Manchester Central (UK Parliament constituency)

Manchester Central
Manchester Central
Borough constituency; for the House of Commons
	Boundary of Manchester Central in Greater Manchester
	Location of Greater Manchester within England
County	Greater Manchester
Electorate	89,519 (December 2010)
Current constituency
Created	1974
Member of Parliament	Lucy Powell (Labour Co-operative)
Created from	Manchester Exchange and Manchester Cheetham

53°28′08″N 2°14′24″W / 53.469°N 2.240°W / 53.469; -2.240

Manchester Central is a constituency^{[n 1]} represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2012 by Lucy Powell of the Labour Party and Co-operative Party.^{[n 2]}

Constituency profile

This constituency has always (since its 1974 creation) been a safe Labour seat. The current MP Lucy Powell won the seat in a by-election in November 2012 on a turnout of just 18%, the lowest since the Second World War.^[2] Contrasting to this, 12 candidates stood, considerably more than the six who stood in the 1979 by-election.

Boundaries

1974-1983: The County Borough of Manchester wards of Beswick, Cheetham, Collegiate Church, Harpurhey, High Oldham, Miles Platting, New Cross, and St Peter's.

1983-1997: The City of Manchester wards of Ardwick, Beswick and Clayton, Bradford, Central, Cheetham, Hulme, and Newton Heath.

1997-2010: The City of Manchester wards of Ardwick, Beswick and Clayton, Bradford, Central, Hulme, Moss Side, Newton Heath, and Whalley Range.

2010-present: The City of Manchester wards of Ancoats and Clayton, Ardwick, Bradford, City Centre, Hulme, Miles Platting and Newton Heath, Moss Side, and Moston.

Members of Parliament

Election		Member^[3]	Party	Notes
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	Feb 1974	Harold Lever	Labour	Previously MP for Manchester Exchange from 1945 and for Manchester Cheetham from 1950. Resigned July 1979 on being raised to the peerage.
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	1979 by-election	Bob Litherland	Labour
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	1997	Tony Lloyd	Labour	Previously MP for Stretford from 1983. Resigned October 2012 to run for Police and Crime Commissioner in Greater Manchester.
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	2012 by-election	Lucy Powell	Labour

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

General Election 2015: Manchester Central^[4]^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Lucy Powell	27,772	61.3	+8.5
	Conservative	Xingang Wang	6,133	13.5	+1.7
	UKIP	Myles Power	5,033	11.1	+9.6
	Green	Kieran Turner-Dave	3,838	8.5	+6.2
	Liberal Democrats	John Reid	1,867	4.1	−22.5
	Pirate	Loz Kaye	346	0.8	N/A
	TUSC	Alex Davidson	270	0.6	N/A
	Communist League	John Davies	72	0.2	N/A
Majority			21,639	47.7
Turnout			45,331	52.7
	Labour Co-op hold		Swing	+3.4

Manchester Central by-election, 2012
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Lucy Powell	11,507	69.1	+16.4
	Liberal Democrats	Marc Ramsbottom	1,571	9.4	−17.2
	Conservative	Matthew Sephton	754	4.5	−7.3
	UKIP	Christopher James Cassidy	749	4.5	+3.0
	Green	Tom Dylan	652	3.9	+1.6
	BNP	Eddy O'Sullivan	492	3.0	−1.1
	Pirate	Loz Kaye	308	1.9	N/A
	TUSC	Alex Davidson	220	1.3	N/A
	Respect	Catherine Higgins	182	1.1	N/A
	Monster Raving Loony	Howling Laud Hope	78	0.5	N/A
	People's Democratic Party	Lee Holmes	71	0.4	N/A
	Communist League	Peter Clifford	64	0.4	N/A
Majority			9,936	59.7
Turnout			16,648	18.2
	Labour_Co-operative hold		Swing

General Election 2010: Manchester Central^[6]^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Tony Lloyd	21,059	52.7	−6.6
	Liberal Democrats	Marc Ramsbottom	10,620	26.6	+5.6
	Conservative	Suhail Rahuja	4,704	11.8	+1.3
	BNP	Tony Trebilcock	1,636	4.1	N/A
	Green	Gayle O'Donovan	915	2.3	−1.9
	UKIP	Nicola Weatherill	607	1.5	+0.6
	Socialist Labour	Ron Sinclair	153	0.4	−0.2
	Independent	John Cartwright	120	0.3	N/A
	Workers Revolutionary	Jonty Leff	59	0.1	N/A
	Socialist Equality	Robert Skelton	54	0.1	N/A
Majority			10,430	26.1
Turnout			39,927	46.7	+4.9
	Labour hold		Swing	−6.1

This was the lowest turnout for any constituency in the whole of the United Kingdom

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2005: Manchester Central
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Tony Lloyd	16,993	58.1	−10.6
	Liberal Democrats	Marc Ramsbottom	7,217	24.7	+9.0
	Conservative	Tom Jackson	2,504	8.6	−0.4
	Green	Steven Durrant	1,292	4.4	+0.5
	National Front	Richard Kemp	421	1.4	N/A
	Independent Progressive Labour	Damien O’Connor	382	1.3	N/A
	UKIP	John Whittaker	272	0.9	N/A
	Socialist Labour	Ronald Sinclair	183	0.6	−1.3
Majority			9,776	33.4
Turnout			29,264	42.0	+2.9
	Labour hold		Swing	−9.8

General Election 2001: Manchester Central
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Tony Lloyd	17,812	68.7	−2.3
	Liberal Democrats	Phylip Andrew David Hobson	4,070	15.7	+3.4
	Conservative	Aaron James Powell	2,328	9.0	−2.8
	Green	Miss Vanessa Hall	1,018	3.9	N/A
	Socialist Labour	Ron Sinclair	484	1.9	−0.5
	ProLife Alliance	Miss Terrenia Maria Brosnan	216	0.8	N/A
Majority			13,742	53.0
Turnout			25,928	39.1	−12.6
	Labour_Co-operative hold		Swing	−3.9

Elections in the 1990s

General Election 1997: Manchester Central
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Tony Lloyd	23,803	71.0	−1.7
	Liberal Democrats	Alison Firth	4,121	12.3	+2.5
	Conservative	Simon McIlwane	3,964	11.8	−4.7
	Socialist Labour	Francis Rafferty	810	2.4	N/A
	Referendum	Bill Maxwell	742	2.2	N/A
	Communist League	Timothy Rigby	97	0.3	−0.2
Majority			19,682	58.7
Turnout			33,537	52.6	−4.3
	Labour hold		Swing	+1.5

General Election 1992: Manchester Central^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Bob Litherland	23,336	72.7	+4.5
	Conservative	Peter Davies	5,299	16.5	−2.3
	Liberal Democrats	Mark Clayton	3,151	9.8	−3.2
	Natural Law	Vivienne Mitchell	167	0.5	N/A
	Communist League	Andy Buchanan	167	0.5	N/A
Majority			18,037	56.2	+6.8
Turnout			32,120	56.9	−7.0
	Labour hold		Swing	+3.4

Elections in the 1980s

General Election 1987: Manchester Central
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Bob Litherland	27,428	68.2	+2.9
	Conservative	Matthew Richard William Banks	7,561	18.8	−2.4
	SDP	Barry William McColgan	5,250	13.0	+1.2
Majority			19,867	49.4	+5.3
Turnout			40,239	63.9	+3.3
	Labour hold		Swing	+2.7

General Election 1983: Manchester Central
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Bob Litherland	27,353	65.3
	Conservative	Dave Eager	8,868	21.2
	SDP	Altaf Ahmad	4,956	11.8
	National Front	Alfred Coles	729	1.7
Majority			18,485	44.1
Turnout			41,906	60.6
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1970s

Manchester Central by-election 1979
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Bob Litherland	7,494	70.7	0
	Liberal	Anthony Parkinson	1,502	14.2	+8.9
	Conservative	Stephen Lea	1,275	12.0	−10.1
	Independent Labour	Syed Ala-Ud-Din	187	1.8	N/A
	Ecology	John Foster	129	1.2	N/A
	Democratic Monarchist, Public Safety, White Resident.	Bill Boaks	12	0.1	N/A
Majority			5,992	56.5	+7.9
Turnout			10,599	33.8	−29.9
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1979: Manchester Central
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Harold Lever	14,117	70.8
	Conservative	Paul Cummins	4,413	22.1
	Liberal	Gordon M. Wilmott	1,052	5.3
	National Front	Derek Benthall	365	1.8
Majority			9,704	48.7
Turnout				63.7
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election October 1974: Manchester Central
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Harold Lever	14,753	69.3	+7.6
	Conservative	Robert Victor Jackson	4,142	19.5	−1.2
	Liberal	Patrick Coleman	2,382	11.2	−6.3
Majority			10,611	49.9
Turnout				53.4	−8.4
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election February 1974: Manchester Central
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Harold Lever	15,075	61.7	N/A
	Conservative	Christopher Frederic Horne	5,071	20.7	N/A
	Liberal	Michael Steed	4,281	17.5	N/A
Majority			10,004	41.0	N/A
Turnout			24,427	61.8	N/A
	Labour win (new seat)

Notes and references

Notes

^ A borough constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)
^ As with all constituencies, the constituency elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election at least every five years.

References

^ "Electorate Figures - Boundary Commission for England". 2011 Electorate Figures. Boundary Commission for England. 4 March 2011. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
^ Labour's Lucy Powell wins Manchester Central election
^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "M" (part 1)
^ "Election Data 2015". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
^ "Lancashire West". Manchester Central. Retrieved 11 May 2015.
^ Manchester Central results UK Polling
^ General Election Results from the Electoral Commission
^ "UK General Election results April 1992". Richard Kimber's Political Science Resources. Politics Resources. 9 April 1992. Retrieved 2010-12-06.

[2] A borough constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)

[3] As with all constituencies, the constituency elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election at least every five years.

[1] "Electorate Figures - Boundary Commission for England". 2011 Electorate Figures. Boundary Commission for England. 4 March 2011. Retrieved 13 March 2011.

[4] Labour's Lucy Powell wins Manchester Central election

[5] Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "M" (part 1)

[electoralcalculus-6] "Election Data 2015". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.

[2015_result-7] "Lancashire West". Manchester Central. Retrieved 11 May 2015.

[8] Manchester Central results UK Polling

[9] General Election Results from the Electoral Commission

[10] "UK General Election results April 1992". Richard Kimber's Political Science Resources. Politics Resources. 9 April 1992. Retrieved 2010-12-06.

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