Constituency profile

Gedling

East Midlands · County constituency · Gedling borough

Michael Payne MP
Sitting MP

Michael Payne

Labour

First elected July 2024

Current PollCheck projection

Region & type
East Midlands
County constituency, Gedling council
Last 5 GE winners
LLLCL
Labour 4/5, Conservative 1/5
EU referendum 2016
56.3% Leave
UK average 51.9%; +4.4pp above mean
Current outlook
Labour +14.7pp
vs Reform UK 24.6%
MidlandsLeave-leaning

About the Gedling constituency

Gedling is a county constituency in the East Midlands. The sitting MP is Michael Payne (Labour), first elected in July 2024. At the 2024 general election, Labour won with 47.8% to 23.4% for the Conservatives, a majority of 11,881 votes on a 63.3% turnout. PollCheck's current projection, at the seven-poll average, has Labour on 39.3% and Reform UK on 24.6%, a margin of 14.7 points.

Who lives in Gedling? Constituency demographics

From the 2021 Census and 2016 EU referendum estimates. Constituency-level data on 2024 boundaries.

Leave vote 2016
56.3%
UK average ~52%
Degree or above
31.5%
UK average ~34%
No qualifications
17.8%
UK average ~18%
Owner-occupied
72.7%
UK average ~63%
Renting (social + private)
26.7%
UK average ~36%
Median age
43.7
UK median ~40
Age 65+
25.2%
UK average ~19%
Age 18-34
26.6%
UK average ~28%

How did Gedling vote in 2024 and how would it vote now?

2024 vote shares from the HoC Library. Current projection is at the 7-poll average.

2024 general election

Lab gain from Con · majority 11,881 votes (24.4pp) · turnout 63.3%

Current projection

If a general election were held today, at current poll average

Map of Gedling

Switch between GE2024 ward winners (modelled estimates, ~4pp average error) and a demographic view from the 2021 Census. Hover any area for detail. How the map is built ›

Council layer (not Westminster)

Gedling within Gedling

Gedling sits entirely within Gedling Council. Gedling was not due to vote in 2026, so the figures below are the most recent ward results available. About this layer ›

Council overlap

CouncilShare of seat
Gedling
67 LSOAs
100%

Recent council by-elections

Council ward by-elections held inside this seat, most recent first. The result column shows which party won; the share column shows the top three parties’ vote shares on the day.

DateWardResultTop 3 vote shares
1 May 2025Porchester
Gedling
Lab HOLDLab 44% Ref 26% Con 15%
20 Sep 2024Bestwood St Albans
Gedling
Con GAIN from Ind—

Most recent council ward results

Latest council winner per ward - May 2026 results where the council voted, otherwise the most recent available result. How this table is sourced ›

Ward GE2024 winner Latest council winner Shift since GE2024 Turnout
Bestwood St AlbansLabour 47.5%vs Conservative 25.1%2023 Labour 55.7%vs Conservative 32.5%-27.3%
CarltonLabour 49.4%vs Conservative 23.0%2023 Labour 56.5%vs Conservative 35.2%-36.9%
Carlton HillLabour 48.2%vs Conservative 20.9%2023 Labour 63.4%vs Conservative 27.4%-28.3%
CavendishLabour 46.5%vs Conservative 19.3%2023 Lib Dem 45.5%vs Labour 41.1%-31.5%
ColwickLabour 48.9%vs Conservative 23.0%2023 Labour 61.2%vs Conservative 34.3%-33.1%
CoppiceLabour 51.7%vs Conservative 23.2%2023 Labour 65.3%vs Conservative 28.0%-36.5%
DaybrookLabour 50.3%vs Conservative 18.3%2023 Labour 79.8%vs Conservative 20.2%-26.5%
DumblesConservative 37.6%vs Labour 35.0%2023 Conservative 55.1%vs Labour 27.3%-43.6%
ErnehaleLabour 47.3%vs Conservative 24.1%2023 Labour 57.1%vs Conservative 27.9%-30.8%
GedlingLabour 47.4%vs Conservative 22.6%2023 Labour 55.8%vs Conservative 29.0%-35.5%
NetherfieldLabour 52.6%vs Reform 18.7%2023 Labour 71.3%vs Conservative 18.9%-28.2%
PhoenixLabour 43.1%vs Conservative 19.1%2023 Lib Dem 57.8%vs Labour 30.6%-32.9%
PlainsLabour 43.7%vs Conservative 27.5%2023 Labour 51.4%vs Conservative 41.7%-36.2%
PorchesterLabour 52.5%vs Conservative 21.3%2023 Labour 64.6%vs Conservative 23.9%-44.4%
RedhillLabour 51.5%vs Conservative 22.3%2023 Labour 72.7%vs Conservative 22.0%-35.8%
Trent ValleyLabour 38.0%vs Conservative 32.4%2023 Conservative 52.0%vs Labour 40.1%-45.9%
WoodthorpeLabour 51.8%vs Conservative 23.6%2023 Labour 64.1%vs Conservative 24.9%-48.0%

Projection trajectory

PollCheck's projection for Gedling at each of the last 60 GB polls. Hover the chart for the underlying poll details.

Who has won Gedling at past general elections?

2024 and notional 2019 rows are on current boundaries; 2010-2017 rows are on the boundaries in force at the time. More on boundaries ›

Year Result MP Lab Con LD Right (Ref/UKIP) Green Other Majority Turnout
2010Lab holdVernon Coaker41.1%37.3%15.3%3.0% UKIP-3.3%1,85968.0%
2015Lab holdVernon Coaker42.3%36.1%4.0%14.4% UKIP3.2%-2,98668.6%+0.6
2017Lab holdVernon Coaker51.9%42.8%2.0%2.2% UKIP1.0%-4,69472.6%+4.0
2019notionalConservative winnerTom Randall 2019 MP, pre-review boundary42.8%47.2%4.5%-2.2%3.3%2,40771.4%-1.2
2024Lab gain from ConMichael Payne47.8%23.4%5.1%16.9% Ref6.4%0.5%11,88163.3%-8.1

Earlier years are on pre-2024 boundaries; comparable results on the new boundary will be added when sourced.

Constituencies most like Gedling

Five seats with similar demographic profiles to Gedling. Politics shown for context.

What would change this seat?

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Related

Sources

Every figure on this page is computed from the sources below. Read the full methodology ›

Show full source list
  • 2024 general election results · UK Parliament Election Results portal and House of Commons Library briefing CBP-10009.
  • Notional 2019 results on 2024 boundaries · UK Parliament Election Results portal. Recalculated by Parliament; carries assumptions about how 2019 voters would have distributed across the redrawn boundaries.
  • Historic general election results (2010-2017) · House of Commons Library historic results files (on the boundaries in force at the time).
  • Ward-level GE2024 estimates · Britain Elects / New Statesman - article by Ben Walker, underlying spreadsheet. Modelled from constituency totals; average ~4pp per-ward MoE.
  • May 2026 council ward results · Democracy Club via PollCheck's locals 2026 dataset.
  • Earlier council ward results (2014-2024) · DCLEAPIL v1.0 (Jason Leman, drawing on Andrew Teale's LEAP dataset and Democracy Club).
  • Demographics · ONS Census 2021 (England and Wales), aggregated to constituency level using the ONS LSOA21 -> PCON24 best-fit lookup.
  • EU referendum 2016 estimates · Constituency-level Leave vote estimates (Hanretty 2017 method).
  • MP details and Cabinet roles · UK Parliament Members API. MP photos are fetched live from the same source.
  • Boundary geometry and lookups · ONS Open Geography Portal (PCON24 boundaries, LSOA21 boundaries, LSOA21-WD24-LAD24 best-fit lookup).
  • Current projection and trajectory · PollCheck's demographic swingometer applied to the rolling 7-poll average from aggregated GB polls. Not a true MRP - vote-share movements are applied through per-constituency sensitivity multipliers derived from demographic regressions.

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