South Cotswolds (UK Parliament constituency)

South Cotswolds is a newly created constituency of the House of Commons in the UK Parliament.^[2] Further to the completion of the 2023 review of Westminster constituencies, it was first contested at the 2024 general election,^[3] when it was won by Roz Savage of the Liberal Democrats. She defeated James Gray, the Conservative MP for North Wiltshire from 1997 to 2024.

South Cotswolds
County constituency for the House of Commons
Boundary of South Cotswolds in South West England
County	Gloucestershire and Wiltshire
Electorate	72,865 (2023)[1]
Major settlements	Cirencester, Tetbury, Malmesbury, Cricklade, Fairford, Lechlade, Purton
Current constituency
Created	2024
Member of Parliament	Roz Savage (Liberal Democrats)
Seats	One
Created from	The Cotswolds North Wiltshire

Previously, approximately half of its area was in The Cotswolds constituency and the rest was in the North Wiltshire constituency; thus it straddles the boundary between the historic counties of Gloucestershire and Wiltshire. The other half of the former Cotswolds constituency became part of the new North Cotswolds constituency.

Boundaries

Map of boundaries from 2024

The constituency is composed of:

• The following wards of the District of Cotswold (as they existed on 1 December 2020): Abbey; Chesterton; Fairford North; Four Acres; Grumbolds Ash with Avening; Kemble; Lechlade, Kempsford & Fairford South; New Mills; St. Michael’s; Siddington & Cerney Rural; South Cerney Village; Stratton; Tetbury East & Rural; Tetbury Town; Tetbury with Upton; The Ampneys & Hampton; The Beeches; Watermoor.
• The District of Stroud ward of Kingswood (as it existed on 1 December 2020).
• The following electoral divisions of Wiltshire (as they existed on 4 May 2021): Brinkworth; By Brook; Cricklade & Latton; Kington; Malmesbury; Minety; Purton; Sherston.^[4]

It comprises the following areas:^[5]

• Just over half (by electorate) of the former constituency of The Cotswolds, including the towns of Cirencester and Tetbury
• Northern and western parts of the former constituency of North Wiltshire, including the towns of Cricklade and Malmesbury, and the large village of Purton

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	2024	Roz Savage	Liberal Democrats

Election results

Elections in the 2020s

General election 2024: South Cotswolds^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Roz Savage	22,961	43.9	+16.3
	Conservative	James Gray	17,988	34.4	−23.5
	Reform UK	Desi Latimer	5,146	9.8	N/A
	Labour	Zoë Billingham	3,942	7.5	−3.2
	Green	Bob Eastoe	1,564	3.0	−0.8
	Liberal	Chris Twells	225	0.4	N/A
	Independent	Sandy Steel	183	0.3	N/A
	SDP	Martin Broomfield	156	0.3	N/A
	Independent	Owen Humphreys	122	0.2	N/A
Majority			4,973	9.5	N/A
Turnout			52,287	73.1	+0.1
Registered electors			71,490
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing	+19.9

Elections in the 2010s

2019 notional result[7]
Party		Vote	%
	Conservative	30,798	57.9
	Liberal Democrats	14,706	27.6
	Labour	5,669	10.7
	Green	2,016	3.8
Turnout		53,189	73.0
Electorate		72,865