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Wantage (UK Parliament constituency)
Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1983-2024 / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Wantage was a constituency[n 1] in Oxfordshire represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.[n 2]
Wantage | |
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Former county constituency for the House of Commons | |
![]() Boundary of Wantage in Oxfordshire | |
![]() Location of Oxfordshire within England | |
County | Oxfordshire |
Electorate | 90,876 (December 2019) |
Major settlements | Wantage, Didcot, Wallingford, Faringdon |
1983–2024 | |
Seats | One |
Created from | Abingdon (majority of) (note: abolished) |
Replaced by | Didcot and Wantage |
Its final MP was the Conservative David Johnston, who was first elected at the 2019 general election replacing Ed Vaizey who served as MP for Wantage for 14 years after first being elected at the 2005 general election.[1]
Further to the completion of the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, the seat was abolished. Subject to a reduction in size, with northern and western areas, including the town of Faringdon, being transferred to Witney, it was reformed as Didcot and Wantage, to be first contested at the 2024 general election.[2]