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.
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.
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