Old vote supporting daughter’s university place (6)
I believe the answer is:
oxford
'university place' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both locations as well as being singular nouns.
Perhaps you can see an association between them that I don't see?
'old vote supporting daughter's' is the wordplay.
'old' becomes 'o' (common abbreviation eg in OE for Old English).
'vote' becomes 'x' (how votes are marked).
'supporting' becomes 'for' (being for something means supporting it).
'daughter' becomes 'd' (genealogical abbreviation).
'o'+'x'+'for'+'d'='OXFORD'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for oxford that I've seen before include "City on the Thames" , "Isis their second boat" , "Boat Race's Dark Blues" , "Famous 16" , "English university town" .)