Manchester Gorton by-election, 1967

The Manchester Gorton by-election of 2 November 1967 was held after the death of Labour MP (MP) Konni Zilliacus.

The seat was safe, having been won by Labour at the United Kingdom general election, 1966 by over 8,000 votes[1]/.

Candidates

Result of the previous general election

General Election 1966: Manchester Gorton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Konni Zilliacus 24,726 60.10
Conservative I K Paley 16,418 39.90
Majority 8,308 20.19 -

Result of the by-election

Manchester Gorton by-election, 3 November 1967[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Kenneth Marks 19.259 45.89 -14.21
Conservative Winston S Churchill 18,682 44.51 +4.61
Liberal Terry Lacey 2,471 5.89 N/A
All Party Alliance John Creasey 1,123 2.68 N/A
Communist Victor Eddisford 437 1.04 N/A
Majority 557
Labour hold Swing

References

  1. By-election result Byelection UK
  2. "1967 By Election Results". Archived from the original on 2012-03-29. Retrieved 2015-08-21.


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