List_of_Parliamentary_constituencies_in_Gloucestershire

List of parliamentary constituencies in Gloucestershire

List of parliamentary constituencies in Gloucestershire

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The county of Gloucestershire is divided into 6 parliamentary constituencies: 2 borough constituencies and 4 county constituencies.

Constituencies

  Conservative   Labour   Liberal Democrat ¤

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2010 boundary changes

Under the Fifth Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, the Boundary Commission for England decided to retain Gloucestershire's constituencies for the 2010 election, making minor changes to realign constituency boundaries with the boundaries of current local government wards, and to reduce the electoral disparity between constituencies. Although the changes were minor, the Cotswold constituency was renamed The Cotswolds.

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Proposed boundary changes

See 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies for further details.

Following the abandonment of the Sixth Periodic Review (the 2018 review), the Boundary Commission for England formally launched the 2023 Review on 5 January 2021.[5] Initial proposals were published on 8 June 2021 and, following two periods of public consultation, revised proposals were published on 8 November 2022. The final proposals were published on 28 June 2023.

The commission had proposed that Gloucestershire be combined with Wiltshire as a sub-region of the South West Region, with the creation of the cross-county boundary constituency of South Cotswolds, resulting in a major reconfiguration of existing constituency of The Cotswolds, which would be renamed North Cotswolds.[6][7][8][9]

The following seats are proposed:

Containing electoral wards from Cheltenham

Containing electoral wards in Cotswold

Containing electoral wards in Forest of Dean

Containing wards in Gloucester

Containing wards in Stroud

  • North Cotswolds (part)
  • South Cotswolds (part)
  • Stroud

Containing wards in Tewkesbury

  • Forest of Dean (part)
  • North Cotswolds (part)
  • Tewkesbury (part)
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Results history

Primary data source: House of Commons research briefing - General election results from 1918 to 2019[10]

2019

The number of votes cast for each political party who fielded candidates in constituencies comprising Gloucestershire in the 2019 general election were as follows:

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Percentage votes

Note that before 1983 Gloucestershire covered a wider and much more populous area than it does today, including the north of what became Avon and the city of Bristol.

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1including National Liberal

21950-1979: Liberal Party; 1983 & 1987 - SDP-Liberal Alliance

* Included in Other

Accurate vote percentages cannot be obtained for the elections of 1918, 1923 and 1935 because at least one candidate stood unopposed.

Seats

More information Election year, 1974 (F) ...

1including National Liberal

21950-1979: Liberal Party; 1983 & 1987 - SDP-Liberal Alliance

Maps

1885-1910

1918-1945

1950-1979

1983-present

Historical representation by party

A cell marked → (with a different colour background to the preceding cell) indicates that the previous MP continued to sit under a new party name.

1885 to 1918

  Conservative   Liberal   Liberal Unionist

1918 to 1950

  Coalition Liberal (1918-22) / National Liberal (1922-23)   Conservative   Independent Conservative   Independent Labour   Independent National   Labour   Liberal   National Labour   National Liberal (1931-68)

1950 to 1983

  Conservative   Labour   National Liberal (1931-68)   Speaker

1983 to present

  Conservative   Labour   Liberal Democrats

See also

Notes

  1. BC denotes borough constituency, CC denotes county constituency.
  2. The majority is the number of votes the winning candidate receives more than their nearest rival.

References

  1. Baker, Carl; Uberoi, Elise; Cracknell, Richard (28 January 2020). "General Election 2019: full results and analysis".
  2. "Constituencies A-Z - Election 2019". BBC News. Retrieved 25 April 2020.
  3. "2023 Review | Boundary Commission for England". boundarycommissionforengland.independent.gov.uk. Retrieved 7 October 2021.
  4. Garcia, Carmelo (4 December 2022). "Neighbours could have three different MPs representing them". GloucestershireLive. Retrieved 14 December 2022.
  5. "Gloucestershire electoral boundary changes 'a dog's dinner'". BBC News. 9 June 2021. Retrieved 8 October 2021.
  6. "Big reshuffle of Gloucestershire Parliamentary constituences is proposed". Gloucestershire News Service. Retrieved 8 October 2021.
  7. "The 2023 Review of Parliamentary Constituency Boundaries in England – Volume one: Report | Boundary Commission for England". boundarycommissionforengland.independent.gov.uk. paras 1084-1126. Retrieved 10 July 2023.
  8. Watson, Christopher; Uberoi, Elise; Loft, Philip (17 April 2020). "General election results from 1918 to 2019".

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