1962 Chippenham by-election

UK Parliamentary by-election August 2019 August 2019 A by-election was held for the British House of Commons constituency of Chippenham, Wiltshire, England, on 22 November 1962. Jerrome, Naylor and Smith were all serving in the Armed Forces, and stood to avail of the automatic military discharge for Parliamentary candidates publicised by Malcolm Thompson at the Middlesbrough West by-election the previous July.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 The election was won by the Conservative Party candidate, Daniel Awdry, who won a narrow majority over the Liberal Party's then Economic Spokesperson, Christopher Layton. Chippenham by-election, 1962http://by-elections.co.uk/62.html https://web.archive.org/web/20120205100601/http://by-elections.co.uk/62.html 1962 By Election Results 2012-02-05 dead 2015-08-17 Conservative Party (UK) Daniel Awdry 13,439 36.8 −15.3 Liberal Party (UK) Christopher Layton 11,851 32.5 +15.6 Labour Party (UK) Robert W. Portus 10,633 29.1 −1.9 Independent (politician) K. Jerrome 260 0.71 New Independent (politician) J. Naylor 237 0.65 New Independent (politician) M. Smith 88 0.24 New 1,588 4.3 −16.8 36,508 Conservative Party (UK) −15.5 References External links British Parliamentary By Elections: Liberal Party campaign literature from the by-election See also 1943 Chippenham by-election Chippenham (UK Parliament constituency) List of United Kingdom by-elections Category:1962 in England Category:Chippenham Category:1962 elections in the United Kingdom Category:By-elections to the Parliament of the United Kingdom in Wiltshire constituencies Category:20th century in Wiltshire