2012 Manchester Central by-election

2012 UK parliamentary by-election April 2012 August 2020 2012 Manchester Central by-election parliamentary The Manchester Central seat in the House of Commons no 2010 United Kingdom general election 2010 2015 United Kingdom general election 2015 2012 11 15 yes 18.2%https://www.itv.com/news/update/2012-11-16/labour-wins-in-manchester-central/ Labour wins in Manchester Central in 'lowest turnout since Second World War' McClean Adam 16 November 2012 ITV News 4 March 2022 ( 28.5 pp) Lucy Powell 2016 (cropped).png Lucy Powell Labour and Co-operative 11,507 69.1% 16.4 pp Liberal Democrats (UK) Marc Ramsbottom Liberal Democrats (UK) 1,571 9.4% 17.2 pp MP Subsequent MP Tony Lloyd Labour Party (UK) Lucy Powell Labour Party (UK) A by-election for the United Kingdom parliamentary constituency of Manchester Central was held on 15 November 2012, following the resignation of incumbent Labour Party member of Parliament (MP) Tony Lloyd in order to stand in the inaugural Police and Crime Commissioner elections. It was won by Lucy Powell who held the seat for Labour. The Liberal Democrats and the Conservatives lost significant numbers of votes compared with the 2010 general election, with the Conservatives losing their deposit. There was an unusually low turnout of just 18.2%, the lowest in a parliamentary by-election since the Second World War. By-elections in Cardiff South and Penarth and Corby were held on the same day, as were the first ever Police and Crime Commissioner elections. Background On 14 February 2012, the incumbent Member of Parliament for Manchester Central, Tony Lloyd, announced his intention to resign to seek the Labour Party nomination for the inaugural Police and Crime Commissioner elections for the Greater Manchester Police area which was also held on 15 November 2012. The England and Wales Police and Crime Commissioner elections were on the same day.MP Tony Lloyd for police commissioner? https://web.archive.org/web/20120301051808/http://www.blottr.com/manchester/breaking-news/mp-tony-lloyd-police-commissioner 1 March 2012 BlottrManchester MP Tony Lloyd to stand for police commissioner BBC NewsPolice and Crime Commissioners https://web.archive.org/web/20121116144710/http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/police/police-crime-commissioners/ 16 November 2012 Home Office On 17 March 2012, Lloyd was selected by Labour unopposed.Labour chooses Tony Lloyd to bid to become Greater Manchester police commissioner Manchester Evening News On 22 October 2012, Tony Lloyd was appointed Steward and Bailiff of the Manor of Northstead, a device with which resignations from the House of Commons is administered.Press release - Manor of Northstead https://www.gov.uk/government/news/manor-of-northstead--9 HM Treasury 19 March 2026 https://web.archive.org/web/20190905184510/https://www.gov.uk/government/news/manor-of-northstead--9 5 September 2019 22 October 2012 live Lloyd successfully won the PCC election. PCC election candidates did not have to resign their seats in Parliament upon becoming a nominee. However, in the event of their victory in the election they would have been obliged to do so.https://www.electoralcommission.org.uk/media/3885 Candidate guide - Police and Crime Commissioner elections (part 1/6) www.electoralcommission.org.uk Knowing that his likelihood of victory in a traditionally pro-Labour region was high, Lloyd chose to resign early in order for the Westminster by-election to be able to be held at the same time as the PCC election rather than forcing voters to go to the polls again a few weeks later. The decision to resign upon nomination rather than victory was similarly made by Alun Michael, who had been nominated as a PCC candidate for the South Wales Police area and resulted in the 2012 Cardiff South and Penarth by-election being held on the same day. All registered Parliamentary electors of the Manchester Central constituency (i.e. British, Irish and Commonwealth citizens living in the UK and British citizens living overseas) who were aged 18 or over on 15 November 2012 were entitled to vote in the by-election. The deadline for voters to register to vote in the by-election was midnight on Wednesday 31 October 2012.The deadline for the receipt of electoral registration applications was the eleventh working day before election day. However, those who qualified as an anonymous elector had until midnight on Thursday 8 November 2012 to register to vote.The deadline for the receipt and determination of anonymous electoral registration applications was the same as the publication date of the notice of alteration to the Electoral Register (i.e. the fifth working day before election day). Candidates Nominations closed and 12 candidates were confirmed on 31 October.Your Next Election - Manchester Central https://web.archive.org/web/20121030121756/http://www.manchester.gov.uk/info/362/elections/4981/your_next_election/3 30 October 2012 Manchester City Council On 28 March 2012, Labour confirmed a shortlist of eight candidates.Manchester Central Shortlist confirmed LabourList Lucy Powell, Chief of Staff, to party leader Ed Miliband was selected on 16 April.Lucy Powell selected as Manchester Central candidate LabourList The satirical magazine, Private Eye, reported on Powell's selection noting that "the previous favourite to succeed Lloyd had been Mohammed Afzal Khan, the first ever Asian lord mayor of Manchester, with a good deal of popular local backing and a city councillor since 2000. But nothing could be left to chance and Khan was mysteriously dropped from the Labour party's candidate shortlist - in order to gift the seat to Powell."May 2012 HP Sauce Private Eye 1313 9 Pressdram Ltd London Powell was also nominated by the Co-operative Party.http://www.party.coop/help-us-send-a-message-to-this-government-and-get-three-new-co-operative-mps/ https://web.archive.org/web/20130604194042/http://www.party.coop/help-us-send-a-message-to-this-government-and-get-three-new-co-operative-mps/ dead Lucy Powell selected as Manchester Central candidate by Co-operative Party 4 June 2013 The Liberal Democrats chose the former City Councillor Marc Ramsbottom on 18 June 2012, declaring the by-election "a two horse race".Marc Ramsbottom chosen as Liberal Democrat candidate in Manchester Central by-election Manchester Evening News On 17 October 2012, the Conservative Party chose Matthew Sephton, Chairman of LGBTory and Deputy Chairman of the party in Altrincham and Sale West, as their candidate. Sephton had previously stood as the Conservative candidate in Salford and Eccles during the 2010 general election.Gay Tory candidate selected to challenge Hazel Blears Pink News Following a membership meetingManchester select Eddy O'Sullivan to stand in parliamentary election https://web.archive.org/web/20120922023742/http://www.bnp.org.uk/news/regional/manchester-select-eddy-osullivan-stand-parliamentary-election 22 September 2012 British National Party the British National Party chose Eddy O'Sullivan as its candidate. The former Lord Mayor of NorwichNew Lord Mayor for Norwich https://web.archive.org/web/20120831091038/http://www.norwich.gov.uk/news/Pages/NewLordMayorForNorwich.aspx 31 August 2012 Norwich City Council Tom Dylan was the Green Party candidate.http://menmedia.co.uk/manchestereveningnews/news/politics/s/1591850_manchester-central-by-election-announced-for-november-15 Manchester Central by-election announced for November 15 Deborah Linton 23 October 2012 Manchester Evening News Respect initially chose Kate Hudson as its candidate, but she stood down because of George Galloway's comments about rape.Hudson Kate Why I am standing down as Respect Party candidate http://kate4manchester.org/?p=114 Respect 4 September 2012 usurped https://web.archive.org/web/20120906113609/http://kate4manchester.org/?p=114 6 September 2012http://news.sky.com/story/980791/galloway-rape-remark-respect-candidate-quits Galloway Rape Remark: Respect Candidate Quits 4 September 2012 Sky News 15 September 2020 On 30 October 2012, local "community advocate" Catherine Higgins was selected as the Respect candidate.Speak Up for Manchester https://web.archive.org/web/20121103102107/http://www.respectparty.org/2012/10/speak-up-for-manchester.html 3 November 2012 Respect Party The Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition announced its intention to contest this by-election (and a council by-election in Liverpool and the election for Mayor of Bristol on the same day) with the PCS Union's North-West vice-chair Alex Davidson chosen on 10 October.https://www.socialistparty.org.uk/articles/15433/10-10-2012/anti-austerity-candidates-selected-for-november-contests/ Anti-austerity candidates selected for November contests 10 October 2012 Pirate Party UK chose their Leader, Loz Kaye. Loz Kaye confirmed as PPC for Manchester Central Pirate Party UK 28 June 2012 http://www.pirateparty.org.uk/press/releases/2012/jun/28/Loz-Kaye-PPC-Manchester-Central/ 28 June 2012 Howling Laud Hope, party leader, stood for the Official Monster Raving Loony Party under the description Monster Raving Loony William Hill Party. Local factory worker Peter Clifford announced on 21 July that he intended to stand as the Communist League candidate. Mancunian Matters Clifford told The Guardian newspaper on 8 August that "the power of working people... counts more than an election result."https://www.theguardian.com/uk/the-northerner/2012/aug/08/manchester-central-by-election-peter-clifford-communict-league Fights and campaigns by working people are what count Peter Clifford 8 August 2012 The Guardian On 29 August 2012, the newly formed People's Democratic Party announced that its candidate would be the party leader and former Conservative and anti-Iraq War activist, Lee Holmes.http://www.pdpgb.org.uk PDP GB PDP GB 15 April 2019 https://web.archive.org/web/20170418162946/https://www.pdpgb.org.uk/ 18 April 2017 dead Holmes told Mancunian Matters that Manchester politics "represented all that was wrong with British democracy".People's Democratic Party by-election candidate: Manchester politics is 'all that is wrong with British democracy Mancunian Matters He admitted to The Guardian that he had never lived in Manchester.Holmes Lee 2012-09-12 Voters want politicians who listen to their basic concerns http://www.theguardian.com/uk/the-northerner/2012/sep/12/manchester-central-by-election-people-s-democratic-party The Guardian en Results Manchester Central by-election Resignation of Tony Lloyd 16,648 18.2 −28.5 9,936 59.7 +33.6 hold 16.8 Liberal Democrats (UK) Labour Party (UK) Lucy Powell Labour and Co-operative 11,507 69.1 +16.4 Marc Ramsbottom Liberal Democrats (UK) 1,571 9.4 −17.2 Matthew Sephton Conservative Party (UK) 754 4.5 −7.3 Chris Cassidy UK Independence Party 749 4.5 +3.0 Tom Dylan Green Party of England and Wales 652 3.9 +1.6 Eddy O'Sullivan British National Party 492 3.0 −1.1 Loz Kaye Pirate Party UK 308 1.9 N/A Alex Davidson Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition 220 1.3 N/A Catherine Higgins Respect Party 182 1.1 N/A Howling Laud Hope Official Monster Raving Loony Party 78 0.5 N/A Lee Holmes People's Democratic Party 71 0.4 N/A Peter Clifford Communist League (UK, 1988) 64 0.4 N/A General election 2010 New boundaries 39,927 46.7 +4.9 10,430 26.1 hold 6.1 Labour Party (UK) Liberal Democrats (UK) Tony Lloyd Labour Party (UK) 21,059 52.7 −6.6 Marc Ramsbottom Liberal Democrats (UK) 10,620 26.6 +5.6 Suhail Rahuja Conservative Party (UK) 4,704 11.8 +1.3 Tony Trebilcock British National Party 1,636 4.1 N/A Gayle O'Donovan Green Party of England and Wales 915 2.3 −1.9 Nicola Weatherill UK Independence Party 607 1.5 −0.3 Ron Sinclair Socialist Labour Party (UK) 153 0.4 −0.2 John Cartwright Independent politician 120 0.3 N/A Jonty Leff Workers Revolutionary Party (UK) 59 0.1 N/A Robert Skelton Socialist Equality Party (UK) 54 0.1 N/A See also List of United Kingdom by-elections Opinion polling for the 2015 United Kingdom general election References 30em Manchester Central by-election Manchester Central by-election Manchester Central by-election Central Category:2010s in Manchester