{{Short description|UK Parliament constituency (since 2024)}} {{Infobox UK constituency|name=South Cotswolds|parliament=uk|year=[[2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies|2024]]|abolished=|type=County|elects_howmany=One|next= |electorate= 72,865 (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_south-cotswolds-cc-72865 |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 = [[Roz Savage]] |party = Liberal Democrats (UK) |region=England |county=[[Gloucestershire]] and [[Wiltshire]]|towns=[[Cirencester]], [[Tetbury]], [[Malmesbury]], [[Cricklade]], [[Fairford]], [[Lechlade]], [[Purton]]|previous=[[The Cotswolds (UK Parliament constituency)|The Cotswolds]]<br>[[North Wiltshire (UK Parliament constituency)|North Wiltshire]]|image2=[[File:South West England - South Cotswolds constituency.svg|255px|alt=Map of constituency]]|caption2=Boundary of South Cotswolds in South West England}}'''South 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>{{Cite web |last=Council |first=SDC {{!}} Stroud District |title=2023 Parliamentary Boundary - Final Public Consultation {{!}} Stroud District Council |url=https://www.stroud.gov.uk/council-and-democracy/elections/2023-parliamentary-boundary-final-public-consultation |access-date=2024-02-23 |website=www.stroud.gov.uk |language=en}}</ref> Further to the completion 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=2023-08-02 |website=boundarycommissionforengland.independent.gov.uk}}</ref> when it was won by [[Roz Savage]] of the [[Liberal Democrats (UK)|Liberal Democrats]]. She defeated [[James Gray (British politician)|James Gray]], the [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]] MP for [[North Wiltshire (UK Parliament constituency)|North Wiltshire]] from 1997 to 2024.
Previously, approximately half of its area was in [[The Cotswolds (UK Parliament constituency)|The Cotswolds]] constituency and the rest was in the [[North Wiltshire (UK Parliament constituency)|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 == {{maplink|raw={{Wikipedia:Map data/South Cotswolds (UK Parliament constituency)}}|frame=yes|frame-height=250|text=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 [[Stroud District|District of Stroud]] ward of Kingswood (as it existed on 1 December 2020). * The following electoral divisions of [[Wiltshire Council|Wiltshire]] (as they existed on 4 May 2021): Brinkworth; By Brook; Cricklade & Latton; Kington; Malmesbury; Minety; Purton; Sherston.<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>
It comprises the following areas:<ref>{{Cite web |title=New Seat Details - Cotswolds South |url=https://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/fcgi-bin/calcwork23.py?seat=Cotswolds+South |access-date=2024-02-23 |website=www.electoralcalculus.co.uk}}</ref>
* Just over half (by electorate) of the former constituency of [[The Cotswolds (UK Parliament constituency)|The Cotswolds]], including the towns of [[Cirencester]] and [[Tetbury]] * Northern and western parts of the former constituency of [[North Wiltshire (UK Parliament constituency)|North Wiltshire]], including the towns of [[Cricklade]] and [[Malmesbury]], and the large village of [[Purton]]
== Members of Parliament == {| class="wikitable" |- !colspan="2"|Election!!Member !Party |- | style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Liberal Democrats (UK)}}" | |[[2024 United Kingdom general election|2024]] |[[Roz Savage]] |[[Liberal Democrats (UK)|Liberal Democrats]] |} == Election results ==
=== Elections in the 2020s === {{Election box begin|title=[[2024 United Kingdom general election|General election 2024]]: South Cotswolds<ref name="BBC">{{Cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/election/2024/uk/constituencies/E14001482 |title=Election: South Cotswolds results |work=BBC News |access-date=5 July 2024 |date=5 July 2024}}</ref>}} {{Election box winning candidate with party link|party=Liberal Democrats (UK)|candidate=[[Roz Savage]]|votes=22,961|percentage=43.9|change=+16.3}} {{Election box candidate with party link|party=Conservative Party (UK)|candidate=[[James Gray (British politician)|James Gray]]|votes=17,988|percentage=34.4|change=-23.5}} {{Election box candidate with party link|party=Reform UK|candidate=Desi Latimer|votes=5,146|percentage=9.8|change=''N/A''}} {{Election box candidate with party link|party=Labour Party (UK)|candidate=Zoë Billingham|votes=3,942|percentage=7.5|change=-3.2}} {{Election box candidate with party link|party=Green Party of England and Wales|candidate=Bob Eastoe|votes=1,564|percentage=3.0|change=-0.8}} {{Election box candidate with party link|party=Liberal Party (UK, 1989)|candidate=Chris Twells|votes=225|percentage=0.4|change=''N/A''}} {{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent|candidate=Sandy Steel|votes=183|percentage=0.3|change=''N/A''}} {{Election box candidate with party link|party=Social Democratic Party (UK, 1990–present)|candidate=Martin Broomfield|votes=156|percentage=0.3|change=''N/A''}} {{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent|candidate=Owen Humphreys|votes=122|percentage=0.2|change=''N/A''}} {{Election box majority|votes=4,973|percentage=9.5|change=''N/A''}} {{Election box turnout|votes=52,287|percentage=73.1|change=+0.1}} {{Election box registered electors |reg. electors = 71,490 }} {{Election box gain with party link|winner=Liberal Democrats (UK)|loser=Conservative Party (UK)|swing=+19.9}} {{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| 30,798 ||align=right| 57.9 |- | {{party color cell|Liberal Democrats (UK)}} | [[Liberal Democrats (UK)|Liberal Democrats]] ||align=right| 14,706 ||align=right| 27.6 |- | {{party color cell|Labour Party (UK)}} | [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]] ||align=right| 5,669 ||align=right| 10.7 |- | {{party color cell|Green Party of England and Wales}} | [[Green Party of England and Wales|Green]] ||align=right| 2,016 ||align=right| 3.8 |- |colspan="4" bgcolor="#EAECF0"| |- |colspan="2"|'''Turnout''' |align=right|53,189 |align=right|73.0 |- |colspan="2"|'''Electorate''' |align=right|72,865 |}
== See also == * [[Parliamentary constituencies in Gloucestershire]] * [[Parliamentary constituencies in Wiltshire]]
== References == {{reflist}}
==External links== *[https://mapit.mysociety.org/area/168802.html South Cotswolds UK Parliament constituency] (boundaries from June 2024) at ''MapIt UK''
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