{{Short description|UK Parliament constituency (since 2024)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=November 2019}} {{Infobox UK constituency |name = [[North Cotswolds]] |parliament = uk |year = 2024 |abolished = |type = County |elects_howmany = One |next = |electorate = 70,915 (2023)<ref>{{cite web |url= https://boundarycommissionforengland.independent.gov.uk/2023-review/the-2023-review-of-parliamentary-constituency-boundaries-in-england-volume-two-constituency-names-designations-and-composition/the-2023-review-of-parliamentary-constituency-boundaries-in-england-volume-two-constituency-names-designations-and-composition-south-west/#lg_north-cotswolds-cc-70915 |title= The 2023 Review of Parliamentary Constituency Boundaries in England – Volume two: Constituency names, designations and composition – South West |publisher=Boundary Commission for England |access-date=28 June 2024 |df=dmy }}</ref> |mp = [[Geoffrey Clifton-Brown]] |party = Conservative Party (UK) |region = England |county = [[Gloucestershire]] |european = South West England |previous = [[The Cotswolds (UK Parliament constituency)|The Cotswolds]] (part), [[Stroud (UK Parliament constituency)| Stroud]] (part), [[Tewkesbury (UK Parliament constituency)|Tewkesbury]] (part) |image2=[[File:South West England - North Cotswolds constituency.svg|255px|alt=Map of constituency]]|caption2=Boundary of North Cotswolds in South West England|towns=[[Bourton-on-the-Water]], [[Brockworth]], [[Chipping Campden]], [[Churchdown]], [[Minchinhampton]], [[Moreton-in-Marsh]],[[Stow-on-the-Wold]]}}
'''North Cotswolds''' is a [[List of UK Parliament constituencies|constituency]] of the [[House of Commons of the United Kingdom|House of Commons]] in the [[UK Parliament]].<ref name="North Cotswolds">{{cite news |date=28 December 2023 |title=Cotswold council chief to stand for MP in new Gloucestershire seat |url=https://www.gloucestershirelive.co.uk/news/cheltenham-news/cotswold-council-chief-stand-mp-8999504?utm_source=mynewsassistant.com&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=embedded_search_item_desktop |accessdate=22 February 2024 |work=Gloucestershire Live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |date=5 December 2022 |title=MP considers standing for North Cotswolds in boundary shake-up |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-gloucestershire-63858410 |accessdate=22 February 2024 |work=BBC}}</ref> Created as a result of the [[2023 review of Westminster constituencies]], it was first contested at the [[2024 United Kingdom general election|2024 general election]],<ref>{{Cite web |title=The 2023 Review of Parliamentary Constituency Boundaries in England – Volume one: Report – South West {{!}} Boundary Commission for England |url=https://boundarycommissionforengland.independent.gov.uk/2023-review/2023-review-volume-one-report/the-2023-review-of-parliamentary-constituency-boundaries-in-england-volume-one-report-south-west/ |access-date=2023-07-17 |website=boundarycommissionforengland.independent.gov.uk}}</ref> when it was won by [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]] [[Geoffrey Clifton-Brown]], who had represented [[Cirencester and Tewkesbury]] then [[The Cotswolds (UK Parliament constituency)|The Cotswolds]] since 1992.
== Boundaries == {{maplink|raw={{Wikipedia:Map data/North Cotswolds (UK Parliament constituency)}}|frame=yes|text=Map of boundaries from 2024}} The constituency was formed from a split of the former [[The Cotswolds (UK Parliament constituency)|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.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023 |url=https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2023/1230/schedules/made |at=Schedule 1 Part 7 South West region}}</ref>
The seat covers northern parts of the [[Cotswolds]] [[area of outstanding natural beauty]]. It comprises the following areas:<ref>{{Cite web |title=New Seat Details - Cotswolds North |url=https://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/fcgi-bin/calcwork23.py?seat=Cotswolds+North |access-date=2024-02-23 |website=www.electoralcalculus.co.uk}}</ref>
* Just under half (by electorate) of the abolished constituency of [[The Cotswolds (UK Parliament constituency)|The Cotswolds]], including the towns of [[Chipping Campden]], [[Moreton-in-Marsh]], [[Stow-on-the-Wold]], [[Bourton-on-the-Water]] and [[Minchinhampton]] * Communities lying between Cheltenham and Gloucester, including [[Badgeworth]], [[Brockworth]], [[Churchdown]], [[Coopers Edge]] and [[Shurdington]], transferred from [[Tewkesbury (UK Parliament constituency)|Tewkesbury]] * Northernmost parts of the [[Stroud (UK Parliament constituency)|Stroud]] constituency, including [[Bisley, Gloucestershire|Bisley]], [[Hardwicke, Stroud|Hardwicke]] and [[Painswick]]
== Members of Parliament == {| class="wikitable" |- !colspan="2"|Election!!Member!!Party |- | style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | |[[2024 United Kingdom general election|2024]] |[[Geoffrey Clifton-Brown]] |[[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]] |} == Elections ==
=== Elections in the 2020s === {{Election box begin|title=[[2024 United Kingdom general election|General election 2024]]: North Cotswolds<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/election/2024/uk/constituencies/E14001386|title=North Cotswolds election results|date=4 July 2024|publisher=[[BBC News]]|access-date=17 March 2025}}</ref>|}} {{Election box winning candidate with party link|party=Conservative Party (UK)|candidate=[[Geoffrey Clifton-Brown]]|votes=17,426|percentage=34.7|change=−24.6|}} {{Election box candidate with party link|party=Liberal Democrats (UK)|candidate=Paul Hodgkinson|votes=14,069|percentage=28.0|change=+10.0|}} {{Election box candidate with party link|party=Labour Party (UK)|candidate=Anna Mainwaring|votes=8,593|percentage=17.1|change=+0.6|}} {{Election box candidate with party link|party=Reform UK|candidate=Jason Preece|votes=6,502|percentage=12.9|change=+12.6|}} {{Election box candidate with party link|party=Green Party of England and Wales|candidate=Chloe Turner|votes=3,191|percentage=6.4|change=+0.6|}} {{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent|candidate=Jean Blackbeard|votes=448|percentage=0.9|change=''N/A''|}} {{Election box majority|votes=3,357|percentage=6.7|change=−36.6}} {{Election box turnout|votes=50,229|percentage=69.3|change=−2.3}} {{Election box registered electors |reg. electors = 72,513 }} {{Election box hold with party link |winner = Conservative Party (UK) |loser = |swing = −17.3 }} {{Election box end}}
===Elections in the 2010s===
{| class="wikitable" |- ! colspan="4" | [[2019 United Kingdom general election|2019]] [[2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies|notional result]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://electionresults.parliament.uk/general-elections/5 |title=Notional results for a UK general election on 12 December 2019 |date= |access-date=11 July 2024 |work=Rallings & Thrasher, Professor David Denver (Scotland), Nicholas Whyte (NI) for Sky News, PA, BBC News and ITV News |publisher=[[UK Parliament]]}}</ref> |- ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="130px" colspan="2" | Party ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="50px" | Vote ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="30px" | % |- | {{party color cell|Conservative Party (UK)}} | [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]] ||align=right| 30,140 ||align=right| 59.3 |- | {{party color cell|Liberal Democrats (UK)}} | [[Liberal Democrats (UK)|Liberal Democrats]] ||align=right| 9,143 ||align=right| 18.0 |- | {{party color cell|Labour Party (UK)}} | [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]] ||align=right| 8,391 ||align=right| 16.5 |- | {{party color cell|Green Party of England and Wales}} | [[Green Party of England and Wales|Green]] ||align=right| 2,944 ||align=right| 5.8 |- | {{party color cell|Brexit Party}} | [[Brexit Party]] ||align=right| 175 ||align=right| 0.3 |- |colspan="4" bgcolor="#EAECF0"| |- |colspan="2"|'''Turnout''' |align=right|50,793 |align=right|71.6 |- |colspan="2"|'''Electorate''' |align=right|70,915 |}
== References == {{reflist}}
==External links== *[https://mapit.mysociety.org/area/168797.html North Cotswolds UK Parliament constituency] (boundaries from June 2024) at ''MapIt UK''
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