Frank Henry Taylor (10 October 1907 – 1 October 2003) was a Conservative Party politician in the

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who was the

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for the Manchester Moss Side constituency from 1961 to 1974. He had unsuccessfully fought Newcastle-under-Lyme in 1955. He was elected for Moss Side in a by-election in 1961 caused by the death of the Conservative incumbent James Watts, and held the seat until he was defeated by Labour's Frank Hatton in

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, partly due to Taylor's seat having been merged with part of Hatton's former seat of Manchester Exchange.

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* 1907 births 2003 deaths Conservative Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies UK MPs 1959–1964 UK MPs 1964–1966 UK MPs 1966–1970 UK MPs 1970–1974 {{England-Conservative-UK-MP-1900s-stub