Didcot and Wantage (UK Parliament constituency)

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Didcot and Wantage
Borough constituency
for the House of Commons
County Oxfordshire
Electorate 74,356 [1]
Major settlements Didcot and Wantage
Current constituency
Created 2024
Member of Parliament TBC (TBC)
SeatsOne
Created from Wantage

Didcot and Wantage is a proposed constituency of the House of Commons in the UK Parliament. [2] Further to the completion of the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, it will first be contested at the 2024 general election.

Contents

The constituency is named for the towns of Didcot and Wantage in Oxfordshire. [3]

History

A campaign to change the constituency name dates back to at least 2016. [4]

Boundaries

Didcot and Wantage (UK Parliament constituency)
Map of boundaries from 2024

The constituency will be composed of the following (as they existed on 1st December 2020):

It will comprise the majority of the current Wantage constituency plus a small part of the Henley electorate (Sandford-on-Thames): [6]

Elections

Elections in the 2020s

General election 2024: Didcot and Wantage
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Olly Glover [7]
Green Sam Casey-Rerhaye [8]
SDP Kynaston Pomlett [9]
Majority
Turnout

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References

  1. https://boundarycommissionforengland.independent.gov.uk/2023-review/the-2023-review-of-parliamentary-constituency-boundaries-in-england-volume-two-constituency-names-designations-and-composition/the-2023-review-of-parliamentary-constituency-boundaries-in-england-volume-two-constituency-names-designations-and-composition-south-east/
  2. "South East | Boundary Commission for England". Boundary Commission for England . Retrieved 2023-06-20.
  3. "MAPPED: What the new election boundaries for Oxfordshire could look like". Oxford Mail. 2021-06-09. Retrieved 2023-12-05.
  4. "It would be nonsense if name of constituency isn't changed to include town, says bid backer". Oxford Mail. 2016-12-15. Retrieved 2023-12-05.
  5. "The Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023". Schedule 1 Part 6 South East region.
  6. "New Seat Details - Didcot and Wantage". www.electoralcalculus.co.uk. Retrieved 2023-12-05.
  7. "Olly Glover new parliamentary candidate for Wantage and Didcot". Oxford Mail . Retrieved 15 February 2024.
  8. "Looking forward to 2024". Oxfordshire Green Party . Retrieved 15 February 2024.
  9. "GENERAL ELECTION CANDIDATES". SDP . Retrieved 15 February 2024.

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