Liverpool Walton by-election

Title

Liverpool Walton by-election

Genre

News report; Interview; Speech

TX Date

Unknown

Year of production

1991

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Duration

00:04:40

Description

Report on the battle for the Liverpool Walton Parliamentary seat between the Labour Party and Militant Tendency following the death of Eric Heffer MP. Speakers include Heffer’s last major Commons speech; Militant Tendency candidate Lesley Mahmood; Labour Party candidate Peter Kilfoyle; and Militant Tendency spokesman Richard Venton. Male reporter not identified.

Contributors

Eric Heffer; Richard Venton; Lesley Mahmood; Peter Kilfoyle

Keywords

Deaths; Elections; Politics; Labour Party; Labour disputes; Liverpool; Violence; Political parties; Local elections; Neil Kinnock; Parliamentary candidates; Election campaigns; Militant Tendency; Eric Heffer; Walton

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