UK general elections › 2017 › Manchester, Withington
Manchester, Withington — 2017
Jeff Smith (Labour Party) was elected with 38,424 votes— 71.7% of 53,602 valid votes.
Result · single-seat
Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid votes. 71.7% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. +21.7 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 53,602
| 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 | 38,424 | 71.7% | +21.7 pts | Elected |
| 2 | John Leech | Liberal Democrats | 8,549 | 15.9% | — | |
| 3 | Sarah Heald | Conservative Party | 5,530 | 10.3% | — | |
| 4 | Laura Bannister | Green Party | 865 | 1.6% | — | |
| 5 | Sally Carr | Women's Equality Party | 234 | 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.