Election for the constituency of Manchester Central on 7 May 2015

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%.

An electorate of 86,078, having a valid vote count of 45,331 and an invalid vote count of 229.

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% -

The writ for this election was issued on 30 March 2015.

Result declared at 05:52 on 8 May 2015. 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.