Broadwell | |
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Broadwell shown within Gloucestershire | |
Population | 355 (2011 Census) |
OS grid reference | SP2027 |
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Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | Moreton-in-Marsh |
Postcode district | GL56 |
Police | Gloucestershire |
Fire | Gloucestershire |
Ambulance | South Western |
EU Parliament | South West England |
UK Parliament | |
Broadwell is a village and civil parish in the English county of Gloucestershire. It is about 1.5 miles (2.4 km) north of Stow-on-the-Wold, In the 2001 United Kingdom census, the parish had a population of 384. decreasing to 355 at the 2011 census.
The Church of England parish church of Saint Paul was built in the 12th and 13th centuries and restored in the 1860s.
Broadwell is governed locally by a parish council. The civil parish is part of the ward of Fosseridge. As of 2011[update] the ward is represented on the Cotswold District Council by Conservative politician Michele Jeffery.
The village is represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom as part of The Cotswolds. It elects one MP by the first past the post system of election. Since its creation for the 1997 general election, The Cotswolds (formerly known as Cotswold) has been represented at Parliament by Conservative MP Geoffrey Clifton-Brown. Prior to 1997, Broadwell was part of the constituency of Cirencester and Tewkesbury. The village is also part of the South West England constituency of the European Parliament.