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Manchester Central (UK Parliament constituency)
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| Manchester Central Borough constituency |
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| Manchester Central shown within Greater Manchester, and Greater Manchester shown within England | |
| Created: | 1974 |
| MP: | Tony Lloyd |
| Party: | Labour |
| Type: | House of Commons |
| County: | Greater Manchester |
| EP constituency: | North West England |
Manchester Central is a parliamentary constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election.
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Formerly the safest seat in Manchester for Labour, this constituency comprises the City Centre (the population of which has increased rapidly in recent years due to redevelopment) together with the surrounding working-class suburbs such as Hulme, Beswick, Clayton, and the troubled Moss Side district. The seat has traditionally one of the lowest voting turnouts in UK General Elections.
Following their review of parliamentary representation in Greater Manchester, the Boundary Commission for England has made alterations to the existing Central constituency, partly as a consequence of the formation of a new Blackley and Broughton constituency.
The electoral wards used in the modified Central seat are:
Ancoats and Clayton, Ardwick, Bradford, City Centre, Hulme, Moss Side, Miles Platting and Newton Heath and Whalley Range
| Election | Member | Party | |
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| 1974 | Harold Lever | Labour | |
| 1979 by-election | Bob Litherland | Labour | |
| 1997 | Tony Lloyd | Labour | |
| General Election 2005: Manchester Central | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | 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 | +1.4 | |
| Independent Progressive Labour | Damien O’Connor | 382 | 1.3 | +1.3 | |
| UK Independence | John Whittaker | 272 | 0.9 | +0.9 | |
| 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 | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Tony Lloyd | 17,812 | 68.7 | -2.3 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Phil Hobson | 4,070 | 15.7 | +3.4 | |
| Conservative | Aaron Powell | 2,328 | 9.0 | -2.8 | |
| Green | Vanessa Hall | 1,018 | 3.9 | N/A | |
| Socialist Labour | Ron Sinclair | 484 | 1.9 | -0.5 | |
| ProLife Alliance | Terrenia Brosnan | 216 | 0.8 | N/A | |
| Majority | 13,742 | 53.0 | |||
| Turnout | 25,928 | 39.1 | -12.6 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| General Election 1997: Manchester Central | |||||
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| 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 | F. Rafferty | 810 | 2.4 | N/A | |
| Referendum Party | J. Maxwell | 742 | 2.2 | N/A | |
| Communist League | T. Rigby | 97 | 0.3 | - 0.2 | |
| Majority | 19,682 | ||||
| Turnout | 52.6 | - 4.3 | |||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| General Election 1992: Manchester Central | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Robert Litherland | 23,336 | 72.7 | ||
| Conservative | Peter Davies | 5,299 | 16.5 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Mark Clayton | 3,151 | 9.8 | ||
| Natural Law | V. Mitchell | 167 | 0.5 | N/A | |
| Communist League | A. Buchanan | 167 | 0.5 | ||
| Majority | 18,037 | ||||
| Turnout | 56.9 | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
- This page incorporates information from Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page.