Texas 1973 Manchester Exchange by-election ← 1970 27 June 1973 Constituency of Manchester Exchange First party Second party Third party Lab Con Candidate Frank Hatton Michael Steed William J. Loftus Party Labour Liberal Conservative Popular vote 5,348 3,525 683 Percentage 55.33% 36.47% 7.07% Swing 13.20% New 20.74% MP before election William Griffiths Labour Subsequent MP Frank Hatton Labour 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.[1] 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. Results Manchester Exchange, 1973[2] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour Frank Hatton 5,348 55.33 -13.20 Liberal Michael Steed 3,525 36.47 New Conservative William J. Loftus 683 7.07 -20.74 Marxist-Leninist (England) Ruth Pushkin 109 1.13 New Majority 1,823 18.86 -21.86 Turnout 9,665 Labour hold Swing References ^ Result from previous election ^ "1973 By Election Results". Archived from the original on 14 March 2012. Retrieved 17 September 2015. « 44th Parliament « By-elections to the 45th Parliament of the United Kingdom » 46th Parliament »1970 October: St Marylebone November: Enfield West 1971 April: Liverpool Scotland Arundel and Shoreham May: Southampton Itchen Bromsgrove Goole June: Hayes and Harlington July: Greenwich September: Stirling and Falkirk Widnes Macclesfield 1972 April: Merthyr Tydfil May: Kingston-upon-Thames Southwark October: Rochdale December: Sutton and Cheam Uxbridge 1973 March: Chester-le-Street Dundee East Lincoln May: West Bromwich Westhoughton June: Manchester Exchange July: Isle of Ely Ripon November: Berwick-upon-Tweed Edinburgh North Glasgow Govan Hove Lists of UK by-elections 1801–1806 1806–1818 1818–1832 1832–1847 1847–1857 1857–1868 1868–1885 1885–1900 1900–1918 1918–1931 1931–1950 1950–1979 1979–2010 2010–present Northern Ireland Hereditary peers