UK general elections2010 › Manchester, Gorton

Manchester, Gorton — 2010

Gerald Kaufman (Labour Party) was elected with 19,211 votes50.1% 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

RankCandidatePartyVotesShare 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
1Gerald Kaufman Labour Party 19,21150.1%+0.1 ptsElected
2Qassim Afzal Liberal Democrats 12,50832.6%
3Caroline Healy Conservative Party 4,22411.0%
4Justine Hall Green Party 1,0482.7%
5Mohammed Zulfikar Respect Party 5071.3%
6Karen Reissmann Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition 3370.9%
7Peter Harrison Christian Party, Proclaiming Christ's Lordship 2540.7%
8Tim Dobson Pirate Party UK 2360.6%

Electorate 75,933 · Turnout 50.5% · Majority 6,703 · Back to 2010 overview

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.