UK general elections › 2017 › Manchester, Gorton
Manchester, Gorton — 2017
Afzal Khan (Labour Party) was elected with 35,085 votes— 76.3% of 45,953 valid votes.
Result · single-seat
Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid votes. 76.3% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. +26.3 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 45,953
| 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 | Afzal Khan | Labour Party | 35,085 | +26.3 pts | Elected | |
| 2 | Shaden Jaradat | Conservative Party | 3,355 | — | ||
| 3 | George Galloway | Independent | 2,615 | — | ||
| 4 | Jackie Pearcey | Liberal Democrats | 2,597 | — | ||
| 5 | Jess Mayo | Green Party | 1,038 | — | ||
| 6 | Phil Eckersley | UK Independence Party | 952 | — | ||
| 7 | Kemi Abidogun | Christian Peoples Alliance | 233 | — | ||
| 8 | David Hopkins | Independent | 51 | — | ||
| 9 | Peter Clifford | Communist League Election Campaign | 27 | — |
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.