The Liberal Democrats have claimed a historic victory winning the Didcot and Wantage constituency.

Olly Glover is the new MP for the area after receiving a massive 21,793 votes.

The Conservative Party's David Johnston lost his seat which he has held since 2019 after getting 15,560 votes.

This meant that the Lib Dems won all three seats available on Thursday and Friday in Abingdon's White Horse Leisure and Tennis Centre.

That was after Layla Moran held her seat in Oxford West and Abingdon while Freddie Van Mierlo produced a shock win in Henley and Thame.

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Mocky Khan of the Labour Party came third in the race and received a total of 8,045 votes.

Reform UK’s emergence onto the political scene was evident in Didcot and Wantage as new candidate Steve Beatty received 6,400 votes.

Sam Casey-Rerhaye of the Green Party received 2,693 votes whilst Kyn Pomlett of the Social Democratic (SDP) was voted for by 242 people.

The constituency was recently altered to change from Wantage to cover Didcot and Wantage after a campaign dating back to at least 2016 to change the constituency name.

Wantage has always been a Conservative seat with the area never voting for anything other than blue in the past.

Mr Johnston had received 34,085 votes in the General Election in 2019 which made up a massive majority of 12,653 but he was ousted on Friday morning.

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Freddie Van Mierlo, Layla Moran and Olly Glover.Freddie Van Mierlo, Layla Moran and Olly Glover. (Image: Newsquest)

The constituency had been held by Conservative politician Ed Vaizey for 14 years from 2005 to 2019 with all opposition outvoted in that time.

After doubts over whether it would be retained set in, it became part of the campaign trail for Rishi Sunak in the build-up to the General Election with the usually “safe” Tory seat up for grabs.

The Prime Minister came to Wantage last month and spoke to staff and players at Wantage Town Football Club.

He was guided around the pitch by Lesley Furnival, the club’s first-ever chairwoman, and even took part in a kickaround with the players.

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The Didcot and Wantage seat covers the District of South Oxfordshire wards of Cholsey; Didcot North East; Didcot South; Didcot West; Sandford and the Wittenhams; Wallingford.

It also covers the District of Vale of White Horse wards of Blewbury and Harwell; Drayton; Grove North; Hendreds; Ridgeway; Stanford; Steventon and the Hanneys; Sutton Courtenay; Wantage and Grove Brook; Wantage Charlton.

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