1967 Manchester Gorton by-election

UK Parliamentary by-election August 2019 August 2019 The 1967 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. By-election result https://web.archive.org/web/20150616093353/http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge66/i14.htm 16 June 2015 Byelection UK 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 Labour Party (UK) Konni Zilliacus 24,726 60.10 Conservative Party (UK) I K Paley 16,418 39.90 8,308 20.20 41,144 72.56 Labour Party (UK) Result of the by-election Manchester Gorton by-election, 2 November 1967http://by-elections.co.uk/67.html https://web.archive.org/web/20120329035318/http://by-elections.co.uk/67.html 1967 By Election Results 2012-03-29 dead 2015-08-21 Labour Party (UK) Kenneth Marks 19,259 45.89 -14.21 Conservative Party (UK) Winston Churchill 18,682 44.51 +4.61 Liberal Party (UK) Terry Lacey 2,471 5.89 New All Party Alliance John Creasey 1,123 2.68 New Communist Party of Great Britain Victor Eddisford 437 1.04 New 557 1.38 -18.81 41,972 Labour Party (UK) References Category:1967 in England Category:1967 elections in the United Kingdom Gorton Category:1960s in Greater Manchester Category:November 1967 in the United Kingdom