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The Manchester Central by-election was a by-election for the House of Commons of the United Kingdom constituency of Manchester Central held on Thursday 15 November 2012.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.manchester.gov.uk/news/article/6457/manchester_central_by-election_called )〕 Lucy Powell of the Labour Party won with 69% of the vote (it has historically been a safe Labour seat), with the Liberal Democrats and the Conservatives losing significant numbers of votes compared with the 2010 general election. In terms of loss of share of the vote it was the Lib Dems' worst result in a parliamentary by-election since the Second World War.〔(''Election Statistics 1918-2007''. House of Commons Library Research Paper 08/12, Table 13 )〕〔''By-elections in British Politics'' Chris Cook and John Ramsden, UCL Press, 1997 ISBN 1857285352〕 There was an unusually low turnout of just 18.2%, the lowest in a Parliamentary by-election since the War. The by-election was held on the same day as the Cardiff South and Penarth and Corby by-elections, and 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. The England and Wales Police and Crime Commissioner elections were on the same day.〔(MP Tony Lloyd for police commissioner? ) Blottr〕〔(Manchester MP Tony Lloyd to stand for police commissioner ) BBC News〕〔(Police and Crime Commissioners ) 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〕 necessitating the Parliamentary by-election. On 22 October 2012, Tony Lloyd was appointed Steward and Bailiff of the Manor of Northstead, a device with which resignation from the House is administered.〔(Press Release 22 October 2012 ) Cabinet Office〕 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).〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Manchester Central by-election, 2012」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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