Constituency profile

North Cotswolds

South West · County constituency

Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown MP
Sitting MP

Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown

Conservative

First elected April 1992

Current PollCheck projection

Region & type
South West
County constituency
Last 5 GE winners
CCCCC
Conservative 5/5
EU referendum 2016
49.1% Leave
UK average 51.9%; -2.8pp below mean
Current outlook
Conservative +6.8pp
vs Reform UK 26.8%
SouthernBrexit-marginal

About the North Cotswolds constituency

North Cotswolds is a county constituency in the South West. The sitting MP is Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Conservative), first elected in April 1992. At the 2024 general election, the Conservatives won with 34.7% to 28.0% for the Liberal Democrats, a majority of 3,357 votes on a 68.6% turnout. PollCheck's current projection, at the seven-poll average, has the Conservatives on 33.6% and Reform UK on 26.8%, a margin of 6.8 points.

Who lives in North Cotswolds? Constituency demographics

From the 2021 Census and 2016 EU referendum estimates. Constituency-level data on 2024 boundaries.

Leave vote 2016
49.1%
UK average ~52%
Degree or above
39.6%
UK average ~34%
No qualifications
13.2%
UK average ~18%
Owner-occupied
70.1%
UK average ~63%
Renting (social + private)
28.1%
UK average ~36%
Median age
47.1
UK median ~40
Age 65+
29.2%
UK average ~19%
Age 18-34
23.2%
UK average ~28%

How did North Cotswolds vote in 2024 and how would it vote now?

2024 vote shares from the HoC Library. Current projection is at the 7-poll average.

2024 general election

Con hold · majority 3,357 votes (6.7pp) · turnout 68.6%

Current projection

If a general election were held today, at current poll average

Map of North Cotswolds

Switch between GE2024 ward winners (modelled estimates, ~4pp average error) and a demographic view from the 2021 Census. Hover any area for detail. How the map is built ›

Council layer (not Westminster)

North Cotswolds within Cotswold and Tewkesbury and 1 other council

North Cotswolds crosses council boundaries: Cotswold (43%), Tewkesbury (32%), Stroud (24%). None of the constituent councils were due to vote in 2026, so the figures below are the most recent ward results available. About this layer ›

Council overlap

CouncilShare of seat
Cotswold
23 LSOAs
43%
Tewkesbury
17 LSOAs
32%
Stroud
13 LSOAs
24%

Recent council by-elections

Council ward by-elections held inside this seat, most recent first. The result column shows which party won; the share column shows the top three parties’ vote shares on the day.

DateWardResultTop 3 vote shares
23 Jan 2026The Rissingtons
Cotswold
LD GAIN from Grn

Most recent council ward results

Latest council winner per ward - May 2026 results where the council voted, otherwise the most recent available result. How this table is sourced ›

Ward GE2024 winner Latest council winner Shift since GE2024 Turnout
BadgeworthConservative 40.8%vs Lib Dem 28.1%2023 Conservative 51.2%vs Lib Dem 48.8%-34.1%
BisleyConservative 35.4%vs Lib Dem 23.7%2024 Green 62.1%vs Conservative 23.8%-49.4%
BlockleyConservative 35.0%vs Lib Dem 24.6%2023 Green 56.3%vs Conservative 43.7%-43.4%
Bourton ValeConservative 38.1%vs Lib Dem 25.7%2023 Conservative 60.9%vs Lib Dem 30.8%-40.4%
Bourton VillageConservative 31.6%vs Lib Dem 30.1%2023 Lib Dem 50.3%vs Conservative 49.7%-34.7%
Brockworth EastConservative 30.6%vs Lib Dem 22.8%2023 Independent 74.0%vs Conservative 14.9%-28.6%
Brockworth WestConservative 30.9%vs Lib Dem 23.8%2023 Independent 65.2%vs Conservative 21.5%-30.0%
Campden & ValeConservative 39.1%vs Lib Dem 24.6%2023 Conservative 69.7%vs Lib Dem 30.3%-37.0%
Chedworth & Churn ValleyLib Dem 36.0%vs Conservative 31.9%2023 Lib Dem 64.0%vs Conservative 36.0%-47.9%
Churchdown Brookfield with HucclecoteLib Dem 33.2%vs Conservative 31.4%2023 Lib Dem 61.0%vs Conservative 29.1%-32.8%
Churchdown St John'sLib Dem 35.0%vs Conservative 31.3%2023 Lib Dem 64.5%vs Conservative 27.3%-29.3%
ErminConservative 41.0%vs Lib Dem 26.9%2023 Conservative 64.9%vs Lib Dem 35.1%-43.4%
FosseridgeConservative 39.9%vs Lib Dem 25.1%2023 Conservative 65.6%vs Lib Dem 34.4%-41.8%
HardwickeConservative 36.2%vs Lib Dem 24.8%2024 Conservative 44.7%vs Labour 26.3%-29.7%
MinchinhamptonConservative 32.7%vs Lib Dem 25.1%2024 Green 67.0%vs Conservative 15.4%-46.0%
Moreton EastLib Dem 34.7%vs Conservative 31.5%2023 Lib Dem 42.8%vs Conservative 39.9%-40.6%
Moreton WestConservative 34.0%vs Lib Dem 30.5%2023 Conservative 51.5%vs Lib Dem 41.3%-45.8%
NorthleachLib Dem 33.7%vs Conservative 31.2%2023 Lib Dem 50.5%vs Conservative 42.2%-46.3%
Painswick and UptonConservative 36.6%vs Lib Dem 23.9%2024 Green 53.8%vs Conservative 33.0%-47.5%
SandywellConservative 40.2%vs Lib Dem 26.5%2023 Conservative 53.7%vs Lib Dem 46.3%-40.8%
ShurdingtonConservative 36.5%vs Lib Dem 28.2%2023 Lib Dem 54.7%vs Conservative 45.3%-32.9%
StowLib Dem 33.5%vs Conservative 30.2%2023 Lib Dem 57.9%vs Conservative 38.5%-37.1%
The RissingtonsConservative 32.1%vs Lib Dem 25.6%2023 Green 56.6%vs Conservative 43.4%-34.7%

Projection trajectory

PollCheck's projection for North Cotswolds at each of the last 60 GB polls. Hover the chart for the underlying poll details.

Who has won North Cotswolds at past general elections?

2024 and notional 2019 rows are on current boundaries; 2010-2017 rows are on the boundaries in force at the time. More on boundaries ›

Year Result MP Lab Con LD Right (Ref/UKIP) Green Other Majority Turnout
2010predecessorCon holdGeoffrey Clifton-Brown The Cotswolds MP10.7%53.0%29.6%4.2% UKIP1.7%0.8%12,86471.5%
2015predecessorCon holdGeoffrey Clifton-Brown The Cotswolds MP9.2%56.5%18.6%10.9% UKIP4.6%-21,47772.4%+0.9
2017predecessorCon holdGeoffrey Clifton-Brown The Cotswolds MP17.9%60.6%16.3%2.0% UKIP2.9%0.2%25,49974.2%+1.8
2019notionalConservative winnerGeoffrey Clifton-Brown The Cotswolds MP, pre-review boundary16.5%59.3%18.0%-5.8%0.4%20,99771.6%
2024Con holdGeoffrey Clifton-Brown17.1%34.7%28.0%12.9% Ref6.4%0.9%3,35768.6%-3.0

North Cotswolds was created or substantially redrawn by the 2023 boundary review. Pre-2024 rows below are for the predecessor seat The Cotswolds (the seat that covered most of this area), so vote shares and majorities aren’t directly comparable to the post-2024 figures.

Constituencies most like North Cotswolds

Five seats with similar demographic profiles to North Cotswolds. Politics shown for context.

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Related

Sources

Every figure on this page is computed from the sources below. Read the full methodology ›

Show full source list
  • 2024 general election results · UK Parliament Election Results portal and House of Commons Library briefing CBP-10009.
  • Notional 2019 results on 2024 boundaries · UK Parliament Election Results portal. Recalculated by Parliament; carries assumptions about how 2019 voters would have distributed across the redrawn boundaries.
  • Historic general election results (2010-2017) · House of Commons Library historic results files (on the boundaries in force at the time).
  • Ward-level GE2024 estimates · Britain Elects / New Statesman - article by Ben Walker, underlying spreadsheet. Modelled from constituency totals; average ~4pp per-ward MoE.
  • May 2026 council ward results · Democracy Club via PollCheck's locals 2026 dataset.
  • Earlier council ward results (2014-2024) · DCLEAPIL v1.0 (Jason Leman, drawing on Andrew Teale's LEAP dataset and Democracy Club).
  • Demographics · ONS Census 2021 (England and Wales), aggregated to constituency level using the ONS LSOA21 -> PCON24 best-fit lookup.
  • EU referendum 2016 estimates · Constituency-level Leave vote estimates (Hanretty 2017 method).
  • MP details and Cabinet roles · UK Parliament Members API. MP photos are fetched live from the same source.
  • Boundary geometry and lookups · ONS Open Geography Portal (PCON24 boundaries, LSOA21 boundaries, LSOA21-WD24-LAD24 best-fit lookup).
  • Current projection and trajectory · PollCheck's demographic swingometer applied to the rolling 7-poll average from aggregated GB polls. Not a true MRP - vote-share movements are applied through per-constituency sensitivity multipliers derived from demographic regressions.

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