North Cotswolds (UK Parliament constituency)

North Cotswolds
County constituency
for the House of Commons
Map of constituency
Boundary of North Cotswolds in South West England
CountyGloucestershire
Electorate70,915 (2023)[1]
Major settlementsMoreton-in-Marsh, Bourton-on-the-Water, Minchinhampton, Chipping Campden, Stow-on-the-Wold
Current constituency
Created2024
Member of ParliamentGeoffrey Clifton-Brown (Conservative)
SeatsOne
Created fromThe 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]

Boundaries

Map
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 District of Cotswold wards of: Blockley; Bourton Vale; Bourton Village; Campden & Vale; Chedworth & Churn Valley; Coln Valley; Ermin; Fosseridge; Moreton East; Moreton West; Northleach; Sandywell; Stow; The Rissingtons.
  • The District of Stroud wards of: Bisley; Hardwicke; Minchinhampton; Painswick & Upton.
  • The Borough of Tewkesbury wards of: Badgeworth; Brockworth East; Brockworth West; Churchdown Brookfield with Hucclecote; Churchdown St. John’s; Shurdington.[5]

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

Elections

Elections in the 2020s

General election 2024: North Cotswolds
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Geoffrey Clifton-Brown[7] 17,426 34.7 −24.6
Liberal Democrats Paul Hodgkinson[8] 14,069 28.0 +10.0
Labour Anna Mainwaring[9] 8,593 17.1 +0.6
Reform UK Jason Preece[10] 6,502 12.9 +12.6
Green Chloe Turner[11] 3,191 6.4 +0.6
Independent Jean Blackbeard[12] 448 0.9 N/A
Majority 3,357 4.7 –36.6
Turnout 50,229 69.3 –2.3
Registered electors 72,513
Conservative hold Swing −17.3

Elections in the 2010s

2019 notional result[13]
Party Vote %
Conservative 30,140 59.3
Liberal Democrats 9,143 18.0
Labour 8,391 16.5
Green 2,944 5.8
Brexit Party 175 0.3
Turnout 50,793 71.6
Electorate 70,915

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. ^ "Election special". 23 May 2024.
  8. ^ "Liberal Democrat Prospective Parliamentary Candidates". Mark Pack. Retrieved 29 February 2024.
  9. ^ "Labour selections: parliamentary candidates selected so far for the general election". LabourList. Retrieved 29 February 2024.
  10. ^ "North Cotswolds Constituency".
  11. ^ "Full list of all Green Party candidates at the next general election". Bright Green. 17 September 2023. Retrieved 29 February 2024.
  12. ^ "Statement of Persons Nominated and Notice of Poll" (PDF). Cotswold District Council. Retrieved 7 June 2024.
  13. ^ "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.