UK Explained

Didcot and Wantage

Represented in Parliament by Olly Glover (Liberal Democrat). Here is who won the last general election here, and a few numbers about the area.

Your MP at a glance

Olly Glover, Liberal Democrat. Open their full page →

These describe the record. They do not say why an MP voted or claimed as they did.

How Didcot and Wantage compares

Every dot is one of the 631 areas that have figures. The large red dot is this area; green dots are areas like it.

TYPICAL FULL-TIME PAY, A WEEK

This area is 76 of 631 for pay, counting from the highest.

UK £767This area £908£400£1,100
PEOPLE CLAIMING UNEMPLOYMENT-RELATED BENEFITS

Higher than 58 areas and lower than 590.

UK 3.9%This area 2.0%0.0%12.0%

Areas like this one

The three areas with the closest pay and claimant rate. This says nothing about politics or geography.

AreaWeekly payClaimants
Didcot and Wantage£9082.0%
Gordon and Buchan£9031.9%
Reigate£9022.1%
Edinburgh South£9182.1%
United Kingdom£7673.9%

Printable one-page briefing

Who lives in Didcot and Wantage

From the 2021 Census, next to the figure for England and Wales as a whole. Census day was 21 March 2021, so some things will have changed.

About the areaThis areaEngland and WalesCompared
Number of people106,22459,597,740 in total
Aged under 1620%18%1 points higher
Aged 65 and over18%19%1 points lower
Adults with a degree or higher42%34%8 points higher
Households that own their home71%62%8 points higher
Households renting from a council or housing association14%17%3 points lower
Households renting privately15%20%6 points lower

Source: ONS, Census 2021 (England and Wales), via the UK Data Service statistics portal. Fetched 2026-10-04. These describe who lives here. They do not explain how anyone votes.

WINNER, 2024
Olly Glover

Liberal Democrat

MAJORITY
6,233

votes ahead of second place

TURNOUT
68%

of people who could vote did

Olly Glover won with 40% of the votes, and David Johnston (Conservative) came second with 28%.

Votes for each party

Liberal Democrat40% · 21,793
Conservative28% · 15,560
Labour15% · 8,045
Reform UK12% · 6,400
Green Party5% · 2,693
Social Democratic Party0% · 242
Every candidate
CandidatePartyVotesShare
Olly GloverLiberal Democrat21,79339.8%
David JohnstonConservative15,56028.4%
Mocky KhanLabour8,04514.7%
Steve BeattyReform UK6,40011.7%
Sam Casey-RerhayeGreen Party2,6934.9%
Kyn PomlettSocial Democratic Party2420.4%

2024 General Election, on today’s boundaries. Source: House of Commons Library via the Members API.

Your area at a glance

Typical pay for full-time workers who live here
£908 a week
This areaUK: £767 a week

Median gross weekly pay, 2025. Source: ONS, Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings.

Working-age people claiming unemployment-related benefits
2.0%
This areaUK: 3.9%

Share of people aged 16 to 64, August 2026. Source: ONS and DWP claimant count.

At a general election each area elects one MP, and the candidate with the most votes wins, even without more than half. The area figures describe the people who live here. They do not show whether any MP or vote is the cause.

Updated 4 Oct 2026