1962 Chippenham by-election

A by-election was held for the British [House of Commons] constituency of Chippenham (UK [Parliament constituency)|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 1962 [Middlesbrough West by-election|Middlesbrough West by-election] the previous July.
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.