UK general elections › 2010 › Gedling
Gedling — 2010
Vernon Coaker (Labour Party) was elected with 19,821 votes— 41.1% of 48,190 valid votes. Under First Past the Post, a plurality is enough; a majority is not required.
Result · single-seat
Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid votes. 41.1% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −8.9 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 48,190
| Rank | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share of votes Candidate votes ÷ valid votes in this constituency. Matches the share the returning officer publishes. | Below quota Elected candidate's share of valid votes minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = won the seat below the quota; positive = cleared it. | Elected |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vernon Coaker | Labour Party | 19,821 | 41.1% | −8.9 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Bruce Laughton | Conservative Party | 17,962 | 37.3% | — | |
| 3 | Julia Bateman | Liberal Democrats | 7,350 | 15.3% | — | |
| 4 | Stephen Adcock | British National Party | 1,598 | 3.3% | — | |
| 5 | Dave Marshall | UK Independence Party | 1,459 | 3.0% | — |
Source data: UK Parliament psephology database, retrieved
2026-05-19, generated
2026-05-19
(Open Parliament Licence v3.0). ETL version parliament-etl-psephology@1. Methodology: how these numbers are computed.