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Wantage — 2015

Edward Vaizey (Conservative Party) was elected with 31,092 votes53.3% of 58,320 valid votes.

Result · single-seat

Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid votes. 53.3% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. +3.3 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 58,320

RankCandidatePartyVotesShare of votes Candidate votes ÷ valid votes in this constituency. Matches the share the returning officer publishes.Below quota Elected candidate's share of valid votes minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = won the seat below the quota; positive = cleared it.Elected
1Edward Vaizey Conservative Party 31,09253.3%+3.3 ptsElected
2Stephen Webb Labour Party 9,34316.0%
3Alex Meredith Liberal Democrats 7,61113.1%
4Lee Upcraft UK Independence Party 7,28812.5%
5Kate Prendergast Green Party 2,9865.1%

Electorate 82,931 · Turnout 70.3% · Majority 21,749 · Back to 2015 overview

Source data: UK Parliament psephology database, retrieved 2026-05-19, generated 2026-05-19 (Open Parliament Licence v3.0). ETL version parliament-etl-psephology@1. Methodology: how these numbers are computed.