Gedling (UK Parliament constituency)

Gedling
Gedling
County constituency; for the House of Commons
	Boundaries since 2024
	Boundary of Gedling in the East Midlands
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	TBC (TBC)
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 2019 by Tom Randall of the Conservative 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]

Boundaries and profile

Historic

Map of boundaries 2010-2024

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.

Current

Further to the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, which came into effect for the 2024 general election, the composition of the constituency is as follows (as they existed on 1 December 2020):

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; Woodthorpe.^[3]

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

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.

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

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

Elections

Elections in the 2020s

General election 2024: Gedling^[7]
Party		Candidate
	Green	Dominic Berry^[8]
	Reform UK	Simon Christy
	Liberal Democrats	Tad Jones^[9]
	Independent	Irenea Marriott
	Labour	Michael Payne^[10]
	Conservative	Tom Randall^[11]
Majority
Turnout

Elections in the 2010s

General election 2019: Gedling^[12]
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^[13]
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^[14]
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^[15]
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^[16]
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^[17]
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^[18]^[19]
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^[20]
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^[21]
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)

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.