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%

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. Declarations times do not form part of election declarations and should be regarded as indicative rather than official.

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.