1967 Manchester Gorton by-election

UK Parliamentary by-election

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

The seat was a safe seat for the Labour Party, having been won by Labour at the 1966 United Kingdom general election with a majority of over 8,000 votes.

Candidates

47-year-old Kenneth Marks for the defending Labour Party was a councillor in Denton
For the Conservatives, 28-year-old Winston S Churchill was a journalist for the Times and the grandson of the late former Prime Minister Sir Winston Churchill.
Terry Lacey was chosen by the local Liberal Party association
59-year-old writer John Creasey nominated himself as candidate for the All Party Alliance he had created.
The Communists chose Victor Eddisford

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	20.20
Turnout			41,144
	Labour hold		Swing

Result of the by-election

Manchester Gorton by-election, 2 November 1967
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Kenneth Marks	19,259	45.89	−14.21
	Conservative	Winston 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	New
	Communist	Victor Eddisford	437	1.04	New
Majority			557	1.38	−18.81
Turnout			41,972
	Labour hold		Swing

References

By-election result Archived 16 June 2015 at the Wayback Machine Byelection UK
"1967 By Election Results". Archived from the original on 29 March 2012. Retrieved 21 August 2015.

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