1967 Manchester Gorton 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.[1]

Candidates
  • Kenneth Marks for the defending Labour Party was a councillor in Denton
  • For the Conservatives, 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
  • 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[2]
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
  1. By-election result Archived 16 June 2015 at the Wayback Machine Byelection UK
  2. "1967 By Election Results". Archived from the original on 29 March 2012. Retrieved 21 August 2015.


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