UK general elections › 2017 › Gedling
Gedling — 2017
Vernon Coaker (Labour Party) was elected with 26,833 votes— 51.9% of 51,682 valid votes.
Result · single-seat
Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid votes. 51.9% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. +1.9 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 51,682
| 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 | 26,833 | 51.9% | +1.9 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Carolyn Abbott | Conservative Party | 22,139 | 42.8% | — | |
| 3 | Lee Waters | UK Independence Party | 1,143 | 2.2% | — | |
| 4 | Robert Swift | Liberal Democrats | 1,052 | 2.0% | — | |
| 5 | Rebecca Connick | Green Party | 515 | 1.0% | — |
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.