North Cotswolds (UK Parliament constituency)

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 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.

North Cotswolds
County constituency for the House of Commons
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)
Seats	One
Created from	The Cotswolds (part), Stroud (part), Tewkesbury (part)

Boundaries

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]

• Just under half (by electorate) of the now abolished constituency of The Cotswolds, including the towns of Chipping Campden, Moreton-in-Marsh, Stow-on-the-Wold, Bourton-on-the-Water and Minchinhampton
• Communities between Cheltenham and Gloucester, including Badgeworth, Brockworth, Churchdown and Shurdington, transferred from Tewkesbury
• Northern-most parts of the Stroud constituency, including Bisley, Hardwicke and Painswick

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	2024	Geoffrey Clifton-Brown	Conservative

Elections

Elections in the 2020s

General election 2024: North Cotswolds^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Geoffrey Clifton-Brown	17,426	34.7	−24.6
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Hodgkinson	14,069	28.0	+10.0
	Labour	Anna Mainwaring	8,593	17.1	+0.6
	Reform UK	Jason Preece	6,502	12.9	+12.6
	Green	Chloe Turner	3,191	6.4	+0.6
	Independent	Jean Blackbeard	448	0.9	N/A
Majority			3,357	6.7	−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[8]
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