1963 Rotherham by-election

UK parliamentary by-election April 2022 The 1963 Rotherham by-election was held on 28 March 1963 after the death of the Labour MP John Henry Jones in a road accident. It was won by the Labour candidate Brian O'Malley. A total of 493 people serving in the Armed Forces applied for nomination papers to stand in the election, to avail of the automatic military discharge for Parliamentary candidates publicised by Malcolm Thompson at the 1962 Middlesbrough West by-election. Whereas Thompson's name had appeared on the ballot paper, by 1963 it was widely known that merely applying for papers sufficed for a discharge, without needing to submit the papers or pay an electoral deposit. Rotherham was the last election before the military rules for election discharge were tightened.Leonard Dick Mortimore Roger Elections in Britain: A Voter's Guide 2001 Palgrave New York 978-0-333-91799-2 86–87 4th https://archive.org/details/electionsinbrita0000leon/page/86/mode/2up registration Open Library https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/commons/1962/dec/18/parliamentary-elections-service 18 December 1962 Commons 669 1086 1089 Parliamentary Elections (Service Candidates) F. W. S. Craig F. W. S. Craig Minor Parties at British Parliamentary Elections 129 London Macmillan 333 17152 7 https://archive.org/details/minorpartiesatbr0000crai/page/129 Feron James 175 'candidates' Avoid Yorkshire; Servicemen Having Second Thoughts on Election; Servicemen Screened; 2 Other Elections Slated https://www.nytimes.com/1963/03/11/archives/175-candidates-avoid-yorkshire-servicemen-having-second-thoughts-on.html 11 December 2025 The New York Times 11 March 1963 3 en Result Rotherham by-election, 1963: Rotherhamhttp://www.by-elections.co.uk/63.html https://web.archive.org/web/20120225141806/http://www.by-elections.co.uk/63.html 1963 By Election Results 2012-02-25 dead 2015-08-17 Labour Party (UK) Brian O'Malley 22,411 69.2 +6.4 Conservative Party (UK) John Michael Barrass 9,209 28.5 -8.7 Independent (politician) Russell Ernest Eckley 742 2.3 New 13,202 40.7 +15.1 32,362 Labour Party (UK) References Category:By-elections to the Parliament of the United Kingdom in South Yorkshire constituencies Category:Elections in Rotherham Category:1963 elections in the United Kingdom Category:1963 in England Category:1960s in Yorkshire