Election results Manchester Gorton

Results of the General Election 2005

Gerald Kaufman, Labour 15,480 53.2% -9.6%

Qassim Afzal, Liberal Democrat 9,672 33.2% +11.9%

Amanda Byrne, Conservative 2,848 9.8% -0.1%

Gregg Beaman, UK Independence Party 783 2.7% +1.0%

Dan Waller, Workers Revolutionary Party 181 0.6%

Matthew Kay, Resolutionist Party 159 0.5%

Majority 5,808 19.9% -21.6%

Turnout 29,123 45.0% +2.3

132 spoilt ballots

Results of the General Election 2001

Gerald Kaufman, Labour 17,099 62.8%

Jackie Pearcey, Liberal Democrat 5,795 21.3%

Christopher Causer, Conservative 2,705 9.9%

Bruce Bingham, Green Party 835 3.1%

Rashid Bhatti, UK Independence Party 462 1.7%

Kirsty Muir, Socialist Labour Party 333 1.2%

Labour majority: 11,304 41.5%

Turnout 27229 42.8%

May 6, 2005