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1973 Manchester Exchange by-election

UK parliamentary by-election

Field	Value
election_name	1973 Manchester Exchange by-election
type	parliamentary
country	United Kingdom
seats_for_election	Constituency of Manchester Exchange
ongoing	no
previous_election	1970 United Kingdom general election
previous_year	1970
election_date	27 June 1973
candidate1	Frank Hatton
image1	Lab
party1	Labour Party (UK)
popular_vote1	5,348
percentage1	55.33%
swing1	13.20%
candidate2	Michael Steed
image2	[[File:Michael Steed at Gateshead (3x4 crop).jpg	x160px]]
party2	Liberal Party (UK)
popular_vote2	3,525
percentage2	36.47%
swing2
candidate3	William J. Loftus
image3	Con
party3	Conservative Party (UK)
popular_vote3	683
percentage3	7.07%
swing3	20.74%
title	MP
posttitle	Subsequent MP
before_election	William Griffiths
before_party	Labour Party (UK)
after_election	Frank Hatton
after_party	Labour Party (UK)
map_size	200px

The 1973 Manchester Exchange by-election of 27 June 1973 was held after the death of William Griffiths on 14 April of the same year. The Labour Party won the by-election in what had traditionally been a safe seat.

Due to an administrative oversight, the by-election was held on a Wednesday, rather than the Thursday which had been usual since the mid-1960s. Only one by-election since has been held on a day other than a Thursday, the 1978 Hamilton by-election.

Result

References

[http://www.psr.keele.ac.uk/area/uk/ge70/i13.htm Result from previous election]
"1973 By Election Results".

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