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%.

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

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%

The writ for this election was issued on 3 May 2017.

Result declared at 03:05 on 9 June 2017. Declarations times do not form part of election declarations and should be regarded as indicative rather than official.

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.