Gloucester (constituency)
Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1885 onwards
Gloucester ( GLOST-ər) is a constituency centred on the cathedral city and county town of the same name, represented in the House of Commons of the UK by Alex McIntyre of the Labour Party.
Constituency profile
The Gloucester constituency is located in Gloucestershire and covers most of the city of Gloucester, excluding some eastern and northern suburbs. Gloucester is a historic cathedral city which was founded in the Roman era. The city has a history of aerospace manufacturing as the site of the Gloster Aircraft Company. The constituency has average levels of deprivation, with some deprived areas in the city centre and in Barton and Tredworth, and some affluent suburbs like Abbeydale and Abbeymead, Hucclecote and Quedgeley. The average house price is low compared to the rest of the country.
In general, residents are young and have low levels of education and professional employment. Household incomes are similar to the national average. White people made up 84% of the population at the 2021 census, a similar proportion to the country as a whole. Political representation in the city is mixed; at the city council, the city centre and Hucclecote elected Liberal Democrats, other suburbs elected Conservatives, and Labour Party councillors were elected in the more deprived areas east of the city centre.
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