UK general elections › 2010 › Manchester, Gorton
Manchester, Gorton — 2010
Gerald Kaufman (Labour Party) was elected with 19,211 votes— 50.1% of 38,325 valid votes.
Result · single-seat
Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid votes. 50.1% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. +0.1 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 38,325
| 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 | Gerald Kaufman | Labour Party | 19,211 | +0.1 pts | Elected | |
| 2 | Qassim Afzal | Liberal Democrats | 12,508 | — | ||
| 3 | Caroline Healy | Conservative Party | 4,224 | — | ||
| 4 | Justine Hall | Green Party | 1,048 | — | ||
| 5 | Mohammed Zulfikar | Respect Party | 507 | — | ||
| 6 | Karen Reissmann | Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition | 337 | — | ||
| 7 | Peter Harrison | Christian Party, Proclaiming Christ's Lordship | 254 | — | ||
| 8 | Tim Dobson | Pirate Party UK | 236 | — |
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.