An election to the 56th Parliament of the United Kingdom for the constituency area of Manchester Central, held as part of the general election on 7 May 2015.
Labour hold by Lucy Powell with a majority of 21,639 - 47.7% - on a turnout of 52.7%.
Candidates
| Name | Party | Vote | Vote share | Vote change |
| POWELL, Lucy | Lab / Co-op | 27,772 | 61.3% | 8.5% |
| WANG, Xingang | Con | 6,133 | 13.5% | 1.7% |
| POWER, Myles | UKIP | 5,033 | 11.1% | 9.6% |
| TURNER-DAVE, Kieran | Green | 3,838 | 8.5% | 6.2% |
| REID, John | LD | 1,867 | 4.1% | -22.5% |
| KAYE, Loz | Prte | 346 | 0.8% | - |
| DAVIDSON, Alex | TUSC | 270 | 0.6% | - |
| DAVIES, John | Comm L | 72 | 0.2% | - |
Under section 13(b) of the Representation of the People Act 1985, a candidate gaining 5% or less of the vote share will forfeit their deposit.
An electorate of 86,078, having a valid vote count of 45,331 and an invalid vote count of 229.
Result declared at 05:52 on 8 May 2015.