Election for the constituency of Gedling on 6 May 2010

An election to the 55th Parliament of the United Kingdom for the constituency area of Gedling, held as part of the general election on 6 May 2010.

Labour hold by Vernon Coaker with a majority of 1,859 - 3.9% - on a turnout of 68.0%.

An electorate of 70,866, having a valid vote count of 48,190 and an invalid vote count of 69.

Candidates

Name Party Vote Vote share Vote change
COAKER, Vernon Lab 19,821 41.1% -5.5%
LAUGHTON, Bruce Con 17,962 37.3% 0.3%
BATEMAN, Julia LD 7,350 15.3% 1.5%
ADCOCK, Stephen BNP 1,598 3.3% -
MARSHALL, Dave UKIP 1,459 3.0% 1.3%

The writ for this election was issued on 12 April 2010.

Result declared at 01:51 on 7 May 2010. Declarations times do not form part of election declarations and should be regarded as indicative rather than official.

Under section 13(b) of the Representation of the People Act 1985, a candidate gaining 5% or less of the vote share will forfeit their deposit.

This constituency of Gedling was established by the 2010-2024 boundary set for England. This election was the first held under that boundary set. Any holds, gains and vote change percentages as a result of this election are based on notional results, which estimate the outcome of the previous election had it been contested on the new boundaries.