Ed Vaizey
Contact details
Westminster
House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA
Tel: 020 7219 6350
Fax: 020 7219 2718
ed.vaizey.mp@parliament.uk
Constituency
Oxfordshire Conservatives, 8 Gorwell, Watlington, OX49 5QE
Tel: 01491 612852
Fax: 01491 612001
matthew.barber@oxfordshireconservatives.com
www.oxfordshireconservatives.com
Biography
Electoral history
Contested Bristol East 1997 general election. Member for Wantage 2005-10, for Wantage (revised boundary) since 6 May 2010 general election
Parliamentary career
Shadow Minister for the Arts 2006-10;
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Minister for Culture, Communications and Creative Industries), Departments for:
Business, Innovation and Skills 2010-11,
Culture, Media and Sport 2010-
Party groups
Election aide to Iain Duncan Smith MP 2001 general election;
Deputy chair, Conservative Globalisation and Global Poverty Policy Group 2006
Select committees
Member: Modernisation of the House of Commons 2005-07,
Environmental Audit 2006-07
Political interests
Arts, architecture, energy, science and technology, environment
Countries of interest
India, Israel, Middle East, USA
General Election 2010 - Wantage
| Name |
Party |
Votes |
% |
| Vaizey, Ed |
Con |
29284 |
51.87% |
| Armitage, Alan |
Lib Dem |
15737 |
27.88% |
| Mitchell, Steven |
Lab |
7855 |
13.92% |
| Jones, Jacqueline |
UKIP |
2421 |
4.29% |
| Twine, Adam |
Green |
1044 |
1.85% |
| Result |
Con Hold (4.27% from Lib Dem to Con) |