South Cotswolds (UK Parliament constituency) explained

South Cotswolds
Parliament:	uk
Year:	2024
Type:	County
Elects Howmany:	One
Electorate:	72,865 (2023)^[1]
Mp:	Roz Savage
Party:	Liberal Democrats (UK)
Region:	England
County:	Gloucestershire and Wiltshire
Towns:	Cirencester, Tetbury, Malmesbury, Cricklade, Fairford, Lechlade, Purton
Previous:	The Cotswolds North Wiltshire

South Cotswolds is a newly created constituency of the House of Commons in the UK Parliament.^[2] Further to the completion of the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, it was first contested at the 2024 general election.^[3] Previously, approximately half of its area was in The Cotswolds constituency and the rest was in the 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

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 District of Stroud ward of Kingswood (as it existed on 1 December 2020).
• The following electoral divisions of Wiltshire (as they existed on 4 May 2021): Brinkworth; By Brook; Cricklade & Latton; Kington; Malmesbury; Minety; Purton; Sherston.^[4]

It comprises the following areas:^[5]

• Just over half (by electorate) of the former constituency of The Cotswolds, including the towns of Cirencester and Tetbury
• Northern and western parts of the former constituency of North Wiltshire, including the towns of Cricklade and Malmesbury, and the large village of Purton

Election results

Elections in the 2010s

2019 notional result^[6]
Party		Vote	%
		30,798	57.9
		14,706	27.6
		5,669	10.7
		2,016	3.8
Turnout		53,189	73.0
Electorate		72,865

External links

• South Cotswolds UK Parliament constituency (boundaries from June 2024) at MapIt UK

Notes and References

1. Web site: The 2023 Review of Parliamentary Constituency Boundaries in England – Volume two: Constituency names, designations and composition – South West . Boundary Commission for England . 28 June 2024 . dmy .
2. Web site: Council . SDC Stroud District . 2023 Parliamentary Boundary - Final Public Consultation Stroud District Council . 2024-02-23 . www.stroud.gov.uk . en.
3. Web site: The 2023 Review of Parliamentary Constituency Boundaries in England – Volume one: Report – South West Boundary Commission for England . 2023-08-02 . boundarycommissionforengland.independent.gov.uk.
4. Web site: The Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023 . Schedule 1 Part 7 South West region.
5. Web site: New Seat Details - Cotswolds South . 2024-02-23 . www.electoralcalculus.co.uk.
6. Web site: Notional results for a UK general election on 12 December 2019 . 11 July 2024 . Rallings & Thrasher, Professor David Denver (Scotland), Nicholas Whyte (NI) for Sky News, PA, BBC News and ITV News . UK Parliament.