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Parliamentary constituencies in Gloucestershire

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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.[nb 1]

The location of Gloucestershire in relation to England.

Constituencies

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  Conservative †   Labour ‡   Liberal Democrat ¤

Constituency[note 1] Electorate[1] Majority[2][note 2] Member of Parliament[2] Nearest opposition[2] Electoral wards[3][4] Map
Cheltenham BC 75,292 7,210   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 CC 71,510 278   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 BC 76,695 3,431   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 CC 70,915 3,357   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) 72,865 4,973   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 CC 76,249 11,411   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 CC 72,426 6,262   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

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2024

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See 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies for further details.

Former NameBoundaries 2010–2024Current NameBoundaries 2024–present
  1. Cheltenham BC
  2. The Cotswolds CC
  3. Forest of Dean CC
  4. Gloucester BC
  5. Stroud CC
  6. Tewkesbury CC
Parliamentary constituencies in Gloucestershire (2010-2024)
Parliamentary constituencies in Gloucestershire (2010-2024)
  1. Cheltenham BC
  2. Forest of Dean CC
  3. Gloucester BC
  4. North Cotswolds CC
  5. South Cotswolds CC
  6. Stroud CC
  7. Tewkesbury CC
Parliamentary constituencies in Gloucestershire (2024-present
Parliamentary constituencies in Gloucestershire (2024-present

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.[5][6][7][8] These changes came into effect for the 2024 general election.

The following seats resulted from the boundary review:

Containing electoral wards from Cheltenham

Containing electoral wards in Cotswold

Containing electoral wards in Forest of Dean

Containing wards in Gloucester

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

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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
  1. Cheltenham BC
  2. Cotswold CC / The Cotswolds CC
  3. Forest of Dean CC
  4. Gloucester BC
  5. Stroud CC
  6. Tewkesbury CC
Parliamentary constituencies in Gloucestershire
Parliamentary constituencies in Gloucestershire
Proposed Revision
Proposed Revision

Results history

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Primary data source: House of Commons research briefing - General election results from 1918 to 2019[9]

2024

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The number of votes cast for each political party who fielded candidates in constituencies comprising Gloucestershire in the 2024 general election were as follows:[nb 2][2]

Party Votes % Change from 2019 Seats Change from 2019
Conservative 111,103 31.8% Decrease22.4% 1 Decrease5
Liberal Democrat 93,112 26.6 Increase9.5% 3 Increase3
Labour 77,973 22.3% Decrease0.6% 3 Increase3
Reform 39,478 11.3% Increase11.0% 0 0
Green 23,559 6.7% Increase1.8 0 0
Others 4,399 1.3% Increase0.6% 0 0
Total 349,624 100.0 7

2019

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The number of votes cast for each political party who fielded candidates in constituencies comprising Gloucestershire in the 2019 general election were as follows:

Party Votes % Change from 2017 Seats Change from 2017
Conservative 191,119 54.2% Increase1.3% 6 Increase1
Labour 80,776 22.9% Decrease5.8% 0 Decrease1
Liberal Democrats 60,431 17.1% Increase3.0% 0 0
Greens 17,116 4.9% Increase2.7% 0 0
Brexit 1,085 0.3% new 0 0
Others 2,315 0.7% Decrease1.5% 0 0
Total 352,842 100.0 6

Percentage votes

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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 year 1922 1924 1929 1931 1945 1950 1951 1955 1959 1964 1966 1970 1974 (F) 1974 (O) 1979 1983 1987 1992 1997 2001 2005 2010 2015 2017 2019 2024
Conservative1 35.5 39.8 31.6 59.9 36.9 40.2 47.8 45.46 49.0 43.72 44.4 48.6 39.8 40.2 47.8 50.7 50.4 47.4 39.4 40.9 41.7 44.8 49.2 52.9 54.2 31.8
Liberal Democrat2 15.8 25.2 25.5 8.5 11.5 10.8 1.2 1.7 7.3 11.3 6.6 8.9 24.2 21.1 16.4 32.1 28.7 28.3 22.5 21.9 23.3 28.7 13.4 14.1 17.1 26.6
Labour 30.6 35.0 39.7 31.6 51.6 46.9 51.0 45.42 43.6 43.64 48.7 42.4 35.4 38.2 34.9 16.7 20.8 23.1 33.9 33.7 29.3 21.0 21.0 28.7 22.9 22.3
Reform3 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 0.3 11.3
Green Party - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - * * * * * 1.4 4.4 2.2 4.9 6.7
UKIP - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - * * * 3.6 11.6 1.8 * *
Other 18.1 - 3.2 - 6.2 2.1 - 7.4 - 1.4 0.4 0.04 0.6 0.4 0.9 0.4 .01 1.2 4.2 3.5 5.7 0.6 0.3 0.3 0.6 1.3

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

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Election year 1950 1951 1955 1959 1964 1966 1970 1974 (F) 1974 (O) 1979 1983 1987 1992 1997 2001 2005 2010 2015 2017 2019 2024
Labour 7 7 7 5 5 7 4 5 6 3 0 0 0 3 3 2 0 0 1 0 3
Liberal Democrat1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 3
Conservative2 5 5 4 7 7 5 8 7 6 9 5 5 4 2 2 3 5 6 5 6 1
Speaker 1
Total 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 5 5 5 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 7

1including National Liberal

21950-1979: Liberal Party; 1983 & 1987 - SDP–Liberal Alliance

Maps

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1885-1910

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1918-1945

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1950-1979

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1983-2019

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2024-present

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Historical representation by party

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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)

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1918 to 1950 (11 seats)

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  Coalition Liberal (1918-22) / National Liberal (1922-23)   Conservative   Independent Conservative   Independent Labour   Independent National   Labour   Liberal   National Labour   National Liberal (1931-68)

Constituency 1918 1922 1923 1924 25 28 1929 31 1931 1935 36 37 39 43 1945
Bristol Central Inskip Alpass A. Apsley V. Apsley Awbery
Bristol East Britton Morris Baker Cripps → →
Bristol North Gange C. Guest Ayles F. Guest Ayles Bernays → Coldrick
Bristol South Davies Rees → Walkden Lindsay Walkden Wilkins
Bristol West Gibbs Culverwell Stanley
Cheltenham Agg-Gardner Preston Lipson →
Cirencester & Tewkesbury Davies Morrison
Forest of Dean Wignall Purcell Vaughan Worthington Price
Gloucester Bruton Horlick Boyce Turner-Samuels
Stroud Lister Tubbs F. Guest Nelson Perkins Parkin
Thornbury Rendall Woodcock Rendall Gunston Alpass

1950 to 1983 (12 seats)

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1983 to 2010 (5, then 6 seats)

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2010 to present (6, then 6.5 seats)

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See also

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Notes

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  1. ↑ South Cotswolds is a cross-county boundary constituency between Gloucestershire and Wiltshire.
  2. ↑ 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.
  1. ↑ BC denotes borough constituency, CC denotes county constituency.
  2. ↑ The majority is the number of votes the winning candidate receives more than their nearest rival.

References

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