UK general elections › 2015 › Manchester, Withington
Manchester, Withington — 2015
Jeff Smith (Labour Party) was elected with 26,843 votes— 53.7% of 49,966 valid votes.
Result · single-seat
Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid votes. 53.7% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. +3.7 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 49,966
| 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 | Jeff Smith | Labour Party | 26,843 | 53.7% | +3.7 pts | Elected |
| 2 | John Leech | Liberal Democrats | 11,970 | 24.0% | — | |
| 3 | Robert Manning | Conservative Party | 4,872 | 9.8% | — | |
| 4 | Lucy Bannister | Green Party | 4,048 | 8.1% | — | |
| 5 | Mark Davies | UK Independence Party | 2,172 | 4.3% | — | |
| 6 | Marcus Farmer | Independent | 61 | 0.1% | — |
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.