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1942 Manchester Gorton by-election
The
Manchester Gorton by-election
of
1942
was held on
11
March 1942
. The
by-election
was held due to the
elevation
to the
peerage
of the
incumbent
Labour
MP
,
William Wedgwood Benn
. It was won by the Labour
candidate
William Oldfield
.