https://cbaionline.org/corpus/files/original/66ffd9d43cdbb458d7e4c33d0a8ef9a3.png fd5bba578d1a436021ae91d54e571011 Writ Writs are formal commands from the Crown. For example, Writs of Summons summon peers to Parliament. Transcript A transcript of the document. Elizabeth the Second by the Grace of God of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and of Our other Realms and Territories Queen Head of the Commonwealth Defender of the Faith To the Returning Officer for the Manchester Gorton Constituency GREETING We COMMAND you that you do proceed no further in respect of Our writ made on the twenty-eighth day of March in the year of Our Lord Two thousand and seventeen by which we commanded that you cause election to be made according to law of a Member to serve in Parliament for the said Manchester Gorton Constituency in the place of Gerald Bernard Kaufman deceased Witness Ourself at Westminster the twentieth day of April in the sixty-sixth year of Our Reign and in the year of Our Lord Two thousand and seventeen HEATON To the Returning Officer for the Manchester Gorton Constituency A writ of supersedeas in respect of a writ of 28th March 2017 HEATON Crown Office in Chancery, Palace of Westminster Special Features This is a place to enter any distinguishing features. This writ cancelled the byelection that was due to be held following Gerald Kaufman's death on February 26, 2017. It was necessary because Parliament was going to be dissolved on May 3 for an early General Election under <a href="https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2011/14/section/2" title="section 2(2) of the Fixed-term Parliaments Act 2011.">section 2(2) of the Fixed-term Parliaments Act 2011.</a> Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Writ - Writ of Supersedeas to the Returning Officer of the Manchester Gorton Constituency [2017-04-20] Subject The topic of the resource General Elections House of Commons Description An account of the resource Writ addressed to the Returning Officer of the Manchester Gorton Constituency ordering them to proceed no further in respect of the writ for an election issued on March 28, 2017. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource John Bercow (Speaker of the House of Commons) Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2017-04-20 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource T. Onslow Relation A related resource <a href="authorizing%20Mr.%20Speaker%20to%20issue%20a%20Writ%20of%20Supersedeas">Order of the House of Commons authorizing Mr. Speaker to issue a Writ of Supersedeas</a>. General Elections House of Commons Speaker of the House of Commons