Gedling (UK Parliament constituency)

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 and Gedling village
Current constituency
Created	1983
Member of parliament	Vernon Coaker (Labour)
Number of members	One
Created from	Carlton
Overlaps
European Parliament constituency	East Midlands

Gedling is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 1997 by Vernon Coaker of the Labour Party.

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.

It is a mostly middle-class residential area, with most homes having gardens and comparable spaciousness to Broxtowe, a constituency on the opposite side of Nottingham.

History

The constituency of Gedling was created in 1983, replacing the earlier Carlton constituency and until 1997, it was thought of as a safe seat for 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 seat was gained by the Labour Party in their landslide victory at the 1997 general election. In that election the junior Minister lost to Labour's Vernon Coaker who has held the seat since then.

The 2010 majority sets the seat as a marginal seat, as first and second place were close between the Labour and Conservative candidates. In the 2005 general election, the Conservative candidate Anna Soubry (who was elected MP for nearby Broxtowe at the 2010 general election) 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%.

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	1983	Sir Philip Holland	Conservative
	1987	Andrew Mitchell	Conservative
	1997	Vernon Coaker	Labour

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

General Election 2015: Gedling

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 Democrat	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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Vernon Coaker	19,821	41.1	-5.5
	Conservative	Bruce Laughton	17,962	37.3	+0.3
	Liberal Democrat	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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Vernon Coaker	20,329	46.1	−5.0
	Conservative	Anna Soubry	16,518	37.5	−0.8
	Liberal Democrat	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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Vernon Coaker	22,383	51.1	+4.3
	Conservative	Jonathan Bullock	16,785	38.3	-1.2
	Liberal Democrat	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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Vernon Coaker	24,390	46.8	+12.4
	Conservative	Andrew Mitchell	20,588	39.5	-13.7
	Liberal Democrat	Raymond Poynter	5,180	9.9	-2.2
	Referendum	J 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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Andrew Mitchell	30,191	53.2	-1.3
	Labour	Vernon Coaker	19,554	34.4	+10.5
	Liberal Democrat	DG George	6,863	12.1	-9.5
	Natural Law	Ms. 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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Andrew Mitchell	29,492	54.48
	Labour	Vernon Coaker	12,953	23.93
	Social Democratic	D Morton	11,684	21.59
Majority			16,539	30.55
Turnout				79.14
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1983: Gedling

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sir Philip Holland	27,207	54.13
	Social Democratic	A Berkeley	12,543	24.95
	Labour	J Peck	10,330	20.55
	Independent	J Szatter	186	0.37
Majority			14,664	29.17
Turnout				75.41
	Conservative hold		Swing

See also

• List of Parliamentary constituencies in Nottinghamshire

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