UK general elections2017 › Manchester, Gorton

Manchester, Gorton — 2017

Afzal Khan (Labour Party) was elected with 35,085 votes76.3% 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

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
1Afzal Khan Labour Party 35,08576.3%+26.3 ptsElected
2Shaden Jaradat Conservative Party 3,3557.3%
3George Galloway Independent 2,6155.7%
4Jackie Pearcey Liberal Democrats 2,5975.7%
5Jess Mayo Green Party 1,0382.3%
6Phil Eckersley UK Independence Party 9522.1%
7Kemi Abidogun Christian Peoples Alliance 2330.5%
8David Hopkins Independent 510.1%
9Peter Clifford Communist League Election Campaign 270.1%

Electorate 75,362 · Turnout 61.0% · Majority 31,730 · Back to 2017 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.