The county of Gloucestershire is divided into 7 parliamentary constituencies: 2 borough constituencies and 5 county constituencies, one of which crosses the county boundary with Wiltshire.South Cotswolds is a cross-county boundary constituency between Gloucestershire and Wiltshire.
Constituencies
ConstituencyElectorateMajorityMember of ParliamentNearest oppositionElectoral wardsBoundary Commission for England pp. 1004–1007MapCheltenham BC75,2927,210 Max Wilkinson ¤Alex Chalk †Cheltenham Borough Council: All Saints, Battledown, Benhall and The Reddings, Charlton Kings, Charlton Park, College, Hesters Way, Lansdown, Leckhampton, Oakley, Park, Pittville, St Mark's, St Paul's, St Peter's, Up Hatherley, Warden Hill.Forest of Dean CC71,510278 Matt Bishop ‡ Mark Harper †Forest of Dean District Council: Berry Hill, Bream, Cinderford East, Cinderford West, Coleford, Dymock, Hartpury & Redmarley, Longhope & Huntley, Lydbrook, Lyndey East, Lyndey North, Lydney West & Aylburton, Mitcheldean, Ruardean & Drybrook, Newent & Taynton, Newland & Sling, Newnham, Pillowell, Ruspidge, St. Briavels, Tidenham, Westbury-on-Severn. Tewkesbury Borough Council: Highnam with Haw Bridge.Gloucester BC76,6953,431 Alex McIntyre ‡ Richard Graham †Gloucester City Council: Abbeydale, Abbeymead, Barnwood, Barton & Tredworth, Coney Hill, Grange, Hucclecote, Kingsholm & Wotton, Kingsway, Matson & Robinswood, Moreland, Podsmead, Quedgeley Fieldcourt, Quedgeley Severn Vale, Tuffley, Westgate.North Cotswolds CC70,9153,357 Geoffrey Clifton-Brown † Paul Hodgkinson ¤Cotswold District Council: Blockley, Bourton Vale, Bourton Village, Campden & Vale, Chedworth & Churn Valley, Coln Valley, Ermin, Fosseridge, Moreton East, Moreton West, Northleach, Sandywell, Stow, The Rissingtons. Stroud District Council: Bisley, Hardwicke, Minchinhampton, Painswick & Upton. Tewkesbury District Council: Badgeworth, Brockworth East, Brockworth West, Churchdown Brookfield with Hucclecote, Churchdown St. Johns, Shurdington.South Cotswolds CC(part)72,8654,973 Roz Savage ¤ James Gray † Cotswold District Council: Abbey, Chesterton, Fairford North, Four Acres, Grumbolds Ash with Avening, Kemble, Lechlade, Kempsford & Fairford South, New Mills, Siddington & Cerney Rural, South Cerney Village, St. Michael's, Stratton, Tetbury East & Rural, Tetbury Town, Tetbury with Upton, The Ampneys and Hampton, The Beeches, Watermoor. Stroud District Council: Kingswood. Wiltshire Council: Brinkworth, By Brook, Cricklade & Latton, Kington, Malmesbury, Minety, Purton, Sherston.Stroud CC76,24911,411 Simon Opher ‡Siobhan Baillie †Stroud District Council: Amberley and Woodchester, Berkeley Vale, Cainscross, Cam East, Cam West, Chalford, Coaley & Uley, Dursley, Nailsworth, Randwick, Whiteshill & Ruscombe, Rodborough, Severn, Stonehouse, Stroud Central, Stroud Farmhill & Paganhill, Stroud Slade, Stroud Trinity, Stroud Uplands, Stroud Valley, The Stanleys, Thrupp, Wotton-under-Edge.Tewkesbury CC72,4266,262 Cameron Thomas ¤Laurence Robertson †Cheltenham Borough Council: Prestbury, Springbank, Swindon Village. Gloucester City Council: Elmbridge, Longstevens. Tewkesbury Borough Council: Cleeve Grange, Cleeve Hill, Cleeve St. Michael's, Cleeve West, Innsworth, Isbourne, Northway, Severn Vale North, Severn Vale South, Tewkesbury East, Tewkesbury North & Twyning, Tewkesbury South, Winchcombe.
Boundary changes
2024 See 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies for further details.
Former NameBoundaries 2010–2024Current NameBoundaries 2024–present Cheltenham BC The Cotswolds CC Forest of Dean CC Gloucester BC Stroud CC Tewkesbury CC Cheltenham BC Forest of Dean CC Gloucester BC North Cotswolds CC South Cotswolds CC Stroud CC Tewkesbury CC
For the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, which redrew the constituency map ahead of the 2024 United Kingdom general election, the Boundary Commission for England opted to combine Gloucestershire with Wiltshire as a sub-region of the South West Region, with the creation of the cross-county boundary constituency of South Cotswolds, resulting in a major reconfiguration of the former The Cotswolds constituency, which was renamed North Cotswolds. These changes came into effect for the 2024 general election.
The following seats resulted from the boundary review:
Containing electoral wards from Cheltenham
Cheltenham Tewkesbury (part)
Containing electoral wards in Cotswold
North Cotswolds (part) South Cotswolds (part also in Wiltshire)
Containing electoral wards in Forest of Dean
Forest of Dean (part)
Containing wards in Gloucester
Gloucester Tewkesbury (part)
Containing wards in Stroud
North Cotswolds (part) South Cotswolds (part) Stroud
Containing wards in Tewkesbury
Forest of Dean (part) North Cotswolds (part) Tewkesbury (part)
2010 Under the Fifth Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, the Boundary Commission for England decided to retain Gloucestershire's constituencies for the 2010 election, making minor changes to realign constituency boundaries with the boundaries of current local government wards, and to reduce the electoral disparity between constituencies. Although the changes were minor, the Cotswold constituency was renamed The Cotswolds.
NameBoundaries 1997–2010Boundaries 2010–2024 Cheltenham BC Cotswold CC / The Cotswolds CC Forest of Dean CC Gloucester BC Stroud CC Tewkesbury CC
Results history Primary data source: House of Commons research briefing - General election results from 1918 to 2019
2024 The number of votes cast for each political party who fielded candidates in constituencies comprising Gloucestershire in the 2024 general election were as follows:It should be acknowledged that South Cotswolds is a cross-county boundary constituency. As the results of UK general elections are not disclosed on a sub-constituency level, and South Cotswolds has a relatively evenly split of voters in Gloucestershire and Wiltshire, the below vote shares include the electoral wards of the constituency located in Wiltshire. PartyVotes%Change from 2019SeatsChange from 2019Conservative111,10331.8%22.4%15Liberal Democrat93,11226.69.5%33Labour77,97322.3%0.6%33Reform39,47811.3%11.0%00Green23,5596.7%1.800Others4,3991.3%0.6%00Total349,624100.07
2019 The number of votes cast for each political party who fielded candidates in constituencies comprising Gloucestershire in the 2019 general election were as follows: PartyVotes%Change from 2017SeatsChange from 2017Conservative191,11954.2%1.3%61Labour80,77622.9%5.8%01Liberal Democrats60,43117.1%3.0%00Greens17,1164.9%2.7%00Brexit1,0850.3%new00Others2,3150.7%1.5%00Total352,842100.06
Percentage votes Note that before 1983 Gloucestershire covered a wider and much more populous area than it does today, including the north of what became Avon and the city of Bristol. Election year1922192419291931194519501951195519591964196619701974 (F)1974 (O)197919831987199219972001200520102015201720192024Conservative135.539.831.659.936.940.247.845.4649.043.7244.448.639.840.247.850.750.447.439.440.941.744.849.252.954.231.8Liberal Democrat215.825.225.58.511.510.81.21.77.311.36.68.924.221.116.432.128.728.322.521.923.328.713.414.117.126.6Labour30.635.039.731.651.646.951.045.4243.643.6448.742.435.438.234.916.720.823.133.933.729.321.021.028.722.922.3Reform3 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -0.311.3Green Party - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -*****1.44.42.24.96.7UKIP - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -***3.611.61.8**Other18.1 -3.2 -6.22.1 -7.4 -1.40.40.040.60.40.90.4.011.24.23.55.70.60.30.30.61.3 1including National Liberal
21950-1979: Liberal Party; 1983 & 1987 - SDP–Liberal Alliance
3 As the Brexit Party in 2019
* Included in Other
Accurate vote percentages cannot be obtained for the elections of 1918, 1923 and 1935 because at least one candidate stood unopposed.
Seats Election year19501951195519591964196619701974 (F)1974 (O)197919831987199219972001200520102015201720192024Labour777557456300033200103Liberal Democrat1000000000000111110003Conservative2554775876955422356561Speaker1Total1212121212121212121255566666667 1including National Liberal
21950-1979: Liberal Party; 1983 & 1987 - SDP–Liberal Alliance
Maps
1885-1910
1918-1945
1950-1979
1983-2019
2024-present
Historical representation by party A cell marked → (with a different colour background to the preceding cell) indicates that the previous MP continued to sit under a new party name.
1885 to 1918 (11 seats)
Constituency1885188687901892929395189519001906Jan 1910Dec 1910 1116Bristol EastCosshamWestonWillsHobhouseBristol NorthFry→TownsendFryWillsBirrellBristol SouthWestonHillLongDaviesBristol WestM. E. Hicks-BeachGibbsCheltenhamAgg-GardnerRussellAgg-GardnerSearsPonsonbyMathiasAgg-GardnerCirencesterWinterbotham→→Chester-MasterLawsonBathurstEssexBathurstForest of DeanBlakeSamuelsonDilkeWebbGloucesterRobinsonMonkReaTerrellStroudBrandHollowayJonesCrippsAllenTewkesburyYorkeDoringtonM. H. Hicks BeachW. F. Hicks-BeachThornburyHowardPlunkettColstonRendall
1918 to 1950 (11 seats)
Constituency1918192219231924252819293119311935363739431945Bristol CentralInskipAlpassA. ApsleyV. ApsleyAwberyBristol EastBrittonMorrisBakerCripps→→Bristol NorthGangeC. GuestAylesF. GuestAylesBernays→ColdrickBristol SouthDaviesRees→WalkdenLindsayWalkdenWilkinsBristol WestGibbsCulverwellStanleyCheltenhamAgg-GardnerPrestonLipson→Cirencester & TewkesburyDaviesMorrisonForest of DeanWignallPurcellVaughanWorthingtonPriceGloucesterBrutonHorlickBoyceTurner-SamuelsStroudListerTubbsF. GuestNelsonPerkinsParkinThornburyRendallWoodcockRendallGunstonAlpass
1950 to 1983 (12 seats)
Constituency195050515151555719596163196419661970Feb 74Oct 741979Bristol CentralAwberyPalmerBristol North EastColdrickHopkinsDobsonAdleyPalmerBristol North WestBraithwaiteBoydMcLarenEllisMcLarenThomasColvinBristol SouthWilkinsCocksBristol South EastCrippsBennSt ClairBennBristol WestStanleyMoncktonCookeWaldegraveCheltenhamW. W. Hicks-BeachDodds-ParkerIrvingCirencester and TewkesburyMorrison→RidleyGloucesterTurner-SamuelsDiamondOppenheimGloucestershire SouthCroslandCorfieldCopeGloucestershire WestPriceLoughlinWatkinsonMarlandStroud & Thornbury / Stroud ('55)PerkinsKershawKingswoodWalkerAspinwall
1983 to 2010 (5, then 6 seats)
Constituency198319871992199720012005CheltenhamIrvingJonesHorwoodCirencester & Tewkesbury / Tewkesbury (1997)RidleyClifton-BrownRobertsonGloucesterOppenheimFrenchKinghamDhandaStroudKershawKnapmanDrewWest Gloucestershire / Forest of Dean (1997)MarlandOrganHarperCotswoldClifton-Brown
2010 to present (6, then 6.5 seats)
Constituency20102015201720192024CheltenhamHorwoodChalk WilkinsonThe Cotswolds / North Cotswolds (2024)Clifton-BrownForest of DeanHarper BishopGloucesterGraham McIntyreStroudCarmichaelDrewBaillie OpherTewkesburyRobertson ThomasSouth Cotswolds1 Savage 1Just under half this seat's electorate lies in Wiltshire.
See also
List of parliamentary constituencies in Avon for divisions in South Gloucestershire and Bristol. List of constituencies in South West England
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