Wantage (UK Parliament constituency)
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| Wantage County constituency |
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| Wantage shown within Oxfordshire, and Oxfordshire shown within England | |
| Created: | 1983 |
| MP: | Ed Vaizey |
| Party: | Conservative |
| Type: | House of Commons |
| County: | Oxfordshire |
| EP constituency: | South East England |
Wantage is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election.
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[edit] Boundaries
The constituency covers the south-west of Oxfordshire, largely corresponding to the Vale of White Horse local government district, with the exception of twelve wards in the north east (comprising the town of Abingdon and the Oxford suburbs of North Hinksey (Botley) and Cumnor), which lie in the Oxford West and Abingdon constituency. With an electorate of barely 8000, Wantage is one of the smallest towns to hold sole ownership of a parliamentary constituency name and in fact the largest town in the constituency is Didcot, which lies in the neighbouring South Oxfordshire local authority district, as does Wallingford, another significant centre of population for the division.
[edit] Boundary Review
Following their review of parliamentary representation in Oxfordshire, the Boundary Commission for England has made changes to the existing arrangement as a consequence of population changes. The electoral wards used in the creation of the modified constituency are:
- From the district of South Oxfordshire - Brightwell, Cholsey and Wallingford South, Didcot All Saints, Didcot Ladygrove, Didcot Northbourne, Didcot Park, Hagbourne, and Wallingford North
- From the district of Vale of White Horse Blewbury and Upton, Craven, Drayton, Faringdon and The Coxwells, Greendown, Grove, Hanneys, Harwell, Hendreds, Kingston Bagpuize with Southmoor, Longworth, Marcham and Shippon, Shrivenham, Stanford, Sutton Courtenay and Appleford, Wantage Charlton, and Wantage Segsbury.
[edit] Members of Parliament
- Constituency created (1983)
- 1983 — 2005: Robert Jackson, Conservative until 15 January 2005, then Labour
- 2005 — present: Ed Vaizey, Conservative
[edit] Elections
| General Election 2005: Wantage | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Ed Vaizey | 22,354 | 43.0 | +3.4 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Andrew Crawford | 14,337 | 27.6 | −0.4 | |
| Labour | Mark McDonald | 12,464 | 24.0 | −4.2 | |
| Green | Adam Twine | 1,332 | 2.6 | +0.4 | |
| UK Independence | Nikolai Tolstoy-Miloslavsky | 798 | 1.5 | -0.4 | |
| English Democrats Party | Gerald Lambourne | 646 | 1.2 | N/A | |
| Majority | 8,017 | 15.4 | |||
| Turnout | 51,931 | 68.2 | +3.7 | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | +1.9 | |||
| General Election 2001: Wantage | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Robert Jackson | 19,475 | 39.6 | -0.2 | |
| Labour | Stephen Beer | 13,875 | 28.2 | -0.7 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Neil Fawcett | 13,776 | 28.0 | +1.5 | |
| Green | David Brooks-Saxl | 1,062 | 2.2 | +1.0 | |
| UK Independence | Nikolai Tolstoy | 941 | 1.9 | +1.1 | |
| Majority | 5,600 | 11.4 | |||
| Turnout | 49,129 | 64.5 | -13.6 | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
