List of parliamentary constituencies in Gloucestershire

The county of Gloucestershire is divided into 6 parliamentary constituencies: 2 borough constituencies and 4 county constituencies.

Constituencies

  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	81,044	981		Alex Chalk †		Max Wilkinson ¤	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, Springbank, Up Hatherley, Warden Hill.
Forest of Dean CC	71,438	15,869		Mark Harper †		Di Martin ‡	Forest of Dean District Council: Alvington, Aylburton and West Lydney, Awre, Berry Hill, Blaisdon and Longhope, Bream, Bromesberrow and Dymock, Christchurch and English Bicknor, Churcham and Huntley, Cinderford East, Cinderford West, Coleford Central, Coleford East, Hartpury, Hewelsfield and Woolaston, Littledean and Ruspidge, Lydbrook and Ruardean, Lydney East, Lydney North, Mitcheldean and Drybrook, Newent Central, Newland and St Briavels, Newnham and Westbury, Oxenhall and Newent North East, Pillowell, Redmarley, Tibberton, Tidenham. Tewkesbury Borough Council: Highnam with Haw Bridge.
Gloucester BC	81,319	10,277		Richard Graham †		Fran Boait ‡	Gloucester City Council: Abbey, Barnwood, Barton and Tredworth, Elmbridge, Grange, Hucclecote, Kingsholm and Wotton, Matson and Robinswood, Moreland, Podsmead, Quedgeley Fieldcourt, Quedgeley Severn Vale, Tuffley, Westgate.
Stroud CC	84,537	3,840		Siobhan Baillie †		David Drew ‡	Stroud District Council: Amberley and Woodchester, Berkeley, Bisley, Cainscross, Cam East, Cam West, Central, Chalford, Coaley and Uley, Dursley, Eastington and Standish, Farmhill and Paganhill, Hardwicke, Nailsworth, Over Stroud, Painswick, Rodborough, Severn, Slade, Stonehouse, The Stanleys, Thrupp, Trinity, Uplands, Upton St Leonards, Vale, Valley.
Tewkesbury CC	83,958	22,410		Laurence Robertson †		Alex Hegenbarth ¤	Cheltenham Borough Council: Prestbury, Swindon Village. Gloucester City Council: Longlevens. Tewkesbury Borough Council: Ashchurch with Walton Cardiff, Badgeworth, Brockworth, Churchdown Brookfield, Churchdown St John's, Cleeve Grange, Cleeve Hill, Cleeve St Michael's, Cleeve West, Coombe Hill, Hucclecote, Innsworth with Down Hatherley, Isbourne, Northway, Oxenton Hill, Shurdington, Tewkesbury Newtown, Tewkesbury Prior's Park, Tewkesbury Town With Mitton, Twyning, Winchcombe.
The Cotswolds CC	81,939	20,214		Geoffrey Clifton-Brown †		Liz Webster ¤	Cotswold District Council: Ampney-Coln, Avening, Beacon-Stow, Blockley, Bourton-on-the-Water, Campden-Vale, Chedworth, Churn Valley, Cirencester Beeches, Cirencester Chesterton, Cirencester Park, Cirencester Stratton-Whiteway, Cirencester Watermoor, Ermin, Fairford, Fosseridge, Grumbolds Ash, Hampton, Kempsford-Lechlade, Moreton-in-Marsh, Northleach, Rissingtons, Riversmeet, Sandywell, Tetbury, Thames Head, Three Rivers, Water Park. Stroud District Council: Kingswood, Minchinhampton, Wotton-under-Edge.

2010 boundary changes

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.

Name	Boundaries 1997-2010	Boundaries 2010–present
Cheltenham BC Cotswold CC / The Cotswolds CC Forest of Dean CC Gloucester BC Stroud CC Tewkesbury CC

Proposed boundary changes

See 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies for further details.

Following the abandonment of the Sixth Periodic Review (the 2018 review), the Boundary Commission for England formally launched the 2023 Review on 5 January 2021.^[5] Initial proposals were published on 8 June 2021 and, following two periods of public consultation, revised proposals were published on 8 November 2022. The final proposals were published on 28 June 2023.

The commission had proposed that Gloucestershire be combined 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 existing constituency of The Cotswolds, which would be renamed North Cotswolds.^[6][7][8][9]

The following seats are proposed:

Containing electoral wards from Cheltenham

• Cheltenham
• Tewkesbury (part)

Containing electoral wards in Cotswold

• North Cotswolds (part)
• South Cotswolds (part also in Witshire)

Containing electoral wards in Forest of Dean

• Forest of Dean (part)

Containing wards in Gloucester

• Gloucester
• Tewkesbury (part)

Containing wards in Stroud

• North Cotswolds (part)
• South Cotswolds (part)
• Stroud

Containing wards in Tewkesbury

• Forest of Dean (part)
• North Cotswolds (part)
• Tewkesbury (part)

Current Name	Boundaries 2010-present	Proposed Name	Proposed boundaries
Cheltenham BC Cotswold CC / The Cotswolds CC Forest of Dean CC Gloucester BC Stroud CC Tewkesbury CC		Cheltenham BC North Cotswolds CC Forest of Dean CC Gloucester BC Stroud CC Tewkesbury CC

Results history

Primary data source: House of Commons research briefing - General election results from 1918 to 2019^[10]

2019

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%	1.3%	6	1
Labour	80,776	22.9%	5.8%	0	1
Liberal Democrats	60,431	17.1%	3.0%	0	0
Greens	17,116	4.9%	2.7%	0	0
Brexit	1,085	0.3%	new	0	0
Others	2,315	0.7%	1.5%	0	0
Total	352,842	100.0		6

Percentage votes

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.

¹including National Liberal

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

* 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

¹including National Liberal

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

Maps

1885-1910

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1950-1979

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1983-present

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Historical representation by party

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

  Conservative   Liberal   Liberal Unionist

1918 to 1950

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

1950 to 1983

  Conservative   Labour   National Liberal (1931-68)   Speaker

1983 to present

  Conservative   Labour   Liberal Democrats

See also

• List of parliamentary constituencies in Avon for divisions in South Gloucestershire and Bristol.
• List of constituencies in South West England

Notes

References

This page was last edited on 10 July 2023, at 10:53