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Manchester, Gorton

Shows the general election results for Manchester, Gorton, which is a constituency in North West. In 2019 it had a total electorate of 76,419 and a turnout of 58.3%.

Summary

Summary of the key information for the 2019 general election.

LAB
Labour Hold
Majority
30,339
Electorate
76,419
Turnout
58.3%

Share of the vote

Distribution of party votes by percentages.

Party Name Share of the vote: 2019
Lab 77.6%
Con 9.5%
LD 5.5%
Green 3.8%
BRX 3.5%

Party results and changes 2017 - 2019

Results for each party with number of votes, percentage share of the vote and changes since last election.

Candidate Party Votes Vote (%) Change (%)
Afzal Khan  Lab 34,583 77.6 1.3
Sebastian Lowe  Con 4,244 9.5 2.2
Jackie Pearcey  LD 2,448 5.5 -0.2
Eliza Tyrrell * Green 1,697 3.8 1.6
Lesley Kaya * BRX 1,573 3.5 3.5
* Candidate lost their deposit

Share of the vote by party 2005 - 2019

The percentage share of the party vote by election year.

Year Lab Con LD Green BRX Ind UKIP CPA Comm L TUSC Prte Res CHP Oth
2005 53.1% 9.9% 33.5% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 2.4% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 1.0%
2010 50.1% 11.0% 32.6% 2.7% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.9% 0.6% 1.3% 0.7% 0.0%
2015 67.1% 9.7% 4.2% 9.8% 0.0% 0.0% 8.2% 0.0% 0.0% 0.6% 0.4% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2017 76.3% 7.3% 5.7% 2.3% 0.0% 5.7% 2.1% 0.5% 0.1% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2019 77.6% 9.5% 5.5% 3.8% 3.5% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%

Highest and lowest 2019

Safest seats by majority (%) Average: 25.4%
1 Liverpool, Walton 74.8%
6 Manchester, Gorton 68.1%
650 Fermanagh and South Tyrone 0.1%

Majority is calculated as the difference between the winning % share of the vote and second place % share of the vote.

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Highest winning vote share % Average: 54.7%
1 Liverpool, Walton 84.7%
7 Manchester, Gorton 77.6%
650 South Down 32.4%

Share of the vote is calculated as the percentage of valid votes cast for each party.

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Highest % turnout Average: 67.3%
1 East Dunbartonshire 80.3%
597 Manchester, Gorton 58.3%
650 Kingston upon Hull East 49.3%

Turnout is calculated as the percentage of electorate who voted.

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