UK general elections › 2015 › Manchester Central
Manchester Central — 2015
Lucy Powell (Labour Party) was elected with 27,772 votes— 61.3% of 45,331 valid votes.
Result · single-seat
Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid votes. 61.3% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. +11.3 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 45,331
| 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 | Lucy Powell | Labour Party | 27,772 | 61.3% | +11.3 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Xingang Wang | Conservative Party | 6,133 | 13.5% | — | |
| 3 | Myles Power | UK Independence Party | 5,033 | 11.1% | — | |
| 4 | Kieran Turner-Dave | Green Party | 3,838 | 8.5% | — | |
| 5 | John Reid | Liberal Democrats | 1,867 | 4.1% | — | |
| 6 | Loz Kaye | Pirate Party UK | 346 | 0.8% | — | |
| 7 | Alex Davidson | Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition | 270 | 0.6% | — | |
| 8 | John Davies | Communist League Election Campaign | 72 | 0.2% | — |
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.