Manchester Rusholme
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About the Manchester Rusholme constituency
Manchester Rusholme is a borough constituency in the North West. The sitting MP is Afzal Khan (Labour), first elected in June 2017. At the 2024 general election, Labour won with 51.9% to 23.5% for the Greens, a majority of 8,235 votes on a 40.0% turnout. PollCheck's current projection, at the seven-poll average, has Labour on 45.7% and the Greens on 30.4%, a margin of 15.3 points.
Who lives in Manchester Rusholme? Constituency demographics
From the 2021 Census and 2016 EU referendum estimates. Constituency-level data on 2024 boundaries.
How did Manchester Rusholme vote in 2024 and how would it vote now?
2024 vote shares from the HoC Library. Current projection is at the 7-poll average.
2024 general election
Current projection
Map of Manchester Rusholme
Switch between GE2024 ward winners (modelled estimates, ~4pp average error) and a demographic view from the 2021 Census. Hover any area for detail. How the map is built ›
Manchester Rusholme within Manchester
Manchester Rusholme sits entirely within Manchester Council. The figures below are from the council elections held on 7 May 2026. About this layer ›
Council overlap
| Council | Share of seat | Projection |
|---|---|---|
| Manchester | 100% | View projection › |
Most recent council ward results
Latest council winner per ward - May 2026 results where the council voted, otherwise the most recent available result. How this table is sourced ›
| Ward | GE2024 winner | Latest council winner | Shift since GE2024 | Turnout |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ardwick | Labour 52.8%vs Green 19.6% | May 2026 Green 45.8%vs Labour 32.1% | Labour→Green +23.4pp | 26.9% |
| Fallowfield | Labour 52.1%vs Green 22.5% | May 2026 Green 52.0%vs Labour 27.8% | Labour→Green +26.9pp | 25.8% |
| Hulme | Labour 49.2%vs Green 24.4% | May 2026 Green 54.8%vs Labour 33.5% | Labour→Green +23.1pp | 29.0% |
| Moss Side | Labour 53.1%vs Green 21.6% | May 2026 Green 56.5%vs Labour 32.3% | Labour→Green +27.9pp | 27.8% |
| Rusholme | Labour 54.3%vs Green 23.3% | May 2026 Green 48.5%vs Labour 26.9% | Labour→Green +26.3pp | 32.5% |
| Whalley Range | Labour 49.8%vs Green 29.2% | May 2026 Green 53.9%vs Labour 30.4% | Labour→Green +22.1pp | 38.2% |
Projection trajectory
PollCheck's projection for Manchester Rusholme at each of the last 60 GB polls. Hover the chart for the underlying poll details.
Who has won Manchester Rusholme at past general elections?
2024 and notional 2019 rows are on current boundaries; 2010-2017 rows are on the boundaries in force at the time. More on boundaries ›
| Year | Result | MP | Lab | Con | LD | Majority | Turnout |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010predecessor | Lab hold | Tony Lloyd Manchester Central MP | 52.7% | 11.8% | 26.6% | 10,439 | 44.3% |
| 2015predecessor | Lab hold | Lucy Powell Manchester Central MP | 61.3% | 13.5% | 4.1% | 21,639 | 52.7%+8.4 |
| 2017predecessor | Lab hold | Lucy Powell Manchester Central MP | 77.4% | 14.2% | 3.4% | 31,445 | 55.1%+2.4 |
| 2019notional | Labour winner | Lucy Powell Manchester Central MP, pre-review boundary | 78.6% | 9.1% | 4.0% | 27,901 | 56.8% |
| 2024 | Lab hold | Afzal Khan | 51.9% | 5.8% | 0% | 8,235 | 40.0%-16.8 |
Manchester Rusholme was created or substantially redrawn by the 2023 boundary review. Pre-2024 rows below are for the predecessor seat Manchester Central (the seat that covered most of this area), so vote shares and majorities aren’t directly comparable to the post-2024 figures.
Constituencies most like Manchester Rusholme
Five seats with similar demographic profiles to Manchester Rusholme. Politics shown for context.
- ↓Owner-occupied25.5 / 27.7vs 61.9
- ↑Private rent39.3 / 37.6vs 20.2
- ↑Under 3559.3 / 49.0vs 30.2
- ↓Owner-occupied25.5 / 26.8vs 61.9
- ↑Social rent34.5 / 34.2vs 16.8
- ↑Private rent39.3 / 36.0vs 20.2
- ↓Owner-occupied25.5 / 33.2vs 61.9
- ↑Private rent39.3 / 40.8vs 20.2
- ↑Under 3559.3 / 50.8vs 30.2
- ↓Owner-occupied25.5 / 26.7vs 61.9
- ↑Under 3559.3 / 53.5vs 30.2
- ↑Social rent34.5 / 35.9vs 16.8
- ↓Owner-occupied25.5 / 24.1vs 61.9
- ↑Under 3559.3 / 53.2vs 30.2
- ↑Private rent39.3 / 42.2vs 20.2
What would change this seat?
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Related
Sources
Every figure on this page is computed from the sources below. Read the full methodology ›
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- 2024 general election results · UK Parliament Election Results portal and House of Commons Library briefing CBP-10009.
- Notional 2019 results on 2024 boundaries · UK Parliament Election Results portal. Recalculated by Parliament; carries assumptions about how 2019 voters would have distributed across the redrawn boundaries.
- Historic general election results (2010-2017) · House of Commons Library historic results files (on the boundaries in force at the time).
- Ward-level GE2024 estimates · Britain Elects / New Statesman - article by Ben Walker, underlying spreadsheet. Modelled from constituency totals; average ~4pp per-ward MoE.
- May 2026 council ward results · Democracy Club via PollCheck's locals 2026 dataset.
- Earlier council ward results (2014-2024) · DCLEAPIL v1.0 (Jason Leman, drawing on Andrew Teale's LEAP dataset and Democracy Club).
- Demographics · ONS Census 2021 (England and Wales), aggregated to constituency level using the ONS LSOA21 -> PCON24 best-fit lookup.
- EU referendum 2016 estimates · Constituency-level Leave vote estimates (Hanretty 2017 method).
- MP details and Cabinet roles · UK Parliament Members API. MP photos are fetched live from the same source.
- Boundary geometry and lookups · ONS Open Geography Portal (PCON24 boundaries, LSOA21 boundaries, LSOA21-WD24-LAD24 best-fit lookup).
- Current projection and trajectory · PollCheck's demographic swingometer applied to the rolling 7-poll average from aggregated GB polls. Not a true MRP - vote-share movements are applied through per-constituency sensitivity multipliers derived from demographic regressions.
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