Riding profile

North Cotswolds

UK constituency — England · Mixed · south west

The question

North Cotswolds: a safe seat for the Conservatives?

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 29% vote share, against 24% for Reform UK, and the riding remains competitive.

Sitting member

Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown

Sits with Conservative

Since
1992-04-09
Parliament
59th

Current forecast

Conservative

Competitive

Probability
100%
Mean margin (pts)
5.1
P(close race)
34%

Projected vote share

Projection by party

  • Conservative 28.9%
  • Reform UK 23.8%
  • Lib Dems 22.3%
  • Green 11.5%
  • Labour 11.1%
  • Other 2.1%

In context

How this riding stacks up

Conservative Reform UK Lib Dems Green
HereNorth Cotswolds 28.9%23.8%22.3%11.5%
National averageUnited Kingdom 18.9% +10.0 25.3% −1.5 11.6% +10.6 11.8% −0.3

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

Previous election · UK 2024

Won by
Conservative
Margin
6.7 pts
Margin shift vs current projection
-1.6 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