Riding profile
Manchester Central
The question
Manchester Central: a safe seat for Labour?
Editorial read
Manchester Central, an urban constituency in England, elected a member with Labour in the previous cycle, with a 35-point margin. The Vote-Scope model projects Labour ahead at 34% vote share, against 25% for the Green Party, and the probability of a close race is negligible.
Sitting member
Lucy Powell
Sits with Labour
Current forecast
Labour
Safe
- Probability
- 100%
- Mean margin (pts)
- 7.0
- P(close race)
- 0%
In context
How this riding stacks up
| Labour | Green | Reform UK | Lib Dems | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HereManchester Central | 34.1% | 25.4% | 21.4% | 8.3% |
| National averageUnited Kingdom | 21.7% +12.5 | 11.8% +13.5 | 25.3% −4.0 | 11.6% −3.4 |
Nationwide averages computed across the 650 riding-level projections (unweighted mean).
Previous election · UK 2024
Detailed result · UK 2024
Candidates and votes
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | Occupation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lucy Powell Elected | Labour | 20,184 | 50.8 | — |
| Ekua Bayunu | Green | 6,387 | 16.1 | — |
| David Brown | Reform UK | 4,760 | 12.0 | — |
| Chris Northwood | Lib Dems | 3,051 | 7.7 | — |
| Scott Smith | Conservative | 2,823 | 7.1 | — |
| Parham Hashemi | Other | 1,888 | 4.8 | — |
| Sebastian Moore | Other | 240 | 0.6 | — |
| Sabeena Khan | Other | 202 | 0.5 | — |
| Caitriona Rylance | Other | 131 | 0.3 | — |
| Albati Kalonda | Other | 59 | 0.1 | — |
Demographics
Who lives here
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- Last model run
- Cycle
uk_2029