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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

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
1Lucy Powell Labour Party 27,772+11.3 ptsElected
2Xingang Wang Conservative Party 6,133—
3Myles Power UK Independence Party 5,033—
4Kieran Turner-Dave Green Party 3,838—
5John Reid Liberal Democrats 1,867—
6Loz Kaye Pirate Party UK 346—
7Alex Davidson Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition 270—
8John Davies Communist League Election Campaign 72—

Electorate 86,078 · Turnout 52.7% · Majority 21,639 · Back to 2015 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.