UK general elections › 2017 › Manchester Central
Manchester Central — 2017
Lucy Powell (Labour Party) was elected with 38,490 votes— 77.4% of 49,720 valid votes.
Result · single-seat
Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid votes. 77.4% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. +27.4 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 49,720
| 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 | 38,490 | 77.4% | +27.4 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Xingang Wang | Conservative Party | 7,045 | 14.2% | — | |
| 3 | John Bridges | Liberal Democrats | 1,678 | 3.4% | — | |
| 4 | Kalvin Chapman | UK Independence Party | 1,469 | 3.0% | — | |
| 5 | Rachael Shah | Green Party | 846 | 1.7% | — | |
| 6 | Neil Blackburn | Pirate Party UK | 192 | 0.4% | — |
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.