51.719°N 1.968°W / 51.719; -1.968

Cotswold is a local government district in Gloucestershire, England. It is named after the wider Cotswolds region and range of hills. The council is based in the district's largest town of Cirencester. The district also includes the towns of Chipping Campden, Fairford, Lechlade, Moreton-in-Marsh, Northleach, Stow-on-the-Wold and Tetbury, along with numerous villages and surrounding rural areas.

In 2021 the district had a population of 91,125. The district covers nearly 450 square miles (1,200 km²), with some 80% of the land located within the Cotswolds Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.^[2][3] The much larger area referred to as the Cotswolds encompasses nearly 800 square miles, spanning five counties: Gloucestershire, Oxfordshire, Warwickshire, Wiltshire, and Worcestershire.^[4][5] This large Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty had a population of 139,000 in 2016.^[6]

Eighty per cent of the district lies within the River Thames catchment area, with the Thames itself and several tributaries including the River Windrush and River Leach running through the district. Lechlade is an important point on the river as the upstream limit of navigation. In the 2007 floods in the UK, rivers were the source of flooding of 53 per cent of the locations affected and the Thames at Lechlade reached record levels with over 100 reports of flooding.^[7]

The neighbouring districts are South Gloucestershire, Stroud, Tewkesbury, Cheltenham, Wychavon, Stratford-on-Avon, West Oxfordshire, Vale of White Horse, Swindon and Wiltshire.

The district was formed on 1 April 1974 under the Local Government Act 1972. The new district covered the area of five former districts, which were all abolished at the same time:^[8]

• Cirencester Rural District
• Cirencester Urban District
• North Cotswold Rural District
• Northleach Rural District
• Tetbury Rural District

The new district was named Cotswold, reflecting its central position within the hills and wider region of that name.^[9]

Cotswold District Council provides district-level services. County-level services are provided by Gloucestershire County Council.^[12] The whole district is also covered by civil parishes, which form a third tier of local government.^[13]

The whole district is covered by civil parishes. The parish councils for Chipping Campden, Cirencester, Fairford, Lechlade, Moreton-in-Marsh, Northleach with Eastington, Stow-on-the-Wold and Tetbury take the style "town council". Some of the smaller parishes have a parish meeting rather than a parish council.^[24]

Since the last full review of boundaries in 2015 the council has comprised 34 councillors representing 32 wards, with two wards electing two councillors and the rest electing one each. Elections are held every four years.^[25]

Councillors

There are 34 councillors. After the May 2019 election, there were 18 Liberal Democrats, 14 Conservatives, one independent and one Green.

This section needs to be updated. (August 2023)

More information Ward, Councillor ...

Ward	Councillor	Party
Abbey	Mark Harris		Liberal Democrats
Blockley	Clare Turner		Green
Bourton Vale	Len Wilkins		Conservative
Bourton Village	Jon Wareing		Liberal Democrats
Campden and Vale	Gina Blomefield		Conservative
	Tom Stowe		Conservative
Chedworth and Churn Valley	Paul Hodgkinson		Liberal Democrats
Chesterton	Roly Hughes		Liberal Democrats
Coln Valley	David Fowles		Conservative
Ermin	Julia Judd		Conservative
Fairford North	Michael Vann		Liberal Democrats
Fosseridge	David Cunningham		Conservative
Four Acres	Ray Brassington		Liberal Democrats
Grumbolds Ash with Avening	Tony Slater		Conservative
Kemble	Mike McKeown		Liberal Democrats
Lechlade, Kempsford and Fairford South	Clare Muir		Liberal Democrats
	Helene Mansilla		Liberal Democrats
Moreton East	Angus Jenkinson		Liberal Democrats
Moreton West	Daryl Corps		Conservative
New Mills	Claire Bloomer		Liberal Democrats
Northleach	Tony Dale		Liberal Democrats
Sandywell	Jeremy Theyer		Conservative
Siddington and Cerney Rural	Mike Evemy		Liberal Democrats
South Cerney Village	Juliet Layton		Liberal Democrats
St Michael's	Joe Harris		Liberal Democrats
Stow	Dilys Neill		Liberal Democrats
Stratton	Patrick Coleman		Liberal Democrats
Tetbury East and Rural	Nikki Ind		Independent
Tetbury Central	Ian Watson		Liberal Democrats
Tetbury with Upton	Chris Twells		Independent
The Ampneys and Hampton	Lisa Spivey		Liberal Democrats
The Beeches	Nigel Robbins		Liberal Democrats
The Rissingtons	Andrew Maclean		Green
Watermoor	Gary Selwyn		Liberal Democrats

Close