Manchester general election 2024 candidates

Ethan Davies

10 June 2024 at 7:40 am·2-min read

-Credit: (Image: Manchester Evening News)

The candidates for this year’s general election have been confirmed.

Voters will go to the polls in six constituencies in the Manchester borough on July 4, with the election now less than a month away. Across the UK, 650 seats are up for grabs in the first nationwide election since 2019, and 27 of those are in Greater Manchester.

Rishi Sunak will be hoping to keep his Conservative Party in power, therefore extending their 15 years in Downing Street. But Sir Keir Starmer’s is aiming to become Labour’s first Prime Minister since Gordon Brown in 2010.

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Now, the candidates in every seat in the city have been revealed. Constituency boundaries have changed significantly since the last general election however, so it is worth using our post code checker to see if your constituency has changed.

Check below to see which constituency you live in - and if it's one of the six in Manchester, your candidates are below...

Blackley and Middleton South

Iftikhar Ahmed - Conservative
Alison Devine - Reform UK
Iain Donaldson - Liberal Democrats
Dylan Lewis-Creser - Green
Graham Stringer - Labour

Gorton and Denton

Amir Yousuf Burney - Workers
Amanda Gardner - Green
Andrew Gwynne - Labour
Lee Moffitt - Reform
John Reid - Liberal Democrats
Ruth Welsh - Conservative

Manchester Central

Ekua Bayunu - Green
David Brown - Reform UK
Parham Hashemi - Workers
Sabeena Khan - Independent
Sebastian Moore - Social Democratic Party
Chris Northwood - Liberal Democrats
Lucy Powell - Labour
Caitriona Rylance - Communist Future
Scott Smith - Conservative

Manchester Rusholme

Thirza Asanga-Rae - Green
Faraz Bhatti - Independent
Mohhamed Bilal - Workers
Peter Clifford - Communist League
Afzal Khan - Labour
Alexandra Marsanu - Conservative
Joel McGuigan - Reform UK

Manchester Withington

Wendy Andrew - Social Democratic Party
Sam Easterby-Smith - Green
Sarah Garcia De Bustos - Conservative
Lizzie Greenwood - Workers
Richard Kilpatrick - Liberal Democrats
Jeff Smith - Labour

Wythenshawe and Sale East

John Barstow - Workers
Sarah Beament - Conservative
Melanie Earp - Green
Julie Fousert - Reform UK
Mike Kane - Labour
Simon Lepori - Liberal Democrats

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