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Election for the constituency of Manchester Central on 8 June 2017

An election to the 57th Parliament of the United Kingdom for the constituency area of Manchester Central, held as part of the general election on 8 June 2017.

Labour hold by Lucy Powell with a majority of 31,445 - 63.2% - on a turnout of 55.1%.

Candidates

Name Party Vote Vote share Vote change
POWELL, Lucy Lab / Co-op 38,490 77.4% 16.1%
WANG, Xingang Con 7,045 14.2% 0.6%
BRIDGES, John LD 1,678 3.4% -0.7%
CHAPMAN, Kalvin UKIP 1,469 3.0% -8.1%
SHAH, Rachael Green 846 1.7% -6.8%
BLACKBURN, Neil Prte 192 0.4% -0.4%

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 90,261, having a valid vote count of 49,720 and an invalid vote count of 150.

Result declared at 03:05 on 9 June 2017.