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| Labour's Lucy Powell wins Manchester Central election | |
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| Manchester has elected its first female MP with Lucy Powell holding Manchester Central for Labour in a by-election. | |
| She took 11,507 votes - 69% of those cast - and won a majority of 9,936. | She took 11,507 votes - 69% of those cast - and won a majority of 9,936. |
| Liberal Democrat Marc Ramsbottom was second with 1,571 votes, with Conservative Matthew Sephton third on 754 votes - five more votes than were achieved by UKIP's Chris Cassidy. | |
| The turnout of just over 18% is believed to be the lowest in a by-election since World War II. | The turnout of just over 18% is believed to be the lowest in a by-election since World War II. |
| Ms Powell is the first woman to be elected in the city of Manchester, birthplace of Emmeline Pankhurst, one of the founders of the suffragette movement. | |
| 'Clear message' | 'Clear message' |
| The result represents a swing of nearly 17% from the Lib Dems to Labour since the general election of 2010. | The result represents a swing of nearly 17% from the Lib Dems to Labour since the general election of 2010. |
| The by-election was triggered by Labour's Tony Lloyd standing down as MP to run as his party's police and crime commissioner candidate for Greater Manchester. | The by-election was triggered by Labour's Tony Lloyd standing down as MP to run as his party's police and crime commissioner candidate for Greater Manchester. |
| The result of that election is expected later. | The result of that election is expected later. |
| Mr Sephton is expected to lose his deposit after winning less than 5% of the vote. | Mr Sephton is expected to lose his deposit after winning less than 5% of the vote. |
| Ms Powell said: "With this result Manchester Central has sent this Tory-Lib Dem government a message - a clear message that we think their policies are wrong and unfair. | Ms Powell said: "With this result Manchester Central has sent this Tory-Lib Dem government a message - a clear message that we think their policies are wrong and unfair. |
| 'Shameful turnout' | |
| "They're wrong and unfair that our city is facing disproportionate and savage cuts, wrong and unfair that our communities are seeing the break-up of services and institutions that they value and that they need, and unfair and wrong that the people of Manchester are having to deal with a huge squeeze in their living standards and incomes while millionaires get a tax break." | "They're wrong and unfair that our city is facing disproportionate and savage cuts, wrong and unfair that our communities are seeing the break-up of services and institutions that they value and that they need, and unfair and wrong that the people of Manchester are having to deal with a huge squeeze in their living standards and incomes while millionaires get a tax break." |
| Professor Jonathan Tonge, of the University of Liverpool said the low voter turnout was shocking. | |
| "I blame the electors. Four days after the nation remembered the fight for democratic freedom the fact that only 18% of the voters of Manchester Central can be bothered to vote in a parliamentary election - the lowest turnout in British political history - that is shameful," he said. | |
| "People received information about the parliamentary candidates in a way that they didn't receive information about the Police and Crime Commissioner candidates." |