1963 Manchester Openshaw by-election

The 1963 Manchester Openshaw by-election was held on 5 December 1963. It was held due to the death of the incumbent Labour MP, W. R. Williams. The by-election was won by the Labour candidate Charles Morris.

Manchester Openshaw by-election, 1963
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Charles Morris	16,101	65.9	+5.7
	Conservative	Gerald Fitzsimmons	7,139	29.2	−10.6
	Communist	Eddie Marsden	1,185	4.9	New
Majority			8,962	36.7	+16.4
Turnout			24,425
	Labour hold		Swing

References

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1960	March: Brighouse and Spenborough Harrow West May: Edinburgh North November: Mid Bedfordshire Bolton East Carshalton Ludlow Petersfield Tiverton Ebbw Vale Blyth
1961	March: Cambridgeshire Colchester High Peak Worcester Birmingham Small Heath April: Paisley Warrington May: Bristol South East November: Manchester Moss Side East Fife Oswestry Glasgow Bridgeton
1962	March: Lincoln Blackpool North Middlesbrough East Orpington Pontefract April: Stockton-on-Tees Derby North May: Montgomeryshire June: Middlesbrough West West Derbyshire July: West Lothian Leicester North East November: Chippenham South Dorset Glasgow Woodside Central Norfolk South Northamptonshire
1963	March: Colne Valley Rotherham Swansea East June: Leeds South July: Deptford West Bromwich August: Stratford Bristol South East Belfast South November: Kinross and Western Perthshire Luton Dundee West December: Manchester Openshaw St Marylebone Sudbury and Woodbridge Dumfriesshire
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