Ivan Lewis has held the Bury South constituency seat for Labour with 45 per cent of the vote.
Mr Lewis, the former chief executive of the Federation charity in Manchester, received 21,272 votes, beating Conservative candidate Daniel Critchlow who gained 16,350 votes (35 per cent).
Mr Lewis, who was first elected as an MP in the Labour landslide of 1997, said: “I still want to be an agent for change. People can get cynical in politics but I still get a buzz from serving the area where I am from.
“To be elected for a fifth term is remarkable. It is a privilege. But with that privilege comes responsibility.”
