title: List of parliamentary constituencies in Gloucestershire
text: # List of parliamentary constituencies in Gloucestershire
  
  The county of Gloucestershire is divided into 6 parliamentary constituencies: 2 borough constituencies and 4 county constituencies.
  
  ## Constituencies
  
  Conservative †  Labour ‡  Liberal Democrat ¤
  
  | Constituency | Electorate | Majority | Member of Parliament | Nearest opposition | Electoral wards |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Cheltenham BC | 81,044 | 981 | Alex Chalk † | Max Wilkinson ¤ | Cheltenham Borough Council: All Saints, Battledown, Benhall and The Reddings, Charlton Kings, Charlton Park, College, Hesters Way, Lansdown, Leckhampton, Oakley, Park, Pittville, St Mark's, St Paul's, St Peter's, Springbank, Up Hatherley, Warden Hill. |
  | Forest of Dean CC | 71,438 | 15,869 | Mark Harper † | Di Martin ‡ | Forest of Dean District Council: Alvington, Aylburton and West Lydney, Awre, Berry Hill, Blaisdon and Longhope, Bream, Bromesberrow and Dymock, Christchurch and English Bicknor, Churcham and Huntley, Cinderford East, Cinderford West, Coleford Central, Coleford East, Hartpury, Hewelsfield and Woolaston, Littledean and Ruspidge, Lydbrook and Ruardean, Lydney East, Lydney North, Mitcheldean and Drybrook, Newent Central, Newland and St Briavels, Newnham and Westbury, Oxenhall and Newent North East, Pillowell, Redmarley, Tibberton, Tidenham. Tewkesbury Borough Council: Highnam with Haw Bridge. |
  | Gloucester BC | 81,319 | 10,277 | Richard Graham † | Fran Boait ‡ | Gloucester City Council: Abbey, Barnwood, Barton and Tredworth, Elmbridge, Grange, Hucclecote, Kingsholm and Wotton, Matson and Robinswood, Moreland, Podsmead, Quedgeley Fieldcourt, Quedgeley Severn Vale, Tuffley, Westgate. |
  | Stroud CC | 84,537 | 3,840 | Siobhan Baillie † | David Drew ‡ | Stroud District Council: Amberley and Woodchester, Berkeley, Bisley, Cainscross, Cam East, Cam West, Central, Chalford, Coaley and Uley, Dursley, Eastington and Standish, Farmhill and Paganhill, Hardwicke, Nailsworth, Over Stroud, Painswick, Rodborough, Severn, Slade, Stonehouse, The Stanleys, Thrupp, Trinity, Uplands, Upton St Leonards, Vale, Valley. |
  | Tewkesbury CC | 83,958 | 22,410 | Laurence Robertson † | Alex Hegenbarth ¤ | Cheltenham Borough Council: Prestbury, Swindon Village. Gloucester City Council: Longlevens. Tewkesbury Borough Council: Ashchurch with Walton Cardiff, Badgeworth, Brockworth, Churchdown Brookfield, Churchdown St John's, Cleeve Grange, Cleeve Hill, Cleeve St Michael's, Cleeve West, Coombe Hill, Hucclecote, Innsworth with Down Hatherley, Isbourne, Northway, Oxenton Hill, Shurdington, Tewkesbury Newtown, Tewkesbury Prior's Park, Tewkesbury Town With Mitton, Twyning, Winchcombe. |
  | The Cotswolds CC | 81,939 | 20,214 | Geoffrey Clifton-Brown † | Liz Webster ¤ | Cotswold District Council: Ampney-Coln, Avening, Beacon-Stow, Blockley, Bourton-on-the-Water, Campden-Vale, Chedworth, Churn Valley, Cirencester Beeches, Cirencester Chesterton, Cirencester Park, Cirencester Stratton-Whiteway, Cirencester Watermoor, Ermin, Fairford, Fosseridge, Grumbolds Ash, Hampton, Kempsford-Lechlade, Moreton-in-Marsh, Northleach, Rissingtons, Riversmeet, Sandywell, Tetbury, Thames Head, Three Rivers, Water Park. Stroud District Council: Kingswood, Minchinhampton, Wotton-under-Edge. |
  
  ## 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.
  
  | Name | Boundaries 1997-2010 | Boundaries 2010–present |
  | - | - | - |
  | Cheltenham BC Cotswold CC / The Cotswolds CC Forest of Dean CC Gloucester BC Stroud CC Tewkesbury CC | Parliamentary constituencies in Gloucestershire | Proposed Revision |
  
  ## 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. 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.
  
  The following seats are proposed:
  
  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)
  
  | Current Name | Boundaries 2010-present | Proposed Name | Proposed boundaries |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | Cheltenham BC Cotswold CC / The Cotswolds CC Forest of Dean CC Gloucester BC Stroud CC Tewkesbury CC | Parliamentary constituencies in Gloucestershire | Cheltenham BC North Cotswolds CC Forest of Dean CC Gloucester BC Stroud CC Tewkesbury CC | Proposed Revision |
  
  ## Results history
  
  Primary data source: House of Commons research briefing - General election results from 1918 to 2019
  
  ### 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:
  
  | Party | Votes | % | Change from 2017 | Seats | Change from 2017 |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Conservative | 191,119 | 54.2% | 1.3% | 6 | 1 |
  | Labour | 80,776 | 22.9% | 5.8% | 0 | 1 |
  | Liberal Democrats | 60,431 | 17.1% | 3.0% | 0 | 0 |
  | Greens | 17,116 | 4.9% | 2.7% | 0 | 0 |
  | Brexit | 1,085 | 0.3% | new | 0 | 0 |
  | Others | 2,315 | 0.7% | 1.5% | 0 | 0 |
  | Total | 352,842 | 100.0 | | 6 | |
  
  ### 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.
  
  | Election year | 1922 | 1924 | 1929 | 1931 | 1945 | 1950 | 1951 | 1955 | 1959 | 1964 | 1966 | 1970 | 1974 (F) | 1974 (O) | 1979 | 1983 | 1987 | 1992 | 1997 | 2001 | 2005 | 2010 | 2015 | 2017 | 2019 |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | $Conservative^1$ | 35.5 | 39.8 | 31.6 | 59.9 | 36.9 | 40.2 | 47.8 | 45.46 | 49.0 | 43.72 | 44.4 | 48.6 | 39.8 | 40.2 | 47.8 | 50.7 | 50.4 | 47.4 | 39.4 | 40.9 | 41.7 | 44.8 | 49.2 | 52.9 | 54.2 |
  | Labour | 30.6 | 35.0 | 39.7 | 31.6 | 51.6 | 46.9 | 51.0 | 45.42 | 43.6 | 43.64 | 48.7 | 42.4 | 35.4 | 38.2 | 34.9 | 16.7 | 20.8 | 23.1 | 33.9 | 33.7 | 29.3 | 21.0 | 21.0 | 28.7 | 22.9 |
  | Liberal $Democrat^2$ | 15.8 | 25.2 | 25.5 | 8.5 | 11.5 | 10.8 | 1.2 | 1.7 | 7.3 | 11.3 | 6.6 | 8.9 | 24.2 | 21.1 | 16.4 | 32.1 | 28.7 | 28.3 | 22.5 | 21.9 | 23.3 | 28.7 | 13.4 | 14.1 | 17.1 |
  | Green Party | | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | * | * | * | * | * | 1.4 | 4.4 | 2.2 | 4.9 |
  | UKIP | | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | * | * | * | 3.6 | 11.6 | 1.8 | * |
  | Brexit Party | | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.3 |
  | Other | 18.1 | - | 3.2 | - | 6.2 | 2.1 | - | 7.4 | - | 1.4 | 0.4 | 0.04 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.9 | 0.4 | .01 | 1.2 | 4.2 | 3.5 | 5.7 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.6 |
  
  $^1including$ 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
  
  | Election year | 1950 | 1951 | 1955 | 1959 | 1964 | 1966 | 1970 | 1974 (F) | 1974 (O) | 1979 | 1983 | 1987 | 1992 | 1997 | 2001 | 2005 | 2010 | 2015 | 2017 | 2019 |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | $Conservative^1$ | 5 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 6 |
  | Labour | 7 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
  | Liberal $Democrat^2$ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
  | Speaker | | | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
  | Total | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 |
  
  $^1including$ National Liberal
  
  $^21950-1979:$ Liberal Party; 1983 & 1987 - SDP-Liberal Alliance
  
  ### Maps
  
  **1885-1910**
  
  * 1885
  * 1886
  * 1892
  * 1895
  * 1900
  * 1906
  * Jan 1910
  * Dec 1910
  
  **1918-1945**
  
  * 1918
  * 1922
  * 1923
  * 1924
  * 1929
  * 1931
  * 1935
  * 1945
  
  **1950-1979**
  
  * 1950
  * 1951
  * 1955
  * 1959
  * 1964
  * 1966
  * 1970
  * Feb 1974
  * Oct 1974
  * 1979
  
  **1983-present**
  
  * 1983
  * 1987
  * 1992
  * 1997
  * 2001
  * 2005
  * 2010
  * 2015
  * 2017
  * 2019
  
  ## 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
  
  | Constituency | 1885 | 1886 | 87 | 90 | 1892 | 92 | 93 | 95 | 1895 | 1900 | 1906 | Jan 1910 | Dec 1910 | 11 | 16 |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Bristol East | Cossham | Cossham | Cossham | Weston | Weston | Weston | Weston | Wills | Wills | Hobhouse | Hobhouse | Hobhouse | Hobhouse | Hobhouse | Hobhouse |
  | Bristol North | Fry | → | → | → | Townsend | Townsend | Townsend | Townsend | Fry | Wills | Birrell | Birrell | Birrell | Birrell | Birrell |
  | Bristol South | Weston | Hill | Hill | Hill | Hill | Hill | Hill | Hill | Hill | Long | Davies | Davies | Davies | Davies | Davies |
  | Bristol West | M. E. Hicks-Beach | M. E. Hicks-Beach | M. E. Hicks-Beach | M. E. Hicks-Beach | M. E. Hicks-Beach | M. E. Hicks-Beach | M. E. Hicks-Beach | M. E. Hicks-Beach | M. E. Hicks-Beach | M. E. Hicks-Beach | Gibbs | Gibbs | Gibbs | Gibbs | Gibbs |
  | Cheltenham | Agg-Gardner | Agg-Gardner | Agg-Gardner | Agg-Gardner | Agg-Gardner | Agg-Gardner | Agg-Gardner | Agg-Gardner | Russell | Agg-Gardner | Sears | Ponsonby | Mathias | Agg-Gardner | Agg-Gardner |
  | Cirencester | Winterbotham | → | → | → | → | Chester-Master | Lawson | Lawson | Bathurst | Bathurst | Essex | Bathurst | Bathurst | Bathurst | Bathurst |
  | Forest of Dean | Blake | Blake | Samuelson | Samuelson | Dilke | Dilke | Dilke | Dilke | Dilke | Dilke | Dilke | Dilke | Dilke | Webb | Webb |
  | Gloucester | Robinson | Robinson | Robinson | Robinson | Robinson | Robinson | Robinson | Robinson | Monk | Rea | Rea | Terrell | Terrell | Terrell | Terrell |
  | Stroud | Brand | Holloway | Holloway | Holloway | Jones | Jones | Jones | Jones | Cripps | Allen | Allen | Allen | Allen | Allen | Allen |
  | Tewkesbury | Yorke | Dorington | Dorington | Dorington | Dorington | Dorington | Dorington | Dorington | Dorington | Dorington | M. H. Hicks Beach | M. H. Hicks Beach | M. H. Hicks Beach | M. H. Hicks Beach | W. F. Hicks-Beach |
  | Thornbury | Howard | Plunkett | Plunkett | Plunkett | Colston | Colston | Colston | Colston | Colston | Colston | Rendall | Rendall | Rendall | Rendall | Rendall |
  
  ### 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)
  
  | Constituency | 1918 | 1922 | 1923 | 1924 | 25 | 28 | 1929 | 31 | 1931 | 1935 | 36 | 37 | 39 | 43 | 1945 |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Bristol Central | Inskip | Inskip | Inskip | Inskip | Inskip | Inskip | Alpass | Alpass | A. Apsley | A. Apsley | A. Apsley | A. Apsley | A. Apsley | V. Apsley | Awbery |
  | Bristol East | Britton | Morris | Baker | Baker | Baker | Baker | Baker | Cripps | Cripps | Cripps | Cripps | Cripps | → | → | → |
  | Bristol North | Gange | C. Guest | Ayles | F. Guest | F. Guest | F. Guest | Ayles | Ayles | Bernays | Bernays | → | → | → | → | Coldrick |
  | Bristol South | Davies | Rees | → | → | → | → | Walkden | Walkden | Lindsay | Walkden | Walkden | Walkden | Walkden | Walkden | Wilkins |
  | Bristol West | Gibbs | Gibbs | Gibbs | Gibbs | Gibbs | Culverwell | Culverwell | Culverwell | Culverwell | Culverwell | Culverwell | Culverwell | Culverwell | Culverwell | Stanley |
  | Cheltenham | Agg-Gardner | Agg-Gardner | Agg-Gardner | Agg-Gardner | Agg-Gardner | Preston | Preston | Preston | Preston | Preston | Preston | Lipson | Lipson | Lipson | → |
  | Cirencester and Tewkesbury | Davies | Davies | Davies | Davies | Davies | Davies | Morrison | Morrison | Morrison | Morrison | Morrison | Morrison | Morrison | Morrison | Morrison |
  | Forest of Dean | Wignall | Wignall | Wignall | Wignall | Purcell | Purcell | Vaughan | Vaughan | Worthington | Price | Price | Price | Price | Price | Price |
  | Gloucester | Bruton | Bruton | Horlick | Horlick | Horlick | Horlick | Boyce | Boyce | Boyce | Boyce | Boyce | Boyce | Boyce | Boyce | Turner-Samuels |
  | Stroud | Lister | Tubbs | F. Guest | Nelson | Nelson | Nelson | Nelson | Perkins | Perkins | Perkins | Perkins | Perkins | Perkins | Perkins | Parkin |
  | Thornbury | Rendall | Woodcock | Rendall | Gunston | Gunston | Gunston | Gunston | Gunston | Gunston | Gunston | Gunston | Gunston | Gunston | Gunston | Alpass |
  
  ### 1950 to 1983
  
  Conservative  Labour  National Liberal (1931-68)  Speaker
  
  | Constituency | 1950 | 50 | 51 | 1951 | 51 | 1955 | 57 | 1959 | 61 | 63 | 1964 | 1966 | 1970 | Feb 1974 | Oct 1974 | 1979 |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Bristol Central | Awbery | Awbery | Awbery | Awbery | Awbery | Awbery | Awbery | Awbery | Awbery | Awbery | Palmer | Palmer | Palmer | | | |
  | Bristol North East | Coldrick | Coldrick | Coldrick | Coldrick | Coldrick | Coldrick | Coldrick | Hopkins | Hopkins | Hopkins | Hopkins | Dobson | Adley | Palmer | Palmer | Palmer |
  | Bristol North West | Braithwaite | Braithwaite | Braithwaite | Braithwaite | Braithwaite | Boyd | Boyd | McLaren | McLaren | McLaren | McLaren | Ellis | McLaren | McLaren | Thomas | Colvin |
  | Bristol South | Wilkins | Wilkins | Wilkins | Wilkins | Wilkins | Wilkins | Wilkins | Wilkins | Wilkins | Wilkins | Wilkins | Wilkins | Cocks | Cocks | Cocks | Cocks |
  | Bristol South East | Cripps | Benn | Benn | Benn | Benn | Benn | Benn | Benn | St Clair | Benn | Benn | Benn | Benn | Benn | Benn | Benn |
  | Bristol West | Stanley | Stanley | Monckton | Monckton | Monckton | Monckton | Cooke | Cooke | Cooke | Cooke | Cooke | Cooke | Cooke | Cooke | Cooke | Waldegrave |
  | Cheltenham | W. W. Hicks-Beach | W. W. Hicks-Beach | W. W. Hicks-Beach | W. W. Hicks-Beach | W. W. Hicks-Beach | W. W. Hicks-Beach | W. W. Hicks-Beach | W. W. Hicks-Beach | W. W. Hicks-Beach | W. W. Hicks-Beach | Dodds-Parker | Dodds-Parker | Dodds-Parker | Dodds-Parker | Irving | Irving |
  | Cirencester and Tewkesbury | Morrison | Morrison | Morrison | Morrison | → | → | → | Ridley | Ridley | Ridley | Ridley | Ridley | Ridley | Ridley | Ridley | Ridley |
  | Gloucester | Turner-Samuels | Turner-Samuels | Turner-Samuels | Turner-Samuels | Turner-Samuels | Turner-Samuels | Diamond | Diamond | Diamond | Diamond | Diamond | Diamond | Oppenheim | Oppenheim | Oppenheim | Oppenheim |
  | Gloucestershire South | Crosland | Crosland | Crosland | Crosland | Crosland | Corfield | Corfield | Corfield | Corfield | Corfield | Corfield | Corfield | Corfield | Cope | Cope | Cope |
  | Gloucestershire West | Price | Price | Price | Price | Price | Price | Price | Loughlin | Loughlin | Loughlin | Loughlin | Loughlin | Loughlin | Loughlin | Watkinson | Marland |
  | Kingswood | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Walker | Walker | Aspinwall |
  | Stroud & Thornbury / Stroud (1955) | Perkins | Perkins | Perkins | Perkins | Perkins | Kershaw | Kershaw | Kershaw | Kershaw | Kershaw | Kershaw | Kershaw | Kershaw | Kershaw | Kershaw | Kershaw |
  
  ### 1983 to present
  
  Conservative  Labour  Liberal Democrats
  
  | Constituency | 1983 | 1987 | 1992 | 1997 | 2001 | 2005 | 2010 | 2015 | 2017 | 2019 |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Cheltenham | Irving | Irving | Jones | Jones | Jones | Horwood | Horwood | Chalk | Chalk | Chalk |
  | Cotswold / The Cotswolds (2010) | | | | Clifton-Brown | Clifton-Brown | Clifton-Brown | Clifton-Brown | Clifton-Brown | Clifton-Brown | Clifton-Brown |
  | West Gloucestershire / Forest of Dean (1997) | Marland | Marland | Marland | Organ | Organ | Harper | Harper | Harper | Harper | Harper |
  | Gloucester | Oppenheim | French | French | Kingham | Dhanda | Dhanda | Graham | Graham | Graham | Graham |
  | Stroud | Kershaw | Knapman | Knapman | Drew | Drew | Drew | Carmichael | Carmichael | Drew | Baillie |
  | Cirencester and Tewkesbury / Tewkesbury (1997) | Ridley | Ridley | Clifton-Brown | Robertson | Robertson | Robertson | Robertson | Robertson | Robertson | Robertson |
  