1962 Chippenham by-election
Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:EngvarB A by-election was held for the British House of Commons constituency of Chippenham, Wiltshire, England, on 22 November 1962.
Jerome, Naylor and Smith were all serving in the British Armed Forces. The law stated that, on standing in a Parliamentary election, they would be released from the Forces; this was, therefore, a way to receive an early honourable discharge, for the cost of a lost deposit. The practice was banned soon afterwards.[1]
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.
Template:Election box winning candidate with party link| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | <templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | |
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| Script error: No such module "Political party". | Christopher Layton | 11,851 | 32.5 | Script error: No such module "String". | |
| Script error: No such module "Political party". | Robert W. Portus | 10,633 | 29.1 | Script error: No such module "String". | |
| Script error: No such module "Political party". | K. Jerrome | 260 | 0.71 | Script error: No such module "String". | |
| Script error: No such module "Political party". | J. Naylor | 237 | 0.65 | Script error: No such module "String". | |
| Script error: No such module "Political party". | M. Smith | 88 | 0.24 | Script error: No such module "String". | |
| Majority | 1,588 | 4.3 | Script error: No such module "String". | ||
| Turnout | 36,508 | Script error: No such module "String". | |||
| Script error: No such module "Political party". hold | Swing | −15.5 | |||
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References
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- ↑ F. W. S. Craig, Minor Parties at British Parliamentary Elections, p.129
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External links
See also
- 1943 Chippenham by-election
- Chippenham (UK Parliament constituency)
- List of United Kingdom by-elections
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