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Gedling

Shows the general election results for Gedling, which is a constituency in Nottinghamshire. In 2017 it had a total electorate of 71,223 and a turnout of 72.6%.

Summary

Summary of the key information for the 2017 general election.

LAB
Labour Hold
Vernon Coaker
Majority
4,694
Electorate
71,223
Turnout
72.6%

Share of the vote

Distribution of party votes by percentages.

Party Name Share of the vote: 2017
Lab 51.9%
Con 42.8%
UKIP 2.2%
LD 2.0%
Green 1.0%

Party results and changes 2015 - 2017

Results for each party with number of votes, percentage share of the vote and changes since last election.

Candidate Party Votes Vote (%) Change (%)
Vernon Coaker  Lab 26,833 51.9 9.6
Carolyn Abbott  Con 22,139 42.8 6.8
Lee Waters * UKIP 1,143 2.2 -12.2
Robert Swift * LD 1,052 2.0 -1.9
Rebecca Connick * Green 515 1.0 -2.2
* Candidate lost their deposit

Share of the vote by party 2005 - 2017

The percentage share of the party vote by election year.

Year Lab Con UKIP LD Green BNP Oth
2005 46.6% 37.0% 1.7% 13.7% 0.0% 0.0% 0.9%
2010 41.1% 37.3% 3.0% 15.3% 0.0% 3.3% 0.0%
2015 42.3% 36.1% 14.4% 4.0% 3.2% 0.0% 0.0%
2017 51.9% 42.8% 2.2% 2.0% 1.0% 0.0% 0.0%

Highest and lowest 2017

Safest seats by majority (%) Average: 24.3%
1 Liverpool, Walton 77.1%
494 Gedling 9.1%
650 North East Fife 0.0%

Majority is calculated as the difference between the winning % share of the vote and second place % share of the vote.

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Highest winning vote share % Average: 55.9%
1 Liverpool, Walton 85.7%
434 Gedling 51.9%
650 Ceredigion 29.2%

Share of the vote is calculated as the percentage of valid votes cast for each party.

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Highest % turnout Average: 68.8%
1 Twickenham 79.5%
151 Gedling 72.6%
650 Glasgow North East 53.0%

Turnout is calculated as the percentage of electorate who voted.

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