Central ward

Vote share over time

Each line is a party's lead candidate as a share of ballots cast. Hollow points are by-elections.

05/05/2022

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Safdar Ali Elected 1,151 63.7% -9.1
Independent Tom King 387 21.4% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Gurcharan Singh Manku 268 14.8% -12.4
Majority764
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast1,806

Labour Party hold

06/05/2021

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Iram Hussain Elected 1,560 72.8% -1.0
Conservative and Unionist Party Beata Magdalena Prokop 583 27.2% +1.0
Majority977
Turnout26.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast2,143

Labour Party hold

02/05/2019

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Christine Hulme Elected 1,451 73.8% -5.0
Conservative and Unionist Party Chandra Sekhar Muvvala 515 26.2% +5.0
Majority936
Turnout27.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast1,966

Labour Party hold

03/05/2018

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Safdar Ali Elected 1,622 78.8% +8.2
Conservative and Unionist Party Sebastian Rysnik 437 21.2% -8.2
Majority1,185
Turnout29.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast2,059

Labour Party hold

05/05/2016

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Shafiq Chaudhry Elected 1,354 70.6% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Takmeel Sadiq 564 29.4% —
Majority790
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast1,918