List of parliamentary constituencies in Gloucestershire

The county of Gloucestershireis divided into 6 parliamentary constituencies: 2 borough constituenciesand 4 county constituencies.

Constituencies edit

  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 BC81,044981 Alex ChalkMax 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 CC71,43815,869 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 BC81,31910,277 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 CC84,5373,840 Siobhan Baillie David DrewStroud 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 CC83,95822,410 Laurence RobertsonAlex 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 CC81,93920,214 Geoffrey Clifton-BrownLiz 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 edit

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–present
  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
Proposed Revision

Proposed boundary changes edit

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

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)
Current NameBoundaries 2010-presentProposed NameProposed boundaries
  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
  1. Cheltenham BC
  2. North Cotswolds CC
  3. Forest of Dean CC
  4. Gloucester BC
  5. Stroud CC
  6. Tewkesbury CC
Proposed Revision

Results history edit

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

2019 edit

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

PartyVotes%Change from 2017SeatsChange from 2017
Conservative191,11954.2% 1.3%6 1
Labour80,77622.9% 5.8%0 1
Liberal Democrats60,43117.1% 3.0%00
Greens17,1164.9% 2.7%00
Brexit1,0850.3%new00
Others2,3150.7% 1.5%00
Total352,842100.06

Percentage votes edit

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 year1922192419291931194519501951195519591964196619701974 (F)1974 (O)19791983198719921997200120052010201520172019
Conservative135.539.831.659.936.940.247.845.4649.043.7244.448.639.840.247.850.750.447.439.440.941.744.849.252.954.2
Labour30.635.039.731.651.646.951.045.4243.643.6448.742.435.438.234.916.720.823.133.933.729.321.021.028.722.9
Liberal Democrat215.825.225.58.511.510.81.21.77.311.36.68.924.221.116.432.128.728.322.521.923.328.713.414.117.1
Green Party---------------*****1.44.42.24.9
UKIP-----------------***3.611.61.8*
Brexit Party-----------------------0.3
Other18.1-3.2-6.22.1-7.4-1.40.40.040.60.40.90.4.011.24.23.55.70.60.30.30.6

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 edit

Election year19501951195519591964196619701974 (F)1974 (O)19791983198719921997200120052010201520172019
Conservative155477587695542235656
Labour77755745630003320010
Liberal Democrat200000000000011111000
Speaker1
Total121212121212121212125556666666

1including National Liberal

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

Maps edit

1885-1910 edit

1918-1945 edit

1950-1979 edit

1983-present edit

Historical representation by party edit

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 edit

  Conservative  Liberal  Liberal Unionist

Constituency1885188687901892929395189519001906Jan 1910Dec 19101116
Bristol EastCosshamWestonWillsHobhouse
Bristol NorthFryTownsendFryWillsBirrell
Bristol SouthWestonHillLongDavies
Bristol WestM. E. Hicks-BeachGibbs
CheltenhamAgg-GardnerRussellAgg-GardnerSearsPonsonbyMathiasAgg-Gardner
CirencesterWinterbothamChester-MasterLawsonBathurstEssexBathurst
Forest of DeanBlakeSamuelsonDilkeWebb
GloucesterRobinsonMonkReaTerrell
StroudBrandHollowayJonesCrippsAllen
TewkesburyYorkeDoringtonM. H. Hicks BeachW. F. Hicks-Beach
ThornburyHowardPlunkettColstonRendall

1918 to 1950 edit

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

Constituency1918192219231924252819293119311935363739431945
Bristol CentralInskipAlpassA. ApsleyV. ApsleyAwbery
Bristol EastBrittonMorrisBakerCripps
Bristol NorthGangeC. GuestAylesF. GuestAylesBernaysColdrick
Bristol SouthDaviesReesWalkdenLindsayWalkdenWilkins
Bristol WestGibbsCulverwellStanley
CheltenhamAgg-GardnerPrestonLipson
Cirencester and TewkesburyDaviesMorrison
Forest of DeanWignallPurcellVaughanWorthingtonPrice
GloucesterBrutonHorlickBoyceTurner-Samuels
StroudListerTubbsF. GuestNelsonPerkinsParkin
ThornburyRendallWoodcockRendallGunstonAlpass

1950 to 1983 edit

  Conservative  Labour  National Liberal (1931-68)  Speaker

Constituency1950505119515119555719596163196419661970Feb 1974Oct 19741979
Bristol CentralAwberyPalmer
Bristol North EastColdrickHopkinsDobsonAdleyPalmer
Bristol North WestBraithwaiteBoydMcLarenEllisMcLarenThomasColvin
Bristol SouthWilkinsCocks
Bristol South EastCrippsBennSt ClairBenn
Bristol WestStanleyMoncktonCookeWaldegrave
CheltenhamW. W. Hicks-BeachDodds-ParkerIrving
Cirencester and TewkesburyMorrisonRidley
GloucesterTurner-SamuelsDiamondOppenheim
Gloucestershire SouthCroslandCorfieldCope
Gloucestershire WestPriceLoughlinWatkinsonMarland
KingswoodWalkerAspinwall
Stroud & Thornbury / Stroud (1955)PerkinsKershaw

1983 to present edit

  Conservative  Labour  Liberal Democrats

Constituency1983198719921997200120052010201520172019
CheltenhamIrvingJonesHorwoodChalk
Cotswold / The Cotswolds (2010)Clifton-Brown
West Gloucestershire / Forest of Dean (1997)MarlandOrganHarper
GloucesterOppenheimFrenchKinghamDhandaGraham
StroudKershawKnapmanDrewCarmichaelDrewBaillie
Cirencester and Tewkesbury / Tewkesbury (1997)RidleyClifton-BrownRobertson

See also edit

Notes edit

  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 edit

  1. ^ Baker, Carl; Uberoi, Elise; Cracknell, Richard (28 January 2020). "General Election 2019: full results and analysis".
  2. ^ a b c "Constituencies A-Z - Election 2019". BBC News. Retrieved 25 April 2020.
  3. ^ "The Parliamentary Constituencies (England) Order 2007, page 4". Office of Public Sector Information. Crown copyright. 13 June 2007. Retrieved 7 November 2009.
  4. ^ Boundary Commission for England pp. 1004–1007
  5. ^ "2023 Review | Boundary Commission for England". boundarycommissionforengland.independent.gov.uk. Retrieved 7 October 2021.
  6. ^ Garcia, Carmelo (4 December 2022). "Neighbours could have three different MPs representing them". GloucestershireLive. Retrieved 14 December 2022.
  7. ^ "Gloucestershire electoral boundary changes 'a dog's dinner'". BBC News. 9 June 2021. Retrieved 8 October 2021.
  8. ^ "Big reshuffle of Gloucestershire Parliamentary constituences is proposed". Gloucestershire News Service. Retrieved 8 October 2021.
  9. ^ "The 2023 Review of Parliamentary Constituency Boundaries in England – Volume one: Report | Boundary Commission for England". boundarycommissionforengland.independent.gov.uk. paras 1084-1126. Retrieved 10 July 2023.
  10. ^ Watson, Christopher; Uberoi, Elise; Loft, Philip (17 April 2020). "General election results from 1918 to 2019".