Didcot and Wantage is a mostly rural constituency located in
Oxfordshire (although traditionally in
Berkshire). Its largest town is
Didcot, which has a population of around 32,000. Other settlements in the constituency include the towns of
Wantage and
Wallingford and the large village of
Grove. Didcot is an important
railway town and Wantage and Wallingford are historic
market towns. The
Harwell Science and Innovation Campus is a significant local employer. The constituency is generally affluent with low levels of deprivation. Residents of the constituency have high rates of education and professional employment, and household income is considerably higher than the national average. At the
2021 census,
White people made up 92% of the population. Most of the constituency is represented by
Liberal Democrats at the local council level, with some
Labour Party councillors in Didcot and
Greens in rural areas. An estimated 53% of voters in the constituency supported remaining in the
European Union in the
2016 referendum compared to 48% nationwide. == History ==