Who is the MP for Didcot and Wantage?

Olly Glover (Liberal Democrat) is the MP for Didcot and Wantage. They were first elected in July 2024.

Who won Didcot and Wantage at the 2024 general election?

The 2024 general election in Didcot and Wantage was won by Liberal Democrats with 39.8% of the vote, ahead of Conservative on 28.4%.

Who is projected to win the next election in Didcot and Wantage?

PollCheck's current projection has Liberal Democrats on 37.1% and Reform UK on 22.8% if a general election were held today. The projection updates as new polling is added.

What council is Didcot and Wantage in?

Didcot and Wantage crosses multiple council boundaries: South Oxfordshire (52%), Vale of White Horse (48%). Westminster constituencies and local councils are separate units.

What is the demographic profile of Didcot and Wantage?

Didcot and Wantage is in South East. The seat is Remain-voting (Leave vote estimated at 44.8% in 2016). Around 41.8% of residents have a degree, a median age of 40, and 68.1% of homes are owner-occupied (Census 2021).

When was the last general election in Didcot and Wantage?

The most recent general election was held on 4 July 2024. In Didcot and Wantage, Liberal Democrats won with 39.8% of the vote. The next general election must be held by August 2029.

Which parties have won Didcot and Wantage in recent elections?

Recent general election winners in Didcot and Wantage: 2010 Conservative, 2015 Conservative, 2017 Conservative, 2019 Conservative, 2024 Liberal Democrats.

Constituency profile

Didcot and Wantage

South East · County constituency

Sitting MP

Olly Glover

Liberal Democrat

First elected July 2024

Current PollCheck projection

Region & type

South East

County constituency

Last 5 GE winners

CCCCLD

Conservative 4/5, Liberal Democrats 1/5

EU referendum 2016

44.8% Leave

UK average 51.9%; -7.1pp below mean

Current outlook

Liberal Democrats +14.3pp

vs Reform UK 22.8%

SouthernRemain-leaningGraduate-heavy

Who lives in Didcot and Wantage? Constituency demographics

From the 2021 Census and 2016 EU referendum estimates. Constituency-level data on 2024 boundaries.

Leave vote 2016

44.8%

UK average ~52%

Degree or above

41.8%

UK average ~34%

No qualifications

12.7%

UK average ~18%

Owner-occupied

68.1%

UK average ~63%

Renting (social + private)

29.1%

UK average ~36%

Median age

40.3

UK median ~40

Age 65+

21.7%

UK average ~19%

Age 18-34

28.9%

UK average ~28%

How did Didcot and Wantage vote in 2024 and how would it vote now?

2024 vote shares from the HoC Library. Current projection is at the 7-poll average.

2024 general election

LD gain from Con · majority 6,233 votes (11.4pp) · turnout 67.8%

Current projection

If a general election were held today, at current poll average

Map of Didcot and Wantage

Switch between ward-level 2024 election winners and a demographic view. Ward winners are Britain Elects' / New Statesman modelled estimates with an average ~4pp margin of error per ward. The demographic view splits the seat into small neighbourhoods (around 1,500 residents each, from the 2021 Census). Hover any area for detail.

Council layer (not Westminster)

Didcot and Wantage within South Oxfordshire and Vale of White Horse

Didcot and Wantage crosses multiple council boundaries: South Oxfordshire (52%), Vale of White Horse (48%). The figures below come from the council elections held on Thursday 7 May 2026 in each constituent council.

Council overlap

Council	Share of seat
South Oxfordshire 33 LSOAs	52%
Vale of White Horse 30 LSOAs	48%

Most recent council ward results

Latest council winner per ward. Where May 2026 elections happened, those are shown; otherwise the most recent year on the ward’s pre-2026 boundary (via DCLEAPIL, 2014-2024). The "Shift since GE2024" column is only computed for May 2026 results - earlier council votes pre-date the GE, so no directional shift is shown.

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Ward	GE2024 winner	Latest council winner	Shift since GE2024	Turnout

Projection trajectory

PollCheck's projection for Didcot and Wantage at each of the last 60 GB polls. Hover the chart for the underlying poll details.

Who has won Didcot and Wantage at past general elections?

2024 result is on current boundaries. The 2019 row is the UK Parliament's notional recalculation onto the 2024 boundaries (directly comparable to 2024). The 2010, 2015 and 2017 rows are on the boundaries in force at the time and aren't directly comparable.

Year	Result	MP	Lab	Con	LD	Right (Ref/UKIP)	Green	Other	Majority	Turnout
2010predecessor	Con hold	Edward Vaizey Wantage MP	13.9%	52.0%	27.9%	4.3% UKIP	1.9%	-	13,547	70.0%
2015predecessor	Con hold	Edward Vaizey Wantage MP	16.0%	53.3%	13.1%	12.5% UKIP	5.1%	-	21,749	70.3%
2017predecessor	Con hold	Edward Vaizey Wantage MP	26.9%	54.2%	14.5%	2.0% UKIP	2.4%	-	17,380	74.1%
2019notional	Conservative winner	David Johnston Wantage MP, pre-review boundary	16.0%	49.8%	31.3%	-	0.7%	2.2%	10,023	73.1%
2024	LD gain from Con	Olly Glover	14.7%	28.4%	39.8%	11.7% Ref	4.9%	0.4%	6,233	67.8%

Didcot and Wantage was created or substantially redrawn by the 2023 boundary review. Pre-2024 rows below are for the predecessor seat Wantage (the seat that covered most of this area), so vote shares and majorities aren’t directly comparable to the post-2024 figures.

Constituencies most like Didcot and Wantage

Five seats with similar demographic profiles to Didcot and Wantage. Politics shown for context.

What would change this seat?

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Sources

2024 general election results · UK Parliament Election Results portal and House of Commons Library briefing CBP-10009.
Notional 2019 results on 2024 boundaries · UK Parliament Election Results portal. Recalculated by Parliament; carries assumptions about how 2019 voters would have distributed across the redrawn boundaries.
Historic general election results (2010-2017) · House of Commons Library historic results files (on the boundaries in force at the time).
Ward-level GE2024 estimates · Britain Elects / New Statesman - article by Ben Walker, underlying spreadsheet. Modelled from constituency totals; average ~4pp per-ward MoE.
May 2026 council ward results · Democracy Club via PollCheck's locals 2026 dataset.
Earlier council ward results (2014-2024) · DCLEAPIL v1.0 (Jason Leman, drawing on Andrew Teale's LEAP dataset and Democracy Club).
Demographics · ONS Census 2021 (England and Wales), aggregated to constituency level using the ONS LSOA21 -> PCON24 best-fit lookup.
EU referendum 2016 estimates · Constituency-level Leave vote estimates (Hanretty 2017 method).
MP details and Cabinet roles · UK Parliament Members API. MP photos are fetched live from the same source.
Boundary geometry and lookups · ONS Open Geography Portal (PCON24 boundaries, LSOA21 boundaries, LSOA21-WD24-LAD24 best-fit lookup).
Current projection and trajectory · PollCheck's demographic swingometer applied to the rolling 7-poll average from aggregated GB polls. Not a true MRP - vote-share movements are applied through per-constituency sensitivity multipliers derived from demographic regressions.

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