diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 089eb577b2..f35356d215 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 
 ## Unreleased
 
+* Add spacing to cookie banner confirmation message ([PR #1936](https://github.com/alphagov/govuk_publishing_components/pull/1936))
 * Fix cookie banner preview in the component guide ([PR #1935](https://github.com/alphagov/govuk_publishing_components/pull/1935))
 
 ## 24.2.0
diff --git a/app/assets/stylesheets/govuk_publishing_components/components/_cookie-banner.scss b/app/assets/stylesheets/govuk_publishing_components/components/_cookie-banner.scss
index 1d8718e247..3548315ad4 100644
--- a/app/assets/stylesheets/govuk_publishing_components/components/_cookie-banner.scss
+++ b/app/assets/stylesheets/govuk_publishing_components/components/_cookie-banner.scss
@@ -40,17 +40,25 @@ $govuk-cookie-banner-background: govuk-colour("light-grey", "grey-4");
 .gem-c-cookie-banner__confirmation-message {
   margin-right: govuk-spacing(4);
 
+
   @include govuk-media-query($from: desktop) {
     max-width: 90%;
     margin-bottom: 0;
   }
 }
 
+// Override style from design system so we can have consistent
+// padding on the the banner and the confirmation
+
+.govuk-cookie-banner {
+  padding-top: 0;
+}
+
 // Override the styles from govuk_template
 // stylelint-disable selector-max-id
 .gem-c-cookie-banner#global-cookie-message {
   background-color: $govuk-cookie-banner-background;
-  padding: 0;
+  padding: govuk-spacing(3) 0 0 0;
   box-sizing: border-box;
 
   .gem-c-cookie-banner__message,