1978 Manchester Moss Side by-election

The 1978 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.

Result

Manchester Moss Side, 1978^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	George Morton	12,556	46.38	−0.67
	Conservative	Thomas Murphy	10,998	40.62	+6.29
	Liberal	Peter Thomson	2,502	9.24	−8.35
	National Front	Herbert Andrew	623	2.30	New
	Workers Revolutionary	Vanessa Redgrave	394	1.46	New
Majority			1,558	5.8	−6.9
Turnout			27.073
	Labour hold		Swing

^ "1978 By Election Results". Archived from the original on 14 March 2012. Retrieved 17 September 2015.

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