The 1962
Middlesbrough West by-election
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was held on 6 June 1962 when the incumbent
Conservative
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MP,
Sir Jocelyn Simon was appointed as
President of the Probate, Divorce and Admiralty Division
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of the
High Court. The by-election was won by the
Labour MP,
Jeremy Bray
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, who retained the gain at the
1964 general election.
Thompson was serving in the British Armed Forces. The law stated that, on standing in a Parliamentary election, he would be released from the Forces; this was, therefore, a way to receive an early honourable discharge, for the cost of a lost
deposit. This approach was copied by eight candidates in the by-elections held on 22 November, and was banned soon afterwards.
F. W. S. Craig
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, ''Minor Parties at British Parliamentary Elections'', p.129
References
By-elections to the Parliament of the United Kingdom in Middlesbrough constituencies
1962 elections in the United Kingdom
1962 in England
1960s in Yorkshire
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