UK Explained

North Cotswolds

Represented in Parliament by Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Conservative). Here is who won the last general election here, and a few numbers about the area.

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Your MP at a glance

Geoffrey Clifton-Brown, Conservative. Open their full page →

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How North Cotswolds compares

Every dot is one of the 631 areas that have figures. The large red dot is this area; green dots are areas like it.

TYPICAL FULL-TIME PAY, A WEEK

This area is 336 of 631 for pay, counting from the highest.

UK £767This area £745£400£1,100
PEOPLE CLAIMING UNEMPLOYMENT-RELATED BENEFITS

Higher than 58 areas and lower than 590.

UK 3.9%This area 2.0%0.0%12.0%

Areas like this one

The three areas with the closest pay and claimant rate. This says nothing about politics or geography.

AreaWeekly payClaimants
North Cotswolds£7452.0%
East Wiltshire£7402.0%
York Central£7442.1%
Thornbury and Yate£7542.1%
United Kingdom£7673.9%

Printable one-page briefing

Who lives in North Cotswolds

From the 2021 Census, next to the figure for England and Wales as a whole. Census day was 21 March 2021, so some things will have changed.

About the areaThis areaEngland and WalesCompared
Number of people92,31559,597,740 in total
Aged under 1617%18%1 points lower
Aged 65 and over24%19%6 points higher
Adults with a degree or higher40%34%6 points higher
Households that own their home72%62%9 points higher
Households renting from a council or housing association13%17%5 points lower
Households renting privately16%20%5 points lower

Source: ONS, Census 2021 (England and Wales), via the UK Data Service statistics portal. Fetched 2026-10-04. These describe who lives here. They do not explain how anyone votes.

WINNER, 2024
Geoffrey Clifton-Brown

Conservative

MAJORITY
3,357

votes ahead of second place

TURNOUT
69%

of people who could vote did

Geoffrey Clifton-Brown won with 35% of the votes, and Paul Hodgkinson (Liberal Democrat) came second with 28%.

Votes for each party

Conservative35% · 17,426
Liberal Democrat28% · 14,069
Labour17% · 8,593
Reform UK13% · 6,502
Green Party6% · 3,191
Independent1% · 448
Every candidate
CandidatePartyVotesShare
Geoffrey Clifton-BrownConservative17,42634.7%
Paul HodgkinsonLiberal Democrat14,06928.0%
Anna MainwaringLabour8,59317.1%
Jason PreeceReform UK6,50212.9%
Chloe TurnerGreen Party3,1916.4%
Jean BlackbeardIndependent4480.9%

2024 General Election, on today’s boundaries. Source: House of Commons Library via the Members API.

Your area at a glance

Typical pay for full-time workers who live here
£745 a week
This areaUK: £767 a week

Median gross weekly pay, 2025. Source: ONS, Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings.

Working-age people claiming unemployment-related benefits
2.0%
This areaUK: 3.9%

Share of people aged 16 to 64, August 2026. Source: ONS and DWP claimant count.

At a general election each area elects one MP, and the candidate with the most votes wins, even without more than half. The area figures describe the people who live here. They do not show whether any MP or vote is the cause.

Updated 4 Oct 2026