UK general elections › 2015 › Manchester, Gorton
Manchester, Gorton — 2015
Gerald Kaufman (Labour Party) was elected with 28,187 votes— 67.1% of 42,019 valid votes.
Result · single-seat
Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid votes. 67.1% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. +17.1 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 42,019
| 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 | 28,187 | +17.1 pts | Elected | |
| 2 | Laura Bannister | Green Party | 4,108 | — | ||
| 3 | Mohammed Afzal | Conservative Party | 4,063 | — | ||
| 4 | Phil Eckersley | UK Independence Party | 3,434 | — | ||
| 5 | Dave Page | Liberal Democrats | 1,782 | — | ||
| 6 | Simon Hickman | Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition | 264 | — | ||
| 7 | Cris Chesha | Pirate Party UK | 181 | — |
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.