North Cotswolds (UK Parliament constituency)

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North Cotswolds
County constituency
for the House of Commons
South West England - North Cotswolds constituency.svg
Boundary of North Cotswolds in South West England
County Gloucestershire
Electorate 70,915 (2023) [1]
Major settlements Moreton-in-Marsh, Bourton-on-the-Water, Minchinhampton, Chipping Campden, Stow-on-the-Wold
Current constituency
Created 2024
Member of Parliament Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Conservative)
SeatsOne
Created from The Cotswolds (part), Stroud (part), Tewkesbury (part)

North Cotswolds is a newly created constituency of the House of Commons in the UK Parliament. [2] [3] Created as a result of the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, it was first contested at the 2024 general election, [4] when it was won by Conservative Geoffrey Clifton-Brown, who had represented Cirencester and Tewkesbury then The Cotswolds since 1992.

Contents

Boundaries

North Cotswolds (UK Parliament constituency)
Map of boundaries from 2024

The constituency was formed from a split of the former Cotswolds constituency, with the other half reformed as part of the new South Cotswolds constituency. The constituency is composed of the following wards (as they existed on 1 December 2020):

The seat covers northern parts of the Cotswolds area of outstanding natural beauty. It comprises the following areas: [6]

Members of Parliament

ElectionMemberParty
2024 Geoffrey Clifton-Brown Conservative

Elections

Elections in the 2020s

General election 2024: North Cotswolds [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Geoffrey Clifton-Brown 17,426 34.7 −24.6
Liberal Democrats Paul Hodgkinson14,06928.0+10.0
Labour Anna Mainwaring8,59317.1+0.6
Reform UK Jason Preece6,50212.9+12.6
Green Chloe Turner3,1916.4+0.6
Independent Jean Blackbeard4480.9N/A
Majority3,3576.7−36.6
Turnout 50,22969.3−2.3
Registered electors 72,513
Conservative hold Swing −17.3

Elections in the 2010s

2019 notional result [8]
PartyVote %
Conservative 30,14059.3
Liberal Democrats 9,14318.0
Labour 8,39116.5
Green 2,9445.8
Brexit Party 1750.3
Turnout50,79371.6
Electorate70,915

References

  1. ↑ "The 2023 Review of Parliamentary Constituency Boundaries in England – Volume two: Constituency names, designations and composition – South West". Boundary Commission for England. Retrieved 28 June 2024.
  2. ↑ "Cotswold council chief to stand for MP in new Gloucestershire seat". Gloucestershire Live. 28 December 2023. Retrieved 22 February 2024.
  3. ↑ "MP considers standing for North Cotswolds in boundary shake-up". BBC. 5 December 2022. Retrieved 22 February 2024.
  4. ↑ "The 2023 Review of Parliamentary Constituency Boundaries in England – Volume one: Report – South West | Boundary Commission for England". boundarycommissionforengland.independent.gov.uk. Retrieved 17 July 2023.
  5. ↑ "The Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023". Schedule 1 Part 7 South West region.
  6. ↑ "New Seat Details - Cotswolds North". www.electoralcalculus.co.uk. Retrieved 23 February 2024.
  7. ↑ "North Cotswolds election results". BBC News. 4 July 2024. Retrieved 17 March 2025.
  8. ↑ "Notional results for a UK general election on 12 December 2019". Rallings & Thrasher, Professor David Denver (Scotland), Nicholas Whyte (NI) for Sky News, PA, BBC News and ITV News. UK Parliament . Retrieved 11 July 2024.
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