# Gedling (UK Parliament constituency)

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. 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, but regained the seat in 2024.

## Boundaries and profile

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.
    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 — 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.

### 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 | 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 :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 11,881 | 24.4 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 48,722 | 63.3 | −6.6 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 77,006 | | |
| | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | +14.4 | |

### Elections in the 2010s

General election 2019: Gedling :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 679 | 1.4 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 49,953 | 69.9 | −2.6 |
| | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | +5.2 | |
General election 2017: Gedling :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 4,694 | 9.1 | +2.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 51,682 | 72.5 | +4.0 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +1.4 | |
General election 2015: Gedling :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 2,986 | 6.2 | +2.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 47,998 | 68.5 | +0.6 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +1.2 | |
General election 2010: Gedling :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 1,859 | 3.8 | −5.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 48,190 | 67.9 | +4.0 |
| | Labour hold | 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 :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 3,811 | 8.6 | −4.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 44,069 | 63.9 | 0.0 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | −2.1 | |
General election 2001: Gedling :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 5,598 | 12.8 | +5.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 43,816 | 63.9 | −11.8 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +2.7 | |

### Elections in the 1990s

General election 1997: Gedling :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 3,802 | 7.3 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 52,164 | 75.7 | −6.6 |
| | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | +13.1 | |
General election 1992: Gedling :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 10,637 | 18.8 | −11.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 56,776 | 82.3 | +3.2 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | −5.9 | |

### Elections in the 1980s

General election 1987: Gedling :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 16,539 | 30.6 | +1.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 54,129 | 79.1 | +3.7 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
General election 1983: Gedling :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 14,664 | 29.1 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 50,080 | 75.4 | |
| | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) |