Cotswold (UK Parliament constituency)

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Cotswold County constituency
Cotswold shown within Gloucestershire, and Gloucestershire shown within England
Created:	1997
MP:	Geoffrey Clifton-Brown
Party:	Conservative
Type:	House of Commons
County:	Gloucestershire
EP constituency:	South West England

Cotswold is a county constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election. It is a solidly Conservative seat.

Following their review into parliamentary representation in Gloucestershire, the Boundary Commission for England have confirmed only minor alterations to the boundaries of this seat. The name of the seat will change to The Cotswolds at the next election, due in 2009 or 2010, to reflect the local district name, which is more commonly used.

Contents 1 Boundaries 1.1 Boundary review 2 Members of Parliament 3 Election results 4 See also

[edit] Boundaries

[edit] Boundary review

The Boundary Commission for England have made only minor alterations to the constituency of Cotswold, but have modified the name to The Cotswolds to reflect the local district name.

See The Cotswolds

Added to the entire district of The Cotswolds are part of Stroud - Minchinhampton and Wotton-under-Edge (part).

[edit] Members of Parliament

• 1997 — present: Geoffrey Clifton-Brown, Conservative

[edit] Election results

General Election 2005: Cotswold
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Geoffrey Clifton-Brown	23,326	49.3	−1.0
	Liberal Democrats	Philip Beckerlegge	13,638	28.8	+4.6
	Labour	Mark Dempsey	8,457	17.9	−4.7
	UKIP	Richard Buckley	1,538	3.2	+0.3
	Independent	James Derieg	392	0.8	N/A
Majority			9,688	20.5
Turnout			47,351	66.7	−0.8
	Conservative hold		Swing	−2.8

General Election 2001: Cotswold
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Geoffrey Clifton-Brown	23,133	50.3	+4.0
	Liberal Democrats	Angela Lawrence	11,150	24.2	+1.3
	Labour	Richard Wilkins	10,383	22.6	-0.1
	UKIP	Jill Stopps	1,315	2.9	N/A
Majority			11,983	26.1
Turnout			45,981	67.5	-8.2
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1997: Cotswold
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Geoffrey Clifton-Brown	23,698	46.4	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	David Gayler	11,733	23.0	N/A
	Labour	David Elwell	11,608	22.7	N/A
	Green	V. Michael	560	1.1	N/A
	Natural Law	H. Brighouse	129	0.3	N/A
Majority			11,965		N/A
Turnout				75.9	N/A
	Conservative hold		Swing	N/A

[edit] See also

• List of Parliamentary constituencies in Gloucestershire

Constituencies in South West England
Conservative	Bournemouth East | Bournemouth West | Bridgwater | Christchurch | Cotswold | Devizes | East Devon | Forest of Dean | North Dorset | North Wiltshire | Poole | Salisbury | South West Devon | Tewkesbury | Tiverton and Honiton | Torridge and West Devon | Totnes | Wells | West Dorset | Westbury | Weston-super-Mare | Woodspring
Liberal Democrat	Bath | Bristol West | Cheltenham | Falmouth and Camborne | Mid Dorset and North Poole | North Cornwall | North Devon | Northavon | Somerton and Frome | South East Cornwall | St Ives | Taunton | Teignbridge | Torbay | Truro and St Austell | Yeovil
Labour	Bristol East | Bristol North West | Bristol South | Exeter | Gloucester | Kingswood | North Swindon | Plymouth Devonport | Plymouth Sutton | South Dorset | South Swindon | Stroud | Wansdyke
South West European constituency: Conservative (3) | UKIP (2) | Liberal Democrats (1) | Labour (1)