Gedling (UK Parliament constituency)

Gedling
County constituency for the House of Commons
Interactive map of boundaries from 2024
Boundary of Gedling in the East Midlands
County	Nottinghamshire
Electorate	75,795 (2023) [1]
Major settlements	Arnold, Burton Joyce, Carlton, Colwick, Gedling village and Woodthorpe
Current constituency
Created	1983
Member of Parliament	Michael Payne (Labour)
Seats	One
Created from	Carlton

Gedling is a constituency in Nottinghamshire created in 1983 represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2024 by Michael Payne of the Labour Party. ^{[n 1] [n 2]} The seat (and its predecessor, Carlton) was safely Conservative until the Labour Party's landslide victory in 1997, when it was won for Labour by Vernon Coaker. Labour held Gedling until 2019, when it was regained by the Conservative Party ^[2] , but regained the seat in 2024.

Boundaries and profile

Map of boundaries 2010–2024

Gedling is a substantial part of Greater Nottingham covering the most populated parts of the borough of the same name; it has mainly affluent, middle-income north eastern suburbs of Nottingham that include Arnold, Burton Joyce, Carlton, Colwick, Gedling village, Woodthorpe and Mapperley Plains.

1983–2010: The Borough of Gedling wards of Bonington, Burton Joyce and Stoke Bardolph, Carlton, Carlton Hill, Cavendish, Conway, Gedling, Killisick, Kingswell, Mapperley Plains, Netherfield, Oxclose, Phoenix, Porchester, Priory, St James, St Mary's, and Woodthorpe.

2010–2024: The Borough of Gedling wards of Bonington, Burton Joyce and Stoke Bardolph, Carlton, Carlton Hill, Daybrook, Gedling, Killisick, Kingswell, Mapperley Plains, Netherfield and Colwick, Phoenix, Porchester, St James, St Mary's, Valley, and Woodthorpe.

2024–present: The Borough of Gedling wards of Bestwood St Albans, Carlton, Carlton Hill, Cavendish, Colwick, Coppice, Daybrook, Dumbles, Ernehale, Gedling, Netherfield, Phoenix, Plains, Porchester, Redhill, Trent Valley, and Woodthorpe. ^[3]

The seat gained some rural areas to the north, including the Dumbles ward, from the Sherwood constituency.

History

The constituency of Gedling was created in 1983, replacing the earlier Carlton constituency. Until 1997, it only elected candidates from the Conservative Party. The seat was represented by the former Carlton MP Sir Philip Holland until 1987, then for ten years by Andrew Mitchell, son of former Conservative MP David Mitchell. The Labour Party gained the seat in their landslide victory at the 1997 general election. At that election, the junior minister lost to Labour's Vernon Coaker, who retained the seat until the 2019 election.

Summary of results

The 2010 and 2015 results set the seat as marginal: first and second place were separated by less than 7%. At the 2005 general election, the Conservative candidate Anna Soubry (who was elected MP for nearby Broxtowe in 2010) caused controversy by revealing that she "was not proud" of the record of the area she was vying to represent, referring to crime levels in Nottingham ^[4] — the subsequent swing from Labour to Conservative was only 2.1%, compared with the national swing of 3.1%. The 2015 result gave the seat the 29th-smallest majority of Labour's 232 seats by percentage of majority. ^[5]

Other parties

In 2015, UKIP fielded the other candidate to retain their deposit. The party's swing nationally was +9.5% in 2015, and reached 11.4% in Gedling. Liberal Democrat and Green Party candidates forfeited their deposits in 2015.

Turnout

Turnout has varied from 82.3% of the vote in 1992 to 63.9% in 2001 and 2005.

Members of Parliament

Carlton prior to 1983

Election		Member [6]	Party
	1983	Sir Philip Holland	Conservative
	1987	Andrew Mitchell	Conservative
	1997	Vernon Coaker	Labour
	2019	Tom Randall	Conservative
	2024	Michael Payne	Labour

Elections

Elections in the 2020s

General election 2024: Gedling ^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Michael Payne	23,278	47.8	+5.0
	Conservative	Tom Randall	11,397	23.4	−23.8
	Reform UK	Simon Christy	8,211	16.9	+13.5
	Green	Dominic Berry	3,122	6.4	+4.2
	Liberal Democrats	Tad Jones	2,473	5.1	+0.6
	Independent	Irenea Marriott	241	0.5	N/A
Majority			11,881	24.4	N/A
Turnout			48,722	63.3	−6.6
Registered electors			77,006
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	+14.4

Elections in the 2010s

Election results for Gedling

General election 2019: Gedling ^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Tom Randall	22,718	45.5	+2.7
	Labour	Vernon Coaker	22,039	44.1	−7.8
	Liberal Democrats	Anita Prabhakar	2,279	4.6	+2.6
	Brexit Party	Graham Hunt	1,820	3.6	New
	Green	Jim Norris	1,097	2.2	+1.2
Majority			679	1.4	N/A
Turnout			49,953	69.9	−2.6
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing	+5.2

General election 2017: Gedling

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Vernon Coaker	26,833	51.9	+9.6
	Conservative	Carolyn Abbott	22,139	42.8	+6.7
	UKIP	Lee Waters	1,143	2.2	−12.2
	Liberal Democrats	Robert Swift	1,052	2.0	−2.0
	Green	Rebecca Connick	515	1.0	−2.2
Majority			4,694	9.1	+2.9
Turnout			51,682	72.5	+4.0
	Labour hold		Swing	+1.4

General election 2015: Gedling ^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Vernon Coaker	20,307	42.3	+1.2
	Conservative	Carolyn Abbott	17,321	36.1	−1.2
	UKIP	Lee Waters	6,930	14.4	+11.4
	Liberal Democrats	Robert Swift	1,906	4.0	−11.3
	Green	Jim Norris	1,534	3.2	New
Majority			2,986	6.2	+2.4
Turnout			47,998	68.5	+0.6
	Labour hold		Swing	+1.2

General election 2010: Gedling ^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Vernon Coaker	19,821	41.1	−5.5
	Conservative	Bruce Laughton	17,962	37.3	+0.3
	Liberal Democrats	Julia Bateman	7,350	15.3	+1.5
	BNP	Stephen Adcock	1,598	3.3	New
	UKIP	David Marshall	1,459	3.0	+1.3
Majority			1,859	3.8	−5.8
Turnout			48,190	67.9	+4.0
	Labour hold		Swing	−2.9

Because of boundary changes, vote shares in 2010 are compared to notional results from 2005.

Elections in the 2000s

General election 2005: Gedling ^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Vernon Coaker	20,329	46.1	−5.0
	Conservative	Anna Soubry	16,518	37.5	−0.8
	Liberal Democrats	Raymond Poynter	6,070	13.8	+3.2
	UKIP	Alan Margerison	741	1.7	New
	Veritas	Deborah Johnson	411	0.9	New
Majority			3,811	8.6	−4.2
Turnout			44,069	63.9	0.0
	Labour hold		Swing	−2.1

General election 2001: Gedling ^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Vernon Coaker	22,383	51.1	+4.3
	Conservative	Jonathan Bullock	16,785	38.3	−1.2
	Liberal Democrats	Tony Gillam	4,648	10.6	+0.7
Majority			5,598	12.8	+5.5
Turnout			43,816	63.9	−11.8
	Labour hold		Swing	+2.7

Elections in the 1990s

General election 1997: Gedling ^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Vernon Coaker	24,390	46.8	+12.4
	Conservative	Andrew Mitchell	20,588	39.5	−13.7
	Liberal Democrats	Raymond Poynter	5,180	9.9	−2.2
	Referendum	John Connor	2,006	3.9	New
Majority			3,802	7.3	N/A
Turnout			52,164	75.7	−6.6
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	+13.1

General election 1992: Gedling ^{[14] [15]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Andrew Mitchell	30,191	53.2	−1.3
	Labour	Vernon Coaker	19,554	34.4	+10.5
	Liberal Democrats	DG George	6,863	12.1	−9.5
	Natural Law	AKL Miszeweka	168	0.3	New
Majority			10,637	18.8	−11.8
Turnout			56,776	82.3	+3.2
	Conservative hold		Swing	−5.9

Elections in the 1980s

General election 1987: Gedling ^[16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Andrew Mitchell	29,492	54.5	+0.4
	Labour	Vernon Coaker	12,953	23.9	+3.3
	SDP	David Morton	11,684	21.6	−3.4
Majority			16,539	30.6	+1.5
Turnout			54,129	79.1	+3.7
	Conservative hold		Swing

General election 1983: Gedling ^[17]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Philip Holland	27,207	54.1
	SDP	Adrian Berkeley	12,543	25.0
	Labour	John Peck	10,330	20.6
	Independent	J Szatter	186	0.4
Majority			14,664	29.1
Turnout			50,080	75.4
	Conservative win (new seat)

See also

• List of parliamentary constituencies in Nottinghamshire

Notes

1. A county constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)
2. As with all constituencies, the constituency elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election at least every five years.

References

1. "The 2023 Review of Parliamentary Constituency Boundaries in England – Volume two: Constituency names, designations and composition – East Midlands". Boundary Commission for England. Retrieved 2 July 2024.
2. "Gedling parliamentary constituency – Election 2019 – BBC News" . Retrieved 6 February 2024.
3. "The Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023". Schedule I Part I.
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5. "Labour Members of Parliament 2015". UK Political.info. Archived from the original on 29 September 2018.
6. Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "G" (part 1)
7. Gedling
8. "Gedling parliamentary constituency – Election 2019". BBC News. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
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11. "Election Data 2005". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
12. "Election Data 2001". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
13. "Election Data 1997". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
14. "Election Data 1992". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
15. "Politics Resources". Election 1992. Politics Resources. 9 April 1992. Archived from the original on 24 July 2011. Retrieved 6 December 2010.
16. "Election Data 1987". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
17. "Election Data 1983". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.

External links

• Gedling UK Parliament constituency (boundaries April 1997 – April 2010) at MapIt UK
• Gedling UK Parliament constituency (boundaries April 2010 – May 2024) at MapIt UK
• Gedling UK Parliament constituency (boundaries from June 2024) at MapIt UK

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