The county of Gloucestershire is divided into 7 parliamentary constituencies: 2 borough constituencies and 5 county constituencies, one of which crosses the county boundary with Wiltshire.
Constituencies
Conservative † Labour ‡ Liberal Democrat ¤
Boundary changes
2024
See 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies for further details.
For the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, which redrew the constituency map ahead of the 2024 United Kingdom general election, the Boundary Commission for England opted to combine Gloucestershire 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 the former The Cotswolds constituency, which was renamed North Cotswolds. These changes came into effect for the 2024 general election.
The following seats resulted from the boundary review:
Containing electoral wards from Cheltenham
- Cheltenham
- Tewkesbury (part)
Containing electoral wards in Cotswold
- North Cotswolds (part)
- South Cotswolds (part also in Witshire)
Containing electoral wards in Forest of Dean
- Forest of Dean (part)
Containing wards in Gloucester
- Gloucester
- Tewkesbury (part)
Containing wards in Stroud
- North Cotswolds (part)
- South Cotswolds (part)
- Stroud
Containing wards in Tewkesbury
- Forest of Dean (part)
- North Cotswolds (part)
- Tewkesbury (part)
2010
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.
Results history
Primary data source: House of Commons research briefing - General election results from 1918 to 2019
2024
The number of votes cast for each political party who fielded candidates in constituencies comprising Gloucestershire in the 2024 general election were as follows:
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:
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.
1including National Liberal
21950-1979: Liberal Party; 1983 & 1987 - SDP-Liberal Alliance
3 As the Brexit Party in 2019
* 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
1including National Liberal
21950-1979: Liberal Party; 1983 & 1987 - SDP-Liberal Alliance
Maps
1885-1910
1918-1945
1950-1979
1983-2019
2024-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 (11 seats)
Conservative Liberal Liberal Unionist
1918 to 1950 (11 seats)
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 (12 seats)
Conservative Labour National Liberal (1931-68) Speaker
1983 to 2010 (5, then 6 seats)
Conservative Labour Liberal Democrats
2010 to present (6, then 6.5 seats)
Conservative Labour Liberal Democrats
1Just under half this seat's electorate lies in Wiltshire.
See also
- List of parliamentary constituencies in Avon for divisions in South Gloucestershire and Bristol.
- List of constituencies in South West England
Notes
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