The Cotswolds (UK Parliament constituency)

The Cotswolds was a constituency[n 1] in Gloucestershire in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament.Other settlements included Andoversford, Bourton-on-the-Water, Chipping Campden, Fairford, Lechlade, Moreton-in-Marsh, Northleach, Stow-on-the-Wold, Tetbury (and the neighbouring village of Doughton, location of Highgrove, the Prince of Wales's estate), and Wotton-under-Edge.[citation needed] It also contained eight of the 20 most popular attractions in Gloucestershire, including Westonbirt Arboretum, Hidcote Manor, and Chedworth Roman Villa.Workless claimants, registered jobseekers, were in November 2012 significantly lower than the national average of 3.8%, at 1.6% of the population based on a statistical compilation by The Guardian.[7] This was also the constituency that, when declared during the 2015 UK general election, saw the Conservatives win a surprise majority, in which David Cameron was re-elected as prime minister; a hung parliament had been widely expected.
county constituencyHouse of CommonsCountyGloucestershireElectorateCirencester and TewkesburyNorth CotswoldsSouth CotswoldsconstituencyUK ParliamentSir Geoffrey Clifton-BrownConservative2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituenciessafe Conservative seatCirencesterAndoversfordBourton-on-the-WaterChipping CampdenFairfordLechladeMoreton-in-MarshNorthleachStow-on-the-WoldTetburyHighgroveWotton-under-EdgeWestonbirt ArboretumHidcote ManorChedworth Roman VillaThe Guardian2015 UK general electionDavid Cameronprime ministerformer seat of Cirencester and Tewkesbury2024 general electionMinchinhamptonStroud2019 general electionGeoffrey Clifton-BrownLiberal DemocratsLabourTurnoutRegistered electors2017 general electionAndrew GantIndependent2015 general election2010 general election2005 general election2001 general election1997 general electionReferendumRupert LoweNatural LawList of parliamentary constituencies in GloucestershireMember of Parliamentfirst past the postElectoral CalculusPress AssociationConstituencies in South West EnglandBournemouth EastBournemouth WestBristol EastBristol North EastBristol North WestBristol SouthCamborne and RedruthExeterFilton and Bradley StokeForest of DeanGloucesterNorth East Somerset and HanhamNorth SomersetPlymouth Moor ViewPlymouth Sutton and DevonportSouth DorsetSouth East CornwallSt Austell and NewquaySwindon NorthSwindon SouthTruro and FalmouthWeston-super-MareCheltenhamChippenhamFrome and East SomersetGlastonbury and SomertonHoniton and SidmouthMelksham and DevizesMid Dorset and North PooleNewton AbbotNorth CornwallNorth DevonSouth DevonSt IvesTaunton and WellingtonTewkesburyThornbury and YateTiverton and MineheadTorbayWells and Mendip HillsWest DorsetYeovilBridgwaterCentral DevonChristchurchEast WiltshireExmouth and Exeter EastNorth DorsetSalisburySouth West DevonSouth West WiltshireTorridge and TavistockBristol Central