The placeConstituency · South East · Electorate 80,689 · 2023 boundaries

Didcot and Wantage.

Liberal Democrats MP Olly Glover holds the seat on 39.8% of the vote — a split-council geography across 2 councils.

Member of ParliamentOlly Glover · Liberal Democrats
CouncilsVale of White Horse · South Oxfordshire
Boundary set2023
ONS codeE14001197
Electorate · 2024
80.7k
Registered to vote
2024 GE — winner
39.8%
Liberal Democrats · +11.4pp over Con
Settlements
18
Largest: Didcot
Crime · per 1k pop · 3mo
12.2
data.police.uk · 12mo rolling
Dispatch
3 Jun 2026

Transport is Olly Glover's defining brief. Appointed the Liberal Democrats' transport spokesperson in October 2025, he has used the role visibly -- pushing a Rail Passengers' Charter in January 2026, challenging ministers on basic standards like working toilets, and campaigning for new stations and electrification relevant to Didcot and Wantage. His seat on the Transport Select Committee reinforces the focus, and local coverage in the Oxford Mail has been consistently positive on the issue. Beyond transport, he backed a parliamentary inquiry into Prince Andrew's links with Jeffrey Epstein and hosted an Oxfordshire innovation event highlighting constituency concerns about grid delays and housing costs.

His voting participation sits at 67% -- below the Commons average -- though he has cast 344 votes without once breaking from the Liberal Democrat line. The stance profile shows strong alignment with Lords scrutiny (97%), parliamentary accountability (95%), climate action (90%), and opposition to the employer National Insurance increase (100%). He scores low on fiscal responsibility and workers' rights measures, both areas where he has voted against the Labour government. He deviates from his own party average most sharply on pension protection -- voting at 0% against a party average of 64% -- having opposed government powers to direct pension fund investments.

Glover entered Parliament in July 2024 as part of the Liberal Democrat surge in southern England. His 333 contributions across 160 debates place economy and jobs as his most frequent speech topic, followed by transport and local government. Local news coverage across 91 articles in the past 90 days is broadly neutral in sentiment, with crime, community, and economic issues featuring most. No rebel votes are on record.

39.8%
LD vote · 2024 GE
2
Councils overlapping the seat
16
Wards · 26 councillors
§ 01The local picture — wards.16 wards · 26 councillors · 2 councils

Ward-level direction-of-travel: who controls what, who flipped recently, who holds the line. Each ward links to the council that runs it.

WardLatest winnerVotesCouncilLast cycle
Blewbury Harwell(2 seats)Dewhurst · Gascoigne3,558Vale of White Horse LDMay 2023
Cholsey Crispin Rupert Topping949South Oxfordshire LDDec 2024
Didcot North East(3 seats)Tinsley · Rouane · Mohammed3,921South Oxfordshire LDMay 2023
Didcot South(3 seats)MacDonald · Macdonald · Khan3,219South Oxfordshire LDMay 2023
Didcot West(2 seats)Snowdon · Worgan1,421South Oxfordshire LDMay 2023
Drayton Andy Cooke690Vale of White Horse LDMay 2023
Grove North(2 seats)Bentley · Batstone1,892Vale of White Horse LDMay 2023
Hendreds Sarah Frances James735Vale of White Horse LDMay 2023
Ridgeway Hannah Louise Griffin442Vale of White Horse LDNov 2025
Sandford The Wittenhams Sam Casey-Rerhaye895South Oxfordshire LDMay 2023
Stanford Lee Evans666Vale of White Horse LDMar 2026
Steventon The Hanneys Sally Povolotsky876Vale of White Horse LDMay 2023
Sutton Courtenay Peter Alexander Stevens2,226Vale of White Horse LDJun 2024
Wallingford(2 seats)Barlow · Keats-Rohan3,794South Oxfordshire LDMay 2023
Wantage Charlton(2 seats)Crawford · O'Leary2,496Vale of White Horse LDMay 2023
Wantage Grove Brook(2 seats)Duveen · Hannaby2,136Vale of White Horse LDMay 2023

Source · Democracy Club · DCLEAPIL v1.0 (CC BY-SA 4.0)

§ 02Settlements.18 named places

The seat’s population is concentrated in Didcot (33,799), with Rural & dispersed (15,812) as the second pole. Total population across named built-up areas: 107,489.

large-town 33,799town 45,704village 27,986

Source · ONS Built-Up Areas · Census 2021

SettlementPop.Class
Didcot33,799large town
Rural & dispersed15,812town
Wantage12,310town
Grove (Vale of White Horse)9,126town
Wallingford8,456town
Sutton Courtenay3,405village
Showing 6 of 18·All 18 settlements
§ 03Demographics.Census 2021 · vs national avg

Headline indicators.

IndicatorLocalNationalΔ
Employment rate66.7%57.1%+17%
Owner-occupied70.2%63.1%+11%
Private rented14.8%20.0%-26%
Social rented15.0%16.8%-11%

Ethnicity.

White92.1%
Asian3.4%
Black1.4%
Mixed2.2%
Other0.8%

Source · Census 2021

Population by age & sexCensus 2021 · 18 bands · click to expand
Male 49.2% Female 50.8% Median seat
MaleAgeFemale
85+
80-84
75-79
70-74
65-69
60-64
55-59
50-54
45-49
40-44
35-39
30-34
25-29
20-24
16-19
10-15
5-9
0-4

Source · Census 2021 (ONS) · % of usual residents; tick marks the median seat per band

§ 04Local economy.Income · tax · businesses · schools
Median income
£33,500
HMRC SPI · 2024
Mean income
£45,800
HMRC SPI · 2024
Businesses
4,515
VAT/PAYE-registered
Schools
54
40 primary · 6 secondary
GCSE pass
66.1%
Attainment 8: 45.4

Income tax contribution.

Total income tax£574m
Taxpayers67,000
Median per taxpayer£3,880
Mean per taxpayer£8,590

Source · HMRC SPI · ±8% confidence

Where the money flows back in.

For council finance & suppliers

This constituency is served by Vale of White Horse and South Oxfordshire. Each council’s service spend, peer rank and supplier list lives on its own page — open from the meta block above or the compass strip below.

For household tax breakdown

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§ 05Recorded crime.data.police.uk · 12-month rolling

Headline rate.

Per 1k pop · 3mo
12.2
-41% vs national
Monthly avg / 1k
4.1
12-month rolling
Top category
Violence & sexual offences
42% of recorded crime

By category.

Violence & sexual offences5.1
Anti-social behaviour1.3
Criminal damage & arson1.1
Other theft1.0
Shoplifting0.9
Public order0.9
Burglary0.6

Source · data.police.uk · 3-month rate per 1,000 pop

Showing 7 of 15·All 15 categories — full monthly trend & settlement breakdown
§ 06Election history.1 contest · created on 2023 boundaries

2024 — full result.

CandidateVotes%
Olly GloverWONLD21,79339.8
David JohnstonCon15,56028.4
Mocky KhanLab8,04514.7
Steve BeattyRef6,40011.7
Sam Casey-RerhayeGrn2,6934.9
Kyn PomlettInd2420.4

Turnout 54,733

Prior contests.

Created on the 2023 boundary review. 2024 General Election was the first contest on these boundaries.

Sources, methods & last update
Method The dispatch paragraphs are AI-generated from the public sources listed below. Every figure links to its source. If we’re wrong, please tell us — corrections within 48 hours.
BoundariesONS Open Geography Portal
2023 boundary review
Wards & councilsLGBCE · Democracy Club
DCLEAPIL v1.0 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
SettlementsONS Built-Up Areas
Census 2021
DemographicsONS · Nomis · Census 2021
National avg over 575 seats
Income & taxHMRC SPI
±8% confidence
SchoolsDfE · attainment data
Crimedata.police.uk
LSOA-aggregated · rolling 12mo
ElectionsElectoral Commission