Manchester Moss Side by-election, 1978
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The Manchester Moss Side
by-election
of 13 July 1978 was held after the death of Labour
Member of Parliament
(MP) Frank Hatton
. Labour held on to the seat in the by-election.
Manchester Moss Side (UK Parliament constituency)
Manchester Moss Side was a parliamentary constituency in the Moss Side area of the city of Manchester. It returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the first past the post system....
by-election
By-election
A by-election is an election held to fill a political office that has become vacant between regularly scheduled elections....
of 13 July 1978 was held after the death of Labour
Labour Party (UK)
The Labour Party is a centre-left democratic socialist party in the United Kingdom. It surpassed the Liberal Party in general elections during the early 1920s, forming minority governments under Ramsay MacDonald in 1924 and 1929-1931. The party was in a wartime coalition from 1940 to 1945, after...
Member of Parliament
Member of Parliament
A Member of Parliament is a representative of the voters to a :parliament. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, the term applies specifically to members of the lower house, as upper houses often have a different title, such as senate, and thus also have different titles for its members,...
(MP) Frank Hatton
Frank Hatton (UK politician)
Frank Hatton was a Labour Party politician in the United Kingdom.He was elected as Member of Parliament for Manchester Exchange at the 1973 by-election. When the seat was abolished in boundary changes for the February 1974 general election, Hatton was returned to the House of Commons as MP for...
. Labour held on to the seat in the by-election.