Biography
Electoral history
| Post |
Date |
| Member for Wantage |
2005- |
| Contested Bristol East General Election |
1997 |
Parliamentary career
| Post |
Date |
|
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Culture, Media and Sport)
|
2010-
|
|
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Business, Innovation and Skills) (Culture, Communications and Creative Industries) (jointly with the Department for Culture, Media and Sport)
|
2010-10
|
|
Shadow Minister (Culture, Media and Sport)
|
2006-10
|
Select committees
| Post |
House |
Date |
|
Environmental Audit Committee
|
Commons
|
2006-07
|
|
Modernisation of the House of Commons
|
Commons
|
2005-07
|
Political interests
Arts, architecture, energy, science and technology, environment
Countries of interest
India, Israel, Middle East, USA
General Election 2010 General Election - Wantage
| Name |
Party |
Votes |
Share |
Change |
| Vaizey, Edward |
Con |
29284 |
51.98% |
8.9% |
| Armitage, Alan |
LD |
15737 |
27.93% |
0.3% |
| Mitchell, Steven |
Lab |
7855 |
13.94% |
-10.0% |
| Jones, Jacqueline |
UKIP |
2421 |
4.30% |
2.8% |
| Twine, Adam |
Green |
1044 |
1.85% |
-0.7% |
| Majority |
|
13547 |
24.04% |
|
| Turnout |
|
56341 |
70.03% |
|
| Electorate |
|
80456 |
|
|
| Result |
Con Hold |
See Briefing Papers General Election 2010 for detailed results.