Riding profile

North Cotswolds

UK constituency — England · Mixed · south west

The question

North Cotswolds: a safe seat for the Conservatives?

Current forecast

Conservative

Safe

Probability
100%
Mean margin (pts)
5.6
P(close race)
0%

Projected vote share

Projection by party

  • Conservative 30.8%
  • Reform UK 25.2%
  • Lib Dems 21.7%
  • Green 9.9%
  • Labour 9.8%
  • Other 2.4%

Watch list

The tightest races

Smallest projected margin. Open one for the numbers.

  1. Birmingham ErdingtonReform UK60 %0.5 pt margin
  2. Derby NorthLabour62 %0.5 pt margin
  3. Middlesbrough and Thornaby EastReform UK62 %0.5 pt margin

In context

How this riding stacks up

Conservative Reform UK Lib Dems Green
HereNorth Cotswolds 30.8%25.2%21.7%9.9%
National averageUnited Kingdom 19.3% +11.5 25.4% −0.1 11.4% +10.3 10.8% −0.9

Nationwide averages computed across the 650 riding-level projections (unweighted mean).

Editorial read

North Cotswolds, a mixed constituency in England, elected a member with the Conservatives in the previous cycle, with a 7-point margin. The Vote-Scope model projects the Conservatives ahead at 31% vote share, against 25% for Reform UK, and the probability of a close race is negligible.

Sitting member

Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown

Sits with Conservative

Since
1992-04-09
Parliament
59th

Previous election · 2024

Won by
Conservative
Margin
6.7 pts
Margin shift vs current projection
-1.1 pts

Detailed result · UK 2024

Candidates and votes

Candidate Party Votes % Occupation
Geoffrey Clifton-Brown Elected Conservative 17,426 34.7
Paul Hodgkinson Lib Dems 14,069 28.0
Anna Mainwaring Labour 8,593 17.1
Jason Preece Reform UK 6,502 12.9
Chloe Turner Green 3,191 6.3
Jean Blackbeard Other 448 0.9

Demographics

Who lives here

Population
94,105
Median age
47
Employment rate
80.3%

Data source : ONS mid-2022 population + Jan 2026 labour market

Last model run
Cycle
uk_2029