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Election for the constituency of Wantage on 8 June 2017

An election to the 57th Parliament of the United Kingdom for the constituency area of Wantage, held as part of the general election on 8 June 2017.

Conservative hold by Edward Vaizey with a majority of 17,380 - 27.3% - on a turnout of 74.1%.

Candidates

Name Party Vote Vote share Vote change
VAIZEY, Edward Con 34,459 54.2% 0.9%
EDEN, Rachel Lab / Co-op 17,079 26.9% 10.8%
CARRIGAN, Christopher LD 9,234 14.5% 1.5%
AP-ROBERTS, Sue Green 1,546 2.4% -2.7%
MCLEOD, David UKIP 1,284 2.0% -10.5%

Under section 13(b) of the Representation of the People Act 1985, a candidate gaining 5% or less of the vote share will forfeit their deposit.

An electorate of 85,786, having a valid vote count of 63,602 and an invalid vote count of 156.

Result declared at 04:46 on 9 June 2017.