It was held due to the incumbent Conservative, Hugh Molson, being granted a Life Peerage.
The local Liberal association selected 31-year-old Dennis Wrigley as their candidate.
He was President of the Lancashire, Cheshire and North Western Young Liberal Federation.
He had contested Oldham East at the 1959 general election[2] where he polled 15% of the vote and came third.
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