Riding profile

Didcot and Wantage

UK constituency — England · Mixed · south east

The question

Didcot and Wantage: a safe seat for the Lib Dems?

Editorial read

Didcot and Wantage, a mixed constituency in England, elected a member with the Lib Dems in the previous cycle, with a 11-point margin. The Vote-Scope model projects the Lib Dems ahead at 33% vote share, against 23% for the Conservatives, and the probability of a close race is negligible.

Sitting member

Olly Glover

Sits with Lib Dems

Since
2024-07-04
Parliament
59th

Current forecast

Lib Dems

Safe

Probability
100%
Mean margin (pts)
9.8
P(close race)
0%

Projected vote share

Projection by party

  • Lib Dems 33.0%
  • Conservative 23.3%
  • Reform UK 21.3%
  • Labour 11.0%
  • Green 9.5%
  • Other 1.7%

In context

How this riding stacks up

Lib Dems Conservative Reform UK Labour
HereDidcot and Wantage 33.0%23.3%21.3%11.0%
National averageUnited Kingdom 11.6% +21.3 18.9% +4.4 25.3% −4.0 21.7% −10.6

Nationwide averages computed across the 650 riding-level projections (unweighted mean).

Previous election · UK 2024

Won by
Lib Dems
Margin
11.4 pts
Margin shift vs current projection
-1.6 pts

Detailed result · UK 2024

Candidates and votes

Candidate Party Votes % Occupation
Olly Glover Elected Lib Dems 21,793 39.8
David Johnston Conservative 15,560 28.4
Mocky Khan Labour 8,045 14.7
Steve Beatty Reform UK 6,400 11.7
Sam Casey-Rerhaye Green 2,693 4.9
Kyn Pomlett Other 242 0.4

Demographics

Who lives here

Population
109,312
Median age
40
Employment rate
87.7%

Data source : ONS mid-2022 population + Jan 2026 labour market

Last model run
Cycle
uk_2029