Gedling (UK Parliament constituency)

Gedling
Gedling
County constituency; for the House of Commons
	Boundary of Gedling in Nottinghamshire
	Location of Nottinghamshire within England
County	Nottinghamshire
Electorate	70,886 (December 2010)
Major settlements	Arnold, Burton Joyce, Carlton, Colwick, Gedling village and Woodthorpe
Current constituency
Created	1983
Member of Parliament	Tom Randall (Conservative)
Seats	One
Created from	Carlton

Gedling is a constituency created in 1983 represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 1997 by Vernon Coaker of the Labour Party.^{[n 1]}^{[n 2]} The seat is one of the dozens of the UK seats held by Labour in 2017, but gained by the Conservatives in 2019.

Boundaries and profile

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–present: 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.

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 and Gedling village, Woodthorpe and Mapperley Plains.

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 elections.

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^[2] — 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.^[3]

Other parties

UKIP in 2015 fielded the other candidate to retain their deposit. UKIP'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

Election		Member^[4]	Party
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	1983	Sir Philip Holland	Conservative
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	1987	Andrew Mitchell	Conservative
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	1997	Vernon Coaker	Labour
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	2019	Tom Randall	Conservative

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

General election 2019: Gedling ^[5]
	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Labour	Vernon Coaker	22039	44.1	−7.8
Brexit Party	Graham Hunt	1820	3.6	+3.6
Green	Jim Norris	1097	2.2	+1.2
Liberal Democrats	Anita Prabhakar	2279	4.6	2.5
Conservative	Tom Randall	22718	45.5	+2.6

General election 2017: Gedling
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Vernon Coaker	26,833	51.9	+9.6
	Conservative	Carolyn Abbott	22,139	42.8	+6.8
	UKIP	Lee Waters	1,143	2.2	−12.2
	Liberal Democrats	Robert Swift	1,052	2.0	−1.9
	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^[6]
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	+3.2
Majority			2,986	6.2	+2.3
Turnout			47,998	68.5	+0.6
	Labour hold		Swing	+1.2

General election 2010: Gedling^[7]
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	+3.3
	UKIP	David Marshall	1,459	3.0	+1.3
Majority			1,859	3.9
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^[8]
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	N/A
	Veritas	Deborah Johnson	411	0.9	N/A
Majority			3,811	8.6
Turnout			44,069	63.9	0.0
	Labour hold		Swing	−2.1

General election 2001: Gedling^[9]
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
Turnout			43,816	63.9	−11.8
	Labour hold		Swing	2.75

Elections in the 1990s

General election 1997: Gedling^[10]
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	+3.9
Majority			3,802	7.3
Turnout			52,164	75.7	0.0
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	+13.1

General election 1992: Gedling^[11]^[12]
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	+0.3
Majority			10,637	18.7	−11.8
Turnout			56,776	82.3	+3.2
	Conservative hold		Swing	−5.9

Elections in the 1980s

General election 1987: Gedling^[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Andrew Mitchell	29,492	54.5	+0.4
	Labour	Vernon Coaker	12,953	23.9
	SDP	David Morton	11,684	21.59
Majority			16,539	30.55
Turnout				79.14
	Conservative hold		Swing

General election 1983: Gedling^[14]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Philip Holland	27,207	54.1	N/A
	SDP	A Berkeley	12,543	25.0	N/A
	Labour	J Peck	10,330	20.6	N/A
	Independent	J Szatter	186	0.37	N/A
Majority			14,664	29.17	N/A
Turnout				75.41	N/A
	Conservative win (new seat)

Notes and references

Notes

^ A county constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)
^ 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

^ "Electorate Figures". 2011 Electorate Figures. Boundary Commission for England. 4 March 2011. Archived from the original on 6 November 2010. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
^ Political battle rages on leaflet, BBC, 2004-11-15, accessed on 2008-03-12
^ List of Labour MPs elected in 2015 by % majority UK Political.info. Retrieved 2017-01-29
^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "G" (part 1)
^ https://www.bbc.com/news/politics/constituencies/E14000710
^ "Election Data 2015". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
^ "Election Data 2010". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015. {{cite web}}: |archive-date= / |archive-url= timestamp mismatch; 26 July 2013 suggested (help)
^ "Election Data 2005". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
^ "Election Data 2001". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
^ "Election Data 1997". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
^ "Election Data 1992". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
^ "Politics Resources". Election 1992. Politics Resources. 9 April 1992. Retrieved 6 December 2010.
^ "Election Data 1987". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
^ "Election Data 1983". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.

52°58′N 1°03′W / 52.97°N 1.05°W / 52.97; -1.05

[2] A county constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)

[3] 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.

[1] "Electorate Figures". 2011 Electorate Figures. Boundary Commission for England. 4 March 2011. Archived from the original on 6 November 2010. Retrieved 13 March 2011.

[4] Political battle rages on leaflet, BBC, 2004-11-15, accessed on 2008-03-12

[5] List of Labour MPs elected in 2015 by % majority UK Political.info. Retrieved 2017-01-29

[rayment-6] Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "G" (part 1)

[results2019-7] ttps://www.bbc.com/news/politics/constituencies/E14000710

[electoralcalculus2015-8] "Election Data 2015". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.

[electoralcalculus2010-9] "Election Data 2010". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015. {{cite web}}: |archive-date= / |archive-url= timestamp mismatch; 26 July 2013 suggested (help)

[electoralcalculus2005-10] "Election Data 2005". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.

[electoralcalculus2001-11] "Election Data 2001". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.

[electoralcalculus1997-12] "Election Data 1997". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.

[electoralcalculus1992-13] "Election Data 1992". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.

[14] "Politics Resources". Election 1992. Politics Resources. 9 April 1992. Retrieved 6 December 2010.

[electoralcalculus1987-15] "Election Data 1987". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.

[electoralcalculus1983-16] "Election Data 1983". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.

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