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. Coaker and Labour held Gedling until 2019, when it was regained by the Conservative Party with Tom Randall. In 2024, the seat was regained by Michael Payne for Labour.
Constituency profile
Gedling is a suburban constituency located in the Borough of Gedling in Nottinghamshire. It lies to the north-east of the city of Nottingham and covers suburban towns that form part of Nottingham's wider urban area but that lie outside the official city boundaries. It includes the connected towns and villages of Arnold, Carlton, Netherfield and Gedling and the outlying villages of Woodborough, Burton Joyce and Bestwood Village. There is some deprivation in Arnold, which has a history of textile manufacturing and was the birthplace of the 19th-century Luddite movement. The constituency was also traditionally a coal mining area. Gedling, Woodthorpe and the outlying villages are generally affluent, with these parts of the constituency falling within the top 10% least-deprived areas in England. The average house price in the constituency is lower than the rest of the East Midlands and considerably lower than the rest of the country.
In general, residents of the constituency are older than average, and levels of education, employment and income are similar to national averages. White people made up 89% of the population at the 2021 census.
: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
{|class="wikitable"
!colspan="2"|Election!!Member
!Party
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| style="color:inherit;background-color: " | || 1983 || Sir Philip Holland || Conservative
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| style="color:inherit;background-color: " | || 1987 || Andrew Mitchell || Conservative
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| style="color:inherit;background-color: " | || 1997 || Vernon Coaker || Labour
|-
| style="color:inherit;background-color: " | || 2019 || Tom Randall || Conservative
|-
| style="color:inherit;background-color: " | || 2024 || Michael Payne || Labour
|-
|}
Elections
thumb|centre|upright=2.5|Gedling election results 1983-2024
Elections in the 2020s
Elections in the 2010s
Because of boundary changes, vote shares in 2010 are compared to notional results from 2005.
Elections in the 2000s
Elections in the 1990s
Elections in the 1980s
See also
- parliamentary constituencies in Nottinghamshire
Notes
References
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