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

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 35,085+26.3 ptsElected
2Shaden Jaradat Conservative Party 3,355—
3George Galloway Independent 2,615—
4Jackie Pearcey Liberal Democrats 2,597—
5Jess Mayo Green Party 1,038—
6Phil Eckersley UK Independence Party 952—
7Kemi Abidogun Christian Peoples Alliance 233—
8David Hopkins Independent 51—
9Peter Clifford Communist League Election Campaign 27—

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.