Much of the territory consists of suburbs of both Gloucester and Cheltenham with some rural villages. The largest single community in the division is Churchdown, basically a suburb of Gloucester which, like Brockworth and Innsworth, has come in from West Gloucestershire. Bishop�s Cleeve is the centre of major modern developments immediately to the north of Cheltenham and within the Gloucester-Cheltenham �conurbation� which has caused the electoral growth and gives the territory its political character.

Whether at the urban or rural end of the spectrum, all parts of the Tewkesbury constituency are Conservative in general elections, though the Liberal Democrats are very active locally and may be expected to poll quite heavily here.