Wantage (UK Parliament constituency)

Wantage
County constituency for the House of Commons
Boundary of Wantage in Oxfordshire.
Location of Oxfordshire within England.
County	Oxfordshire
Electorate	82,931 (May 2015)
Major settlements	Wantage, Didcot, Wallingford, Faringdon
Current constituency
Created	1983
Member of parliament	Ed Vaizy (Conservative)
Number of members	One
Created from	Abingdon
Overlaps
European Parliament constituency	South East England

Wantage is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2005 by Ed Vaizey, a Conservative.

In terms of electorate, at the time of the 2015 general election, Wantage was the 37th largest constituency in the United Kingdom and the second largest in Oxfordshire.

1983-2010: The District of Vale of White Horse wards of Appleton, Craven, Drayton, Faringdon and Littleworth, Greendown, Grove, Harwell and Chilton, Hendred, Icknield, Island Villages, Kingston Bagpuize and Southmoor, Longworth, Marcham, Segsbury, Shrivenham, Stanford, Steventon, Sutton Courtenay, The Coxwells, and Upton and Blewbury, and the District of South Oxfordshire wards of Brightwell, Cholsey, Didcot North, Didcot Northbourne, Didcot South, Hagbourne, and Wallingford.

2010-present: The District of Vale of White Horse wards of Blewbury and Upton, Craven, Drayton, Faringdon and The Coxwells, Greendown, Grove, Hanneys, Harwell, Hendreds, Kingston Bagpuize with Southmoor, Longworth, Marcham and Shippon, Shrivenham, Stanford, Sutton Courtenay and Appleford, Wantage Charlton, and Wantage Segsbury, and the District of South Oxfordshire wards of Brightwell, Cholsey and Wallingford South, Didcot All Saints, Didcot Ladygrove, Didcot Northbourne, Didcot Park, Hagbourne, and Wallingford North.

In September 2016, the boundary commission proposed plans to amend the boundaries of five of the six constituencies in Oxfordshire with Wantage being one of the five with proposed new boundaries. The main proposed change would see Wallingford become part of a renamed Henley and Thame constituency - currently just Henley. Whilst Wallingford would be part of the Henley and Thame constituency, the villages surrounding Wallingford currently in the Wantage constituency (including Brightwell-cum-Sotwell and Cholsey) will remain part of the Wantage constituency. The changes will also see several villages currently in the Oxford West and Abingdon (including Appleton, Besselsleigh and Eaton) become part of the Wantage constituency. It had previously been thought that the boundary commission may rename the Wantage constituency to include Didcot in the name however no such plans are included in the proposal.