Manchester Central

Manchester Central is a constituency in the North West region of England. The seat has been held by Lucy Powell (Labour) since July 2024.

2024 General Election

The 2024 General Election was held on 4 July 2024. A total of 10 candidates ran for election.

Summary

LAB
Labour Hold
Majority
13,797
Electorate
85,204
Turnout
46.6%

You can view more detailed information about this election result on the election result pages.

UK Parliamentary constituency boundaries have changed following a review in 2023. This means that the election history for this constituency began at the last general election on 4 July 2024.

The Library’s election results site shows relationships to previous constituencies and election results for 2010-2024.

Share of the vote

The graph below shows the share of the vote across all the candidates.

Breakdown

The table below shows the individual vote breakdown for each candidate.

Candidate/Party Votes Share Change
Lucy Powell
Labour
20,184 50.8% -14.6%
Ekua Bayunu
Green Party
6,387 16.1% 13.2%
David Brown
Reform UK
4,760 12.0% 7.5%
Chris Northwood
Liberal Democrat
3,051 7.7% 1.6%
Scott Smith
Conservative
2,823 7.1% -13.9%
Parham Hashemi
Workers Party of Britain
1,888 4.8% 4.8%
Sebastian Moore
Social Democratic Party
240 0.6% 0.6%
Sabeena Khan
Independent
202 0.5% 0.5%
Caitriona Rylance
Communist Future
131 0.3% 0.3%
Albati Kalonda
Independent
59 0.1% 0.1%