TomNorton published Gedling election 2015: Will Labour incumbent Vernon Coaker keep...

Candidates and supporters in Gedling have begun to arrive for this year's election count.Counters at the Carlton Forum Leisure Centre are being passed their first sets of papers as we head into the night. Labour candidate Vernon Coaker, who has been MP for the area since 1997, is being challenged by Conservative Carolyn Abbott, Liberal Democratic Robert Swift, the Green's Jim Norris and UKIP's Lee Waters.Conservative Gedling Borough councillor Carol Pepper was up at 7am this morning to vote and.