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Manchester Gorton (UK Parliament constituency)
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| Manchester Gorton Borough constituency |
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| Manchester Gorton shown within Greater Manchester, and Greater Manchester shown within England | |
| Created: | 1885 |
| MP: | Gerald Kaufman |
| Party: | Labour |
| Type: | House of Commons |
| County: | Greater Manchester |
| EP constituency: | North West England |
Manchester Gorton is a parliamentary constituency in the city of Manchester, 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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Manchester Gorton covers the wards of Fallowfield, Gorton North, Gorton South, Levenshulme, Longsight and Rusholme. The current boundaries have been in place since 2006. Prior to the 1983 reorganisation of constituency boundaries, the constituency also contained the townships of Audenshaw and Denton in Tameside Metropolitan Borough.
With the exception of the 1931 election, Manchester Gorton has been represented by a Labour MP since 1906. In local elections the Liberal Democrats did well in 2005, but lost 4 wards in 2006, retaining only Levenshulme and Rusholme.
The constituency includes a large student population who tend not to vote, especially in local elections, and an increasing population of people from Asia and Africa. Gerald Kaufman, having been Manchester Gorton's MP for over 35 years, is reckoned to have a large personal vote.[citation needed]
| General Election 2005: Manchester, Gorton | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Gerald Kaufman | 15,480 | 53.2 | -9.6 | |
| Liberal Democrat | Qassim Afzal | 9,672 | 33.2 | +11.9 | |
| Conservative | Amanda Byrne | 2,848 | 9.8 | -0.1 | |
| UK Independence | Gregg Beaman | 783 | 2.7 | +1.0 | |
| Workers' Revolutionary | Dan Waller | 181 | 0.6 | +0.6 | |
| Resolutionist Party | Matthew Kay | 159 | 0.5 | +0.5 | |
| Majority | 5,808 | 19.9 | |||
| Turnout | 29,123 | 45.0 | +2.3 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | -10.8 | |||
| General Election 2001: Manchester, Gorton | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Gerald Kaufman | 17,099 | 62.8 | ||
| Liberal Democrat | Dr Jackie Pearcey | 5,795 | 21.3 | ||
| Conservative | Christopher Causer | 2,705 | 9.9 | ||
| Green | Bruce Bingham | 835 | 3.1 | ||
| UK Independence | Rashid Bhatti | 462 | 1.7 | ||
| Socialist Labour | Kirsty Muir | 333 | 1.2 | ||
| Majority | 11,304 | 41.5 | |||
| Turnout | 42.7 | ||||
- Historical list of MPs, accessed 10 January, 2006
- This page incorporates information from Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page.