was created for the 1983 general election.
Abingdon was a parliamentary constituency in England,represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of England until 1707,then of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1707 to 1800 and of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1801 to 1885. It elected one Member of Parliament (MP) from 1558 until 1983,making it one of the few English constituencies in the unreformed House of Commons to elect only one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election.
The 2008 Henley by-election to elect a member of the House of Commons for the constituency of Henley in Oxfordshire was held on 26 June 2008. It followed the election of the previous incumbent Boris Johnson as Mayor of London in May 2008. In order to resign from being an MP,Johnson accepted the post of Steward and Bailiff of the Manor of Northstead on 4 June 2008.
Vale of White Horse District Council is the local authority for the Vale of White Horse,a non-metropolitan district in the south-west of Oxfordshire,England.
On 20 October 2016,a by-election was held in the UK parliamentary constituency of Witney. It took place on the same day as the Batley and Spen by-election. They were the fifth and sixth by-elections of the 56th UK Parliament.
David Mervyn Johnston is a British politician who served as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Children,Families and Wellbeing from August 2023 to the general election of July 2024. A member of the Conservative Party,he was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Wantage from 2019 until 2024 when the seat was abolished.
Didcot and Wantage is a constituency of the House of Commons in the UK Parliament. 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.
Frederick Isaac van Mierlo is a British Liberal Democrat politician who has been Member of Parliament (MP) for Henley and Thame since 2024. He has also been a member of Oxfordshire County Council since 2021 and South Oxfordshire District Council since 2023. Before his election to Parliament,van Mierlo worked as a consultant to companies and patient groups.
